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Fintech & e-commerce • Public Markets • Startups • Venture

SoftBank’s Vision Fund Arm Posts Record $32B Loss

Chris Metinko

May 11, 2023

SoftBank’s Vision Fund unit — known for its investment in startups including Uber, WeWork and DoorDash — suffered losses of $32 billion for its...

Public Markets • Retail and Direct To Consumer

ThredUp Joins Long-Term Stock Exchange For Dual-Listing

Keerthi Vedantam

May 9, 2023

ThredUp has dual-listed its stock on the Long-Term Stock Exchange, the third company to join the San Francisco-based exchange.

Fintech & e-commerce • Health, Wellness & Biotech • Public Markets • Startups

The Biggest Startup IPOs Of The Past 10 Years Are All Below Their First-Day Price

Joanna Glasner

May 9, 2023

A SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ analysis of the 20 largest public market debuts of venture-backed U.S. companies founded in the past 15 years reveals that only three...

Health, Wellness & Biotech • IPO • Public Markets

J&J’s Consumer Spinoff Kenvue Closes Trading At 22% Above Asking Price

Keerthi Vedantam

May 4, 2023

Johnson & Johnson’s spinoff, Kenvue, debuted on the stock market at $25.53 a share, a possible sign that public markets are thawing.

IPO • Public Markets

Alibaba Could Seek US Listing For Online Shopping Unit — Report

Chris Metinko

May 4, 2023

The company is only in the early stages of the plan and the size of such an offering has not been determined, per the report.

IPO • Public Markets • Semiconductors and 5G

SoftBank’s Chipmaker Arm Holdings Muscles Its Way Toward IPO

Jenna D'Illard

May 1, 2023

Let the IPOs begin.

Fintech & e-commerce • IPO • Retail and Direct To Consumer • Venture

Sports Merchandiser Fanatics Drafts Investor Relations ‘Quarterback’ For Future IPO Play

Jenna D'Illard

April 27, 2023

Venture-backed sports merchandiser Fanatics drafted its own superstar this week with the hiring of former Meta head of investor relations Deborah...

Business • IPO • Public Markets

Could J&J’s IPO Kick Off A Wave Of IPOs?

Keerthi Vedantam

April 26, 2023

IPO summer? That'd be nice.

Artificial intelligence • Fintech & e-commerce • Funding reports • Public Markets • Quarterly and annual reports • Seed funding • Venture • Web3

Global VC Funding Falls Dramatically Across All Stages In Rocky Q1, Despite Massive OpenAI And Stripe Deals  

Gené Teare

April 5, 2023

Venture and growth investors in private companies continued to scale back their investment pace in the first quarter of 2023, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ data shows.

Fintech & e-commerce • IPO • Public Markets • Venture

Little Evidence Of Frozen IPO Market Thawing Out

Chris Metinko

March 30, 2023

It’s been more than a year since the IPO pipeline’s shutoff valve was turned on, and so far the market has shown few drops of a comeback. But when it...

Public Markets • Transportation & Logistics

Bird Gets Cash, Now Worth Slightly More Than Founder’s Mansion

Joanna Glasner

March 23, 2023

Bird, the scooter startup that once blazed the fastest trail ever to a unicorn valuation, got a boost when it announced Tuesday that it has secured...