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Netflix buys Finnish developer in cloud gaming push

March 2, 2022

Netflix has agreed to acquire Helsinki-listed game developer Next Games for €65 million, as the streaming service expands further into a gaming market dominated by the likes of Microsoft and Sony.

How Nvidia's failed Arm deal compares to tech's biggest M&A upsets

February 10, 2022

Nvidia's planned $40 billion acquisition of Arm was officially declared dead this week, making it the latest in a list of failed tech mergers. Here are five of the biggest.

Battle for the future of gaming fuels deal frenzy

February 4, 2022

With the surging popularity of gaming, M&A activity has skyrocketed as well, and in under six weeks, 2022 is already poised to shatter records for total deal value.

SoftBank, Nvidia and the growing burdens facing tech mergers

January 30, 2022

Nvidia is set to abandon its planned purchase of SoftBank portfolio company Arm, amid increasing regulatory oversight for tech mergers.

Microsoft buys into metaverse with $68.7B Activision Blizzard acquisition

January 18, 2022

Big tech is joining venture capital in a land rush for companies targeting the metaverse despite few real-world examples of the tech world's latest buzzword in action.

Coming of age amid crises: A year in Europe

December 19, 2021

Despite ongoing challenges, the private markets in Europe are continuing to thrive. Will it continue into 2022?

Mapping the fintech world's top players and their most successful imitators

November 23, 2021

Regulatory differences have allowed a plethora of companies to replicate the most successful fintech models and adapt them to their local markets.

Aristocrat's $3.7B Playtech bid underscores appetite for sports betting

October 18, 2021

UK-listed betting software company Playtech has accepted a £2.7 billion (about $3.7 billion) takeover offer from Aristocrat, an Australian maker of slot machines and gaming content. The deal comes less than a month after US sports betting group DraftKings offered to acquire London-listed rival Entain (formerly GVC Holdings) for £16.4 billion, topping a competing offer from casino operator MGM worth £8 billion. 

DraftKings makes $22B+ bid for Ladbrokes owner Entain

September 22, 2021

Sports betting group DraftKings has offered to pay $22.4 billion for UK peer Entain, in a deal that would be worth $25 billion including debt. But MGM, which also sought to buy the Ladbrokes owner, is arguing that its joint venture with Entain means the casino operator should have a say in the deal.

Sports-betting data provider selects IPO in latest blow for blank-check deals

August 18, 2021

Sportradar has filed to go public on the Nasdaq via in IPO after nixing a major SPAC deal in June, as the allure of blank-check companies continues to wane following their unparalleled popularity earlier this year.

Billionaire blastoffs put high-stakes space ventures back in the spotlight

July 11, 2021

Billionaire Richard Branson's leap into space is a made-for-the-internet media event that shows Virgin Galactic is nearly ready to take uber-wealthy tourists on celestial journeys.

As the US SPAC boom cools, Europe's is just heating up

May 17, 2021

Signs of oversaturation in the US suggest it's Europe's turn for SPACs to take flight.

Buyout of AOL, Yahoo signals PE's biggest bet on digital media

May 3, 2021

Apollo Global Management will become the latest investor to try to turn around a digital media behemoth.

Will private equity get caught up in a SPAC showdown with regulators?

April 18, 2021

New SEC chair Gary Gensler appears ready to scrutinize SPACs after a year in which the number of blank-check companies surged.

Listen to Season 3 of the 'In Visible Capital' podcast

April 6, 2021

Trillions of dollars flow into the private markets every year, and that capital shapes how we all experience and interact with the world around us—whether we know it or not.