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US fintech group FIS plans to sell a majority stake in its merchant payments arm Worldpay to private equity firm GTCR for up to $18.5B, including $11.7B in cash (Financial Times) 06-07-2023

Financial Times: US fintech group FIS plans to sell a majority stake in its merchant payments arm Worldpay to private equity firm GTCR for up to $18.5B, including $11.7B in cash  —  Sale of interest in payments arm to GTCR will be one of the biggest corporate carve-outs in history Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of former FTX Chief Regulatory Officer Daniel Friedberg, who had a complex role that extended far beyond legal advice and has no cooperation agreement (Bloomberg) 06-07-2023

Bloomberg: A profile of former FTX Chief Regulatory Officer Daniel Friedberg, who had a complex role that extended far beyond legal advice and has no cooperation agreement  —  He was the ultimate crypto cleaner – a lawyer, fixer and more for Sam Bankman-Fried and his FTX business empire. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at London-based VC firm Balderton's new wellbeing program for founders, seeking to tackle the stress and burnout inherent to building a tech startup (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times) 06-07-2023

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: A look at London-based VC firm Balderton’s new wellbeing program for founders, seeking to tackle the stress and burnout inherent to building a tech startup  —  VC firm Balderton will launch wellness packages as stress takes toll on entrepreneurs  —  When Etsy paid $1.6bn to buy Depop in 2021 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PitchBook: US VCs invested $39.8B in Q2 2023, down nearly 50% YoY, across 3,011 deals, down ~33% YoY, with the number of angel or seed deals falling ~50% YoY (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg) 06-07-2023

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: PitchBook: US VCs invested $39.8B in Q2 2023, down nearly 50% YoY, across 3,011 deals, down ~33% YoY, with the number of angel or seed deals falling ~50% YoY  —  Venture capitalists are funding fewer startups, especially at the earliest stages of a company’s life, according to new data from research firm PitchBook. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Google delays releasing its first fully custom Pixel chip by at least a year; instead of codename Redondo's 2024 debut, codename Laguna is set for 2025 (Wayne Ma/The Information) 06-07-2023

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Google delays releasing its first fully custom Pixel chip by at least a year; instead of codename Redondo’s 2024 debut, codename Laguna is set for 2025  —  Google has big ambitions to develop its own chips for its Pixel phones.  So far, however, things haven’t gone according to plan. Lees verder op Tech Meme