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SoftBank Vision Fund To Lay Off 30% Of Global Workforce
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The Tokenist
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Sunday, October 2, 2022 3:57 AM EDT
SoftBank is planning to cut 30% of its global workforce after the conglomerate sustained a record loss in the previous quarter, according to Bloomberg.
Private Equity Losses Not Yet Booked
Article By:
Danielle Park, CFA
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Monday, September 26, 2022 2:12 PM EDT
Private equity managers will not reveal their actual returns until later in December, and then those numbers will factor into the 2022 returns of pensions and other holders.
How To Invest In Startups During Times Of Uncertainty
Article By:
Shelly Hod Moyal
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 2:01 PM EDT
History shows time and again that some of the best companies were built during times of crisis. Here are some tips that help while investing during times of uncertainty...
Credit Karma Gets In Trouble With The FTC
Article By:
Mark Hake CFA
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Friday, September 2, 2022 10:36 PM EDT
The FTC accused Credit Karma of fraud for telling people they were pre-approved when they were not.
Decacorns: Analysis Of Gusto’s Acquisitions
Article By:
Sramana Mitra
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Monday, August 29, 2022 3:00 PM EDT
Gusto operates on a subscription-based model. The pricing is dependent on the nature of the services that its customers want to use. Being privately held, it does not divulge its financials.
Decacorns: Faire Brings Small Retailers Together To Compete With Big Players
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Sramana Mitra
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Friday, August 26, 2022 11:14 AM EDT
Faire provides business owners with access to technology, data insights, financial insights, and logistics solutions to support the future of this local retail.
Decacorns: Devoted Health Focuses On Simplifying Medicare Insurance
Article By:
Sramana Mitra
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Thursday, August 25, 2022 5:19 PM EDT
Devoted Health has created a combination of services that include Medicare Advantage health plans, partnerships with providers, and its own in-house virtual and at-home care provider.
Decacorns: Analysis Of Plaid’s Cognito Acquisition
Article By:
Sramana Mitra
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Tuesday, August 23, 2022 1:37 PM EDT
Plaid’s API offerings put it in between consumers and a slew of financial applications and services. Its solutions make it easier, and safer, for developers to create innovative financial services and applications.
What Is Flow?
Podcast By:
Felix Salmon
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Sunday, August 21, 2022 9:15 AM EDT
This week, Felix Salmon, and Elizabeth Spiers are joined by Eric Newcomer to discuss his piece on Marc Andreessen’s surprising choice to back Adam Neumann’s new company Flow, the current VC landscape, and Bed, Bath & Beyond’s wild meme-stock moment.
The Search Engine Market Is Waiting To Be Disrupted
Article By:
Early Investing
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 7:49 PM EDT
A new business model for search won't work unless it first serves better search results.
Week In Review: Hansoh In-licenses Endometriosis/Fibroid Therapy In $170 Million Deal
Article By:
ChinaBio® Today
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Saturday, August 13, 2022 4:15 PM EDT
Other funding deals for drug discovery, R&D, gene editing.
Creating An Innovation Economy
Article By:
Martin Hutchinson
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Monday, August 8, 2022 10:30 AM EDT
Since technological innovation is key to our future prosperity and indeed happiness, it is perhaps worth reviewing how better approaches in the past have produced better results.
Private Equity Needs More Other-People’s-Money
Article By:
Lipper Alpha Insight
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Monday, August 8, 2022 4:28 AM EDT
Buyout firms are sitting on $1.4 trillion in cash, but in order to do deals, they need leverage with which to pair it. There aren’t many places for them to find it, at least not in the quantities they might wish.
Long-Term Private Equity Performance: 2000 To 2021
Article By:
AllAboutAlpha
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Wednesday, July 20, 2022 5:37 AM EDT
Press coverage of private equity focuses almost exclusively on second order concerns over disclosure, fees, layoffs, debt, and an occasional scandal. Rarely is attention given to the first order benefit of high risk-adjusted returns.
6 Conservative "Cannabis" Stocks: A Detailed Financial Assessment
Article By:
Lorimer Wilson
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Sunday, July 17, 2022 11:35 AM EDT
We take a look at the financial health of each of six index constituents - how well the company is being managed and the extent to which the company is over- or under-valued compared to its peers.