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Source: Yunfeng Capital, a PE firm co-founded by Jack Ma, invested ~$30M in AI insurance tech startup Corgi, leading a round that reportedly valued Corgi at $4B (Business Insider)

Jack is back. — Chinese billionaire Jack Ma's private equity firm secretly led the latest funding round for Corgi …

businessinsider.com ·1d ago

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