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Food Venture Financing Trends - TreeHouse Foods, a manufacturer of private label food products, will be acquired by Investindustrial for $2.9 billion....more
Share on LinkedIn Share on Twitter Share by Email Share Back to top There has been a great deal of discussion surrounding the current artificial intelligence (AI) boom, as well as the potential for a bust reminiscent of the...more
After three challenging years, Venture Capital (VC) funding is finally on the upswing according to data from Q3 of this year. KPMG’s Q3’25 Venture Pulse Report data shows global VC investment in Q3 totaling $120.7 billion...more
State-level oversight of healthcare M&A, including venture capital, private equity, REIT, and MSO transactions, continues with expanded public disclosure and ongoing reporting obligations. Enhanced oversight of healthcare...more
In September, A&O Shearman was proud to sponsor the LSX USA Congress held in Boston, Massachusetts. The conference convenes leaders from biotech, medtech and pharmatech to facilitate partnerships and investment and discuss...more
We are pleased to provide this twice-annual report summarising notable mergers and acquisitions activity in South and Southeast Asia, highlighting transactions over US$100 million in aggregate value. This edition features...more
The convergence of wellness, aesthetics and preventive care is creating new growth avenues for investors and operators, especially in the women’s health space. This space includes heavily cash-pay services, such as weight...more
Wilson Sonsini’s 2nd Annual Biotech Summit will address topics of critical importance to biotech and biopharmaceutical companies, including early and late-stage venture financing, partnering strategies, current and future AI...more
As European M&A activity begins to recover after a down cycle, private capital—now a cornerstone of the continent’s deal market—will be a key driver of its return - During the last fifteen years, European private capital has...more
Complexity of deal-making has materially increased in the last 12 months. Debt, in the form of warehouses, revolvers and notes, often plays a pivotal role even in "vanilla" deals....more
Is anyone talking about anything other than Klarna’s long-awaited US equity debut?...more
While Global Payments' US$24.25 billion acquisition of Worldpay from FIS and FIS's US$13.5 billion response acquisition of Global Payments' issuer solutions have dominated headlines, the sheer volume of deals in the payments...more
Although the UK has retained its European crown in attracting growth capital, we continue to see reduced funding round deal volume. But what has been lost in fundraising appetite has been more than compensated in...more
In this episode of LathamTECH in Focus, Haim Zaltzman, Global Vice Chair of Latham’s Emerging Companies & Growth Practice, explores the array of financing options for tech companies on the path to unicorn valuation and a...more
Meatable, a Dutch cultivated meat startup, announced that it acquired the cultivated meat platform of Uncommon Bio. Post Holdings is selling the pasta portion of its recently acquired 8th Avenue Food & Provisions Division to...more
In this episode of the Founder Shares podcast, host Trevor Schmidt sits down with Ardis Kadiu, founder and CEO of Element451. Ardis shares his journey from an engineer to a successful entrepreneur, recounting how he spun off...more
Despite uncertainty in global markets, AI remains a strategic priority among business executives, investors, and government, fueling sustained investment in AI infrastructure and dealmaking with AI developers and AI-enabled...more
While venture capital activity remains well below its most recent peak in 2021 and 2022, the market rebounded by many measures in 2024, with the fourth quarter of the year seeing the highest quarterly amount of capital...more
Food Venture Financing Trends - Daring Foods, a vegan chicken brand, announced that it has been acquired by V2food, a large Australian plant-based meat producers....more
The lazy days of summer seem to be behind us as merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is getting a jump start. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal cites late July/early August as having “the highest-volume week for...more
Is AI a concern in M&A deals and venture capital financing transactions? AI can raise a variety of concerns in M&A and venture capital financings, including: AI Governance and Risk Management: Has the target company...more
Benefits Offer Enhanced Tax Exclusions and Eligibility for Founders, Early Employees, and Investors- The recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes several taxpayer-friendly revisions to the rules governing Qualified...more
As a practicing M&A attorney representing both strategic acquirers and venture-backed targets, I have had a front row seat to the fundamental transformation of Silicon Valley’s exit landscape. The rise of acquihiring...more
Life sciences companies (particularly early stage companies) may be attracted to an LLC holding company structure as an alternative to a typical C corporation structure to maximize both the purchase price paid by a future...more
M&A activity in the cybersecurity sector is on pace to exceed 2024 volume by 10% in 2025, with continued consolidation as larger firms acquire niche players to enhance capabilities or expand product offerings. The...more