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January 22, 2021

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TripActions hits $5B valuation with new round led by a16z

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TripActions has been valued at $5 billion after raising a $155 million Series E led by Andreessen Horowitz, Addition and angel investor Elad Gil. The round also received support from existing backers Zeev Ventures, Lightspeed and Greenoaks Capital. The company has now raised more than $750 million in total private funding.

TripActions' corporate travel management software lets clients like Lyft and Twilio track and analyze travel expenses. The valuation jump—up from $4 billion in 2019, according to PitchBook data—came despite the enduring impact of COVID-19 restrictions on corporate travel, which reportedly led TripActions to lay off a quarter of its staff last March.

Despite those headwinds, the Bay Area-based company said it has continued to grow, and it now manages over $3.6 billion in annual client travel budgets. TripActions is seeking to double employee headcount to around 1,500 in the next year, Reuters reported.

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Soaring PE deal value in Q4 could set the stage for 2021

In the second quarter of 2020, private equity deal value in the US sunk to its lowest point in seven years. By Q4, that figure had more than doubled, as the industry recorded its highest quarterly deal value in at least a decade.

With firms still sitting on piles of dry powder and plenty of major deals in the pipeline, that impressive recovery from the doldrums of the pandemic could be a sign of even more robust dealmaking to come in 2021. Sponsored by Grant Thornton, PitchBook's 2020 Annual US PE Breakdown has more on last year's second-half surge and the other twists and turns that defined the PE market in a year unlike any other. Other key takeaways include:

The exit market defied expectations, with 2020's annual exit value increasing over 2019

The PE industry set annual records for both growth equity deal value and add-on rate

Thematic funds targeting tech, longer investment horizons and other strategies continued to raise ample capital

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A message from Silicon Valley Bank

New records for healthcare fundraising, investments and exits

At a time when innovation is more important than ever, Silicon Valley Bank's proprietary life sciences and healthcare research reveals that 2020 was a record-setting year for healthcare venture fundraising and investment. With venture fundraising increasing by 57% to $17 billion and record IPO valuations, the outlook for 2021 looks bright for healthcare companies and investors.

Read Silicon Valley Bank's Healthcare Investments & Exits 2021 Annual Report to learn about SVB's perspective and 2021 outlook.

Sources: PitchBook and SVB proprietary data.

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Monzo founder steps aside, citing stress

Tom Blomfield called his resignation "bittersweet."
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Monzo founder Tom Blomfield has decided to leave the challenger bank after struggling to maintain his mental health.

Blomfield told TechCrunch he has been unhappy at Monzo in the two years since it has grown from a "scrappy startup" into a major UK bank with almost 5 million customers, and he said the pandemic has worsened his mental health.

Last May Blomfield moved from CEO to the newly created role of president and resigned from the Monzo's board. He revealed that the move was intended to give him the opportunity to assess whether he wanted to leave the company.

Blomfield founded Monzo in 2015 and led its rise to one of the UK's most valuable fintech startups, worth around £1.2 billion (about $1.7 billion). The company has raised nearly £450 million in VC funding, according to PitchBook data, from backers including Novator, General Catalyst and Accel.

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What Democratic control of the Senate could mean for VC

Sen. Chuck Schumer has become Senate majority leader.
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President Joe Biden's legislative agenda got a boost after Democrats won a slight majority in the Senate recently.

Many venture capitalists and lobbyists expect ambitions to be tempered by the party's slim hold on power. But action on Democratic priorities like climate change, immigration and taxes could spell changes for investment and innovation in high-growth startups.

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	2011 Vintage Global Debt Funds
	VC Deals
	Soci secures $80M Series D
	Cancer treatment startup picks up additional $35M for Series A
	Portfolio Companies
	Plaid launches incubator for diverse founders
	Instacart to cut nearly 1,900 in-store jobs
	Exits & IPOs
	IG Group set for $1B Tastytrade takeover
	Joby Aviation looks to go public in SPAC deal
	Haemonetics set to snap up Cardiva Medical
	Payoneer in SPAC merger talks
	Chinese edtech startup mulls US IPO
	Patreon could make public debut this year

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VC Deals

Soci secures $80M Series D

Soci has raised $80 million in a round led by JMI Equity, with participation from Ankona Capital. The San Diego-based company creates marketing software for companies managing multiple locations. Soci's customers include Ace Hardware, Sport Clips and Anytime Fitness.

