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‘A landmark transaction’: Macfarlanes advises UK tech start-up Improbable on $502m financing from SoftBank

‘A landmark transaction’: Macfarlanes advises UK tech start-up Improbable on $502m financing from SoftBank

Macfarlanes has advised UK based virtual simulation start-up Improbable on its $502m financing raised from Japanese telecoms group SoftBank.

Improbable is now valued at more than $1bn following the largest ever venture finance round by a private British company. The investment will be used to further develop technology and hire additional staff for the five-year old company’s London and San Francisco offices.

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