TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

First, it is snapping up Blinkist , a startup out of Berlin that had built a platform to discover and read abbreviated versions of longer non-fiction books — “Blinks” that typically take no more than 15 minutes to read or listen to. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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How2Exit

MAY 22, 2023

Walker Diebold, bestselling author of “Buy Then Build: How to Acquisitions Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game,” experienced the stock market firsthand as a stockbroker and learned valuable lessons from his experiences. In 2018, Walker released his book “By Then Build” which was inspired by this idea.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

If liquidity is reduced, everybody is focused on the same amount of volume and trying to keep their businesses profitable and viable,” says Beasley. We saw an opportunity where the market landscape had shifted around 2018,” adds Nielson. The rest will come through the rest of this year now we have the building blocks,” says Harman.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

From an EU perspective, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) re-addressed its tick size regime in 2018 to combat concerns that Brexit will leave trading venues in the EU at a competitive disadvantage. The proposals themselves have resulted in wide industry discussion.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

But the acceptance turned out to be just one element in a perfect storm of factors pushing many firms towards outsourced trading, including increasingly complex markets, regulation, rising costs, declining profits, fee pressures, market structure changes like T+1, and the war for talent. But that’s not to say it’s going to be for everyone.

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