Major Acquisitions by BlackRock
- Barclays Global Investor (BGI) - Acquired in 2009 for $13.5 billion, including the iShares ETF platform
- Merrill Lynch Investment Management - Acquired in 2006 for $9.7 billion
- eFront - Acquired in 2019 for $1.3
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Float Financial, a Toronto-based expense management startup for Canadian SMBs, has raised $50 million in Series B funding.
NomuPay raised $37 million at a $200 million valuation, Moody’s acquired Cape Analytics, and Clearwater plans to buy Enfusion
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Mahendra Lochhab
Content creator • 10m
>Gaana App has been acquired by Radio Mirchi for Rs 25 lakhs.
>Gaana App is an on-demand music streaming platform that was once a $500 million startup.
>After failed merger and acquisition talks with Wynk Airtel, the app was acquired by Radio Mirch
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Ashutosh Mishra
Chartered Accountant • 10m
Remember Gaana Music app
It has been acquired by the parent company of the Radio Mirchi ie. ENIL for only ₹25 lacs. This came into limelight after ENIL’s filing with NSE.
Gaana raised a total of $200 million was once valued at $580 million.
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The next billionaire
Unfiltered and real ... • 3m
First-time founders chase headcount.
Seasoned founders chase output.
Many of the best startups weren’t built by bloated org charts. They were built by lean teams:
YouTube: 65 employees → Acquired for $𝟏.𝟔𝟓𝐁
Instagram: 13 employees → Acquired
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