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Thought Machine ponders IPO as VCs advise against listing  

Growth Business

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Fintech Thought Machine has said it is in the early stages of a London IPO – a move which it is hoped could spark life into the listings market. According to Pitchbook, there is now an estimated backlog of almost 80 IPO candidates in the US.

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SPACs: A Path to Public Markets That Shouldn’t Be Overlooked

MergersCorp M&A International

At their core, SPACs are shell corporations formed to raise capital via an initial public offering (IPO) with the sole purpose of acquiring an existing private company. This “blank check” approach allows private companies to go public by merging with the SPAC, bypassing the traditional, often arduous and unpredictable, IPO process.

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Infrastructure Investment Banking: Definitions, Deals, and a Dizzying Diversity of Verticals

Mergers and Inquisitions

Like renewable energy IB , different banks classify their groups differently, so you could find yourself working on everything from a data center REIT M&A deal to an airport financing to an IPO for a solar developer. Yes, its an even more expansive definition than the one for renewables , and it happens to include renewables as well.

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Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Tesla, Oracle, Amazon, Netflix, CoreWeave, JPMorgan, & more

CNBC: Investing

"CoreWeave and Core Scientific announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which CRWV plans to acquire CORZ for $20.40 " Stifel downgrades CoreWeave to hold from buy Stifel said in it sees too much uncertainty surrounding the company's deal to buy Core Scientific. " Read more.

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Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

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.

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Covid-19 and US Venture Capital in 2020

InvestmentBank.com

Second, the IPO market, a key exit avenue for VC investments, proved increasingly strong and resilient throughout the year. These were just a few of many strong IPOs seen this year. As of December 23rd, 2020, US stock markets saw 477 IPOs, more than doubling the 233 IPOs from 2019, at least 120 of which were venture-backed [14] [11].

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

Growth Equity Definition: In traditional growth equity, firms invest minority stakes in companies with proven business models that need the capital to expand; some firms also use “growth buyout” strategies, which are like traditional leveraged buyouts but with higher growth potential. You could keep going and add plenty of names.