Alchemy raises at $10.2bn valuation in round led by Silver Lake

Alchemy raises at $10.2bn valuation in round led by Silver Lake

Alchemy, the crypto infrastructure company powering a wide-range of DeFi applications and NFT platforms, has nabbed a $10.2bn valuation in a funding round that added $200m to its coffers, the company announced Tuesday. Led by Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau, the...
Permira and BlackRock investment values GoCardless at $2.1bn

Permira and BlackRock investment values GoCardless at $2.1bn

GoCardless, a leading fintech in direct bank payment solutions, today announced that it has secured a Series G funding round of 312m, making it the latest European and UK tech unicorn at a valuation of 2.1bn. The investment is led by Permira, which brings significant...
U.S. buyout firm KKR’s fourth-quarter earnings more than double

U.S. buyout firm KKR’s fourth-quarter earnings more than double

Buyout firm KKR said its after-tax distributable earnings more than doubled in the fourth quarter, thanks to strong asset sales from its private equity portfolio and record transaction fees from its capital markets business. The strong earnings performance, in line...