JD Supra: Mergers
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Earlier this week, The Trade Desk, Inc. filed preliminary proxy materials for a special meeting of stockholders. The purpose of the meeting is to approve the reincorporation of the corporation from the State of Delaware to the State of Nevada by conversion. This particular proxy statement caught my eye because it specifically calls out several Delaware court decisions.
TechCrunch: M&A
AUGUST 20, 2024
X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, looks like a pretty bad investment right about now. As readers might recall, billionaire Elon Musk borrowed $13 billion from Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and five other major banks to help finance the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, as it was then called. According to the […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
H. Friedman Search
OCTOBER 17, 2024
It’s the question recruiters are asked numerous times a week, “How did you find me?” The question comes with two sides to it; one a person is curious as they did not want to be found and fly under the raider while the other is really pleased we found them. Which one are you? The Obvious Routes For certain types of bankers, it’s extremely easy to locate your names.
TechCrunch: M&A
JULY 29, 2024
Canva has acquired Leonardo.ai, a generative AI content and research startup, as the company looks to broaden the scope of its AI tech stack. The financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Canva co-founder and chief product officer Cameron Adams said it’s a mix of cash and stock. All of Leonardo.ai’s 120 employees will […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Advertisement
Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
TechCrunch: M&A
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, an Israeli startup that helps manage and optimize AI hardware infrastructure. As part of the merger, Run:ai said its software, which currently only works with Nvidia products, will be open sourced, meaning Nvidia rivals like AMD and Intel will be able to adapt it for their hardware. “We […] 2024 TechCrunch.
TechCrunch: M&A
APRIL 24, 2024
Nvidia is acquiring Run:ai, a Tel Aviv-based company that makes it easier for developers and operations teams to manage and optimize their AI hardware infrastructure. Terms of the deal aren’t being disclosed publicly, but two sources close to the matter tell TechCrunch that the price tag was $700 million. CTech reported earlier this morning the […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Investment Banking Today brings together the best content for investment banking professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
TechCrunch: M&A
JUNE 5, 2024
SAP sees WalkMe's focus on automating contextual, in-app support as bringing value to its own enterprise customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TechCrunch: M&A
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a New Jersey-based provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash. Own is Salesforce’s biggest deal since buying Slack for $27.7 billion in 2021. The company reportedly considered — but ultimately decided against — purchasing data management software firm Informatica earlier this year.
JD Supra: Mergers
JULY 31, 2024
The due diligence process is a critical element in a merger and acquisition transaction. Most companies clearly define the steps and rarely skip them. However, the participants in the process vary widely, and ethics and compliance are often overlooked. In a perfect world, the chief ethics and compliance officer and the ethics and compliance team would be part of the deal team early on, consulted in “go or no-go” decisions, and have a seat at the table throughout the process.
TechCrunch: M&A
MARCH 5, 2024
Accenture announced today that it would acquire the learning platform Udacity as part of an effort to build a learning platform focused on the growing interest in AI. While the company didn’t specify how much it paid for Udacity, it also announced a $1 billion investment in building a technology learning platform it’s calling LearnVantage. […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Speaker: Brian Muse-McKenney, Chief Revenue Officer & Matt Simester, Cards and Payments Expert
In today’s world of social media, dating apps, and remote work, businesses risk becoming irrelevant (or getting "ghosted") if they fail to meet the evolving needs of Gen Z consumers. Credit cards with flexible payment options, especially for young adults with little-to-no credit history, are a particularly important and valuable solution for this generation.
TechCrunch: M&A
MARCH 7, 2024
Ever heard of Oakley Sunglasses? The guy who founded that – Jim Jannard – became a billionaire after selling a lot of sunnies, then went on to found RED digital cinema, one of the first major digital cinema camera brands. Today, Nikon announced that Nikon Corporation has announced its agreement to acquire the camera manufacturer, […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
TechCrunch: M&A
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Smart water bottle-maker Larq this week announced that it has been acquired by filtration giant, Brita. More specifically, Brita GmbH, the German company founded in 1966, which spun off and sold its North/South American wing to Clorox in 1988. Brita GmbH maintains the brand in the rest of the world, but it currently is barred […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
TechCrunch: M&A
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The Tor Project is merging operations with Tails, a portable Linux-based operating system focused on preserving user privacy and anonymity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TechCrunch: M&A
DECEMBER 16, 2024
The company's spyware, dubbed Graphite, is capable of hacking phones and stealing private communications. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence
In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.
