TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8 The reason Blinkist hasn’t gone out for funding again in the last five years is because it has’t had to: the company is growing and profitable, and it still has money left in the bank, according to Holger Seim, Blinkist’s CEO and co-founder.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 26, 2023

billion to take it private back in 2018. This deal will give Vista a handy sum to go out and make more acquisitions at a time when the IPO window largely remains closed; external funding from VCs has in many cases become significantly more stringent, and deal funnels have tightened for the businesses themselves.

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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. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage.

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Indeed, tech start-ups in London alone raised a record $26bn (£19bn) in funding in 2021, more than double the total in 2020. However, the reality is that many venture capital investors are playing it cautious, wanting to invest in later, safer funding rounds for companies with proven revenue. It has raised over $1bn for 18 funds.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Indie Growth Fund Founded: 2014 Sector focus: Creative Ticket size: N/A Current investments: 18 Exits: N/A Bio: As Channel 4’s VC arm, Indie Growth Fund invests in start-ups and independent companies within the creative sector and offers support, guidance and strategic advice. It invests across seed to Series A stages.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

With respect to equity markets, AFME, EFAMA and BVI highlight that EU companies are continuing to take their initial public offerings (IPOs) outside of the EU or move their listings elsewhere to seek better valuations – emphasising that EU equity markets cannot continue to lag behind their peers. “In

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Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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. corporations following the U.S.

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