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  1. Thrive Holdings agrees to acquire ADTacquisition agreementAnnounced

    Thrive Holdings signed a definitive agreement to buy ADT for $10.00 a share in cash, about $7.6B in equity value and $15.3B in enterprise value, with financing committed solely by Apollo-managed funds. Announced, not closed: closing is expected in Q1 2027, subject to ADT shareholder and antitrust approval, and ADT may solicit other bids until Nov 28.

    Thrive HoldingsADT 8-K (U.S. SEC (EDGAR))ADT release (ADT Inc.)Thrive statement (Thrive Holdings)
  2. Multiplier Series BfundingAnnounced

    Multiplier announced a $35M Series B and eight acquisitions.

    Multiplier HoldingsMultiplier Series B (Business Wire / company release)
  3. Amex GBT agreementacquisition agreementAnnounced

    Amex GBT agreement: $9.50/share cash, approximately $6.3bn transaction value.

    Long LakeLong Lake’s scaled acquisition (Reuters)Amex GBT acquisition agreement announcement
  4. Shield follow-on investmentfundingreported or published

    Shield announced $100M investment from Thrive.

    Shield Technology PartnersShield raises $100M from Thrive
  5. Multiplier launch financingfundingAnnounced

    Launch release reports $27.5M combined seed and Series A.

    Multiplier HoldingsMultiplier launch funding
  6. Shield launch financingfundingreported or published

    Shield launch disclosed over $100M from Thrive and ZBS.

    Shield Technology PartnersThrive and ZBS launch Shield
  7. Thrive public launchlaunchreported or published

    Public launch announced April 29, 2025.

    Thrive HoldingsThrive launches (Thrive Holdings)