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      <title>PE exit value in European B2B doubles, but exit count hits five-year low</title>
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      <description>Transportation and logistics took up half of the sector's 10 largest deals in Q1 this year.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:11:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MML closes latest B2B-focused fund at $1.2B</title>
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      <description>Result follows the buyout firm's eight exits in the past 12 months.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:52:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Buyout firms hope for improved IPO window in H2</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/buyout-firms-hope-for-improved-ipo-window-in-h2</link>
      <description>Q2 IPO volume and value slumped as PE firms pulled back, but optimism remains for AI, robotics, and tech-driven listings ahead.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:33:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Where are all the consumer AI startups—and why aren't VCs funding them?</title>
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      <description>VC funding for consumer AI startups is less than half that of enterprise.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2024 18:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>VC veterans launch Chemistry with $350M to lead early-stage software bets</title>
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      <description>The firm's co-managing partners come from a16z, Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 22:24:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Connexa Capital, backed by Zumba, Noom founders, closes $20M debut VC fund</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/connexa-capital-20-million-vc-fund</link>
      <description>Despite an LP base with deep consumer roots, Connexa managing partner Jonathan Beda is targeting B2B software bets.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ex-Struck Capital deals lead Greg Stofman pursues $30M seed fund</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/struck-capital-greg-strofman-launches-veridical-ventures-30m-seed-fund</link>
      <description>Greg Greg Strofman's new firm, Veridical Ventures, is targeting $30 million to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage B2B software startups</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:02:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Take-privates dominate top PE-backed enterprise software deals</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/top-10-largest-take-private-enterprise-software-deals</link>
      <description>Large take-private transactions fueled PE activity in enterprise software in 2023.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Loom's discount sale to Atlassian still leaves VC backers much to celebrate</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/loom-atlassian-acquisition-975m-discount-vc-exit-return</link>
      <description>Atlassian is set to pay $975 million in its acquisition of Loom, a 36% valuation haircut off the video messaging startup's last valuation of $1.53 billion.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tranch's $100M round signals VCs shift to BNPL for business</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/tranch-bnpl-b2b-seed-round</link>
      <description>Buy now, pay later company Tranch has raised $100 million as investors shift their focus to B2B providers.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Dawn Capital raises €333M fund to target remote work trend</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/dawn-capital-333m-fund-remote-work-london-vc</link>
      <description>London-based VC Dawn Capital hopes to tap into the growth of remote working beyond the COVID-19 pandemic with a new fund targeting European B2B software startups.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Next Insurance secures $250M, clears $1B valuation</title>
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      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Stripe bags $35B valuation as B2B payments sector matures</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/stripe-bags-35b-valuation-as-b2b-payments-sector-matures</link>
      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SoftBank backs C2FO as it shifts its gaze to Vision Fund II</title>
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      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Here are 9 charts that capture the US private equity industry in 2Q</title>
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      <description>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.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The most active PE investors of 2019 (so far)</title>
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      <description>Despite the noise and turbulence in the surrounding markets, these private equity investors have remained active in buying up companies.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Salesforce makes big play for data analytics with $15.7B Tableau purchase</title>
      <link>https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/salesforce-makes-big-play-for-data-analytics-with-157b-tableau-purchase</link>
      <description>Salesforce has agreed to purchase data visualization company Tableau in an all-stock deal worth $15.7 billion dollars, as it hopes to stand with larger competitors such as Oracle and Microsoft.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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