(PDF) Bain - Global M&A Report 2025
In 2024, deal value was historically low as a percentage of global GDP, but we are optimistic for...
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Gaming M&A Dipped in 2024 But Fundraising Doubled
Gaming mergers and acquisitions were down 3% to $11.5 billion in 2024, but fundraising doubled, a...
Full-Body Scanning Startup, Neko Snaps Up $260M at a $1.8B Valuation
Stockholm startup Neko Health has made a big bet on consumers wanting to learn about their state...
Global Game Investment Rose 38% to $4.3B in 2024
Global games investment rose 38% from $3.1 billion to $4.3 billion in 2024, according to a report...
The 10 Most Notable AI Stories of The Year
As we kick off 2025, the IoT Analytics research team has evaluated last year’s top AI stories. T...
Startups are Renewing Their Embrace of Tender Offers in 2024
The number of new tender offers administered by Carta has now increased in five of the past six q...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Future of Telcos : Mapping The Routes to Renew...
For all their efforts to reignite growth, telcos have yet to overcome their fundamental challenge...
(PDF) Accenture - Steering Through Activist Investor Demands
Activist investors are a persistent concern for CEOs and boards. Nearly a third of large public c...
(Infographic) The World’s 1,249 Unicorns - AI's Takeover of The U...
Nearly 1 in 2 new unicorns is an AI company. We visualize every billion-dollar startup around the...
(PDF) BCG - The 2024 M&A Report
Global M&A activity remains below historical norms, even as activity has rebounded from last...
(PDF) 2024 State of OpenCloud Report - The Battery Ventures
Inside the Coming AI Market “Supercycle” and How Cloud Startups Can Benefit: The Battery Ventur...
(M&A) Top 10 Crypto Acquisitions
Stripe’s $1.1B purchase of Bridge is the #1 crypto acquisition of all time (based on exit valuat...
(M&A) Dr Pepper’s Parent Company Acquires a ~$1 Billion Energy Dri...
Keurig Dr Pepper — one of the world’s leading beverage businesses, with a portfolio of more tha...
CB Insights - State of Venture Q3’24 Report
AI startups grab 1 in 3 VC dollars. Silicon Valley is becoming even more dominant. Positive signs...
(M&A) Stripe in $1.1B Acquisition Deal for Stablecoin Platform Bridge
Payments company Stripe has acquired stablecoin platform Bridge in a $1.1 billion deal, according...
What the Fed’s Big Rate Cut Means for Fashion
The US central bank’s first interest rate cut since the pandemic will make borrowing cheaper for...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Logistics Start-Up Funding : The Investor Pullback...
In the post-COVID-19 era, investors pinch their pennies.The decline in postpandemic logistics fun...
State of Digital Health Q2’24 Report
Funding in digital health drops, but larger check sizes and an uptick in exits highlight bright s...
(M&A) Ray-Ban Maker EssilorLuxottica to Buy Supreme Brand for $1.5...
Eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica has agreed to buy US streetwear brand Supreme for $1.5bn, expandin...
(M&A) Google Close to Its Biggest Acquisition Ever
Google is in talks to buy the New York City-based cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz. Google is cons...
Global Funding And M&A Picked Up In Q2, While AI Funding Mushroomed
Global startup funding picked up in the second quarter, reaching $79 billion — rising 16% quarte...
(Infographic) The Top Celebrity VCs
Celebrities can give a much-needed boost in brand recognition to the companies they back. But som...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Harnessing Analytics and AI to Shape The Future of...
To prepare for a world of lower fuel sales, forecourt retailers can harness advanced analytics an...
(M&A) Robinhood Acquires AI-Driven Investment-Advice Platform Pluto
Trading platform Robinhood is acquiring artificial intelligence (AI) research service Pluto Capit...
(M&A) OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Strengthen Its Retrieval Capabilities
OpenAI is moving to strengthen its technology stack. The company today announced it has acquired...
(M&A) Autodesk Acquires AI-Powered VFX Startup Wonder Dynamics
Autodesk — the 3D tools behemoth — has acquired Wonder Dynamics, a startup that lets creators q...
(Infographic) CB Insights - Book of Strategy Map
CB Insights book of strategy maps shines a light on the strategies of the world’s most important...
(PDF) Accenture - Reinventing M&A with Generative AI
In recent Accenture research, executives identified “Strategy & M&A” among the top thre...
Global Gaming Report Q1 2024
Financing for gaming companies is on an upward trend for the first quarter of 2024 according to D...
(M&A) Google's Acquisition Timeline
More than a decade ago, Google made headlines with its landmark acquisition of YouTube for $1.7B....
(Infographic) The 2024 MAD (Machine Learning, AI & Data) Landscape
This is our tenth annual landscape and “state of the union” of the data, analytics, machine lea...
A Cup of Soup Dancing in a Microwave? In Times Square, Silly Sells
Why Cup Noodles is prancing inside an extravagantly strange 3D billboard. a 3D billboard featurin...
