Adam Putz
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Big Blue dons Red Hat in $34B deal
IBM's deal for Red Hat represents a roughly 10x multiple on the company's predicted revenue for next year. With that hefty figure, Big Blue's following the SaaS-quisition crowd. → Read More
DOJ joins SEC in probing Tesla as Elon Musk's woes deepen
If a budding rivalry with Lucid Motors weren't enough, the US Department of Justice is now investigating Elon Musk's assertion that Tesla had → Read More
M&A flashback: Instagram joins Facebook in $1B deal
When Facebook acquired Instagram six years ago, the social media giant had only just gotten a handle on mobile after struggling to translate its sprawling empire of → Read More
Things fall apart: High-profile M&A deals fold under pressure
Dealmaking activity thus far this year has reflected an uptick in the number of meaty deals to close. But a number of high-profile transactions have started to come undone. → Read More
How Trump's trade war with China will hit VC, PE and M&A
President Trump's aggressive economic nationalism is deepening the trade rift with China. Amid all these cross-currents, here are the top-of-mind impacts, according to PitchBook's news team. → Read More
Following Apple's winding road to $1T
For a brief but brilliant moment on August 2, Apple became the first publicly traded US company to achieve a market cap of $1 trillion. How did we get here? → Read More
The battle over workplace collaboration just went from cold war to /giphy hot
Amid the massive selloff in its stock Thursday, Facebook announced the acquisition of messaging platform Redkix. Later that day, Slack struck a similar deal for Atlassian's collaboration products. → Read More
A visual summary of M&A activity in 2Q 2018
With the second quarter of 2018 come and gone, we can examine some of the significant M&A trends that have developed in North America and Europe. → Read More
Grubhub gets $3B boost thanks to stellar earnings, LevelUp takeover
Investors piled into Grubhub on Wednesday, driving shares of the food delivery company up nearly 24%. But that's only part of the story. Grubhub will also acquire VC-backed LevelUp for $390 million. → Read More
M&A 101: The role of due diligence in mergers and acquisitions
Our fourth installment of PitchBook's M&A 101 series investigates due diligence and its role in preparing a company for a successful sales process. → Read More
M&A binge could steady subscriber growth for Netflix
After a miss on Monday's earnings report, the streaming giant's stock stumbled over a cliff in after-hours trading, falling by some 14%. It shed an additional 5% Tuesday. What gives? → Read More
Canopy Growth's acquisition of Tokyo Smoke signals consolidation for Canadian cannabis
Canopy's $205 million deal for Hiku highlights how fast the cannabis sector is consolidating in anticipation of legal recreational marijuana sales in Canada as the Cannabis Act takes effect this fall. → Read More
Why Netflix isn't the key to Apple's streaming dream
After years of circling the TV business, Apple is dipping its toes into the streaming video waters with production agreements with the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg. → Read More
Amazon to pick up VC-backed PillPack for $1B as part of healthcare push
The deal marks the ecommerce giant's entry into the pharmaceutical space in a move that sent industry rivals spiraling. → Read More
Can Netflix fend off big-name challengers?
The current wave of M&A activity threatens Netflix and its dominant position in the streaming media space as old competitors are amalgamated into larger, more powerful challengers. → Read More
FINRA slaps Betterment with $400,000 fine
The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has hit popular online investment platform Betterment with a $400,000 fine over improper bookkeeping and violating customer protection rules. → Read More
Sabotage, tent factories and short squeezes: Tesla's drama deepens
Just when you thought the situation couldn’t get any more bizarre for Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, it did. → Read More
Tesla cuts 9% of workforce in dash for profitability
CEO Elon Musk said the layoffs, part of a comprehensive restructuring, would keep Tesla on track to make its production targets for the Model 3, amid the company's race to boost its margins. → Read More
M&A 101: What investment bankers do in mergers and acquisitions
For the second installment of our series, we talked to Meridian Capital VP Giovanna Burns about what makes I-banks unique and how they fit into M&A as a whole. → Read More
M&A 101: The difference between mergers and acquisitions
In the first part of our M&A 101 series, we talked to Andy Shawber and Laura Harper of Summit Law Group about what makes a merger distinct from other types of acquisitions. → Read More