November 9, 2020
Last week, Ant Group postponed its IPO due to China’s new regulatory banking rules.
ByteDance was having talks to raise $2 billion at a $180 billion valuation.
Plaid’s $5.3 billion merger with Visa was in jeopardy due to the DOJ filing an antitrust lawsuit.
Udacity raised $75 million in debt.
November 2, 2020
Last week, NerdWallet acquired Fundera, a platform that assists small and medium-sized businesses with assessing various lending options, to expand its financial guidance features.
Procore acquired Esticom, a preconstruction estimating solution, to enable greater precision in calculating costs.
Scopely raised $340 million at a $3.3 billion valuation.
October 26, 2020
Last week, Airbnb’s board approved a 2-for-1 stock split.
Eat Just was raising $200 million in a new funding round that may value the company around $2 billion.
Handshake raised $80 million in a new funding round.
Scopely acquired Genjoy, , developer of popular mobile game Tuscany Villa, to grow its number of users.
October 19, 2020
Last week, Calm was raising funding at a $2.2 billion valuation.
Databricks achieved $350 million revenue run rate.
Getaround raised $140 million in a new funding round.
Proterra raised $200 million in new funding round.
Roblox confidentially filed for its IPO.
Stripe acquired Paystack, a Nigeria based payments API platform, to expand its presence in Africa.
October 12, 2020
Last week, Affirm confidentially filed documents for its upcoming IPO.
Clover Health was acquired by Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Copr. III, a SPAC, for $3.7 billion.
Instacart raised $200 million at a $17.7 billion valuation.
Marqeta received an undisclosed investment from MasterCard.
Segment was acquired by Twilio for $3.2 billion.
Two weeks ago, Better was raising $100 million at a $4 billion valuation.
October 5, 2020
Last week, Airbnb was planning to raise $3 billion in its expected IPO.
Asana went public via a direct listing that valued the company at $4.2 billion
Palantir went public via a direct listing that valued the company at $20.6 billion.