Tisch: Government blocking Plaid acquisition chilled big tech M&A
David Tisch · Building Durable Brands in Venture Capital | David Tisch on TBPN · Apr 26, 2025 · at 21:06
David Tisch, early backer of Plaid and managing partner at BoxGroup, discusses why tech M&A deal volume slowed down significantly in recent years.
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“Plaid sold, right? Plaid sold and the government stopped it. And I think that that was you know, to me, a interesting moment in The government getting involved in something that was debatable, and I think it also tells big companies, like, don't waste your time trying to get these things through, and that slows down a whole wave of potential M&A.”
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