TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 21, 2023

The deal, Grab’s first local competitor acquisition, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023 and includes “Trans-cab’s taxi and car rental business, maintenance workshops and fuel pump operations.” ” Founded in 2003, Trans-cab started with a fleet of 50 taxis and tried to go public twice.

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Benchmark International

APRIL 27, 2023

peoplewise is a business psychology specialist that combines a range of bespoke technology-led solutions, with a proven understanding of best practice techniques, to develop strategies enabling the long-term sustainable growth of organisations.

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The Deal

AUGUST 16, 2023

. “We [have] closed 24 acquisitions but we probably lost over 250 acquisitions over the past nine years — we are bidding on all the opportunities that are out there but we are also very disciplined.” was founded as GPM Investments LLC in 2003 and went public in 2020 via a merger with a SPAC. Richmond, Va.-based

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Bronte Capital

JUNE 30, 2022

it was a reverse merger into a totally b t EASDAQ listed company. I did one check - described below - and found that the acquisitions did not make sense. Putting this business in a public company did not make sense The idea of embedding high risk payments in a public company did not make sense to me. There were two main reasons.

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