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Near, a data intelligence company that claims to have 1.6B anonymized user profiles, raises $100M and goes public via a SPAC merger at a "near" $1B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

May 19, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Near, a data intelligence company that claims to have 1.6B anonymized user profiles, raises $100M…

Coinbase Q1: $1.2B net revenue, down from $1.6B YoY, vs $1.5B est., 9.2M MTUs, up from 6.1M YoY, $309B trading volume, down from $335B YoY; stock down 11%+ (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

May 10, 2022

[ad_1] MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: Coinbase Q1: $1.2B net revenue, down from $1.6B YoY, vs $1.5B est., 9.2M MTUs, up…

USA

UK to supply $1.6B in military aide to Ukraine as Europe marks WWII anniversary

May 8, 2022

[ad_1] The United Kingdom pledged to supply $1.6 billion in additional military aide to Ukraine to help the country defend…

Sources: online used-car marketplace Carvana, which saw its shares drop ~30% in recent weeks, was forced to sell half of its bonds to Apollo Global for $1.6B (Wall Street Journal)

April 29, 2022

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: Sources: online used-car marketplace Carvana, which saw its shares drop ~30% in recent weeks, was forced…

Business

Cenovus Energy reports $1.6B first-quarter profit, triples dividend | CBC News

April 27, 2022

[ad_1] Cenovus Energy Inc. tripled its dividend as it reported a first-quarter profit of $1.6 billion. The Calgary-based oil and…

TikTok users spent $847M on in-app payments from January through March, up 184% YoY, a record for an app; TikTok had 1.6B MAUs at the end of March (Alex Webb/Bloomberg)

April 12, 2022

[ad_1] DuckDuckGo launches its privacy-focused browser on macOS in beta through a private waiting list — DuckDuckGo started out as…

Nord Security, the Lithuania-based startup behind NordVPN, raises $100M, its first ever funding, at a $1.6B valuation led by Novator Ventures (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

April 6, 2022

[ad_1] Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Nord Security, the Lithuania-based startup behind NordVPN, raises $100M, its first ever funding, at a…

Nielsen agrees to be acquired by a consortium of PE firms, led by Brookfield and Elliott, in a deal valuing it at ~$16B, or $28 per share, including debt (Cara Lombardo/Wall Street Journal)

March 29, 2022

[ad_1] Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Nielsen agrees to be acquired by a consortium of PE firms, led by…