November Midwest report: All of the region’s major tech fundings, M&As and IPOs

Here are the major tech fundings, acquisitions, mergers, moves and IPOs that went down in the region in October. See all Midwest Reports here. 10/1: Chicago-based Project44, a fast-growing shipping logistics platform, raised $45 million in funding. S.....»»

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Nashville is one of the top emerging data center markets in the U.S., according to a Cushman & Wakefield report. The region has already benefited from the attraction of multiple major data centers — here's what new development could mean for Music City......»»

Austin has the hottest job market in Texas, and it's considered one of the best in the country, according to a new study. At the end of this report, check out ABJ's exclusive list of the largest tech employers in the region......»»

Although total deal count was down in the region in 2020, deal value was up thanks in part to some major deals for big tech startups......»»

South Korean e-commerce major Coupang Inc.’s (NYSE: CPNG) IPO is slated to be the read more.....»»

Another major Silicon Valley tech investor joins the record run of "blank check" IPOs. Menlo Park-based Khosla Ventures filed plans Friday to raise $1.2 billion for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that aim to take three yet-to-be-dete.....»»

All three major U.S. stocks indexes are trading with modest gains Wednesday afternoon, with technology and energy stocks up after oil hit $56 a barrel and Amazon and Google report healthy results in the second-busiest week of the quarter earnings reports......»»

After an unbelievable 2020 for IPOs, with young technology companies and blank-check offerings leading to the biggest year for Wall Street debuts since the heyday of the dot-com boom, companies are lining up in hopes that 2021 is a worthwhile sequel......»»

The pandemic seems to have freed those who feel frustrated by Silicon Valley's culture to leave the area for good. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Since the onset of the pandemic, tech's elite and major firms like HP and Oracle have b.....»»

The inventory of homes for sales dropped to a new record low, fueling major price increases......»»

The economy in the Midwest improved in December for the second month in a row, but the region is still suffering from a trade war with China that’s hurt farmers and manufacturers, according to a regional survey......»»

The low inventory of homes for sale is still challenging some prospective buyers......»»

Chicago saw its first VC-backed tech IPO in five years, several major office expansions from West Coast tech giants, and the latest twist in the Outcome Health saga where its founders were indicted for fraud. 2019 kept us busy at Chicago Inno, as we’v.....»»

The Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area has the potential to be one of America's next major tech-sector hubs, a report from the Brookings Institution released Monday said. But there's one metro area standing in the way of being the premiere new tech haven......»»

A measure of factory activity in the Midwest improved slightly in November from a multi-year low reported a month earlier, but the improvement was still below what economists were expecting......»»

The November 15 short interest data have been compared with the previous report. Short interest in most of these selected semiconductor stocks increased, with one major exception......»»

24/7 Wall St. has reviewed the top biotech companies, without focusing on speculative companies. The November 15 short interest data has been compared with the previous report, and short interest in........»»

A research firm has taken inventory of the technology ecosystem in the Greater Louisville region, showing positive signs of growth in addition to areas of weakness. Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI) commissioned a study from TEConomy Partners LLC to ge.....»»

Factory activity in the New York region was sluggish for the sixth straight month, according to the Empire State manufacturing survey released by the New York Fed on Friday......»»