Private equity
Method of financing
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| 2024 |
Venture capital
New venture capitalists in South Korea announced a 40% cut in financing.
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| January 24 2024 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
The SEC unveiled new comprehensive rules for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), introducing clarifications to enhance regulatory transparency and integrity. The new rules refined criteria for forward-looking statements, redefined 'blank check company', and required more detailed disclosures on board votes and potential dilutive impacts.
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| 2023 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPAC market faced challenges with only 31 IPOs, raising $3.8 billion with an average IPO size of $124.1 million, and 98 mergers completed.
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| 2023 |
Venture capital
End of a period showing a 30% increase in venture capital for greentech companies in the EU, despite downturn in other sectors.
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| May 2023 | Hindenburg Research released an analysis of Icahn Enterprises, claiming the company is overvalued and alleging questionable financial practices. The share price of Icahn Enterprises dropped by 20% on the day of the analysis release. |
| February 2023 |
Infrastructure fund
Bloomberg reported Preqin's prediction that approximately $1.87 trillion would be dedicated to infrastructure investments by 2026.
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| 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Elizabeth Warren released a report exposing how Wall Street insiders were using SPACs in ways that harmed investors, and called for new regulations to prevent abuse.
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| 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Sharp decline in SPAC IPOs, dropping to 86 IPOs raising $13.431 billion.
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| 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPAC market significantly shrank, with only 86 SPAC IPOs compared to 613 in 2021, and total funds raised dropping to $13.4 billion from $162.5 billion.
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| 2022 | Featured in HBO documentary 'Icahn: The Restless Billionaire', directed by Bruce David Klein and produced by Atlas Media Corp. |
| 2022 |
Venture capital
Singapore ranked seventh in the Global Innovation Index.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
Singapore recorded $5.5 billion Singapore dollars in startup investments up to Series B rounds, representing a 14% increase by volume and 45% increase by value.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector closed approximately 50% of Canada's venture capital deals, with Life Sciences accounting for 16% of the deals.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
Switzerland invested CHF 4 billion in venture capital, with half of the total amount directed to ICT and Fintech sectors, and 21% invested in Cleantech.
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| 2022 |
Venture capital
Venture capital investing in the United States reached $209.4 billion, marking the second-highest investment year in history.
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| December 1 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Study cut-off date revealing American-listed SPACs that merged between July 2020 and December 2021 had an average share price of $3.85, a 60% drop from the standard $10 per share.
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| May 2022 | McDonald's shareholders voted against Icahn's nominees, with only 1% supporting his board candidates related to pig welfare. |
| March 18 2022 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Aquila Acquisition Corp launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), experiencing a 3% share price decline in the two weeks following the debut.
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| February 2022 | Nominated two people for election to McDonald's board of directors, aiming to pressure the company to improve conditions for pigs raised by its suppliers. |
| 2021 |
Infrastructure fund
A study revealed challenges in infrastructure fund performance, highlighting that these funds tend to deliver returns worse than investors may assume and are subject to economic cycle fluctuations.
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| 2021 |
Venture capital
Data revealed that female founders received only 2% of venture capital funding in the United States, highlighting significant gender disparity in VC investment practices.
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| 2021 |
Venture capital
Over AUD $10 billion was invested into Australian and New Zealand startups across 682 deals, representing a 3x increase from the previous year.
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| 2021 |
Venture capital
Start of a period that saw a 30% rise in venture capital for greentech companies in the EU, driven by policies from the European Green Deal.
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| 2021 |
Venture capital
South Korea reached a peak of US$10 billion in venture capital investments.
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| December 2021 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
End of a studied period showing SPAC merger performance, with 613 SPAC IPOs and $162.5 billion in funds raised.
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| August 2021 | Princeton University announced it would not name a student dormitory for Perelman after his family foundation failed to make payments on a pledged $65 million donation. |
| March 2021 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Lord Hill prepared a report for the Chancellor of Exchequer recommending changes to London company listing rules to make them more favorable to SPAC listings, including reducing the percentage of public share offerings from 25% to 15%.
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| January 2021 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
75 SPACs were launched in the first month.
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| January 1 2021 |
Venture capital
At the beginning of 2021, Bulgaria had 18 venture capital and growth equity firms operating in the local market, with total funding for technology startups exceeding €200 million.
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| 2020 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPACs experienced significant proliferation during the 'everything bubble', a period of economic expansion between 2020 and 2021.
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| 2020 | Ira Rennert and his spouse contributed $900,000 to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. |
| 2020 |
Venture capital
Continuing the trend from 2019, over 90% of US startups valued over $1 billion were reported to have lost money.
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| 2020 |
Venture capital
The venture capital industry reached $80 billion in fresh capital, demonstrating phenomenal growth.
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| 2020 |
Venture capital
Primo Space, the first Italian Venture Capital Fund, was launched by Primomiglio SGR, initially closing €58 million out of a target €80 million and focusing on Space investing.
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| 2020 |
Venture capital
Bulgarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association reported 59 venture capital transactions with a total value of €29.4 million in the Bulgarian market.
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| 2020 |
Venture capital
Female-founded companies achieved their highest recorded level of venture capital investment, raising 2.8% of total capital investment.
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| 2020 |
Venture capital
Australian and New Zealand startups received $3.1 billion in venture capital investments.
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| 2020 | Revlon undertakes a debt deal, reflecting the financial complexities of Perelman's business holdings. |
| 2020 | Perelman sells majority of his shares in AM General and significant art works, likely in response to economic challenges and high debt burdens of his companies. |
| September 18 2020 | Bloomberg reported that Perelman sold his Gulfstream 650 private jet and his 257-foot yacht. |
| July 2020 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Beginning of a period studied for SPAC merger performance, which revealed significant share price declines for merged companies.
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| May 2020 | Sold his entire 39% stake (55.3 million shares) of Hertz Global for 72 cents a share, resulting in a loss of almost $2 billion. |
| March 2020 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Allison Lee, acting chair of the SEC, commented that 'investment returns don't match the hype surrounding the SPAC bubble'.
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| 2019 |
Special-purpose acquisition company
Cantor Fitzgerald led all SPAC underwriters, book-running 14 SPACs that raised over US$3.08 billion in IPO proceeds.
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| 2019 |
Venture capital
Venture capital startup funding in Sub-Saharan Africa grew to 1.3 billion dollars, marking a rapid increase in investment. The growth was attributed in part to improving educational factors and emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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| 2019 |
Venture capital
According to economist Jeffrey Funk, over 90% of US startups valued over $1 billion were reported to have lost money during this year.
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| 2019 |
Venture capital
Careem was acquired by Uber for $3.1 billion, becoming the first unicorn exit in the MENA region.
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| September 18 2019 |
T. Boone Pickens
Pickens' foundation published 'A final message from T. Boone Pickens', a personal reflection written before his death.
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