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Analyst Reports available this week:, * Analyzing Thoma Bravo’s investment strategy: Where the PE firm is betting big across key industries: Thoma Bravo is one of the world’s leading private equity firms, with a successful track record of investments across the technology, healthcare, financial services, and software industries. Link

News: * US ad revenues will rise 3.4% this year, down from 5.7% in 2022: Like Magna, we forecast softer ad growth this year over last year. But the market is still growing, even as economic factors lead to tightening budgets. Link * The Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) has

Startups raising funds * Hilos, a Portland, Ore.-based 3-D printed footwear startup, raised $3m from Better Ventures, Builders VC, XRC Labs and former Nike executives Eric Sprunk and Greg Bui. Link * Paraform, an SF-based recruiting marketplace, raised $1.4m in pre-seed funding led by Primer Sazze Partners. Link * 123 Baby

News: * Unpacking the future of the foodtech industry and where new and innovative opportunities are emerging. (AltAssets) * Most carbon emissions caused by businesses are hidden from sight. US and California regulators are pushing to require companies to fully disclose them. (Wired) * Fossil fuel CVCs are increasingly investing in climate-tech startups,

Analyst reports: * Q4 2022 Retail Fintech Report: March 24, 2023. Link * Q4 2022 Insurtech Report: March 27, 2023. Link Startups raising funds * Raisin, a Berlin-based savings and investment startup, raised €60m in Series E funding from M&G's Catalyst and Goldman Sachs. Link * Thunes, a Singapore-based cross-border

Startups raising funds * ArriVent Biopharma, a biotech whose lead candidate is a mutant-specific EGFR kinase inhibitor, raised $155m in Series B funding. Sofinnova Investments and General Catalyst co-led, and were joined by Catalio Capital Management, HBM Healthcare Investments, Shanghai Healthcare Capital, Sequoia Capital China, AIHC Capital, Terra Magnum Capital Partners,