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  Featured

  VC-backed IPO hopefuls: All eyes on market volatility

  March 13, 2025

  Investors tend to stick to their tried and true portfolios amid turbulence.

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  VC Exits

  CoreWeave acquires AI developer platform Weights & Biases amid IPO prep

  March 5, 2025

  The price tag is reportedly around $1.7 billion, a markup on its prior valuation of $1.25 billion.

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  IPO

  AI cloud computing company CoreWeave files for IPO

  March 3, 2025

  It could be the first blockbuster IPO to hit 2025.

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  Gaming

  Gaming exits simmer toward a rebound after hitting an 8-year low

  February 26, 2025

  Interest from PE and a potential $3.5B sale of Pokémon Go maker Niantic’s gaming division are all signs investors point to of an exits rebound.

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  Featured

  Valuation expectations still holding back IPO market

  January 28, 2025

  PitchBook analysts, in a new research note, are projecting the US VC-backed IPO market to remain muted.

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  Venture Capital

  5 charts: Europe’s VC dealmaking decline lingers amid flight to quality

  January 27, 2025

  While dealmaking dropped in 2024, exits and fundraising stabilized.

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  VC Exits

  5 charts: This is what happens when startups can’t go public

  January 9, 2025

  VC firms are sitting on piles of assets they can’t exit.

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  Fund Performance

  VC fund extensions are LPs’ new normal—blame sluggish unicorn IPOs

  December 12, 2024

  More than 40% of unicorns have spent at least nine years in a VC fund

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  Foodtech

  Wonder snaps up Grubhub for $650M as owner Just Eat stomachs steep loss

  November 13, 2024

  Wonder’s purchase of Grubhub marks the company’s latest step in pivoting away from its on-the-go kitchen roots

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  Featured

  Klarna files for long-awaited US IPO

  November 13, 2024

  Swedish buy-now, pay-later company has filed for a New York IPO that could give it a valuation of up to $20 billion

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  M&A

  Cyera buys Trail Security for $162M as AI cyberattacks drive M&A

  October 17, 2024

  Cyera CEO Yotam Segev said that AI cyberattacks are driving the need for growth through acquisitions.

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  VC Valuations

  More startups are exiting at a loss than at any point since 2009

  October 9, 2024

  70% of exits since 2022 returned less than the amount investors put in.

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  IPO

  Cerebras bets that AI hype matters more than profitability in IPO

  October 1, 2024

  Cerebras recorded a net loss of $66.6 million for the six months of 2024

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  Fund Performance

  How do US, European VC returns compare?

  September 30, 2024

  US venture funds have historically outperformed European vehicles, but the downturn has cast doubts over future returns.

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  Weekend Analysis

  Outside the AI boom, it’s a buyer’s market for cash-strapped startups

  September 13, 2024

  As private-to-private mergers become increasingly frequent, it’s a buyer’s market with buyers’ sertting the terms for many startups.

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  Gaming

  IPO Watchlist: The gaming startups set to power-up the IPO market

  August 29, 2024

  Amid a renewed wave of investment, backers are hoping these startups can give the IPO market a boost.

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  Fund Performance

  VC fund returns capture best quarter since 2021, eking out 0.4% gain

  August 16, 2024

  The expectation of rate cuts coming down the pipe from the Federal Reserve is amping up the prospects of renewed VC deals, plus exits.

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  VC Exits

  IPO Watchlist: 10 European startups most likely to go public

  August 14, 2024

  IPO activity has been quiet in 2024 for VC-backed European companies, but signs suggest a wider window in 2025.

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