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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. In 2021, Boxed completed a reverse merger, acquiring Seven Oaks Acquisition in a $900 million SPAC deal in order to begin trading on the NYSE under the ticker symbol BOXD.

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DigitalOcean acquires cloud computing startup Paperspace for $111M in cash

TechCrunch: M&A

“We’re excited to expand our portfolio tailored to the world’s small- and medium-sized (SMBs) businesses and startups with simplified AI and machine learning offerings,” Spruill said in a press release. ” Paperspace was co-founded in 2014 by Daniel Kobran and Dillon Erb, graduates of the University of Michigan.

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Socure acquires identity verification startup Berbix for $70M

TechCrunch: M&A

billion valuation during the heady fundraising days of late 2021 (and $100 million earlier in 2021), today announced that it has acquired identity verification service Berbix for $70 million in cash and stock transactions. Socure , the identity verification service that raised a massive $450 million Series E round at a $4.5

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Others would counter that growth equity’s rapid ascent was mostly due to the easy money that persisted between 2008 and 2021.

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VCT investment rose by 8% last year to £664m

Growth Business

By Timothy Adler on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Capital invested by venture capital trusts increased by 8 per cent last year to £664m. How do you know it’s time to raise venture capital? – There’s a lot to consider when looking to raise venture capital. per cent.

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Union Investment’s trading head Hock steps away from role to pursue digital asset aspirations

The TRADE

Hock has long been an advocate for institutional adoption of digital assets, confirming at TradeTech Europe 2021 that Union was exploring “the token economy” of which crypto was a part. Hock declined to comment.

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Trader of the Year Hedge Fund: Conversant Capital’s David Alfred

The TRADE

I was there through 2015, then Bank of America, before I joined Conversant Capital in early 2021. He envisioned Conversant as a platform to capitalise on real estate opportunities across the liquidity spectrum in both public and private and up and down the capital structure including equity and credit. It’s been busy.

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