Universal Music Group (UMG) is in talks for a SPAC deal

Microsoft ($1.85T market cap) acquires ReFirm Labs, which vets IoT and

Blackstone Group acquires media and data firm International Data Group (IDG)

The European Commission and UK regulators launch antitrust investigations regarding Facebook's

Boston-based Realtime Robotics, which has developed a processor enabling industrial robots

San Francisco-based Architect Capital launches with $100M, targeting $10M to $15M

Life sciences-focused VC firm VenBio raises $550M for its fourth fund,

Satellite monitoring company LeoLabs raises $65M Series B led by Insight

Asana ($6B market cap) FQ1 beats: $76.7M revenue, up 60 percent

Slack ($25.4B market cap) FQ1 beats: $273M revenue, up 35 percent

Enterprise Electronics Corporation, which manufactures weather radar systems and offers ground

Toyota AI Ventures rebrands as Toyota Ventures, announces the $150M Frontier

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