Sunday, January 31, 2016
the biggest IPO's by industry and size
Chinese internet and online shopping giant Alibaba's IPO was the biggest IPO in the history if financial markets. The number 2 biggest IPO was Votorantim Cimentos followed by Citizen Financial group , which is ranked number 3 The IPO of .Syncrony Financial was the 4th largest, thereby making the fintech industry the highest number of record setting initial public offering ,IPO history.
early stage uk vc investors looking to fund start ups upwards of $50 million
The list below shows the to 6 united kingdom based venture capital investors who invests across early start ups ,funding within a range from $5 million to $500 million .
Saturday, January 30, 2016
with 51% increase in users amazon web services sales see 100% growth
Data curated by FindTheCompany
Amazon announced earnings for Q4 2015 recently At the close of the market, with Amazon's showing EPS of $1 and revenue of $35.7 billion both came in below analyst estimates.Net sales from Amazon Web Services came in at $2.4 billion, up from $1.4 billion the previous year, and the company reported a 51% growth in prime users.
english football club Chelsea revenues vs player fees
Englisg football club CHELSEA and its earnings from revenues from commercials, broadcasters and match day fees are included.The cost of player salary contracts by along with their weeky wages are compared in the 2nd chart
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Revenue of Chelsea compared with Real Madrid, Arsenal, Man U, Bayern Munic,Juventus |
Friday, January 29, 2016
sports market size in north america to exceed $70 billion by 2018
How much is the north american sports market worth. This chart takes behind the scenes on media rights, sponsorship details and break up of sports revenue
North American Sports market in 2015 was worth $63 billion and is expected to exceed $70 billion by 2018, while 2016 sports market will be a $65 billion giant monster. Out of this gate revenues and media rights account for around 60% of the total revenues followed by sponsorships and merchandising ,
fashion luxury brands ranked by instagram followers
This infographic shows the biggest luxury fashion brand based on their number of instagram followers.

Most Popular Luxury Brands By Number Of Followers . The biggest social media star in the luxury fashion market is powerhouse is Channel with 9.8million Instagram folowers
Louis Vuitton , ranks number two.. Sure having celebrities like Miranda Kerr and Selena Gomez endorsing the products does help .Currently Louis Vuitton has over 9,2million followers
The number 3 biggest social media brand by followers is Dior with 8.4 million followers on instagram
Dolce & Gabbana with 7.8 million instagram followers ranks number 4
Gucci with 7.1 million instagram followers rank number 5
Christian Louboutin with 6.8million followers rank number 6
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| THE NUMBER ONE LUXURY BRAND WITH HIGHEST INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS |
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Most Popular Luxury Brands By Number Of Followers . The biggest social media star in the luxury fashion market is powerhouse is Channel with 9.8million Instagram folowers
Louis Vuitton , ranks number two.. Sure having celebrities like Miranda Kerr and Selena Gomez endorsing the products does help .Currently Louis Vuitton has over 9,2million followers
The number 3 biggest social media brand by followers is Dior with 8.4 million followers on instagram
Dolce & Gabbana with 7.8 million instagram followers ranks number 4
Gucci with 7.1 million instagram followers rank number 5
Christian Louboutin with 6.8million followers rank number 6
Thursday, January 28, 2016
wall street selects its top 5 retail stocks
Generally wall street is not known to pick their winners.Wall street does not reason a spectacular quarter, or even an excellent 3 quarters.. The stock markets hates "suprises " and for that reason not many brands that might have once upon a time, media's poster boy.failed to to satisfy wall street
However !It now seems that wall street has decided and finally given it a thumbs up to the online retail industry and specially Amazon. The company dominated Black Friday sales in the United States and is all but certain to be the number 1 source for last minute presents for many million people around the world. Amazon’s stock price more than doubled this year, bringing the company’s market cap to more than $300 billion.
