The number of deals for Southeast Asian startups fell 10% year-on-year to 633 in 2024.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-22
Southeast Asian startups 633 down 10% YoY
DealStreetAsia: Southeast Asian startups raised $4.56B in 2024, down 42% YoY and falling to a fifth of a 2021 peak, as the number of deals fell 10% YoY to 633
Nikkei Asia · 2025-01-22 · #38
Microsoft plans to purchase 3.5M carbon credits estimated at ~$200M from Re.green over 25 years to restore parts of Brazil's Amazon and Atlantic forests.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-22
Microsoft Re.green 3.5M carbon credits ~$200M Brazil's Amazon Atlantic forests 25 years
Microsoft plans to buy 3.5M carbon credits, estimated to be worth ~$200M, from Re.green over 25 years to restore parts of Brazil's Amazon and Atlantic forests
Financial Times · 2025-01-22 · #37
Circle completes acquisition of Hashnote.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-21
Circle Hashnote
Circle, which issues the USDC stablecoin, acquired Hashnote; rwa.xyz data: Hashnote's USYC token last year become the largest tokenized US Treasury product
CoinDesk · 2025-01-21 · #20
MicroStrategy purchased 11,000 BTC for approximately $1.1 billion (about $101,191 per BTC) between January 13 and 20.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-21
MicroStrategy bitcoin
MicroStrategy bought 11K bitcoin for ~$1.1B from January 13 to 20, at an average of $101,191 per BTC, taking its holding to 461K, worth $48B+, or 2%+ of supply
The Block · 2025-01-21 · #8
CapCut is a video editing app owned by ByteDance.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-21
CapCut ByteDance
ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut is now working in the US, but is still not in app stores, after Trump signed an EO attempting to pause the TikTok ban
The Verge · 2025-01-21 · #4
Prosus acquired Stack Overflow for $1.8B in 2021.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-20
Stack Overflow Prosus
An interview with Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Stack Overflow, which was acquired by Prosus for $1.8B in 2021, on his plans to donate half his net worth and more
CNBC · 2025-01-20 · #15
ByteDance is the owner/publisher of TikTok and a range of related apps and game studios, including the listed titles.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-20
ByteDance TikTok CapCut Lemon8 Lark Marvel Snap One Punch Man The Strongest Mission EVO
In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a support document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark
TechCrunch · 2025-01-20 · #9
CapCut is a video editing app owned by ByteDance.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-20
CapCut ByteDance
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and later on Android, after US app stores removed CapCut as part of the divest-or-ban law
TechCrunch · 2025-01-20 · #16
Reports indicate Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Apple Sonos
Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit
Bloomberg · 2025-01-19 · #17
Roku is named as a possible potential acquirer of Sonos in takeover discussions.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Roku Sonos
Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit
Bloomberg · 2025-01-19 · #17
Spotify might consider acquiring Sonos as part of takeover speculation around the speaker maker.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Spotify Sonos
Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit
Bloomberg · 2025-01-19 · #17
Amazon is considered the most natural potential acquirer of Sonos amid takeover speculation.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Amazon Sonos
Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit
Bloomberg · 2025-01-19 · #17
The proposed merger is described as bringing video content/capabilities from TikTok to Perplexity AI.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Perplexity AI video content
Source: Perplexity AI made a TikTok US bid to ByteDance, proposing a merger that brings video to Perplexity, with ByteDance investors retaining their stakes
CNBC · 2025-01-19 · #7
The proposal reportedly would allow ByteDance investors to retain their existing stakes as part of the merger arrangement.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
ByteDance investors TikTok US stakes
Source: Perplexity AI made a TikTok US bid to ByteDance, proposing a merger that brings video to Perplexity, with ByteDance investors retaining their stakes
CNBC · 2025-01-19 · #7
Perplexity AI reportedly submitted a bid to ByteDance to merge with TikTok's US unit, proposing a transaction to combine Perplexity and TikTok U.S. (and potentially New Capital Partners) into a new entity.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Perplexity AI TikTok US ByteDance
Source: Perplexity AI made a TikTok US bid to ByteDance, proposing a merger that brings video to Perplexity, with ByteDance investors retaining their stakes
CNBC · 2025-01-19 · #7
Speculation that Sonos could be a takeover target with multiple potential suitors; Amazon is viewed as the most natural fit while Apple is considered unlikely.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Sonos Amazon Spotify Roku Samsung Apple other_potential_buyers
Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit
Bloomberg · 2025-01-19 · #17
Surbhi Sarna previously built and sold medical device startup nVision Medical for $275 million.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-19
Surbhi Sarna nVision Medical $275M
Collate, which is developing tech to automate paperwork for life science companies, emerges from stealth with a $30M seed led by Redpoint at a $100M+ valuation
Forbes · 2025-01-19 · #18
Samsung is listed among companies that might consider acquiring Sonos amid reports of takeover interest.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-19
Samsung Sonos
Apple is unlikely to acquire Sonos, but Amazon, Spotify, Roku, Samsung and others might consider the idea, with Amazon being the most natural fit
Bloomberg · 2025-01-19 · #17
Read.cv will shut down following the acquisition.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-18
Read.cv
Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals; Read.cv will shut down and let users export their profiles, posts, and more until May 16
TechCrunch · 2025-01-18 · #28
Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-18
Perplexity Read.cv
Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals; Read.cv will shut down and let users export their profiles, posts, and more until May 16
TechCrunch · 2025-01-18 · #28
Lenovo is acquiring Infinidat for hundreds of millions of dollars and will turn it into its Israel development center.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-17
Lenovo Infinidat
Lenovo acquires enterprise storage startup Infinidat and plans to turn it into its Israel development center; Infinidat raised $350M from TPG and others
Globes Online · 2025-01-17 · #5
Sources report Instagram and YouTube are gearing up to welcome TikTok users.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-17
Instagram YouTube TikTok users
Sources: Instagram and YouTube gear up to welcome TikTok users; two Meta employees say execs discussed resource allocation on January 15 to handle TikTok users
New York Times · 2025-01-17 · #25
Symbotic agrees to take control of Walmart's automation business for $200M in cash and up to $350M in additional contingent consideration.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-17
Symbotic Walmart automation business
Robotics company Symbotic agrees to take control of Walmart's automation business for $200M in cash and up to $350M in “additional contingent consideration”
TechCrunch · 2025-01-17 · #30
IG Group acquires UK trading app Freetrade for £160M.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-16
IG Group Freetrade
Brokerage firm IG Group acquires UK trading app Freetrade for £160M; Freetrade raised ~£30m via crowdfunding and was valued at £650m in 2021 during the pandemic
Tech.eu · 2025-01-16 · #35
Rokt acquires customer data startup mParticle for $300 million.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-16
Rokt mParticle
E-commerce marketing startup Rokt agrees a secondary share sale at a $3.5B valuation ahead of a 2026 IPO, and acquires customer data startup mParticle for $300M
Bloomberg · 2025-01-16 · #34
Google agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of CO2 removal credits from Indian startup Varaha for an undisclosed sum, marking its first deal with a carbon project in India.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-16
Google Varaha 100,000 tons of CO2 removal credits
Google agreed to buy 100K tons of CO2 removal credits from Indian startup Varaha for an undisclosed sum, marking its first deal with a carbon project in India
TechCrunch · 2025-01-16 · #37
Reports say Amazon is set to acquire Bengaluru-based BNPL startup Axio for around $150M+.
rumored 1 article 2025-01-16
Amazon Axio
Amazon to acquire Bengaluru-based BNPL startup Axio, sources say for $150M+; Axio raised $135M in equity, claims to have 10M+ customers, and a $260M+ loan book
TechCrunch · 2025-01-16 · #42
Red Hat is expanding its AI and hybrid cloud footprint by acquiring Neural Magic to deliver increased capabilities and performance to customers, partners, and the open-source community.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Red Hat AI hybrid cloud
Red Hat acquires Neural Magic, which has built tools to boost generative AI inference workloads and raised $50M from a16z and others, for an undisclosed sum
ZDNET · 2025-01-15 · #44
tbh was acquired by Facebook.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
tbh Facebook
Nikita Bier, creator of apps like tbh and anonymous compliments app Gas, launches Explode, a freemium app to send disappearing texts and photos via iMessage
TechCrunch · 2025-01-15 · #12
Red Hat completed the acquisition of Neural Magic for an undisclosed sum, integrating its software and algorithms that accelerate GenAI inference workloads.
confirmed 1 article 2025-01-15
Red Hat Neural Magic
Red Hat acquires Neural Magic, which has built tools to boost generative AI inference workloads and raised $50M from a16z and others, for an undisclosed sum
ZDNET · 2025-01-15 · #44