Investment Giants With $2.3 Trillion Bet on More Market Turmoil
Tumbling global stock and bond prices this year, together with pain in private equity amid deteriorating deal volume left investors around the world casting their nets far and wide for opportunities.
Private Equity Investments In Healthcare Are Increasing
Over the past decade, there has been a rise in private equity investments in fee-for-service healthcare ventures, according to the brief. Private equity acquisitions of healthcare companies have risen from an estimated annual deal value of $41.5 billion in 2010 to $119.9 billion in 2019, for a total of approximately $750 billion over 10 years, the brief said.
Global Supply Chain Weakness Draws Increasing PE Investment
The global supply chain needs an upgrade, and private equity firms are attempting to offer a helping hand. The last three years have seen a steady rise in US PE deal value in supply chain tech as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the rise in ecommerce combined to reveal weaknesses such as a lack of data and analytics and outmoded technology.
Blackstone’s Head of Growth Warns Of Tech Sector Euphoria
Jon Korngold, the head of Blackstone Growth, talks about the continued digitization of the global economy, “a blind euphoria" among investors in certain tech sectors and how inflation and the new Omicron variant could affect investors in the year ahead.
Silicon Valley’s Deal Machine Is Cranking: Never Seen This Frenzied
Years into a boom for venture capital fueled by low-interest rates and the prospect of a lucrative hit in tech, deal flow and valuations are reaching new peaks. Among the biggest beneficiaries are the companies vying to become the next big social-media platform.
Grab Going Public With A SPAC Vs. A Traditional IPO
The deal will raise $4.5 billion in cash and value the combined entity at nearly $40 billion—making it the largest SPAC merger ever.
Plaid Hits $13.4B Valuation In The Wake Of Scrapped Visa Deal
Fintech company Plaid raised a new round of capital that nearly triples its valuation a few months after a deal to be bought by Visa fell apart.
VC Deal Momentum In India To Continue
You should gear up for more venture capital activity in India this year as deal momentum seen in calendar 2020 is expected to continue into 2021 as well, according to a new report.
Startups End Year In A Deal Frenzy
Investors are tripping over one another to give hot startups money. DoorDash and Airbnb are going public. The good times are back.
To Disrupt Real Problems, Rewrite The Silicon Valley Playbook
In a recent essay titled 'It’s Time To Build', investor Marc Andreessen expressed frustration with the inability of our institutions to be prepared for or deal with a threat like coronavirus, and rallied entrepreneurs to build ambitious solutions to these problems.