Cybersecurity startup KnowBe4 Inc, which helps train employees to detect phishing emails, is preparing for a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), people familiar with the matter said. KnowBe4, which last year raised $300 million in a private fundraising round led by...
Nordic Capital has closed the debut deal of its tenth buyout fund, which has now collected €5.75bn, a person familiar with the situation told. Launched earlier this year, the Nordic Capital Fund X is now the firm’s largest capital pool to date. Its...
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has joined a consortium of institutional investors, led by Hillhouse Capital Group, to invest around US$418 million through a private placement in Nasdaq-listed I-Mab, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. I-Mab is...
Bill Ackman said he has held preliminary discussions with Airbnb Inc., Stripe Inc., and others about potentially going public through a merger with his blank-check company. The billionaire investor held “get-to-know-you” discussions with Airbnb’s management, Ackman...
The coronavirus pandemic has hampered private capital transactions in e-commerce in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a report by data provider Preqin. Only $7bn were invested across 388 private capital e-commerce transactions in the region during 1H of 2020,...