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Cancer treatment startup picks up additional $35M for Series A

Plexium has raised $35 million in a funding co-led by Lux Capital and Pivotal BioVentures, with participation from investors including The Column Group and DCVC Bio. The new capital brings the company's Series A total to $63 million. Based in San Diego, Plexium is a developer of protein degrading therapeutics designed to treat cancer and other diseases.

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Portfolio Companies

Plaid launches incubator for diverse founders

Financial services company Plaid has launched a nine-month incubator program for early-stage, underrepresented founders. Dubbed FinRise, the program will offer participants access to networking opportunities, discounted services and other resources. FinRise plans to hold a virtual bootcamp for its first cohort this spring.

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Instacart to cut nearly 1,900 in-store jobs

Instacart has plans to let go of 1,877 in-store workers, including 10 from a Kroger-owned Illinois grocery store that recently unionized, according to a letter received by the United Food & Commercial Workers union from law firm Stinson. The move comes as Instacart shifts from using its own workers to having its clients use their employees to fulfill orders using the company's technology. Instacart plans to offer the workers who lost their jobs between $250 and $750 apiece.

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Exits & IPOs

IG Group set for $1B Tastytrade takeover

London-based online trading company IG Group has agreed to pay $1 billion for Tastytrade, the operator of an online financial network focused on individual investors. Based in Chicago, Tastytrade raised $20 million in funding from TCV at a $320 million valuation in 2018, according to PitchBook data.

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Joby Aviation looks to go public in SPAC deal

Electric air taxi company Joby Aviation has hired banks as it explores a deal to go public by merging with a blank-check company, Reuters reported. Joby was valued at $2.6 billion last year, according to PitchBook data, and is reportedly seeking a valuation of about $5 billion in the potential SPAC deal. In December, the Santa Cruz, Calif.-based company acquired Uber Elevate and sold a $75 million stake in itself to the ridehailing company.

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Haemonetics set to snap up Cardiva Medical

Medtech company Haemonetics has agreed to buy Cardiva Medical, a maker of vascular closure devices that filed for an IPO on the NYSE earlier this month. Haemonetics will make an upfront cash payment of $475 million and pay up to $35 million in additional funding, based on Cardiva's sales growth. Cardiva has received prior backing from investors including PTV Healthcare Capital, Amkey Ventures and EW Healthcare Partners.

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Payoneer in SPAC merger talks

Online payments company Payoneer has held discussions about merging with a blank-check company, Bloomberg reported. The deal with the SPAC, led by The Bancorp founder and CEO Betsy Cohen, could reportedly value the combined company at $2.5 billion. Backed by investors like Greylock Partners, Wellington Management and TCV, Payoneer was valued at over $900 million after raising a $180 million Series E in 2016.

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Chinese edtech startup mulls US IPO

Huohua Siwei, a Chinese edtech startup, has plans to go public in the US, Bloomberg reported. The company, known as Spark Education in English, could reportedly raise $500 million in the offering. Huohua Siwei has several high profile investors, including Tencent, The Carlyle Group, Sequoia China and KKR.

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Patreon could make public debut this year

Patreon, the developer of an online platform that allows content creators to get direct financial support from their fans, has been considering an IPO or SPAC merger, The Information reported. Backed by Index Ventures, Initialized Capital and others, Patreon has raised over $250 million in total funding, reaching a $1.4 billion valuation last year after a $90 million Series E, according to PitchBook data.

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Chart of the Day

"In the technology sector, M&A activity remained relatively strong, declining only modestly from 2019's record highs to $315.4 billion and increasing as a share of total deal volume to 20.8%. Despite the Nasdaq's stellar performance, the sector was not immune to the effects of the pandemic."

Source: PitchBook's 2020 Annual M&A Report

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