Ransomware Attackers Begin to Eye Midmarket Acquisition Targets
About two months after it was bought in the fourth quarter of 2021 by a private-equity firm, a midsize manufacturer had to pay a ransomware group that had…
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Food Delivery Startups Look for New Ways to Sustain Growth
Investors last year poured cash into online grocery startups, which saw roaring demand for home deliveries at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now those…
WSJ News Exclusive | Apollo Nears $2.3 Billion Deal for Worldline’s Terminal Business
Apollo Global Management Inc.
APO -0.29%
is nearing a deal to acquire the…
WSJ News Exclusive | Zendesk Receives Takeover Approaches
Zendesk Inc.
ZEN 10.74%
came under new pressure over its proposal to buy the parent of web-survey…
KoBold Metals Raises $192.5 Million to Use AI to Find Battery Minerals
ADELAIDE, Australia—KoBold Metals, a startup backed by
Bill Gates’s
Breakthrough Energy Ventures that aims to use artificial…
Startup Investors Cut Valuations Amid Tech Stock Rout, Dismal IPOs
The recent stock rout is rattling the multitrillion-dollar market for startups after a long run of record investments, nosebleed valuations and rapid-fire…
Citrix Systems to Go Private in $16.5 Billion Acquisition
Citrix Systems will keep its name and…
Venture Capital Becomes a Tech Battleground Between China, U.S.
Last year, China’s tech stocks cratered. This year, America’s are following suit. But their selloffs have very different drivers, and therein lies a…
IBM Sells Watson Health Assets to Investment Firm
The IBM office in Foster City, Calif.…
A Booming Startup Market Prompts an Investment Rush for Ever-Younger Companies
Blank Street has a simple business: It sells coffee—sometimes in carts, usually in small stores. It launched its first location 17 months ago, before it…