Catherine Badour
Adyen, a Dutch company that processes payments for Airbnb, Uber, Spotify and Netflix, plans to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange in June in the midst of a wave of dealmaking in the digital payments industry, Reuters reported.
Germany’s Home24 is planning a stock market listing in Frankfurt aiming to raise up to 200 million euros ($236 million), the online furniture retailer said on Friday.
PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) has agreed to buy Swedish financial technology startup iZettle for $2.2 billion in the U.S. online payments provider’s biggest ever acquisition, Reuters reported.
Goldman Sachs-backed (GS.N) cryptocurrency startup Circle has raised $110 million in an investment round led by Chinese virtual coin mining giant Bitmain Technologies, Circle said on Tuesday.
Online education company PluralSight Inc on Tuesday raised the anticipated price range for its initial public offering by $2, valuing the company at nearly $2 billion at the higher end, Reuters reported.
Flea market app operator Mercari Inc has received approval for an initial public offering in Tokyo that will raise up to $1.1 billion, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, giving investors a rare chance to buy into a Japanese unicorn.
Chinese fashion-focused e-commerce platform Meili Inc is seeking $500 million in an initial public offering targeted for the second half of this year, sources told Reuters.
Chinese online healthcare solutions platform WeDoctor, which is backed by tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK), said on Wednesday it had raised $500 million from several investors, valuing the firm at $5.5 billion ahead of a listing this year.
U.S. online survey company SurveyMonkey Inc has hired investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) to help lead preparations for an initial public offering (IPO) that could come later this year, sources told Reuters.
HR services provider Recruit Holdings Co (6098.T) has agreed to buy Glassdoor Inc for $1.2 billion, in a deal that will give the Japanese firm access to the U.S. job-website operator’s vast database of company reviews and salary data, Reuters reported.