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E158: Global trade disrupted, Adobe/Figma canceled, realtors sued, Trump blocked

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

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Recent M&A Deals and Trends in Venture Capital

Three recent deals or almost deals were called off or canceled, indicating an interesting trend. The first involved Adobe Figma, the second was Sigma and Humana proposing a multi-decadillion dollar merger that was canceled due to anticipated regulatory concerns, and the third involved Illumina and Grahl, where Illumina was forced to unwind a merger with Grahl due to regulatory issues. These examples suggest that there is no viable M&A path for early stage venture capital businesses.

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