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作成日: 2025/10/14 10:20

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A: Hey there! Ever heard about what's going on with Grindr?
   B: Not really, what happened to them?

A: Well, it seems the people who bought Grindr are in a bit of trouble. They took it public and now they're having financial problems because their stock is declining.

B: Whoa, who are these people exactly?

A: It's two guys, Raymond Zage and James Lu. One used to manage a hedge fund in the U.S., and the other was an executive at Amazon and Baidu. They bought Grindr from Chinese ownership for over $600 million in 2020.

B: Wow, that's quite a big investment! And what happened next?

A: They made the app public in 2022 through something called a blank-check merger. But then things started going wrong when their shares were used as collateral for loans and the stock began to slide at the end of September, making those loans undercollateralized. So they had to sell some shares last week.

B: That sounds tough! What caused this decline in their stock?

A: It seems unrelated to their business fundamentals. Profits were actually up 25% in the second quarter, but there's been some executive turnover and investor concern about narrowing margins.

B: I see. So what are they planning to do now?

A: They're talking to a company called Fortress Investment Group for financing to buy Grindr back at around $15 per share, which would make it worth about $3 billion. And if that happens, their shares will go up again!

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