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Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q2 2024

JD Supra: Mergers

If successful, the lawsuit could result in Live Nation being forced to sell Ticketmaster despite regulators clearing the combination in 2010. In May 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust Division, together with 30 states and the District of Columbia, sued Live Nation, alleging monopolization and other claims.

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Earnouts Back on the Rise in M&A Transactions: What Purchasers, Sellers and Lenders Need to Know

JD Supra: Mergers

The pace of earnouts accelerates in M&A transactions whenever market conditions create a value gap between seller price expectations and buyer confidence levels. the 2008–2010 recession) or other external factors like the current increase in interest rates coupled with tight credit markets.

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Signaling more consolidation may come, smart-bus startup Zeelo acquires Kura, a smaller player

TechCrunch: M&A

in 2010, Kura, which had previously raised £3.8 A small U.K. startup that combined a school bus service with a software platform to safeguard pupils has been acquired by “smart buses” startup Zeelo, which last year raised a $14 million war chest for expansion. Founded in the U.K.

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Moniepoint cleared to acquire Kenyan fintech Kopo Kopo

TechCrunch: M&A

Moniepoint seems to be eyeing Kenya’s MSME digital lending space, and its mature mobile money market, which is dominated by Safaricom’s M-Pesa service. Kopo Kopo was founded by in 2010 by Ben Lyon and Dylan Higgins, and has so far raised $5.4 The competition regulator in Kenya has given Moniepoint Inc. by Moniepoint Inc.

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11 Concepts You and I Can Learn About the Market & Selling a Small Business From How2Exit's Interview With Joe Valley Author and Certified M&A Pro

How2Exit

Joe Valli, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Quiet Light Brokerage, one of the leading online-focused M&A advisory firms in the world, has helped facilitate over a half billion in exits. Ron Concept 1: Maximize Business Value When Exiting When it comes to exiting a business, maximizing value is of paramount importance.

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How the Digital Transformation Drives M&A Activity in Manufacturing

Software Equity Group

Challenges like global competition, rising wages, and outsourcing led to losses, with the most significant drop between 2000 and 2010. SaaS, of course, plays a central role in these efforts, driving a heightened level of M&A activity in the software space. M&A Overview: The Quest for Industry 4.0 In March 2024, the U.S.

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Maximizing M&A Success Through Process Optimization

Devensoft

Streamlining Integration Management Office (IMO) for Better Efficiency Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are complex undertakings that require careful planning and execution. One of the critical components of M&A is the Integration Management Office (IMO). Don’t have time to read the full article? Get a copy to-go.

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