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Apple’s $165 Billion Cash Hoard Creates Mergers and Acquisitions Mirages
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MusicBird secures $100 million term loan facility to fund more music rights acquisitions
If, and only if, McDonald’s had an appetite for acquisitions
Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. I’m back, I’m drinking an iced Americano maybe because I miss Alex, maybe because I just feel different today, and I’m ready to start our week together. Here’s what I got into on today’s Equity […]
If, and only if, McDonald’s had an appetite for acquisitions by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Domain Capital Group announces new $700 million fund for entertainment acquisitions
Toil and trouble and … startup acquisitions!
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. I think it took maybe three days after I roasted our rather dry M&A season for the news cycle to prove me wrong. This week we saw Naver acquire Poshmark, Duolingo buy […]
Toil and trouble and … startup acquisitions! by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Big Acquisitions Can Squash Creativity, Titanfall And Battlefield Executive Vince Zampella Says
2022 has been a year full of major acquisitions in the video game space, and Electronic Arts executive Vince Zampella has now shared his thoughts on big buyouts and what they could mean.
Speaking to Barron’s, Zampella acknowledged that mergers and acquisitions in 2022 has been a “big trend,” and one that he sees both positives and negatives from. Big deals can help studios execute on projects they couldn’t have otherwise, but Zampella also warned about creativity falling by the wayside.
“There are benefits to it. There are probably negatives to it. I think we need to be careful that we’re not squashing creativity. Mega-franchises are great because you can do all these big things. You can do things you can never do as an independent developer. So there’s great opportunities,” he said. “But what are we leaving behind in that? We have to be careful we are always innovating and looking for the next thing–not just focused on the things that are right in front of us.”
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Noteworthy tech acquisitions 2022
Amid the on-going coronavirus pandemic, 2021 followed in the footsteps of its predecessor, continuing to be an unpredictable, and at times incredibly difficult, year. But one thing that stayed constant was the steady flow of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across the tech sector.
According to research by Global Data, global tech M&A deals had already neared $3 trillion by Q3, largely supported by the tech, media, and telecom sectors. Although nothing rivalled Xilinx’s $35 billion acquisition of Advanced Micro Devices in 2020, last year did see Intuit buy Mailchimp for $12 billion and Square splash out a princely sum — $29 billion — for Afterpay.