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Forbes jumps into hot media liquidity summer with a SPAC combo

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What a busy week in the world of media liquidity. The business publication’s news follows BuzzFeed’s journey to the public markets through a blank-check company. Hot media liquidity summer? In corporate-speak, Forbes Global Media Holdings is merging with blank-check company Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited.

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The MariaDB SPAC deal could prove to be a key test for unicorn exits

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Companies as far afield from one another as BuzzFeed (media), Bird (e-scooter fleets), and Dave (consumer fintech), among other recent SPAC-led debuts, have shed value since their blank-check combinations. Finally, the transaction values MariaDB with an enterprise value of $672 million and an equity value of $973.6

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ZeroFox goes public in $1.4B SPAC deal

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ZeroFox , an enterprise threat intelligence cybersecurity startup that helps companies detect risks found on social media , has announced plans to become a publicly traded company via a merger with blank-check company L&F Acquisition.

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Accel, Square Peg back Chronicle’s tool for presentations that won’t put you to sleep

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Most users read complex information on social media. You start with a blank canvas, drawing shapes and text to end up with your output. If we start from a blank slate and really ask ourselves what’s the best format for users today in the context of remote work and the fact that workplaces have Gen Z and millennials.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: VC ‘bottom feeders,’ valuation calculator, think like an investor

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In a TC+ guest post, they share a calculator for using growth metrics and public market valuations that can help founding teams “triangulate to a more company-specific enterprise value.”. To learn more about Major League Baseball’s tech stack, enterprise reporter Ron Miller interviewed its CPO and head of engineering, Vasanth Williams.

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Stonehenge Technology Labs bags $2M, gives CPG companies one-touch access to metrics

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The challenge is the big guys are doing things the same way and not thinking like the 13-year-olds on social media that are actually winning the space.”. Even pre-COVID, they were building fill-in-the-blank digital transformations, but COVID accelerated technology and hit a lot of companies in the face.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

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10 VCs say interactivity, regulation and independent creators will reshape digital media in 2021. Since the pandemic disrupted the social rhythms of work and school, many of us have compensated by changing our relationship to digital media. Enterprise reporter Ron Miller interviewed Buytaert to learn more about his 18-year journey.

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