B2B

Transportation and logistics took up half of the sector’s 10 largest deals in Q1 this year.

Result follows the buyout firm’s eight exits in the past 12 months.

Q2 IPO volume and value slumped as PE firms pulled back, but optimism remains for AI, robotics, and tech-driven listings ahead.

VC funding for consumer AI startups is less than half that of enterprise.

The firm’s co-managing partners come from a16z, Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures

Despite an LP base with deep consumer roots, Connexa managing partner Jonathan Beda is targeting B2B software bets.

Greg Strofman’s new firm, Veridical Ventures, is targeting $30 million to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage B2B software startups

Large take-private transactions fueled PE activity in enterprise software in 2023.

Atlassian is set to pay $975 million in its acquisition of Loom, a 36% haircut off the video messaging startup’s last valuation of $1.53 billion.

Buy now, pay later company Tranch has raised $100 million as investors shift their focus to B2B providers.

As the UK launches a publicity campaign urging people to return to the office, London-based VC Dawn Capital hopes to tap into the growth of remote working during the pandemic.

PitchBook’s Q2 2020 European M&A Report provides an overview of key factors shaping mergers and acquisitions each quarter and what will prove most impactful in the quarters to come.

Small business insurance provider Next Insurance has raised a $250 million Series C with a $1 billion-plus valuation led by Germany’s Munich Re.

Online payments company Stripe has secured a $250 million round at a $35 billion pre-money valuation. Here’s a look at other key players and the most active investors in the B2B payments space.

The Vision Fund is at it again, leading a $200 million round in US-based financial services company C2FO, as SoftBank gets ready to start investing out of its newest mega-vehicle.

Things have gotten better for private equity as the public and lending markets continue to recover, but it remains to be seen if things will continue that way.

As we near the midpoint of 2019, both private and public markets have experienced some turbulence.

Salesforce has agreed to purchase data visualization company Tableau Software in an all-stock deal worth $15.7 billion.