Equity Monday: Billion-dollar deals, JetBrain's epic profitability, and our favorite new VC rounds

Published: Dec. 21, 2020, 3:12 p.m.

The weekend was busy, as always, so there was a lot of chew over this morning. Here's a partial list:\n\nSoftBank is going to put together a number of SPACs.\nIndian fintech Pine Labs has raised $75 million to $100 million at a valuation of around $2 billion\nRealPage is selling to private equity for $9.6 billion\n\nZoom is under fresh scrutiny here in the US\n\nBolt has raised $75 million more in a Series C1. We talk about why that's fun, and its current competition.\nGroup14 has raised a $17 million Series B that has us thinking about the future.\nAnd WorkWhile wants to help hourly workers and employers get along better.\n\nClosing, here's the Owen Thomas piece that I mentioned at the very end of the show.