TechCrunch: M&A
SEPTEMBER 1, 2024
As we continue to monitor the growth of Africa's tech ecosystem, it’s essential to highlight and analyze the biggest disclosed acquisitions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TechCrunch: M&A
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Notion launched its new calendar based on Cron last month, but its productivity suit can soon have more privacy-focused offerings. The company announced today that it has acquired Skiff, a platform that offers end-to-end encrypted file storage, docs, calendar events and email. Skiff was started in 2020 by Andrew Milich and Jason Ginsberg. The company […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
JD Supra: Mergers
AUGUST 14, 2024
How integral are networking and community-building to becoming a successful entrepreneur? Pablo Casilimas and Justis Mendez of OneSixOne Ventures join Founder Shares to discuss how they harnessed the power of these strategies to jumpstart their venture capital firm and connect founders and funders. Listen as they share some of the most useful insights, they gained from hosting highly curated programs and events in different cities across the country and hosting a virtual accelerator program that
JD Supra: Mergers
DECEMBER 2, 2024
For investors, excitement in the renewable energy landscape is palpable. Renewable energy capacity is being added to the world's energy systems at the fastest rate in two decades, prompting the International Energy Agency to revise its forecasts for 2027 upwards by 33 per cent. However, further growth will depend on investment in a key technology: battery storage.
Advertisement
The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.
JD Supra: Mergers
MAY 28, 2024
On May 21, 2024, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) filed the Proposed Rule to move marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to Schedule III of the CSA. In light of the rescheduling marijuana news, industry insiders anticipate a significant increase in cannabis-related investments and acquisition activity. While this anticipated increase in activity is exciting, it is no secret that those who have already invested capital into the cannabis industry have learned some hard.
TechCrunch: M&A
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has delivered its provisional ruling in a longstanding battle to combine two of the country’s major telecommunication operators. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says that Three and Vodafone’s planned $19 billion merger — announced 15 months ago — could lead to higher prices for consumers, diminished service such as smaller […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
JD Supra: Mergers
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
"We’re currently seeing a lot of follow-on investments into AI. For example, sponsors are making incremental investments into portfolio companies or using portco balance sheet cash and/or stock to finance acquisitions of minority investments in or joint venture transactions with AI-focused companies.
JD Supra: Mergers
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Due to the increased importance of sustainability, environmental protection and social factors in recent years, the luxury industry has found itself at a crossroads of tradition and transformation. Once characterized primarily by exclusivity, creativity, craftmanship and heritage, the sector is now increasingly influenced by the global push towards a sustainable lifestyle and ethical practices.
Advertisement
In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.
TechCrunch: M&A
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Zuora, a company selling software to help businesses manage their subscription-based services, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms GIC and Silver Lake for $1.7 billion. The all-cash deal is expected to close in Q1 2025, subject to approvals and customary closing conditions. It’ll take Zuora, which is currently publicly traded, private.
JD Supra: Mergers
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
Last week, each of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) revised how they will review bank mergers. Our Financial Services and Antitrust teams highlight what banks considering mergers should know about the changes.
TechCrunch: M&A
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Stripe is in talks to acquire stablecoin platform Bridge for a whopping $1 billion, according to Forbes. The talks are reportedly in advanced stages, although nothing has been finalized. Bridge, co-founded by Coinbase alumni Zach Abrams and Sean Yu, has built an API that helps companies accept stablecoins. The pair raised $58 million from investors […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
TechCrunch: M&A
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Website builder Squarespace is no longer a publicly traded company, after private equity firm Permira procured all remaining common stock in the firm. Permira first revealed plans to acquire Squarespace back in May, offering shareholders in the NYSE-traded company $44 per share — this equated to an equity valuation of $6.6 billion, and an enterprise […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Advertisement
In the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, delivering data insights to end users or customers can be a significant challenge for product managers, product owners, and application team developers. The complexity of healthcare data, the need for real-time analytics, and the demand for user-friendly interfaces can often seem overwhelming. But with Logi Symphony, these challenges become opportunities.
TechCrunch: M&A
JUNE 21, 2024
The Rockset buy fits into OpenAI's broader recent strategy of investing heavily in its enterprise sales and tech orgs. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TechCrunch: M&A
MARCH 21, 2024
Redis, the popular in-memory data store, is switching away from the open source three-clause BSD license. Instead, in a move that is clearly aimed to prevent the large cloud providers from offering free alternatives to Redis’ own hosted services, Redis will now be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and Server Side Public […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
TechCrunch: M&A
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Blood sugar levels are foundational to the Veri platform. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
TechCrunch: M&A
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
In a role reversal, Xalts, a Singapore fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has acquired Contour Network, a digital trade platform set up by eight major banks including HSBC, Standard Chartered and BNP. Terms of the deal were undisclosed, but the acquisition price was in the high single millions and composed of cash and stock. […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Advertisement
Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
364 
Let's personalize your content