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SoundHound AI Stock Soared Last Week, but Does That Make It a Buy?

The Motley Fool

When SoundHound AI was still a private company, it raised hundreds of millions of dollars, primarily from venture capital (VC) firms. However, the company also attracted funding from a number of high-profile technology firms, including Tencent and Samsung. Image source: Getty Images.

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Focus Closes on $7bn Sale to CD&R in Take-Private Deal

Private Equity Insights

The deal takes Focus private, and its common stock has ceased trading on the NASDAQ. Stone Point Capital, which took a majority stake in Focus in 2017 before taking it public along with PE firm KKR in the summer of 2018, will retain a stake in the firm. KKR has exited its position in Focus.

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At The Money: How to Buy Alternatives

The Big Picture

He’s founder and CIO of Capital Allocators, and since 2017, has hosted a podcast by that same name. His latest book is Private Equity Deals: Lessons in investing, dealmaking and operations from private equity professionals is out now. Do your homework and your due diligence.

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SuperAngel.Fund x Q4 2023 Recap ?

SuperAngel.Fund

In addition to the fund, Super Angel Syndicate provides an opportunity to contribute more, from time to time, into individual companies via special purpose vehicles (SPVs). Since 2017, the syndicate has deployed $8.4m across 25 investments into 16 companies. I estimate the current value to be $15.5m which represents a 24.6%

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The Blackstone Bombshell That Just Shook PE Industry

Pension Pulse

For all the years the investigation found child labor, PSSI has been owned by Wall Street's Blackstone--the largest private equity firm in the world. Blackstone told us "extensive pre-investment due diligence showed PSSI had industry-leading hiring compliance." How can this happen? Where did oversight fail?