TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 22, 2023

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.

Capital

Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As we continue to discuss how you could build out a future-ready wealth platform and transition to a hybrid advice model, I wanted to draw your attention today to our CTIO Paul Daugherty’s Tech Vision 2018 report to highlight some emerging technology trends. To learn more, download our full report, “ Technology Vision 2018.”

Management

Accenture Capital Markets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

From an operational standpoint, we expect three strategic priorities to dominate in 2018: 1. The post Top 3 Trends for the Institutional Investing & Pension Funds Space in 2018 appeared first on Accenture Capital Markets Blog. A growing need to make sense of unstructured data – and use it.

Investment

JD Supra: Mergers

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Linden Capital Partners has announced it will sell Specialty Networks to Cardinal Health for $1.2 Specialty Networks, founded in 2018 and based in Cleveland, is an integrated, multi-specialty organization with group purchasing organizations, life sciences and research solutions in urology, gastroenterology and rheumatology.

Private Equity

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success In the UK, cleantech, AI, health and biotech dominates venture capital funding – a trend that looks to continue into Q4 and early in the new year. At a time of great change, the firm looks to invest in the companies that can help accelerate the shift to net-zero.

Corporation

PE Hub

JANUARY 4, 2024

Thomas joined the firm in 2018 and Grace came on board in 2017. The post Behrman Capital promotes Thomas to partner and Grace to principal appeared first on PE Hub.

Capital

PE Hub

AUGUST 14, 2023

Prideaux first joined Kainos in 2018 and served as an associate and senior associate before attending the Wharton School where she recently earned her MBA. The post Prideaux rejoins Kainos Capital as VP appeared first on PE Hub.

Capital

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 12, 2018

The January 12, 2018, edition of TechCrunch’s weekly venture capital-focused podcast, Equity, looks back at the past year’s M&A transactions and evaluates what’s in store for 2018. Listen to the podcast. Jamie Leigh.

Equities

PE Hub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Guidehouse has been owned by Veritas Capital since 2018. The post Bain Capital to acquire consulting services provider Guidehouse for $5.3bn appeared first on PE Hub.

Consulting

The TRADE

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Justin Llewellyn-Jones, head of capital markets, North America (equities, FX and derivatives) and chief product officer for capital markets at fintech firm Broadridge has announced his departure after more than four years with the business. The post Broadridge capital markets head to depart appeared first on The TRADE.

Capital Market

The TRADE

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Louis de Kock is set to depart J O Hambro Capital Management in the coming weeks, with Adam Simmons taking over as head of trading, as revealed by The TRADE. and Lloyds Banking Group, before joining J O Hambro in 2018. De Kock has held the position since 2010 and his next role is so far unconfirmed.

Capital

The TRADE

MARCH 8, 2024

Leithner will take over the position from Theodor Weimer who has held the CEO job since 2018. Leithner has been a member of the executive board of Deutsche Börse AG since 2018, responsible for pre- & post-trading. Weimer took over the CEO role in 2018, moving over from his CEO position at HypoVereinsbank UniCredit Bank.

Investment Manager

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

What’s on tap for 2018 M&A? Ideally, the revesting provisions are structured to provide key employees long-term capital gains treatment on any deferred payments (compared to the ordinary income attributed to vested options or restricted stock units cashed out at closing).

M&A

The TRADE

MARCH 11, 2024

Gould joined BNY Mellon after three years at RBC Capital Markets where she previously served as co-head of equities electronic sales and trading. Leithner will take over the position from Theodor Weimer who has held the chief executive job since 2018. Bianca Gould was appointed head of fixed income and equities EMEA, based in London.

Equities

TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 13, 2023

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.

IT

TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 27, 2023

Founded in 2018, Berbix focuses on verifying users’ identities by checking scanned IDs in real time. “There are a number of companies that made some very interesting investments in innovation in the past couple of years, but unfortunately don’t have the runway or access to capital to continue independently.

Valuation

TechCrunch: M&A

AUGUST 18, 2023

In the years that followed, Boxed reportedly rejected a $400 million buyout offer from grocer Kroger in 2018, then later partnered with one of Asia’s largest retailers (Aeon) in 2021 for an expansion. Instead, the bulk items would ship to their doorstep.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Growth Business

OCTOBER 2, 2023

By Tim Bird on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success It was a buoyant 2018 for venture capital investment into UK and European companies – a trend which defied broader concerns about international trade tensions, economic growth prospects and, of course, Brexit.

Finance

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Corporate venture capital is venture capital supplied by large corporates to high-growth start-ups. The likes of Google, BP and Unilever all have their own CVC divisions backing UK-based companies within their industries.

Corporation

TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 12, 2023

In 2018, Jumbo raised a $3.5 million seed round led by Thrive Capital’s Josh Miller and Nextview Ventures’ Rob Go. In 2019 and 2020, the company raised another $8 million in a round led by Balderton Capital. Jumbo floated the idea of offering a B2B version of its app and service, but that never materialized.

