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Web3 investment firm Borderless Capital acquires CTF Capital to bring AI and quant expertise

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Borderless Capital, an investment firm that specializes in web3, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring CTF Capital, a quantitative trading and asset management firm headquartered in Miami, with technology and operation teams in Latin America. The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. All rights reserved.

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AI company Hypergiant Industries snapped up by PE firm Trive Capital

TechCrunch: M&A

Private equity firm Trive Capital has acquired Hypergiant Industries in a deal that will furnish the Texas-based AI company with capital to “build even faster,” Hypergiant CEO Mike Betzer told TechCrunch in a recent interview. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Online wholesaler Boxed acquired after filing for bankruptcy

TechCrunch: M&A

announced this morning its acquisition of Boxed.com and “other intellectual property portfolios and affiliates” in an all-cash transaction. MSG says it will continue to serve Boxed customers, vendors and brands following the acquisition. based regional distributor MSG Distributors, Inc. ”

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Socure acquires identity verification startup Berbix for $70M

TechCrunch: M&A

This marks Socure’s first acquisition. Founded in 2018, Berbix focuses on verifying users’ identities by checking scanned IDs in real time. He also noted that Socure is in a good position to make an acquisition like this. Berbix previously raised a total of $11.6

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IBM acquires Apptio from Vista for $4.6B in cash to double down on hybrid cloud services

TechCrunch: M&A

Today, IBM made a big acquisition doubling down on the hybrid concept: it will pay $4.6 billion to take it private back in 2018. IBM said in its announcement that the acquisition is expected to close in the second half of 2023, pending regulatory and other approvals. The purchase makes a lot of sense for IBM.

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Party planning platform Punchbowl’s owner is acquiring Timehop

TechCrunch: M&A

The app attracted more than $14 million in funding from investors like Spark Capital, O’Reilly Alphatech Ventures , Shasta Ventures , Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley, and Randi Zuckerberg. In 2018, the app suffered a major data breach affecting 21 million people. In the latter part of the decade, the app’s relevance waned off.

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The Cooley Outlook for 2018 M&A

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What’s on tap for 2018 M&A? No longer just “acquihires,” today’s innovation-driven acquisition is focused on talent retention. One familiar technique used by sophisticated tech buyers is a holdback structure that subjects a portion of key employees’ merger consideration to revesting.

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