Why Google, Microsoft and Amazon Shy Away From Buying A.I. Start-Ups
NYT M&A
AUGUST 8, 2024
start-ups for their technology and top employees, but have shied from owning the firms. Google, Microsoft and Amazon have made deals with A.I. Here’s why.
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From start-up to centaur: Leadership lessons on scaling
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MAY 3, 2024
This playbook for founder CEOs on scaling from start-up to standout and beyond borrows lessons from the global B2B software-as-a-service industry.
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Henrik Henriksson: Rapidly scaling a green steel start-up
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NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Henrik Henriksson, CEO of H2 Green Steel, talks about the challenges and successes in founding a green business start-up and out-executing peers in a competitive environment.
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Underestimated start-up founders: The untapped opportunity
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JUNE 23, 2023
More access to funding for underrepresented start-up founders can unlock massive investment and innovation opportunities. These founders are not just underrepresented—they are underestimated.
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Building a sales engine: Five insights to accelerate your start-up
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DECEMBER 20, 2023
How do you find and keep the best salespeople at a start-up? Dominikus Kirchhoff, former managing director at Choco, discusses his recipe for doing just that.
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Valuing Small Business Start-Ups
BV Specialists
JUNE 19, 2023
These “start-ups” are often thought to come from the various technology markets, however, anytime an entrepreneur begins the process of developing a business from scratch, regardless of the industry, they are considered a start-up.
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Punchbowl News Strikes Deal to Buy Data Start-Up
NYT M&A
DECEMBER 14, 2023
The congressional news start-up is doubling down on information for its audience of Capitol Hill obsessives.
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Fueling the Hungarian start-up ecosystem
Mckinsey and Company
JANUARY 31, 2023
Cooperation among all stakeholders would help the country create a start-up culture that could generate some 30,000 high-value-adding jobs and up to €1.3 billion in additional direct local spending.
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Building a world-class Dutch start-up ecosystem
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NOVEMBER 10, 2022
A strategy to both increase the number of start-ups and facilitate their ability to scale can elevate the Netherlands to a global leader in the world of entrepreneurship ecosystems.
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Creating a how-to guide for climate tech start-ups and scale-ups
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OCTOBER 11, 2024
How can a climate tech company get funding—and scale up—quickly? The Climate Brick, an open-source manual for entrepreneurs and investors, aims to provide some answers.
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The Committed Innovator: Working with start-ups
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MARCH 23, 2023
Innovators from large organizations talk about working with start-ups, and how each can support the other.
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How agtech start-ups can survive a capital drought
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NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Although agtech investment has fallen from last year’s peak, the surge in capital for start-ups over the past decade has created opportunities for smaller companies.
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What’s fueling Pakistan’s emerging start-up ecosystem
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MAY 31, 2022
With a massive young, English-speaking population and a fast-growing, tech-savvy middle class, Pakistan has many ingredients for a thriving start-up ecosystem. So why is it only now starting to live up to its entrepreneurial potential, and where is it headed?
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How to make investments in start-ups pay off
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NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Both large corporations and start-ups have much to gain from collaboration, but corporate venture capital investments need a clear strategy, focus, and operating model.
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Compass UOL Announces New Start-up Team
Benzinga
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Compass UOL, a member of AI/R, the AI/Revolution Group, announced that it has created a new Start-up and Small and Medium Business (SMB) sales team in the U.S. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. with the acquisition of OakRocket and Dao Jensen as President of Compass UOL AWS Business Unit in the U.S.,
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Conflicting Fiduciary Duties and Fire Sales of VC-backed Start-ups
Harvard Corporate Governance
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Posted by Bo Bian (University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business), Yingxiang Li (University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business), and Casimiro A.
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Start-up funding in logistics: Adjusting to a new reality
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MAY 16, 2023
Funding for logistics start-ups tightened in 2022. Where are investors focusing their interest now?
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Is MENAP’s budding start-up ecosystem ready to blossom?
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JULY 17, 2023
Some of the world’s wealthiest venture capital investors call the region home, but it has not been a hot spot for start-ups. Now powerful trends are shifting this dynamic.
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The Committed Innovator: The future of Israel’s start-up ecosystem
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DECEMBER 13, 2022
Based on past successes within the world’s third-largest start-up ecosystem, two innovation leaders see technological and cultural change as catalysts for future growth.
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Hard choices: How Europe’s fastest-growing start-ups become unicorns
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NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Just one in ten start-ups valued at $100 million grows to $1 billion within four years. Here are five trade-offs they made to get there.
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Recharge buys technology of failed battery start-up Britishvolt
Financial Times M&A
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
Australian group has until end of next month to close deal to buy site of UK start-up
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Analytics Firm Clarivate Acquires AI Start-Up MotionHall - What's On The Cards?
Benzinga
MARCH 21, 2024
Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT ) has entered into an agreement to acquire the majority of assets of MotionHall , a Silicon Valley technology start-up. MotionHall serves life sciences with vertical artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The financial terms of the transaction were not revealed.
