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SoundHound vs BigBear.ai: Which AI Stock Will Outperform in 2025?

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The deal helped SoundHound get into more industries, including retail, healthcare, insurance, and financial institutions. The company was created through the merger of analytics company BigBear and systems integrator NuWave by private equity firm AI Industrial Partners. BigBear.ai, meanwhile, is focused on the U.S.

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1 Ultra-High Dividend Yield Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist in 2024

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However, most investment banks typically seek out high-profile companies and offer them a variety of solutions pertaining to mergers and acquisitions , raising capital through the equity markets, or borrowing money via the debt markets.

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Why Cardlytics Stock Skyrocketed Today

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Cardlytics works with financial institutions to manage their reward programs. However, profitability tanked for Cardlytics following a trio of acquisitions in 2021 and early 2022. The market is reacting to news regarding one of these acquisitions today: Bridg. Are things looking up for Cardlytics?

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Kainos Capital makes two promotions

Private Equity Wire

He started his career as an Investment Banking Analyst with UBS Investment Bank’s mergers & acquisitions group and financial institutions group in New York City. Koch first joined Kainos in 2014 as an Associate and rejoined in 2019 as a Vice President.

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Apollo, Warburg Pincus, and RRJ Capital Compete for €5bn Vodafone Spain Deal

Private Equity Insights

A bid for Vodafone’s Spain business could pitch RRJ into competition with Zegona Communications Plc, an acquisition vehicle, which last month said it was in talks about a deal to acquire the assets from the UK carrier. The consortium has lined up financing for a potential deal, the people said.

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White & Case adds M&A and PE Partner to Helsinki office

Private Equity Wire

Olsson advises international and Nordic private equity firms and corporations on mergers and acquisitions, investments, carve-outs and divestments. Prior to joining White & Case, he was a Partner and Head of the M&A group at Nordic law firm Hannes Snellman.

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Not All SPAC IPOs Were Bad -- Here Are 2 That Are Great Businesses and Could Be Long-Term Home Runs

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From 2020 through 2022, about 950 companies went public via special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). In fact, according to an index that tracks completed SPAC mergers, the typical companies that went public through this method fell by nearly 75% in 2022 alone as investor appetite for risk collapsed.