TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Proposed changes to the existing framework of merger and acquisition law would handcuff successful businesses in every industry, have a chilling effect on investment in the next great American idea and close the door on the greatest engine of job creation our country has seen. We must improve our current system not tear it down.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Byju’s has raised about $300 million as part of a larger round of new investment as the Indian edtech giant focuses on expanding its international business and aggressively explores merger and acquisition opportunities. Raveendran said last month that Byju’s is continuing to explore more merger and acquisition opportunities.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Rigetti Computing , one of the most visible quantum hardware startups, today announced that it is going public through a merger with the Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II SPAC. ” Going public through a SPAC merger seems to be a bit of a trend for quantum computing companies right now.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The FTC filed a complaint to stop the merger of Edgewell (Schick) and Harry’s yesterday. percent of the US market in 2018, according to Euromonitor, and is owned by Unilever, following a $1 billion acquisition in 2016. So the FTC thinks that stopping a merger of the number two and four brands in a market is good for competition?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

billion proposed acquisition of crypto custodian BitGo, a high-profile deal they announced in May last year, after the San Francisco-based startup failed to provide its audited financial statements for the year 2021. ” The proposed acquisition — which was proposed to include Galaxy Digital issuing 33.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2023

Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Thursday the firm and any of its subsidiaries are not engaging with rival Unacademy to explore an acquisition or merger, refuting a media report at a time when weakening global market conditions have sparked several consolidation plays in the industry.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

This March, the company went public via a SPAC merger with U.S. It’s one of five acquisitions SWVL has made within the past year; others include Germany’s door2door, Turkey’s Voltlines (for ~$40 million), Spain’s Shotl and Argentina’s Viapool. — announced during its SPAC merger — is uncertain.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The undisclosed investment by Daimler is in addition to the $170 million that Luminar raised as part of its merger with special purpose acquisition company Gores Metropoulos Inc. Luminar will become a publicly traded company through its merger with Gores, which is expected to close in late 2020. billion SPAC merger.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Duolingo says that all of Gunner’s 15-person team will join Duolingo’s staff as part of the acquisition. Last year, however, Duolingo began hiring people to help with mergers and acquisitions. Meese explains that the Gunner acquisition fits into the fact that Duolingo is a “very metrics-focused company.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

At the time of the Tower acquisition announcement, Patrick Moorhead, lead analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, said that the deal would have given Intel access to custom silicon it didn’t have — but the pitched political battle between the U.S.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Terran Orbital, a leading manufacturer of small satellites, is going public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Tailwind Two Acquisition Corp. Terran’s announcement is a reflection that space startups are still looking to SPAC mergers as a way to raise cash and go public.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Genetics testing and genome research company 23andMe is set to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) VG Acquisition Corp., The deal will include $25 million each from Wojcicki and Branson invested into the private investment in public equity (PIPE) transaction that accompanies the merger.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It announced Monday that it made its first acquisition in Tipser , a Swedish-based technology company enabling direct checkout on any digital surface. Exact transaction figures were not disclosed, but Breslow did reveal to TechCrunch that the acquisition, which was an all-stock deal, came in “just shy of $200 million.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

electric vehicle startup that plans to become a publicly traded company through a merger with special purpose acquisition company CIIG Merger Corp., The SPAC merger is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021. Arrival , the U.K. has picked Charlotte for its North American headquarters.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 7, 2022

At some point in every merger and acquisition (M&A) negotiation, you’re going to lay awake at night wondering if you’re doing the right thing. In the same way parents can be blind to their children’s faults, entrepreneurs may struggle to see their company’s weaknesses. Sleepless nights. Is the buyer a good fit?

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Red Rocket

APRIL 8, 2022

I was recently interviewed by Chelsea Wood , a Managing Director at Acquisition Lab , an M&A advisory service for early-stage entrepreneurs that prefer to grow through mergers and acquisitions, instead of building a startup from scratch.