Insurance

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

AUGUST 15, 2023

15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fogo de Chão (“Fogo”), the internationally renowned restaurant brand from Brazil, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity (“Bain Capital”) to accelerate its growth and expansion. DALLAS, Aug.

Private Equity

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Two-thirds of the UK’s fintech start-ups are in in the city, and in 2020, the capital attracted 94 per cent of the country’s total fintech venture capital. Beringea Beringea is a transatlantic venture capital firm with more than $800m under management across its funds in the UK and the US.

Investment

TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8 It had raised just over $37 million, per Pitchbook data , with backers in addition to Insight including Left Lane Capital, T-Ventures, and more. million and the company is “significantly bigger” than it was then, Barnes said.

Book-building

InvestmentBank.com

AUGUST 14, 2019

According to Holon IQ, the global education market has reached a value of over $6 trillion with only $150 billion of market capitalization. of the total educational expenditures as of 2018, indicating $152 billion of EdTech expenditures, digital spend is expected to increase to a $342 billion scale, taking 4.4% billion in 2018.

Education

Shearman & Sterling

AUGUST 7, 2018

On July 30, 2018, Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves of the Delaware Court of Chancery partially granted a Section 220 demand for the books and records of Globalstar, Inc. brought by the company's largest minority stockholder, Mudrick Capital Management, L.P. 2018-0351-TMR (Del. July 30, 2018). July 30, 2018).

Mergers

Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Rory Bennett on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success On the face of it, Britain’s venture capital firms have never been more ready to invest in your start-up. Last year, venture capital raised £6.8 Capital invested by venture capital trusts increased by 8 per cent last year to £664 million.

Capital

The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Walker originally joined LSEG in 2018 and has since served as head of equity and fixed income primary markets. Before joining LSEG, Walker worked within JP Morgan Cazenove’s equity capital markets team, where he was responsible for originating and executing equity transactions.

Stock

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Banked [link] Founded: 2018 Investors: Insight Venture Partners, BACKED VC, Force Over Mass Capital, Love Ventures Kuvi Capital, Paul Forster, Acrew, OM2, Firestartr Banked offers real-time payments for consumers, businesses and banks. It aims to improve customer experience, business efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Capital

Wizenius

APRIL 9, 2023

The Cash Conversion Efficiency Ratio (CCE) is a financial metric that measures how effectively a company manages its working capital and converts investments in inventory and accounts receivable into cash from revenue. A higher CCE ratio indicates that a company is more efficient in converting its investments in working capital into cash.

Accountant

Shearman & Sterling

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

On February 6, 2018, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery denied a summary judgment motion by defendant Potomac Capital Partners II, LP ("Potomac") in an action by stockholders challenging the sale of PLX Technology, Inc. ("PLX") to Avago Wireless, Inc. In re PLX Technology Inc.

Sale

The TRADE

JANUARY 15, 2024

Elsewhere in her career, Jacobs served as a summer intern at Liquidnet in 2018, before eventually joining the firm in a full-time role in 2019. Most recently, he held portfolio management roles at Walleye Capital, Millennium and UBS O’Connor. Prior to that, she worked as a market structure and strategy analyst for a year and a half.

Portfolio Management

The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Justin Llewellyn-Jones has been appointed chief operating officer (COO), joining from Broadridge where he most recently served as chief product officer and head of capital markets, North America (equities, FX and derivatives).

Trading

Shearman & Sterling

OCTOBER 23, 2018

On October 16, 2018, Vice Chancellor J. 21, 2018, [link] the Court previously denied a summary judgment motion filed by Potomac, finding that the PLX board's actions in connection with the sale were subject to enhanced scrutiny and disputes of material fact existed as to whether the sale process was reasonable. 9880-VCL (Del.

Sale

Shearman & Sterling

AUGUST 7, 2018

On July 30, 2018, Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves of the Delaware Court of Chancery partially granted a Section 220 demand for the books and records of Globalstar, Inc. brought by the company's largest minority stockholder, Mudrick Capital Management, L.P. 2018-0351-TMR (Del. July 30, 2018). July 30, 2018).

Mergers

Shearman & Sterling

MAY 30, 2018

On May 21, 2018, Vice Chancellor J. May 21, 2018). per share), notwithstanding the deal price ($24.67 per share). . ("Aruba") for purposes of appraisal in connection with its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company ("HP") was Aruba's 30-day average unaffected market price ($17.13 per share). Verition v.

Capital Market

Periculum Capital

MARCH 12, 2022

Periculum Capital Company, LLC (“Periculum”) is pleased to announce it has completed a senior debt placement for Morgan Foods, Inc. The debt placement, structured as a working capital revolver and term loan, allowed the Company to refinance its existing debt and fund future growth. appeared first on Periculum Capital.

Debt

Shearman & Sterling

MARCH 20, 2018

March 15, 2018). 393, 2017 (Del. As discussed in our post regarding that decision, plaintiffs argued that merger consideration was improperly diverted into payments for two management directors.

Manufacturing