Polestar, the electric-car maker controlled by Volvo Car AB and its owner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., is in talks to go public through a merger with Gores Guggenheim Inc., a blank-check firm,...

SoftBank Group Corp. is taking control of beleaguered WeWork, part of a rescue financing plan that will see former Chief Executive Officer Adam Neumann sever most of his remaining ties with the...

Swiss gambling data company Sportradar AG is in talks to go public through Todd Boehly’s special purpose acquisition company Horizon Acquisition Corp. II, according to people with knowledge of the...

IonQ is in advanced talks to merge with blank-check company DMY Technology Group Inc. III, according to people with knowledge of the matter, creating one of the first public quantum-computing firms.

Lilium, a German startup that’s making an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing passenger jet, is in talks to go public through a merger with Qell Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition...

SPAC sponsors who embellish projections about the companies they plan to take public face a new threat in a plan from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

WeWork formally withdrew the prospectus for its initial public offering, capping a botched fundraising effort that cost the top executive his job. The defeat places urgency on WeWork to find new...

EVgo Services LLC, a charging network for electric vehicles that’s entirely powered by renewable energy, is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I...

REE Automotive, an electric-vehicle technology startup, has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check company 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp.

San Francisco venture firm Initialized Capital Management has raised $230 million for its fifth fund, dedicated to investing in early-stage startups.

AG1, the nutritional-drink business formerly known as Athletic Greens, has named Kat Cole as chief executive officer, succeeding founder Chris Ashenden.

Equinox Holdings, the luxury gym operator popular among financiers and celebrities, has held talks to go public by merging with a blank-check company backed by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, accord...

Trading platform EToro, a rival to Robinhood Markets Inc., plans to go public via a merger with a blank-check firm led by serial dealmaker Betsy Cohen.

Two people who co-signed FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s $250 million bail package have been publicly identified as the former dean of Stanford’s law school and a senior research scientist at the...

MoneyLion, a mobile banking, lending and investment platform, is in talks to go public through a merger with Fusion Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company, according to people with knowledge of the...

Opendoor, a property technology startup, is in advanced talks to go public through a merger with Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. II, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Home-sharing leader Airbnb Inc. lined up $1 billion in debt, adding to last week’s same-size haul and boosting a financial cushion it can use to grow and pay bills as the global coronavirus pandemic...

Otonomo, an Israeli startup that operates a data platform linked to millions of connected cars, is in talks to go public through a merger with Software Acquisition Group Inc. II, according to a...

Triller, a social-video platform that counts TikTok among its rivals, is in talks to go public through a merger with Seachange International Inc., according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Payoneer Inc., an online payments specialist, is in talks to go public through a merger with FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp., a blank-check firm, according to people with knowledge of the matter. FTAC...

DeepGreen Metals Inc., which plans to produce metals used in electric-vehicle batteries, is in talks to go public through a merger with Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp., a blank-check...

Hyzon Motors Inc., a fuel cell truck startup, has agreed to go public via a merger with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

BuzzFeed Inc., the digital-media outlet founded in 2006, is in talks to go public through a merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners Inc., a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with...

Billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Foundation and investment firm Prysm Capital led a $26 million investment in a new organization designed to help professional tennis players pursue business...

Solid Power, a maker of solid-state batteries that counts Ford Motor Co. and BMW AG among its investors, is in talks to go public through a merger with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp. III,...

Manscaped, a startup that sells products for “below-the-waist hygiene,” is in talks to merge with blank-check firm Bright Lights Acquisition Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Hippo, an insurance technology startup, is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Bakkt, the cryptocurrency platform majority owned by Intercontinental Exchange Inc., is in advanced talks to go public through a merger with blank-check firm VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, accord...

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Atreides Management LP, a $3 billion hedge fund led by Gavin Baker, is seeking to raise a vehicle dedicated to opportunistic venture wagers amid a challenging period for startups.

IronNet Cybersecurity Inc., a company started by a retired four-star general of the U.S. Army, is in talks to go public through a merger with LGL Systems Acquisition Corp., according to people with...

Carlyle Group Inc. co-founder David Rubenstein is in talks to acquire Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

SoftBank Group Corp. is assembling a rescue financing plan for WeWork that may value the office-sharing company below $8 billion, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Centerview Partners alum and reality TV star Mark Moran is joining the New York startup founded by an anonymous former investment banker.

Electric vehicle maker Lucid Motors Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger with one of Michael Klein’s special purpose acquisition companies, according to people familiar with the matter.

Litquidity, the digital media company closely followed by Wall Street’s junior bankers, is expanding into their recruitment.

Tennis icon Serena Williams’s venture firm led the $5 million funding round.

Amazon.com Inc. is prioritizing the stocking of household staples and medical supplies as it struggles to deal with a surge in demand for online orders from customers avoiding stores during the...

Matterport Inc., a maker of software for virtual walk-throughs of properties, is in advanced talks to list via a blank-check company, according to people familiar with the matter.

WeWork has obtained $1.75 billion in new financing in a fundraising push led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., under terms that free up a mountain of cash for the struggling office-sharing company.

Chia Network Inc., a blockchain and digital currency platform founded by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen, has more than doubled its valuation after raising $61 million from investors including Richmond...

JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Highbridge Capital Management is in talks to raise $1 billion or more for a strategy dedicated to investing in special purpose acquisition companies and related financial...

