Opendoor Is Going Public Via SPAC Merger. Here’s What It Could Mean For Real Estate Tech
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The deal gives Opendoor significant leverage to expand, and could spark more SPAC activity in the real estate technology market.
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The deal gives Opendoor significant leverage to expand, and could spark more SPAC activity in the real estate technology market.
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BP’s new business and spending plans signify a wave of oil and gas (O&G) majors looking to grab market share in renewable energy and decarbonization tech.
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Sumo Logic's positive reception from public markets, the first major cybersecurity IPO of 2020, signals an increasing appetite for cloud-focused services.
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Aveva acquired OSIsoft in one of the largest industrial technology deals in recent years, adding on capabilities in a rapidly growing and consolidating market.
Our timeline visualizes AI-powered companies with exits valued at $1B+, including insurtech company Lemonade’s recent public offering and Roche's massive acquisition of cancer tech company Flatiron Health.
The Covid-19 pandemic hurt IoT unicorn Samsara. What does this mean for the space's longer-term prospects?
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Biotech company ATAI Life Sciences recently launched a digital therapeutics platform. The new product offering implies that digital access in highly specialized areas of medicine — like psychedelics — could be crucial in the post-Covid-19 world.
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NIO's all-time high for deliveries could indicate a revival of the broader Chinese EV market.
Our graphic shows every billion-dollar acquisition made by Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent, from Alibaba’s acquisition of logistics giant Cainiao to Tencent's bet on gaming company Supercell.
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We assess how GM's rapid ability to retool may guide corporations on how to proactively evaluate and plan supply chain operations in the future.
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Target recently announced it would acquire last-mile delivery startup Deliv’s technology platform. We take a look at what this means for Target and for last-mile competition among consumables retailers at large.
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Leading auto insurers are giving money back to their policyholders as the Covid-19 shutdowns lead to a drop in auto claims, warning of potential tough times ahead for the industry.
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Disinformation, or fake news, has the potential to threaten the reputation of businesses, undermine the authority of governments, and influence the decisions and thinking of people everywhere.
Visa, Intuit, Morgan Stanley, Lending Club, and Ally each participated in a blockbuster acquisition in Q1’20. Here are 4 key takeaways about how public markets players are thinking about the future of financial services.
2019 saw broad maturation and consolidation in the global payments space, and both of those trends should continue through 2020.
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Refillable packaging could help brands offer higher quality product experiences and potentially save on single-use plastic. Here's how Hermès and other companies are spurring change.
M&A Analysis
Visa’s acquisition of Plaid is a bet on customer financial data as an on-ramp to a growing global financial ecosystem. We look at financing and market trends in the space.
M&A Analysis
We look at what Coty’s acquisition of Kylie Cosmetics means for the beauty market.
Following Google's $2.1B acquisition of Fitbit, wearables startups offering differentiated capabilities like sleep monitoring or blood sugar-tracking could become attractive acquisition targets.
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Walmart's investment in smart lock startup Level Home points to retailers' ongoing battles to drive convenience — and the smart home landscape's need for differentiation.
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Stripe offers payments APIs to e-commerce merchants and developers. Now, the company is increasingly offering financial products outside of its core APIs to compete more directly with incumbents.
As digital health companies Health Catalyst and Livongo make their NASDAQ debuts, we look at how much their top stakeholders' shares are worth.
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Food delivery platform GrubHub Seamless has faced lower margins and decreased market share. We take a look at how GrubHub is losing its edge — and what this means for the food delivery space as a whole.
Illinois just legalized recreational cannabis. We assess the opportunities this change is creating for startups and incumbents alike.
Robotics company and maker of the Roomba, iRobot, acquired children's education-focused Root Robotics. We take a look at the lackluster financing and market trends for the kids educational consumer robotics industry, and what this means for potential acquirers.
We visualize Amazon's top acquisitions, from high-impact strategic moves, such as buying Whole Foods, to acquisitions that fell flat, like Quidsi.