December 14, 2020
Last week, Affirm stated that it will delay its IPO to 2021.
Airbnb raised $3.5 billion at a $40 billion valuation in its IPO.
Calm raised an additional $75 million at a $2 billion valuation.
DoorDash raised $3.4 billion at a $34 billion valuation in its IPO.
Reddit acquired Dubsmash, a short video platform.
Roblox stated that it will delay its IPO to 2021.
December 7, 2020
Last week, Airbnb increased the price range for its IPO to $56 to $60 per share which translates to $42 billion valuation.
DoorDash increased the price range for its IPO to $90 and $95 per share which translates to $30 billion valuation.
Gainsight was acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.1 billion.
Kustomer was acquired by Facebook for $1 billion.
Scale.Ai raised $155 million at a $3.5 billion valuation.
Two weeks ago, Hippo insurance raised $350 million from Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company.
November 30, 2020
Affirm, Airbnb, Roblox and Wish filed their S1s for their upcoming IPOs.
Addepar raised $117 million in its Series E round.
Buzzfeed acquired Huffpost, a news publishing site.
Duolingo raised $35 million at a $2.4 billion valuation.
Baiju Bhatt stepped down from his role as Co-CEO of Robinhood but will continue to develop the platform as a cofounder.
Discord was closing a funding round that would value the company at $7 billion.
Gingko Bioworks received a $1.1 billion loan from the U.S. International Development Finance Corp for COVID-19 testing and future pandemic mitigation.
Stripe was having talks to raise a new funding round that would cause the company’s valuation to surpass $70 billion.
November 16, 2020
Last week, DoorDash filed its S1 for its upcoming IPO.
Getaround raised $25 million in debt.
Nuro raised $500 million at a $5 billion valuation.
SentinelOne raised $267 million at a $3.1 billion valuation.
Workfront was acquired by Adobe for $1.5 billion.
Udemy was raising $100 million at a $3.32 billion.
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Read MoreNovember 9, 2020
Last week, Ant Group postponed its IPO due to China’s new regulatory banking rules.
ByteDance was having talks to raise $2 billion at a $180 billion valuation.
Plaid’s $5.3 billion merger with Visa was in jeopardy due to the DOJ filing an antitrust lawsuit.
Udacity raised $75 million in debt.
November 2, 2020
Last week, NerdWallet acquired Fundera, a platform that assists small and medium-sized businesses with assessing various lending options, to expand its financial guidance features.
Procore acquired Esticom, a preconstruction estimating solution, to enable greater precision in calculating costs.
Scopely raised $340 million at a $3.3 billion valuation.