Year of the Tiger (NOT)

Tiger Global is down 52% YTD, US mortgage rates slipped, the EU approved a partial ban on Russian oil, Biden is canceling student debt for former Corinthian Colleges students, Trevor Milton doesn't want Nikola to sell more shares, and job growth cooled in May.

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Tiger Global is down 52% YTD, US mortgage rates slipped, the EU approved a partial ban on Russian oil, Biden is canceling student debt for former Corinthian Colleges students, Trevor Milton doesn't want Nikola to sell more shares, and job growth cooled in May.

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Before The Bell

As of 6/2/2022 market close.

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Markets

  • US stocks rose yesterday, brushing off Microsoft's bleak earnings forecast and comments from Fed Vice Chair Brainard, who suggested they may be aggressive on rate hikes into September

    • Yesterday’s gains helped all three major indexes snap-two day losing streaks as we approach more jobs data today

    • This morning we’ll receive the nonfarm payroll report

    • Economists are expecting 328K jobs added in May, down 100K from April

  • Initial jobless claims for last week came in lower-than-expected at 200K (vs 210K), a decline of 11K from the previous week

  • ADP employment data showed the slowest job creation pace of the pandemic-era recovery

    • Private payrolls increased by 128K in May (well short of the 299K expected)

Earnings

  • Lululemon beat Q1 profit and revenue expectations boosted by double-digit growth online and in the men’s division, and strong demand despite higher prices (CNBC)

  • Full calendar here

Headline Roundup

  • US mortgage rates slip as market shows signs of ‘normalizing’ (BBG)

  • Wall Street banks chip away at $50B of buyout loans sitting on books (BBG)

  • Tiger Global tumbles 52% YTD, prompting fee cut and redemption plan (BBG)

  • EU approves partial Russian oil ban, sanctions on Sberbank (BBG)

  • Ford is investing $3.7B to expand Midwestern auto plants (BBG)

  • Biden administration will cancel student debt for half a million from Corinthian Colleges (WP)

  • Private payrolls increased by just 128K in May, the slowest growth of the recovery, ADP says (CNBC)

  • Citigroup’s fat-finger trade seen costing bank $50M+ (BBG)

  • Nikola founder Trevor Milton blocks company share sale (BBG)

  • Oracle wins regulatory approvals for $28B Cerner takeover (BBG)

  • Social Security fund will be able to pay benefits one year longer than expected, Treasury says (CNBC)

  • Job growth seen cooling in May but wage increases were still hot (CNBC)

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Deal Flow

M&A / Investments

  • Sycamore Partners and retail holding company Franchise Group offered to buy department-store chain Kohl’s in separate $7-$8B bids (WSJ)

  • Allied Irish Banks agreed to buy British lender NatWest’s Irish tracker mortgage book for $5.75B (RT)

  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals agreed to buy the immune-oncology drug Libtayo from partner Sanofi for up to $1.1B (BBG)

  • Localiza Rent a Car is nearing an agreement to sell ~$730M in assets to competitor Ouro Verde (BBG)

  • Japanese conglomerate Toshiba has received 10 investment proposals, including 8 to go private (RT)

  • Car-sharing service Turo agreed to buy French competitor OuiCar for an undisclosed sum (BBG)

  • Billionaire Enrique Razon’s Prime Infra Holdings agreed to buy a controlling stake in the Malampaya deep-water gas-to-power project (BBG)

VC

  • Upstream Bio, a biotech company focused on inflammation, raised a $200M Series A led by OrbiMed and Maruho (BW)

  • JupiterOne, a startup helping companies track and secure cyber assets, raised a $70M Series C at a $1B+ valuation led by Tribe Capital (TC)

  • Indonesian hyperlocal social commerce app Super raised a $70M Series C led by NEA (TC)

  • Precision immunology startup Endpoint Health raised a $52M equity / debt Series A led by Mayfield, Humboldt Fund, AME Cloud Ventures, and more (BW)

  • Software supply chain security startup Chainguard raised a $50M Series A led by Sequoia Capital (TC)

  • Danish cleantech startup ZeroNorth received a $50M investment from PSG Equity as part of its Series B (BW)

  • Laminar, a public cloud data security provider, raised a $30M Series A extension led by Tiger Global and Salesforce Ventures (BW)

  • LatchBio, a startup accelerating scientific progress by allowing researchers to store and analyze data without touching code, raised a $28M Series A led by Coatue and Lux Capital (BW)

  • Upcycling startup Novoloop extended its Series A to $21M with funding led by Hanwha Solutions and Mistletoe (PRN)

  • Vernal Biosciences, an mRNA manufacturer, raised a $21M round led by Ampersand Capital Partners (PRN)

  • Bakery chain Lady M is looking to raise ~$20M at a ~$600M valuation in a new funding round to fuel its expansion in Asia (BBG)

  • Online B2B steel marketplace Felux raised a $19M Series A led by EquipmentShare (BW)

  • LaunchNotes, a personalized, automated, and secure way to connect teams and users in the product development lifecycle, raised a $15M Series A led by Insight Partners (PRN)

  • Sanlo, a startup offering gaming / app SMEs fintech services, raised a $10M Series A led by Konvoy (TC)

  • Prokeep, a startup building a communications and commerce platform for distributors, raised a $9M seed round led by Ironspring Ventures (PRN)

  • Construction permit startup Pulley raised a $4.4M seed round led by Susa Ventures (TC)

  • Prisms VR, a math learning platform, raised a $4.25M seed round led by a16z (BW)

  • HourWork, a SaaS recruitment and retention platform for QSR franchise owners, raised a $2.5M Series A led by MassMutual MM Catalyst Fund (PRN)

Fundraising

  • Cybersecurity-focused global stage agnostic investment firm Ten Eleven Ventures raised a $600M Fund III (PRN)

  • Chicago-based real estate development and investment firm CRG raised $300M for its latest industrial real estate fund, USLF II (BW)

  • Healthcare venture firm Qiming USA raised $260M for its third fund (BW)

  • Canonical Crypto launches $20M inaugural fund backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon (CD)

Crypto Corner

  • Japan passes stablecoin bill that enshrines investor protection (BBG)

  • Gemini lays off 10% of staff to prepare for crypto winter (DC)

  • Coinbase announces cost-cutting measures as crypto firm faces bear market (CD)

  • Binance and The Weeknd launch a ‘crypto-powered’ world tour (DC)

Exec's Picks

  • Lux Capital's recent Q1 2022 letter to investors is a goldmine for insights into the state of the venture capital market, survival for early-stage companies, and what might come next as cash remains tight. Check out Lux's piece here.

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