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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

And it will also involve Blinkist’s biggest investor, Insight Partners , taking an additional $30 million in equity in Go1 at an “upround,” but again with the exact numbers not being discussed. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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UK corporate venture capital firms by sector

Growth Business

National Grid Partners Founded: 2018 Sector focus: Energy Ticket size: N/A Current investments: N/A Exits: 6 Bio: National Grid Partners invests in companies which makes the power grid “safer, cleaner and smarter,” investing across all funding stages. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage.

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Highlights from Cooley’s M&A Dealmakers Roundtable: SPACs!

Cooley M&A

is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). A distinct feature of SPAC 3.0

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Joint trade associations highlight equity, fixed income and market data concerns ahead of upcoming Mifir review

The TRADE

The Mifid/r review forms a key base for the completion of a Capital Markets Union (CMU) that works for investors and issuers, a necessary element to ensure that EU capital markets across asset classes are more integrated and competitive globally.

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Active UK corporate venture capital firms

Growth Business

It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage. National Grid Partners Founded: 2018 Sector focus: Energy Ticket size: N/A Current investments: N/A Exits: 6 Bio: National Grid Partners invests in companies which makes the power grid “safer, cleaner and smarter,” investing across all funding stages.

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Top 10 Cross-Border M&A Trends across the Pond

Cooley M&A

government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues. In July 2018, the U.K. New records were attained in the past twelve months, eclipsing the previous highs set pre-2008 financial crash. Finally, with the U.K.

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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

There are compelling rationales for adopting a dual-class structure, but even proponents of the structure generally acknowledge that these benefits are significantly mitigated once the dual-class shares are out of the hands of the founders and/or pre-IPO stockholders. Potential carve outs for M&A voting agreements. Stockholder litigation.

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