Dan Primack
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Boston, MA, United States
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Recent articles by Dan:
Scoop: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million
Deal to be announced later today. → Read More
Pharma startups forced to sit on their hands as clinical trials halt
Expect to see some costly changes for future pharma startup investing. → Read More
Inside the idea of state bankruptcy
Going broke and going bankrupt are not synonymous. → Read More
Sequoia Capital calls coronavirus "the black swan of 2020"
Sequoia Capital issued a dire warning Thursday to portfolio company CEOs about the business impacts of the coronavirus, suggesting that they "question every assumption" about their businesses, including cash runway, headcount, sales forecasts, and the availability of future funding. Why it matters: Sequoia, an early investor in Airbnb and Google, is no Chicken Little. The last time it did… → Read More
Why Elliott Management wants to oust Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
The activist investor is striking straight at the cult of the founder. → Read More
Online dollar store Hollar to wind down
The news comes one day after Brandless also shut its doors. → Read More
Altria lost $8.6 billion on its Juul investment in just 14 months
It's become one of the worst strategic investments in memory. → Read More
Pro Rata - December 5, 2019
Insider views on deals and dealmakers in venture capital, private equity and M&A, by Dan Primack. Weekday mornings → Read More
OZY Media has raised $35 million in new venture capital funding
Carlos Watson's company bulks up as it adds new TV offerings. → Read More
Scoop: Adam Neumann will determine WeWork's fate
SoftBank will pay Neumann $200 million to leave WeWork's board of directors and support its takeover. → Read More
Verizon agrees to sell Tumblr to owner of Wordpress
Yahoo acquired the company in 2013 for $1.1 billion. → Read More
Trump administration designates China as currency manipulator
It's a further ratcheting up of trade tensions between the two countries. → Read More
Questions for Peter Thiel after his accusations about Google and China were tweeted by Trump
You don't propose that someone deserves to face a firing squad without at least a single receipt. → Read More
Former FDA head Scott Gottlieb rejoins venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates
He'll be a full-time investor. → Read More
Former FDA head Scott Gottlieb rejoins venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates
He'll be a full-time investor. → Read More
Uber wants to raise $10 billion in IPO
It would be among the largest IPOs of all time. → Read More
Scoop: Silicon Valley VC out after hiring disgraced college "coach"
Chris Schaepe wasn't arrested, but he still lost the job he's held for 28 years. → Read More
Apple buys voice app startup Pullstring
This could help Siri better compete with Alexa. → Read More
VC-backed media companies aren't like software companies
Business Insider is a a success story of VC-backed media. → Read More
Hostile takeover effort emerges for a popular cryptocurrency
Could Ripple lose control of XRP? → Read More