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Gojek, Grab Refute Merger Rumors

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Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing giants Gojek and Grab are holding discussions about a possible merger, The Information reported on Tuesday (Feb. A merger would create one of the world’s most highly valued startups, with Gojek valued at $9 billion and Grab valued at $14 billion. A merger between Grab and Gojek could make $16.7

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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Indeed, WeWork’s recent troubles have shaken confidence in the tech startup funding environment. Venture Capital Funding. Cardlay, based in the U.K., Also in the U.K.,

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M&A Marks Unicorn Activity

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It’s been rather quiet on the unicorn front in past weeks, but some activity of note more recently did extend across mergers, acquisitions and even a downround. In other possible M&A news, Airbnb is reported to be in talks to acquire Tilt, a startup that would help expand the booking service into actual payments.

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SPACs Sparkled In 2020, But What Lies Ahead For Them?

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One of 2020’s highest high-flyers has been the special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC. It might be hard in the midst of roaring markets and headlines trumpeting Dow 30,000 to remember that one of 2020’s highest high-flyers has been the special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC. And as reported by CNBC Monday (Dec.

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Is The Cybersecurity Market Facing A Downturn?

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Private cybersecurity companies are putting plans to go public on hold as some cybersecurity stocks are being hit hard in the market. Rather than seeing private companies prepare for IPOs, venture capitalists and investment bankers expect 2016 to be a year of mergers and acquisitions throughout the cybersecurity market , WSJ reported.

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Transcript: Steve Case

Barry Ritholtz

? ?. The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Steve Case on AOL, Startups & Venture , is below. And if you are at all interested in technology, venture, startups, entrepreneurship, I suspect you will also. All of our earlier podcasts on your favorite pod hosts can be found here. ~~~. I found this conversation to be fascinating.