Dan Primack / Axios:
FanDuel founders and other early shareholders sue KKR and Shamrock Capital over the 2018 Paddy Power Betfair merger that wiped out the value of their holdings  —  – The case has gone through several travails, including being dismissed and having that dismissal successfully appealed.

Joann Muller / Axios:
Walmart and its drone delivery partner DroneUp are ending drone delivery in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Tampa to focus on the Dallas-Fort Worth area  —  – The three cities were part of a splashy rollout in 2022 that was described as the first large-scale drone delivery operation in the U.S.

Kai Nicol-Schwarz / Sifted:
Caresyntax, which is building AI-powered surgical data analysis tools, raised a $180M Series C extension consisting of $80M in equity and $100M in debt  —  More than a dozen investors were involved in the equity and debt round for Berlin-based Caresyntax  —  Berlin-based Caresyntax …

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
The European Commission asks Meta for information about its Content Library tool and API under the DSA, following Meta’s decision to deprecate CrowdTangle  —  The Commission is seeking more information from Meta following its decision to deprecate its CrowdTangle transparency tool.

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Epic says its games are available on AltStore for iOS in the EU and plans to bring them to Aptoide’s iOS store in the EU and ONE Store on Android  —  Fortnite is finally back on iOS, just over four years after Apple booted it from the iOS App Store — but it’s only available in the EU.

Taylor Lyles / IGN:
Epic confirms that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iPhones in the EU  —  Worldwide launch on Android, while only EU iPhone users can access it.  —  We already knew Epic Games plans to release its digital storefront on mobile devices via …

Morgan Meaker / Wired:
Epic launches a rival app store for iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party devs’ games from December  —  The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple’s App Store for the first time.

Will Davies / Bloomberg:
EQT agrees to buy PropertyGuru, which runs real estate rental and sale listing sites in SE Asia, for $1.1B in cash; the deal is expected to close by early 2025  —  – Transaction expected to close in fourth quarter or early 2025  —  EQT AB agreed to buy New York-listed PropertyGuru Group Ltd …

Akila Quinio / Financial Times:
Revolut secures a $45B valuation, up from $33B during a 2021 fundraising, in a share sale by employees; the sale was led by Coatue and D1 Capital Partners  —  UK fintech defies broader downturn across the sector  —  Revolut has secured a $45bn valuation in a share sale by employees …

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
The Biden administration approves $1.6B in Chips Act grants and $3B in loans for Texas Instruments, to support its one chip factory in Utah and two in Texas  —  – Funding will support $18 billion in spending in Texas, Utah  — Biden administration almost finished allocating chips grants