Michael Bodley is a Senior Reporter at Venture Capital. He covers a range of topics including finance, investment, and business, with a focus on alternative investments, asset management, and energy policy. Michael's work has been featured in Blockworks, JPEG Culture, Unchained, PitchBook Data, Morningstar, and Yahoo Finance.
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Chunky acquisitions of tech unicorns are picking up as legacy SaaS incumbents increasingly look to catch up to—or stay ahead of—the AI wave.
Chloe Ladwig/PitchBook Startup valuations in news headlines don't always match the price every VC paid behind the scenes.
SEC chair Paul Atkins Tom Williams/Getty Images In a proposed rule change, the SEC declared that allowing public companies to file
It’s no 2021, but the SPAC market is humming again, and sponsors are even inking merger deals with targets. With traditional exit routes remaining challenging, some VC-backed companies—especially in sectors like quantum computing, energy and AI infrastructure—are turning to SPACs to capitalize on current investor enthusiasm and US policy priorities. Sponsors have taken 144 vehicles public in 2025 and 117 in the first half of 2026. But times are also different: new regulations, new approaches fro
A Lime electric scooter parked in San Francisco. Gado/Getty Images
By: Michael Bodley
Bending Spoons, which owns certain well-known businesses like AOL and Vimeo, debuted on the Nasdaq on Wednesday and closed the day at $40.50, a 39.7% gain over its IPO stock price. The Italian company’s playbook has been to snap up established yet sluggish internet businesses that still maintain healthy market footprints and active users, and to take a PE-style approach of investment and cost-cutting in a bid to return them to profitability. “They shrink the teams, but they also write code, they
Uber-backed Lime, which risked defaulting on its heavy debt load without an IPO, saw its stock rise 4% from its offering price.
The company's stock closed 39.7% above its IPO price of $29 per share. Securities in This Article
By: Michael Bodley
Anadolu/Getty Images Blue Origin is tapping outside investors for the first time, reportedly looking to raise $10 billion at a $130 billion
Featured image by Jenna O'Malley/Pitchbook CVCs are participating in a decade-low percentage of all venture deals as corporates grapple with how best to use their dollars in the new AI era.
