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Private Equity

TikTok’s past investors may save its future in the US

April 3, 2025

Here’s a list of all of the PE and VC shops that invested in ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, and those who want in.

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Buyouts

Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X

March 28, 2025

The all-stock deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion.

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Venture Capital

Nerdio raises $500M as AI drives up cloudtech

March 18, 2025

The cloud management startup raised a Series C led by General Atlantic.

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Featured

Rippling declares war on Deel with lawsuit alleging spy scheme

March 17, 2025

Rippling’s CEO Parker Conrad said Deel “cultivated a spy at Rippling” to identify potential customers.

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Software

AI arms race drives nearly 50% bump in IT deal value

January 29, 2025

In 2024, IT deal value reached $740.7 billion, up 46.3% year-over-year, and comprised 20.6% of all global M&A value.

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Politics

What happens if TikTok goes dark

January 14, 2025

Content creators are joining RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, as they prepare for the TikTok ban

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Supply Chain Tech

Meet 8 SaaS startups that could see tariffs as an innovation opportunity

December 13, 2024

Impending trade policy changes could make these supply chain tracking technologies essential.

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Private Equity

GTCR invests $1.3B in Tricentis as software deals pick up speed

November 26, 2024

The deal follows Insight Partners’ exploration of a sale of the asset, which is expected to see $425 million in annual recurring revenue by year-end.

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Private Equity

Vista Equity sells stake in LogicMonitor at a big gain in valuation

November 20, 2024

Vista takes $800 million from consortium to fuel expansion of LogicMonitor, but retains majority stake in its 2018 investment as valuation reaches $2.4 billion.

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VC Fundraising

VC veterans launch Chemistry with $350M to lead early-stage software bets

October 23, 2024

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

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Public-to-Private

Bain Capital to take PowerSchool private for $5.6B

June 7, 2024

Bain Capital will acquire edtech software provider PowerSchool as the company launches its new generative AI platform.

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PE Exits

Thoma Bravo secures $1.5B+ cybersecurity exit

May 20, 2024

Thoma Bravo has agreed to sell machine identity management company Venafi to Nasdaq-listed CyberArk.

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Software

Squarespace goes private in $6.9B deal with Permira

May 13, 2024

Squarespace goes private after disappointing market performance

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Buyouts

Francisco Partners, Clearlake to buy software carveout for $2.1B

May 6, 2024

Francisco Partners and Clearlake Capital Group team up for the purchase of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Group.

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Private Equity

Corporate buyers lead the way on software deals

April 26, 2024

Five of the 10 largest software acquisitions in Q1 were completed by corporate buyers

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Mobility Tech

Is the ridehailing startup dead? BlaBlaCar’s 43% markup says not

March 28, 2024

Swedish VC firm VNV Global has marked up its stake in mobility startup BlaBlaCar, citing 20-25% active user growth in 2023

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Tech

Early-stage SaaS boasts best expected exit success rate for VCs

March 6, 2024

Enterprise SaaS has been the tried-and-true winner for VC returns for years, and PitchBook research suggests that’s unlikely to change any time soon

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Tech

PE’s software surge is just beginning

December 18, 2023

While nowhere near the exceptional levels seen in 2021 and 2022, total global software PE deal count and value exceeded pre-pandemic levels in 2023.

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