WeWork is working on a plan to reprice stock options held by employees, including those who have left, Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure told its staff on Friday.

A coalition of midsize US banks asked federal regulators to extend FDIC insurance to all deposits for the next two years, arguing the guarantee is needed to avoid a wider run on the banks.

They break news and set the agenda for investors and markets as deals grow more complex and meme stocks and SPACs upend conventional wisdom.

Vicarious Surgical, a developer of medical robot technology that’s backed by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, is in talks to go public through a merger with blank check-firm D8 Holdings Corp.,...

Vista Equity Partners-backed Solera Holdings Inc. is in talks to go public via a merger with blank-check firm Apollo Strategic Growth Capital, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boxed, an online retailer of products in bulk, is in talks to go public through a merger with Seven Oaks Acquisition Corp., a blank-check firm, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Achronix Semiconductor Corp. is in talks to go public through a merger with the blank-check company ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Michele Kang, owner of the Washington Spirit, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin and London City Lionesses soccer teams, is going all in on women’s sports.

J.C. Penney Co., TikTok, Target, Qatalyst Partners, Spotify Technology SA, and Quicken Loans joined companies across finance, retail, technology, media, professional sports and other industries in...

PT MNC Vision Networks Tbk is in talks to merge Vision+, its streaming television business known to consumers as the “Netflix of Indonesia,” with blank-check company Malacca Straits Acquisition Co.,...

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Topgolf International Inc., an operator of driving ranges with a party atmosphere, is in talks to go public through a merger with the blank-check company Churchill Capital Corp. II, according to...

Franklin Templeton is in talks to invest in shoemaker Allbirds Inc. at a premium to its $1.4 billion valuation in 2018, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

In less than one year, WeWork went from having a $47 billion valuation and being the darling of the venture capital world to needing an $8 billion infusion to avoid running out of money. This is the...

Arrival Ltd., a maker of electric vans and buses backed by investors including BlackRock Inc., is in talks to combine with CIIG Merger Corp., a blank-check firm, according to people with knowledge of...

Battery maker Microvast Inc. will go public via a merger with blank-check company Tuscan Holdings Corp. in a deal that values the combined company at $3 billion.

Equinox Holdings, the luxury gym operator popular among celebrities and financiers, is no longer in talks to go public through a merger with a blank-check company backed by investor Chamath Palihap...

BigBear.ai, an artificial-intelligence company, is in talks to go public through a merger with GigCapital4 Inc., a blank-check firm, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Tritium, which makes fast chargers for electric vehicles, has reached an agreement to go public through a merger with blank-check company Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corp. II.

Jeff Bezos, Nvidia Corp. and other big technology names are investing in a business that’s developing human-like robots, according to people with knowledge of the situation, part of a scramble to...

SoftBank is planning to take a writedown to its Vision Fund of at least $5 billion to reflect a plunge in the value of some of its biggest holdings, including WeWork and Uber Technologies Inc.,...

Social Capital Hedosophia is seeking to raise at least $2 billion for three new blank-check companies.

A blank-check firm started by serial dealmaker Chamath Palihapitiya and Suvretta Capital is in merger talks with medical technology company ProKidney LLC, according to people with knowledge of the...

Music publisher Reservoir Media Management is in talks to go public through a merger with Roth Ch Acquisition II Co., a blank-check firm, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

In an upbeat call with investors, Apollo Global Management Inc.’s co-heads of private equity investing said they are tracking more than 250 potential opportunities to scoop up distressed assets, and...

Barry Sternlicht’s Jaws Spitfire Acquisition Corp. is in talks to merge with Velo3D, a maker of 3D metal printers, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. is exploring the sale of its casinos in Las Vegas, according to people with knowledge of the matter, a move that would leave the mogul focused on Asia and mark...

Game developer Playstudios Inc. is in talks with a special purpose acquisition company, joining a stampede of businesses that are leaning on SPACs to go public, according to people familiar with the...

Koch Strategic Platforms has made an investment in EVBox Group, the electric-vehicle charging specialist that agreed to go public through a merger with TPG Pace Beneficial Finance Corp.

Self-driving truck startup Plus is in talks to merge with special purpose acquisition company Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. V, according to people familiar with the matter, making it the latest...

Brazil’s Embraer SA surged as much as 15% Thursday after confirming that it’s in talks to merge Eve Urban Air Mobility, its electric vehicle takeoff and landing unit, with Zanite Acquisition Corp.

We Co., the beleaguered parent of WeWork, has been quietly building an electronic-gaming business.

Knotel Inc., which pitches itself as a steadier investment than much larger competitor WeWork, raised $400 million at a valuation that catapults the startup to unicorn status.

It’s been a good year for Qualtrics International Inc.’s Ryan Smith. In January, he completed the sale of his company to SAP SE for $8 billion, then three weeks later teamed up with pro golfer Josh...

Just Women’s Sports, a media platform, raised $6 million in a funding round led by Blue Pool Capital, the family office of billionaire Joe Tsai.

Lightning EMotors, a company that focuses on fleet electrification and cutting out fuel consumption, is in advanced talks to go public through a merger with blank-check firm GigCapital3 Inc.,...

The nation’s biggest banks are close to agreeing upon a plan to deposit as much as $30 billion with First Republic Bank in an effort supported by the US government to stabilize the battered Califor...