The first quarter included Google's planned purchase of cybersecurity unicorn Wiz, a deal that, if finalized, will mark the largest acquisition for a private company ever with a price tag of $32 billion. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js"); In total, there were 12 announced acquisitions above $1 billion for venture-backed startups in Q1. Beyond Wiz, the most notable include Ampere Computing's acquisition by SoftBank, Modernizing Medicine's purchase by Clearlake Capital Group, Moveworks' acquisition by ServiceNow, and Weights & Biases' purchase by CoreWeave. In 2024, private equity firms spent more than $56 billion in disclosed-price acquisitions of private,...
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