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MANAGEMENT

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. | June 30, 2022

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (“SGH” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SGH) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC, to acquire Stratus Technologies (“Stratus”), a global leader in simplified, protected, and autonomous computing solutions in the data center and at the Edge. Under the terms of the agreement, SGH will pay $225 million in cash at closing and an earn-out payment of up to $50 million, based...

SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS

Bottomline | May 13, 2021

Bottomline, a leading provider of financial technology that makes business payments easy, smart, and safe, and Autobooks, an embedded invoicing, payments, and accounting platform for small businesses, announced a collaboration today to provide innovative and critical digital solutions to help small businesses prosper. Autobooks' invoicing, receivables, and accounting tools will be incorporated with Bottomline's Digital Banking IQ platform, allowing financial institutions to have a seamle...

FINANCE

Gardner Capital | November 25, 2021

Gardner Capital, a private equity firm and alternative investment platform specializing in multifamily housing and renewable energy development and investment, is partnering with Kiva through Gardner Capital's GCRE Upward Mobility Fund to accelerate minority-led small business access to finance in Texas. The partnership will initially focus on supporting BIPOC small business owners in the Dallas and Houston markets, and provide a revolving fund to match loans raised on Kiva...

USA TODAY | April 03, 2020

Facebook announced Thursday new updates to its small-business grant program introduced on March 17, including $40 million in grants for small businesses. The grants will go to 10,000 U.S. small businesses in 34 locations that Facebook employees live and work. Those in New York and Seattle will be the first to receive funds starting next week. "In this challenging time, when information is changing daily, we are listening to and learning from scores of small businesses to understand what the...