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Revolution

MAY 6, 2022

Funding will specifically support potential mergers and acquisitions, innovation across fan engagement platforms, expanded partnership offerings and activations, and development and infrastructure in Brazil.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Now as 2021 comes to a close, Cruttenden’s latest fintech, Ant Money, is announcing it has raised $20 million in funding (a mix of previously unannounced seed and Series A capital) and acquired Blast via a stock-for-stock merger. The merger brings three apps — ATM, Blast and Learn & Earn — under the Ant Money umbrella.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 31, 2022

The new mergers and acquisitions should easily fit into the overall brand of the parent company while providing access to labor, natural resources, and other advantages of the new location. This brings a competitive local advantage and ensures success wherever you expand. Improve your understanding of regulatory compliance.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Unlocking the M&A code: 5 factors that can make (or break) a deal Image Credits: mjrodafotografia (opens in a new window) / Getty Images A merger or acquisition is the start of a new relationship, which is why most people approach exits with optimism. Series A deck.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2023

Making foundation models accessible: The battle between closed and open source AI Unlocking the M&A code: 5 factors that can make (or break) a deal Image Credits: mjrodafotografia (opens in a new window) / Getty Images A merger or acquisition is the start of a new relationship, which is why most people approach exits with optimism.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While overall mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity slowed significantly in the second half of last year with equity market volatility, the volume of large acquisitions by PE firms looking to capitalize on a period of lowered valuation expectations is rebounding as a result of bottoming valuations and a large supply of public company targets.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2021

The cryptocurrency company will merge with Concord Acquisition Corp, a SPAC. Investors involved in the merger have committed $415 million in PIPE financing. In other words, Circle will have plenty of capital on its hands if the merger goes through. Circle has announced that it plans to become a public company.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Aurora Innovation, the autonomous vehicle startup that acquired Uber’s self-driving unit in December, is going public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Reinvent Technology Partners Y. Aurora was last valued at $10 billion following its acquisition of Uber’s self-driving unit.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

Quanergy Systems, the Sunnyvale, California-based lidar company, said Tuesday it has agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition fund CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp., The SPAC, CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp., Quanergy is not the first lidar company to go public via a SPAC merger. billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Aeva, a Mountain View, California-based lidar company started by two former Apple engineers and backed by Porsche SE, is merging with special purpose acquisition company InterPrivate Acquisition Corp., Aeva is the latest company to eschew the traditional IPO path and go public via a SPAC merger. billion SPAC merger.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Taboola is the latest company seeking to go public via special purpose acquisition corporation — more commonly known as a SPAC. To achieve this, it will merge with ION Acquisition Corp, which went public in 2020 with the aim of funding an Israeli tech acquisition ( Haaretz reported last month that Taboola was in talks with ION).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Cryptocurrency company Circle has announced that it has terminated its previous agreement with Concord Acquisition Corp, a publicly traded blank-check company — a SPAC. At the same time, it has reached a new deal with Concord Acquisition Corp for a new merger.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

There are also fewer mergers and acquisitions. With some market indexes off 50 percent or more and with uncertainty growing after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, investors have become much more discriminating. So far this year, 29 venture-backed companies have tried initial offerings, compared with 252 in 2000. percent.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

AEye, a lidar startup that developed its technology for use in autonomous vehicles as well as to support advanced driver assistance systems in passenger cars, is going public through a merger with CF Finance Acquisition Corp. billion SPAC merger. III that will value the company at $2 billion. with a market value of $1.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2021

Offerpad is the latest proptech company to go public via a SPAC merger. based company announced Thursday its plans to go public by merging with Supernova Partners Acquisition Company in a deal valued at $3 billion. The Phoenix, Ariz.-based The transaction is expected to close in the second, or early third, quarter of 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Firefly Aerospace’s roller coaster ride could soon send the rocket startup to the public market via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, a recent filing with the FCC suggests. A recent FCC filing provides new details of the deal, including that it involves a special purpose acquisition vehicle.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 29, 2024

Carrying a distinguished investment and leadership career spanning over 30 years in asset management and insurance, Robert has extensive expertise in mergers, acquisitions and product diversification. Leary as its new Chair of the Arrow Board of Directors. Read more here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

While both startups planned to merge at some point, they had to cancel their merger. Taboola already went public after merging with a SPAC — a special purpose acquisition company. Outbrain is often compared with its rival Taboola. Taboola shares started trading last week.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Lucid Motors reached an agreement to become a publicly traded company through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital IV Corp., Several EV infrastructure companies including EVgo and ChargePoint have also become public companies via SPAC mergers. Lucid might have been the most anticipated.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2022

Mergers and acquisitions are notoriously tricky to navigate from a leadership and culture perspective. Our journey so far offers lessons for other CEOs navigating partnerships with a new co-CEO or other C-suite leaders post-acquisition. Before our acquisition, I wrote a long paper mapping out my five-year vision for Okta.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s been a roller-coaster ride for the banking-as-a-service sector over the last year, with a host of mergers and acquisitions and layoffs. On the other hand, large companies are eagerly adopting the concept to get competitive advantages and to drive value for customers.

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