Billion-dollar exits are on the rise: So far this year, 11 U.S. venture-backed private companies have gone public or agreed to be acquired at...
M&A
SoftBank says it will acquire chip design company Ampere Computing in a $6.2 billion cash transaction. Under terms of the deal, Ampere will operate...
While the IPO pipeline is still fairly chilled, if the past few weeks are any indication, dealmaking when it comes to AI-related startups may be...
The planned $32 billion acquisition of cloud security unicorn Wiz by Google parent Alphabet doesn’t come as a shock to many who watch cybersecurity...
The past two weeks have brought a flurry of big-ticket M&A deals and IPO filings. The action culminated today with Google’s announcement of a planned...
Mobile gaming company Scopely announced it will acquire Pokémon Go maker Niantic’s games business in a deal valued at $3.5 billion.
ServiceNow announced this morning that it is acquiring Moveworks, provider of an enterprise AI assistant platform, for $2.85 billion in cash and...
Whether buying a startup or selling one, there are plenty of steps that need to be considered, writes guest author Murat Abdrakhmanov. In this...
The most active, highest-spending startup investors are leading a lot of large new rounds lately. When it comes to exits, however, things look much...
Last year, there were nearly 400 deals in which startups bought other startups — a 31% surge — per Crunchbase data, with the year ending particularly...
While bubbles, deception, spin and outright misrepresentation seem to have become the norm in today's startup and VC market, there are solutions. In...


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