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CFIUS

3 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 13, 2025 by Rick Marini · across every show →

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Oct 13, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Marini: Grindr's forced sale process yielded only three legitimate final bidders
“It came down to three buyers in the end that put in, you know, legitimate bids, and we were lucky enough to partner with the other PE firm and buy it.”
Rick Marini Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 5:14 How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B
Oct 13, 2025
Assertion Supported
Bonforte: Grindr was a rare retroactive CFIUS divestiture of a foreign buyer
“And this was one of the only cases ever where CFIUS had actually retroactively unwound a deal. CFIUS had denied deals with foreign buyers, but they had never, what they're trying to do with TikTok today over the years is TikTok would be the second one after Gr…”
Jeff Bonforte Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 9:33 How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B
Oct 13, 2025
Assertion Contradicted
Bonforte: CFIUS grants foreign owners one year for forced U.S. divestitures
“They give the company one year. You have one year to sell to a U.S. Ownership group. And if you do not, the government will take control of the business.”
Jeff Bonforte Oct 13, 2025 ▶ 3:51 How two straight guys bought Grindr and made $2B
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