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Deals tracked
48
Disclosed value
$319bn
Sectors
10

Largest disclosed deals

USD, headline value
  1. 1Paramount Skydance / Warner Bros. Discovery$110bn
  2. 2PIF, Silver Lake & Affinity / Electronic Arts$55bn
  3. 3Goldman Sachs / Palmer Square$37bn
  4. 4Global Payments / Worldpay$24.25bn
  5. 5Fertitta Entertainment / Caesars Entertainment$17.6bn
  6. 6Nuveen / Schroders£9.9bn

25 of 48 deals carry a disclosed price. Undisclosed terms are never estimated in this table.

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Stripe to Acquire Parafin

Stripe has agreed to acquire Parafin, the embedded lending platform behind DoorDash, Gusto and Jobber. Terms, rationale, underwriting and what to…

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