In contrast Wall street has given the brick and mortar retailers like Best Buy and Walmart a pass, and almost all of them has seen their stocks massacred and crumble in 2015 as they struggle to break Amazon’s dominance in the online world.
revenue wise rank of global auto suppliers : top 10 List
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top 20 global auto component supplier list |
US statewise contribution to hillary clinton for her election bid in 2016
which state in united states are the biggest contributor for funds for Hillary Clinton . To know the details , hover your mouse onto different US states..The contributions from each states will be shown as you move along the country state by state
which 5 states are contributing highest to donald trump's funds
These are the US states that are the regions which makes up the bulk of the supporters of Donal Trump. These 5 states are up the drumming up the highest funds for Donald Trump
These 5 states are the biggest contributor to Donald Trumps fundraising.Data shown is for contributions from individuals of $200 or more.
western europe instore retail sales by country breakup:
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
for the first time in a decade apple's iphone sales hits speedbreaker
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Apple announced a sharp slowdown in sales growth for its iPhone |
Apple's honeymoon period with its most successful product, iPhone seems to be finally over, with the company reporting " flat sales in a clear indication of iPhone's slowest growth since the product's 2007 launch as Apple warned investors that "sales will fall for the first time later this year.
The company sold 74.8m of its flagship devices in the final three months of 2015, compared to 74.46m iPhones it told during the same period in 2014.. which points to the fact that : iPhone sales has now plateaued
However the worrying point for apple, is that the company is dependent on the iPhone magic wand more than it should do as it created more volatility and risk for the company something that wall street will not like
- Apple's ipads meanwhile have been shrinking for more than 18 months. Apple sold 16.1million iPads in the last three months of 2015, down from 21.4m tablets in the same quarter last year.
- Mac sales too, declined with Apple selling 4% fewer ending up with 5.3 million sales (YoY)
- Apple Watch, grew sharply to $4.4bn, up from $2.6bn in the third quarter of 2015 (when the company first reported Watch sales).
- Other products in the category include Beats accessories, Apple Pay and Apple TV
2016 presidential candidate creating the highest buzz on facebook
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2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CANDIDATE WITH HIGHEST FACEBOOK BUZZ
Among all the US 2016 presidential candidates in US, across both Republicans and Democrats who is creating the highest buzz on Facebook. ? This chart by Wall Street Journal Shows its Mrs Rodham Hillary Clinton, who is having the final word when it comes to interactions on Facebook .With 8 million interactions in just under a month she is right there on the top followed by Ted Cruz, Rand Paul,Scott Walker, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Ben Carson .. all of them have had between 2 to 4 million interactions. With the exception of Ted Cruz who is ranked no 2 after Hillary having reached the highest with 4.84 millon interactions on Facebook
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
obamacare at crossroads as insurance co-ops set to be abandoned
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AMOUNT OF LOAN PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SET UP THE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CO OPS |
A new breed of health insurers created under the Obama Affordable Care Act — was intended to create non-profit insurers is on its last legs now ,with several of the ventures forced to close down around the country. President Obama's much vaunted Obamacare — is on shaky financial ground in many of the 23 states where the plans began.
The nonprofit health plans were envisioned as a consumer-friendly counterweight to for-profit insurers, a way to provide more competition, greater consumer choice and better coverage in markets typically dominated by big commercial carriers. The government allocated billions of dollars in loans for them, Insurance co ops under health law received $1.17billion in federal loans , which the government said its working on recouping the funds
50% global digital ad spending is accounted by us and china
GOBAL DIGITAL MARKETING AD SPENDS BY TOP 5 BIGGEST MARKETS
US and China accounts for more than 50% of digital ad spending budgets with a total of $73billion shared between the 2 nations last year. According to emarketer out of a total of $146billion digital spending which is presently shared between biggest top 5 digital markets of the world, which includes Japan ,UK, Germany apart from US and China
Monday, January 25, 2016
spain,uk,ireland and portugal among europe's fastest growing ad makets
YEAR ON YEAR AD GROWTH 2015 VS 2016
global advertising spends across Top 10 markets of western europe is likely to remain positive and will see solid growth across Digital and Mobile channels
Western Europe returned to positive territory in 2014, with +2.8% growth. In 2015, a similar growth rate of +2.6% was forecast with a further increase of +2.9% predicted for 2016.
