Thiel Capital opens an office in Miami, as Peter Thiel and others reportedly look to cut ties with California over a proposed ballot measure to tax billionaires
Peter Thiel's private investment firm opened an office in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, expanding the billionaire's presence in Florida, Thiel Capital announced Wednesday.
A profile of EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who is expected to stay in the role, as Silver Lake's Egon Durban credits him for building EA's “crown jewel” sports business
He's a charming Aussie surfer who plays videogames and has a black belt in jiu-jitsu.
American Exceptionalism Acquisition, a SPAC led by Chamath Palihapitiya and focused on energy, AI, DeFi, and defense, files for a US IPO, seeking to raise $250M
American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A 25,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares … Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch : Chamath Palihapitiya warns ‘no crying in the casino’ as he launches...
CoreWeave says it has agreed to acquire bitcoin miner Core Scientific in a ~$9B all-stock deal, set to close in Q4 2025, to expand its AI data center capacity
#DataCenters — #CoreWeave — #PowerIsTheMoat @notreload : $CRWV -2.8%, $CORZ -18% [CoreWeave's all-stock acquisition of Core Scientific caused Core Scientific's stock to fall du...
CoreWeave says it has agreed to acquire bitcoin miner Core Scientific in a ~$9B all-stock deal, set to close in Q4 2025, to expand its AI data center capacity
#DataCenters — #CoreWeave — #PowerIsTheMoat @notreload : $CRWV -2.8%, $CORZ -18% [CoreWeave's all-stock acquisition of Core Scientific caused Core Scientific's stock to fall du...
Alphabet acquires NYC-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B cash, its largest acquisition yet, pending approval; antitrust fears stalled a $23B deal in 2024
The acquisition is Alphabet's biggest yet, after a $23 billion takeover attempt stalled last year.
Cloud-based Nvidia GPU provider CoreWeave files for an IPO on the Nasdaq under CRWV and says 2024 revenue was up 737% YoY to $1.92B and it had an $863M net loss
CoreWeave, a provider of cloud-based Nvidia processors to companies including Meta and Microsoft, is headed for the public market.
Donald Trump's Truth Social is going public via a SPAC merger after DWAC shareholders approved the move; TMTG will be listed on the Nasdaq as early as next week
Dan Primack / Axios :
Adobe and Figma end their $20B merger, announced in September 2022, over “no clear path” to EU and UK antitrust approval; Adobe owes Figma a $1B termination fee
Adobe (ADBE.O) on Monday shelved its $20 billion cash-and-stock deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma …
Adobe and Figma terminate their $20B merger, announced in September 2022, after seeing “no clear path” to UK and EU regulatory approval; Adobe will pay $1B
Adobe (ADBE.O) on Monday shelved its $20 billion cash-and-stock deal for cloud-based designer platform Figma, pointing to …
Sources: Chinese regulators have slowed approvals of mergers by US companies, asking some to make products that they sell in other countries available in China
The U.S. encouraged China to set up a robust antitrust regime. Now, Beijing is holding back its required green light for mergers …
Waterloo-based Magnet Forensics, which develops digital investigation software, agrees to be acquired by Thoma Bravo for CA$1.8B
Josh Scott / BetaKit :
Zendesk agrees to be acquired by an investor group in an all-cash deal valuing the company at ~$10.2B and will go private once the deal closes; stock is up 25%+
Lauren Feiner / CNBC :
Take-Two will acquire Zynga for $12.7B, or $9.86 per share, a 64% premium on Zynga's January 7 closing price; Take-Two develops GTA, Red Dead, and other titles
Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal :
Take-Two will acquire Zynga for $12.7B, or $9.86 per share, a 64% premium on Zynga's January 7 closing price; Take-Two develops GTA, Red Dead, and other titles
Take-Two to acquire all the outstanding shares of Zynga for a total value of $9.861 per share - $3.50 in cash and $6.361 in shares …
Chainalysis: users spent nearly $41B on NFTs in 2021, with <$10K transactions accounting for more than 75% of the market; 32.4K wallets hold 80% of the value
Financial Times : Tweets: @carnage4life , @julianklymochko , @abatukaraali , @mshannahmurphy , and @slhamlet Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : The unintuitive thing about th...
PitchBook: nearly 340 startups have privately raised money at $1B+ valuations in 2021, more than triple the total from 2020
or about one each day—have privately raised money at valuations north of $1 billion this year, more than triple the total from last year These will help feed the 571 SPACs searchin...
PitchBook: nearly 340 startups have privately raised money at $1B+ valuations this year, more than 3x the total from last year
SPACs and venture capitalists are plowing money into startups at record rates, looking past worries about lofty valuations — Investors are defying … Tweets: @julianklymochko and ...
Coinbase asks Congress to regulate digital assets outside of the existing financial system and to create a special regulator for digital asset markets
Crypto trading platform asks Congress to create an oversight regime separate from existing market regulators Source: The Coinbase Blog .
Robinhood files for long-awaited IPO, says it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors
Popular trading app Robinhood on Thursday filed for its initial public offering, and disclosed that it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors who rarely get to buy...