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Finance6 years ago

Airbnb poaches Amazon exec Dave Stephenson as its new CFO

Dave Stephenson is the new CFO of Airbnb. Airbnb Airbnb, which is poised to go public in the second half of 2019, has a new chief...
Finance6 years ago

Autodesk acquires Google, Sequoia backed PlanGrid

PlanGrid CEO Tracy Young just sold her company for $875 million.Steve Jennings/Getty AutoDesk will acquire the construction productivity software startup PlanGrid for $875 million, the company...
Finance6 years ago

BlackBerry is buying cybersecurity firm Cylance for $1.4 billion

Cylance CEO Stuart Mcclure Cylance BlackBerry just confirmed it plans to buy AI cybersecurity startup Cylance for $1.4 billion in cash. Cylance will continue to operate...
Technology6 years ago

16 companies that could go public in 2019, according to EquityZen

EquityZen CEO Atish Davda says secondary-market demand is a big indicator of when a company is ready to go public.EquityZen It’s not always clear which companies...
Finance6 years ago

Goldman Sachs names tech bankers to partner

Ward Waltemath and Barry O’Brien were promoted to partner at Goldman Sachs on Wednesday.Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs promoted 69 bankers to partner on Wednesday. Two of...
Finance6 years ago

‘Weinstein Protection Clauses’ are still rare in corporate M&A.

Harvey WeinsteinGetty Images Sexual misconduct allegations have unseated plenty of powerful people and caused headaches for the people involved. Despite this, dealmakers have been slow to...
Technology6 years ago

Amazon zeroes in on Northern Virginia for second headquarters

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is reportedly nearing a decision for HQ2.REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Amazon is close to announcing the location of its second headquarters, known as HQ2....
Technology6 years ago

Sexual-assault allegation may have led to downfall of Apttus founder

Apptus; iStock; Skye Gould/Business Insider Kirk Krappe, the longtime CEO of $1.86 billion startup Apttus, left the company in July. Two months after Krappe’s abrupt departure,...
Technology6 years ago

Bitcoin exchange Coinbase valued at $8 billion after raising another mega round

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Anthony Harvey / Stringer Coinbase is now officially valued at $8 billion. The bitcoin exchange announced a $300 million Series E on...
Finance6 years ago

IBM is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire Red Hat, the software company valued at $20 billion

Joe Scarnici/Stringer IBM is in talks to acquire Red Hat, the open source enterprise software company, according to Bloomberg. It’s unclear how much the deal is worth,...

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