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Appraisal: Determining the Fair Value of a Start-up Isn’t Easy
John Jenkins
AUGUST 8, 2024
FairXchange (July 30, 2024), the Chancery Court addressed an appraisal petition filed in connection with Coinbase’s acquisition of a start-up securities exchange. In Hyde Park v. Despite a flawed sale process, Vice Chancellor Laster concluded that the deal price was the “least bad” option for valuing the target.
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Logistics start-up funding: The investor pullback continues
Mckinsey and Company
JULY 24, 2024
In the post-COVID-19 era, investors pinch their pennies.
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Roche Considers Selling Cancer Data Specialist Flatiron Health Business, Highlights Challenges With Start-Up Acquisitions
Benzinga
AUGUST 7, 2024
The start-up mines this data and sells it to. Flatiron Health was founded by two former executives from Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG ) (NASDAQ: GOOGL ) Google. The company manages electronic patient records for numerous U.S. cancer clinics, boasting one of the most extensive repositories of cancer data.
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52 What makes the difference for Europe’s top start-ups
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APRIL 7, 2022
After years of enduring a relative innovation deficit, Europe’s start-up ecosystem is beginning to show renewed promise. The best performing companies offer a model for how to maintain the entrepreneurial momentum.
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How start-ups can manage uncertain times: Insights from leading European venture capitalists
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DECEMBER 13, 2022
Start-ups are shifting their focus from fast-paced growth toward sustainable economics amid global headwinds. Four prominent European venture capitalists discuss how founders and funders can play the long game.
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Starting up as a new CFO
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JANUARY 18, 2023
Congratulations, you’ve made it—now hit the ground running. Here are seven key mindsets and practices that effective CFOs adopt from day one.
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Automation Giant ABB Expresses Love For Mobile Robotics With Start-Up Buyout
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JANUARY 12, 2024
Yesterday, ABB Ltd (OTC: ABBNY ) disclosed the acquisition of Swiss start-up Sevensense for an undisclosed amount. The buyout of Sevensense, a provider of AI-enabled 3D vision navigation technology for robots, is expected to enable speed, accuracy, and autonomy of mobile robots.
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Mubadala races to salvage European start-up investments
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AUGUST 5, 2024
Executives at Abu Dhabi’s $300bn fund lead restructurings and management changes as valuations sink
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Hard choices: How Europe’s start-ups can navigate the journey from centaur to unicorn
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Just one in ten start-ups valued at $100 million grows to $1 billion within four years. Here are five trade-offs they made to get there.
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US probes Nvidia’s acquisition of Israeli AI start-up
Financial Times M&A
AUGUST 1, 2024
Department of Justice has increased scrutiny of the chipmaker’s power in the emerging sector
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Investors raise billions to buy discounted stakes in start-ups
Financial Times M&A
JANUARY 16, 2024
Buyers return after secondary market for private shares was hit by higher interest rates
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From start-up to scale-up: Accelerating growth in construction technology
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To achieve scale, founders, executives, and investors in construction technology need to eliminate the barriers to efficient growth. Here’s how.
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Start-Up Financing: Converts or SAFEs?
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AUGUST 6, 2024
A recent Nixon Peabody memo provides an overview for emerging companies of the differences between the use of convertible debt and simple agreement for future equity for early stage financings.
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45 Roche considers options for $1.9bn cancer data start-up
Financial Times M&A
AUGUST 6, 2024
Swiss drugmaker examines options for Flatiron Health after acquisition has disappointed
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100 Brookfield ups the ante in UK pensions with insurance start-up
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JULY 8, 2024
Canadian group could yet ‘build then buy’ to grab returns on offer in a market awash with possible deals
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Hyperscaling a fintech start-up: Lessons from Moss
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OCTOBER 27, 2022
CEO and cofounder Ante Spittler discusses how an investor observation sparked the creation of a company that is valued at €500 million just two years after launch.
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BuzzFeed Sells Complex, a Pop Culture Start-Up, for $108.6 Million
NYT M&A
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
The digital-media company, which has plunged in value, is selling the unit to Ntwrk at a significant discount from its 2021 purchase price.
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Building a green business: Lessons from sustainability start-ups
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APRIL 27, 2022
Green tech and climate technology companies are rapidly altering the competitive landscape. With sustainability now a business imperative, incumbents need to move quickly—or risk being left behind.
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Start-ups worry over EU’s Big Tech crackdown
Financial Times M&A
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Some entrepreneurs believe there will now be less deal activity, reducing exit routes from their business
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Venture group G Squared raises $1bn to invest in discounted start-up shares
Financial Times M&A
AUGUST 25, 2024
Slowdown in public listings and takeovers means staff and investors are selling shares for cheap on secondary market
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Financial Times M&A
JUNE 13, 2024
Investors split over options that range from deal with rival Ardonagh or putting together new rescue financing
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Mobility tech as a source of innovation: Israel’s smart mobility start-up ecosystem
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DECEMBER 5, 2023
Mobility is a fundamental part of daily life and ripe for constant change and innovation. This report looks at global mobility trends and investment in smart mobility across geographies and technologies.
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