Malwarebytes raised $100M from PE firm Vector Capital for a minority stake, weeks after the company laid off 125 employees, or 14% of its workforce (Carly Page/TechCrunch)

Gillian Tan / Bloomberg:
Source: Sam Bankman-Fried told investors that FTX needs a cash injection or the company would need to file for bankruptcy due to a shortfall of up to $8B  —  Sam Bankman-Fried told FTX.com investors on Wednesday that without a cash injection the company would need to file for bankruptcy …

Juro Osawa / The Information:
Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest internet firm by revenue and market value, has laid off 7,000+ employees, or ~10% of its staff, over the past six months  —  Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest internet company by revenue and market value, has laid off more than 7,000 employees …

Reuters:
Switzerland-based cybersecurity company Infinigate merges with Dubai-based cybersecurity firm Starlink to form a company with a ~$2.2B estimated annual revenue  —  Cybersecurity company Infinigate Group said on Tuesday it was merging with Dubai-based cybersecurity and cloud firm Starlink …

Bloomberg:
Insight Partners to buy a minority stake in Aptean, which develops ERP and supply chain management software, sources say at a ~$3.55B valuation, including debt  —  Investment firm Insight Partners has agreed to purchase a stake in enterprise software developer Aptean, the companies announced.

Rob Davies / The Guardian:
UK-based Darktrace’s stock falls 32.47% after US private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in the scandal-hit AI and cybersecurity company  —  Private equity firm Thoma Bravo ends bid interest in scandal-hit British AI and cybersecurity firm  —  Shares in Darktrace …

Patricia Allen / EU-Startups:
Paris-based Aqemia, which aims to scale drug discovery by combining quantum physics algorithms and AI, has raised a €30M Series A  —  Pharmatech startup Aqemia has just raised €30 million in a new funding round.  The Parisian startup is generating a pioneering drug discovery pipeline …