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Jan. 2 — Court upholds temporary FTC block of IQVIA-Propel merger; it was a biopharma Christmas; and recapping a busy end of 2023. Read the newsletter

Jan. 3 — 🚨 Scoop: Infusion Associates coming to market; Cigna eyes a buyer for its MA business; and BrightSpring Health files for an IPO. Read the newsletter

Jan. 4 — 🚨 Scoop: Paragon's $1b price tag; Annabella pumps $8.5m seed; and Increased patient risks at PE-owned hospitals. Read the newsletter

Jan. 5 — MAPS doses $100m for psychedelics; and IQVIA nixes Propel Media acquisition. Read the newsletter

1. Health Tech

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Jan. 2 — Danone sells Horizon Organic to PE firm; and healthy spending signals a strong 2024 M&A market. Read the newsletter

Jan. 3 — 👀 Exclusive: AI startup Touchcast is raising new funding. Go deeper

Jan. 4 — 🚨 Scoop: Forward Consumer Partners has quietly raised $425m for its debut fund. Go deeper

Jan. 5 — Dry January drives non-alcoholic beverage growth; and tennis racket maker Amer files for IPO. Read the newsletter

2. Retail 

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Jan. 2 — 2024 deal vibes focus on the NBA deal, battle of the media measurement firms and Hollywood consolidation. Read the newsletter

Jan. 3 — 👀 Exclusive: Outdoor ad agency Billups has acquired Brussels-based Outsight; and another activist joins the Disney proxy fight. Read the newsletter 

Jan. 4 — Jeff Zucker's RedBird IMI made a minority investment in Media Res; Ad agency GroupM launched an ad innovation accelerator; and news from Messenger. Read the newsletter and this🚨 Messenger scoop

Jan. 5 — Goldman-backed Madhive's next steps; Disney's activist battle timeline; and New York RSN frenemies. Read the newsletter

3. Media

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Jan. 2 — Iberdrola leaves PNM at the altar; and deal news from the end of 2023. Read the newsletter

Jan. 3 —  👀 Exclusive: Agorus looking to raise $20m in Toyota-led round; and the green hydrogen tax credit face-off. Read the newsletter

Jan. 4 — Sharing source predictions for 2024; and a $4.5b permian play. Read the newsletter

Jan. 5 — Generate Capital's CEO talks energy transition winners; and climate tech VC slumped in 2023. Read the newsletter

4. Climate

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Jan. 2 — AI meets the insurtech market; charting the most active VCs in Insurtech; and global M&A's 2023 slump. Read the newsletter

Jan. 3 — Robinhood's two-market strategy; and a stablecoin mystery. Read the newsletter

Jan. 4 — Apple's payment patent win; and Bumper's fresh cash crop. Read the newsletter

Jan. 5 — Dave buys back FTX Ventures investment; and MobiKwik seeks $84m in IPO. Read the newsletter

5. Fintech

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Going a little longer this week as I pull out the crème de la crème of the two-week hiatus, starting with an asset giant chasing a place in private markets. (As a New Year reminder, I primarily use gift links, and mark paywalls with a $.)

Failed Warburg Pincus talks reveal scale of BlackRock's private equity ambitions (FT)

Sam Altman: What I wish someone had told me (Sam Altman blog)

U.S. mutual fund industry pushes back on SEC pricing and liquidity plan (FT)

Sports stadiums are becoming adult playgrounds (Axios)

China's Yuan Is Quietly Gaining Ground (WSJ)

Will Condé Nast cash out on the Reddit IPO? (Medialyte)

JPMorgan takes almost a fifth of total U.S. bank profits (FT) 

The 2024 economy could be shockingly normal (Axios)

Some good things that happened in 2023 (WaPo)

6. Weekend reading

Illustration of two books forming the Axios logo in between other books.

Retail Deals reporter Richard Collings shares this picture he took at the beach at Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica on the Osa Peninsula at sunset.

7. Postcard from Costa Rica

The beach at Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica on the Osa Peninsula at sunset.

Welcome back to your weekly Pro Deals recap, carefully curated by me for you. 

Don't be worried about "What'd I miss?" We'll catch you up quick.

The team came at 2024 hard, driving scoops, exclusives, and news you need from across the deals landscape. Let's get to it!

🎶 Speaking of What'd I miss? I leave you with Daveed Diggs.

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January 06, 2024

1. Health Tech