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Will There Be an IPO for a Specialty Consulting Company in 2024?

Focus Investment Banking

In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. And will that mean that some of the privately held management consulting firms or other professional services companies will choose an IPO this year? But those companies have been public for more than 20 years.

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IBM acquires Apptio from Vista for $4.6B in cash to double down on hybrid cloud services

TechCrunch: M&A

billion to take it private back in 2018. This deal will give Vista a handy sum to go out and make more acquisitions at a time when the IPO window largely remains closed; external funding from VCs has in many cases become significantly more stringent, and deal funnels have tightened for the businesses themselves.

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8 Barnes said that an IPO was part of the long-term plan but that “it’s not something we are targeting right now.” million and the company is “significantly bigger” than it was then, Barnes said.

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Sweden’s Klarna moves towards long-awaited US IPO with confidential filing

Global Banking & Finance

since Spotify’s listing in 2018. (Reuters) -Payments firm Klarna began the process of going public for a second time in three years despite a sharp drop in its valuation, making it the largest Swedish company to float its shares in the U.S. The buy now, pay later (BNPL) company said on Tuesday it had confidentially […]

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UK corporate venture capital firms by sector

Growth Business

National Grid Partners Founded: 2018 Sector focus: Energy Ticket size: N/A Current investments: N/A Exits: 6 Bio: National Grid Partners invests in companies which makes the power grid “safer, cleaner and smarter,” investing across all funding stages. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage.

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Highlights from Cooley’s M&A Dealmakers Roundtable: SPACs!

Cooley M&A

is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). SPAC vs. IPO. Fewer Redemptions.

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Virtualware Acquires Sweden's Simumatik to Strengthen Position in the Real-Time 3D Enterprise Software Industry

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

Simumatik, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Skövde, devises digital twin emulation for industrial applications. euros per share, up 40% from its initial IPO price of 6.00 Virtualware has been listed on Euronext Paris since April 2023 under the ticker MLVIR. euros per share. euros per share.

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