The private equity realm has been pretty active so far in 2024, serving as a powerful “alternative” source of liquidity for technology startups and scale-ups in search of an exit. Just this month, TechCrunch reported that EQT had picked up a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a valuation of around $ 4 billion, […]
The 12 biggest take-private PE acquisitions so far this year in tech
The private equity realm has been pretty active so far in 2024, serving as a powerful “alternative” source of liquidity for technology startups and scale-ups in search of an exit. Just this month, TechCrunch reported that EQT had picked up a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a valuation of around $ 4 billion, […]
MariaDB’s potential take-private deal is an indictment of 2021’s SPAC mania
The potential sale of MariaDB to K1 Investment Management for $ 37 million is a capstone on the failed era of SPAC mergers that gained prominence for a brief time in venture circles during the last startup boom. Remember SPACs? Special purpose acquisition companies, also known as blank-check companies, were used heavily in 2021 and […]