Documents: sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich quietly invested $63M+ in European startups via London VC firm Target Global between 2015 and 2021
Venture capital fund Target Global managed tens of millions of dollars for Roman Abramovich and helped the now-sanctioned oligarch build … X: @hkanji , @_iainmartin , @_iainmartin , @giacomotognini , ...
A closer look at the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest US bank whose unrealized losses snowballed from $0 in June 2021 to $16B by September 2022
Markets/Econ — General Sherman's memoirs about the Page & Bacon 1855 bank run in San Francisco. Mike / Nongaap Investing : SIVB: Held-to-Mortem Governance Tweets: Mike / @nongaap : It kind of blows ...
Analysis: at least eight companies that went public via SPACs filed for bankruptcy since June 2022, almost 100 are spending unsustainably, and 73 trade below $1
Bloomberg : Tweets: @mattzeitlin , @carlquintanilla , @herbgreenberg , @hkanji , and @thestalwart Tweets: Matthew Zeitlin / @mattzeitlin : If we scrapped the accredited investor rules, it's not like ...
Lagos-based Jumia, once hailed as the “Amazon of Africa”, has seen its stock drop 85%+ since its April 2019 IPO amid falling customer growth and mounting losses
David Adeleke / Rest of World : Tweets: @hkanji , @ulonnaya , @naijaflyingdr , @restofworld , and @eajene Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : Another Rocket Internet success story stumbles https://rest...
Dealogic: July 2022 was the first month in five years that no new SPACs raised money, after SPAC IPOs peaked in March 2021 with over $36B raised
Welcome, Sandbox friends. — Today's Daily discusses … Tweets: @wsjgraphics : SPAC activity reached the lowest level in five years in July https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ @amyssorrells : SPAC activi...
Analysis: Tiger Global, SoftBank, and Insight Partners led or co-led rounds totaling $73B in 2021, representing 12% of all venture and PE invested in startups
Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund and Insight Partners aren't traditional venture capital investors … Tweets: @hkanji and @robjebert Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : For every week in 202...
Analysis of 166 tech IPOs from 2010 to 2019: the 30 most valuable startups raised half as much capital and produced nearly 4X the value as the 30 most funded
Does raising a large amount of capital make a startup more likely to succeed? Is capital a weapon? Do startup founders need to “go big or go home?” Tweets: @micahjay1 , @josephflaherty , @josephflah...
As hedge funds ramp up private market investments, a look at Coatue Management, a hedge fund started by ex-Tiger Global employees that manages $50B+ in assets
Akash Bajwa / Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants : Tweets: @hkanji and @akashbajwa96 Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : Tiger's view is that there's a $5tn market opportunity for private tech compani...
CB Insights data: US added 154 new unicorns since October 2020, 67%+ of the global total, while Europe added 25 unicorns, India added 11, and China added just 9
I have previously written about Unicorn Market Cap and Industry towns in 2019 and 2020. Over the last 8 months the number … Tweets: @patrickc , @hkanji , @tanayj , and @akothari Tweets: Patrick Colli...
CB Insights: VCs invested $1.5B into mental health startups in 2020, a record high, and 5.5x the funding invested in the space in 2016
I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com. — Investors poured $1.5 billion into the market in 2020 …Tweets:@hkanji,@jrichlive,@venrock,@tylerbeaty_, and@forbesscienc...