The European markets showing the highest growth in the region this year and in 2016 are Spain, UK, Ireland and Portugal,whilst in Greece advertising spend has been revised down to -12.0% from +8.0% predicted in the March 2015 report
UK : In 2016 UK market is predicted with a year on- year growth rate of +5.5%. The 2016 UEFA European Football Championships, at which it is possible that multiple home nations may qualify, is likely to start a summer of increased spending, with the 2016 Rio Olympic Games also driving some advertising revenue.
Germany will see a further increase in advertising spend of +1.7% is predicted for 2016, with no significant impact expected to come from the 2016 UEFA European Football Championships and 2016 Rio OlympicsSpain will see a further +6.9% growth is expected in 2016
The advertising market in France is forecast to reach €10billion in 2016, with a Television accounting for 33% share of total ad spends along with 5% increase in digital in 2016
In 2016 Italy will see a growth of 0.7% in overall advertising. The TV market in Italy declined by 3% as print media during the first half of the year is down by -10%.
Russia will start to recover from Q2-Q3 2016. In 2015, only digital media will show increase in spend with +5.7% growth. Online Video is will be growing fastest with +15% yearly growth
united kingdom accounts for 7% global vc deals, 70% growth across technology investments
VC INVESTMENT IN UK last year reached 3.6 billion euro with UK and Ireland accounting for 7% of global VC deals in 2015. The UK tech sector received 70 per cent more funding from VCs last year, compared with 2014, with start-ups gaining just $2.1bn in 2014,according to research
based on the data from CB Insights and London & Partners,
However this number pales into insignificance when compared to VC investment and start up growth in US and silicon valley miles According to the US National Venture Capital Association, $35.7bn was invested in tech companies by US venture funds in 2014 alone.
However UK has traditionally seen increasing VC funding across financial technology start ups. In 2015 Britain's financial technology( fintech) investments has seen significant upside with several
funding rounds in the vertical which included Ebury, a group that helps small businesses trade internationally, which raised $83m; Funding Circle, the peer-to-peer lender, which raised $150m; and WorldRemit, a money transfer group, which raised $100 million
UK's strength has been its proximity with the financial centre of London, where it scores over " the silicon valley's software power centre
based on the data from CB Insights and London & Partners,
However this number pales into insignificance when compared to VC investment and start up growth in US and silicon valley miles According to the US National Venture Capital Association, $35.7bn was invested in tech companies by US venture funds in 2014 alone.
However UK has traditionally seen increasing VC funding across financial technology start ups. In 2015 Britain's financial technology( fintech) investments has seen significant upside with several
funding rounds in the vertical which included Ebury, a group that helps small businesses trade internationally, which raised $83m; Funding Circle, the peer-to-peer lender, which raised $150m; and WorldRemit, a money transfer group, which raised $100 million
UK's strength has been its proximity with the financial centre of London, where it scores over " the silicon valley's software power centre
french venture funds that funds up to $5million across early stage local start ups
Here is the complete list of French VC start ups that " provide funding to ocal french start ups to the tune of $5 million . This list had been published by Andy Romans at Rubicon. This list is not final list, there might be some other VC which we missed out. In case you wish your " VC " firm to get listed, you can tweet me at twitter.com/aerosmith071 or send me a mail at sumit_roy74@hotmail.com
