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Marcus Holden

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Marcus Holden

Deals desk · London

Deals desk lead at Business Fortitude. Covers UK M&A, fundraising, and capital markets. Previously at the Financial Times deals team.

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SAP Acquires Prior Labs to Bolster Enterprise AI

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Barclays Pays $800m for Best Egg in US Lending Push

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Bullish's $4.2bn Equiniti Deal Raises Questions for UK Corporates

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Doctolib Brings £100m War Chest to UK Health Tech

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ElevenLabs' Series D Swells Past $550m as Institutional Capital Piles In

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Ineos Pours Billions Into US Oil While Taking UK State Aid

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EQT's £8.9bn Intertek Bid Tests UK Market Loyalty

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Vodafone Pays £4.3bn for Full Control of VodafoneThree

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Vodafone pays £4.3bn to take full control of Three

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Defence Tech and AI Services Dominate US Mega-Rounds

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Nebius Pays $643m for Inference Startup Eigen AI

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Anthropic's $900 Billion Valuation and What It Means for Buyers

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Anthropic's $900 Billion Round and What It Means for Buyers

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Praetura Lands £150m NatWest Facility to Widen SME Lending

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Legora's $600m Series D Signals Nvidia's Legal AI Ambitions

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GameStop Bids $56bn for eBay in Audacious Takeover Attempt

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LIV Golf Hires Restructuring Experts as PIF Withdraws Funding

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Legora's $600m Round Signals Legal AI's Operational Moment

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Legora Raises $600m as Nvidia Backs Legal AI

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Earlybird's €360m Fund Signals VC Dry Powder Concentration

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Grant Thornton's Australian Deal Extends PE-Backed Roll-Up

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All3 Raises £18.5m Seed to Bring Robots to Building Sites

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Barclays Avoid Bankruptcy After HSBC Settles £143m Debt Dispute

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Quinbrook's £156m Financing Signals Grid Stability as Bankable Asset Class

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Barclays' Shadow Banking Retreat Signals Tighter Credit for SME Borrowers

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Two Logistics Firms, $250m Raised, Sold for a Tenner

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Forest's £40m Round Ties E-Bike Maker to Operator

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LemFi's £100m UK Bet Signals Diaspora Fintech's Platform Ambitions

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Czech Group Eyes Combined Bid for Both State-Owned Steelmakers

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Flooring Superstore weighs CVA or administration as expansion dream stalls

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