Near, a data intelligence company that claims to have 1.6B anonymized user profiles, raises $100M as it goes public via a SPAC merger at a ~$1B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Luden / TechCrunch:

Near, a data intelligence company that claims to have 1.6B anonymized user profiles, raises $100M as it goes public via a SPAC merger at a ~$1B valuation— The IPO window has all but closed for technology companies in the wake of a massive downturn in the market, but an opening still remains for some, in the form of SPACs.