13 APRIL 2024 – IPOs are at the top of our list of news stories that we at TechCrunch like. A further noteworthy development that occurs less often than we’d like to see is a startup purchasing another startup. These acquisitions are frequently highly intriguing since they may accelerate a company’s growth by bringing in a wealth of people or technology.
The Equity Podcast crew was thrilled to learn that Automattic had purchased Beeper for $125 million. Proton purchased Standard Notes somewhere else in deal land, and we just talked about the Wonderschool-Early Day buy. Please, more!
Mary Ann picked Payjoy’s enormous new run rate for the Deals of the Week column. At the same time, Alex wanted to focus on the Proxima Fusion round, which might help nudge the next energy revolution toward reality.
Conclusion
Finally, we examined Anna Heim’s most recent article about Y Combinator’s declining number of participating Latin American startups. Based on our analysis, this decline may be related to investors’ disinterest in fintech, which is the startup category most closely linked to Latin American founder activity. Fintech is not dead—far from it. However, we are undoubtedly a few oceans away from the euphoric times of 2021. Equity returns on Monday mornings to get your week going! Then, we’ll see you!
