TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

In a conversation with TechCrunch, Renaud Laplanche, Upgrade’s CEO and a co-founder, said that Uplift initially reached out in May to inquire whether Upgrade would be interested in participating in Uplift’s Series D financing as a strategic investor. Changing consumer spending habits likely played a role in scaring investors away.

Finance 245

Finance Finance IPO Debt 245

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Deep tech Breed Reply Founded: 2014 Sector focus: Deep tech, AI, Internet of Things Ticket size: $1m – $5m Current investments: 12 Exits: 8 Bio: Breed Reply invests in deep tech companies across Europe, with a particular focus on AI. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage.

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Corporation Capital Investment Media 111

Cooley M&A

MAY 17, 2017

ISS and Glass Lewis are continuing to apply special scrutiny to certain corporate governance provisions of “newly public” companies (generally, companies that have gone public in 2014 or later). See our December 2016 client alert.

IPO 52

IPO Government Advisory Corporation 52

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Breed Reply Founded: 2014 Sector focus: Deep tech, AI, Internet of Things Ticket size: $1m – $5m Current investments: 12 Exits: 8 Bio: Breed Reply invests in deep tech companies across Europe, with a particular focus on AI. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage.

Corporation 52

Corporation Capital Investment Funds 52

Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

It aids investors in analyzing the company's performance. read more like investors, shareholders Shareholders A shareholder is an individual or an institution that owns one or more shares of stock in a public or a private corporation and, therefore, are the legal owners of the company. read more arising from each activity.

Accountant 98

Accountant Finance Finance Profitability 98

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

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.

M&A 59

M&A IPO Mergers and Acquisitions Shares 59

Growth Business

APRIL 10, 2025

All this helps to make the Oxford spinout culture very attractive for entrepreneurs and other investors. It focuses on developing genome sequencing technologies and has raised 106 million in equities since its inception in 2014. Theyve made an impressive four exits, made up of two acquisitions and two IPOs.

Equities 63

Equities Engineering Investors Funds 63