| 1 | CDC Entreprises | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 1,923 | 21 |
| 2 | CM-CIC Capital Prive | Paris, France | Investment Bank | US$ 373 | 13 |
| 3 | Amundi SA | Paris, France | US$ 826,684 | 12 | |
| 4 | Credit Agricole Private Equity | Paris, France | US$ 4,456 | 12 | |
| 5 | Seventure Partners SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 601 | 11 |
| 6 | Idinvest Partners | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 3,366 | 10 |
| 7 | XAnge Private Equity | Paris, France | US$ 353 | 9 | |
| 8 | Auriga Partners SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 397 | 8 |
| 9 | Sofinnova Partners | Paris, France | US$ 1,328 | 8 | |
| 10 | A Plus Finance | Paris, France | US$ 66 | 7 | |
| 11 | Emertec Gestion | Grenoble, France | Venture Capital | US$ 144 | 7 |
| 12 | Serena Capital SAS | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 120 | 7 |
| 13 | Ventech SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 439 | 7 |
| 14 | Alto Invest | Le Chesnay, France | 6 | ||
| 15 | Alven Capital | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 180 | 6 |
| 16 | Naxicap Partners SA | Paris, France | US$ 974 | 6 | |
| 17 | Oseo | Maisons-Alfort, France | Government | US$ 361 | 6 |
| 18 | Edmond de Rothschild Investment Partners | Paris, France | US$ 580 | 5 | |
| 19 | Fonds Strategique d’Investissement | Paris, France | 5 | ||
| 20 | I-Source Gestion SA | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 225 | 5 |
| 21 | Innovacom SA | Paris, France | Corporate Venture Capital | US$ 541 | 5 |
| 22 | Truffle Capital SAS | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 462 | 5 |
| 23 | 123 Venture | Paris, France | US$ 180 | 4 | |
| 24 | ACE Management | Paris, France | US$ 166 | 4 | |
| 25 | Developpement et Partenariat | Paris, France | US$ 180 | 4 | |
| 26 | Gimv NV | Antwerp, Belgium | US$ 2,116 | 4 | |
| 27 | iXO Private Equity SAS | Toulouse, France | US$ 361 | 4 | |
| 28 | Oddo Asset Management | Paris, France | US$ 204 | 4 | |
| 29 | Sofimac Partners SA | Clermont-Ferrand, France | US$ 240 | 4 | |
| 30 | Sudinnova | Lyon, France | Venture Capital | US$ 54 | 4 |
| 31 | Turenne Capital Partenaires SA | Paris, France | US$ 361 | 4 | |
| 32 | BNP Paribas Developpement | Paris, France | US$ 295 | 3 | |
| 33 | BNP Paribas Private Equity SAS | Paris, France | US$ 971 | 3 | |
| 34 | Cap Decisif Management | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 58 | 3 |
| 35 | CDC Innovation | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 499 | 3 |
| 36 | CEA Investissement | Grenoble, France | Government | US$ 18 | 3 |
| 37 | CIC Banque de Vizille | Lyon, France | 3 | ||
| 38 | Entrepreneur Venture | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 42 | 3 |
| 39 | Jaina Capital SAS | Paris, France | Angel Investor | US$ 120 | 3 |
| 40 | Masseran Gestion SAS | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 56 | 3 |
| 41 | Matignon Investissement & Gestion | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 301 | 3 |
| 42 | Midi Capital SAS | Toulouse, France | US$ 32 | 3 | |
| 43 | NextStage Aurel | Paris, France | US$ 176 | 3 | |
| 44 | OTC Asset Management SA | Paris, France | US$ 301 | 3 | |
| 45 | Societe Hospitaliere d’Assurances Mutuel | Lyon, France | Venture Capital | 3 | |
| 46 | 360 Capital Partners | Milan, Italy | Venture Capital | US$ 120 | 2 |
| 47 | Apax Partners LLP | London, United Kingdom | US$ 20,000 | 2 | |
| 48 | Backbone SAS | Paris, France | 2 | ||
| 49 | Bioam Gestion | Paris, France | Venture Capital | US$ 67 | 2 |
| 50 | Esfin Gestion | Courbevoie, France | Venture Capital | US$ 72 | 2 |
50 VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING FIRMS THAT FUNDS EARLY STAGE FRENCH START UPS UPTO 5BILLION USD
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