Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

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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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

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. Valuation Certainty.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

With respect to equity markets, AFME, EFAMA and BVI highlight that EU companies are continuing to take their initial public offerings (IPOs) outside of the EU or move their listings elsewhere to seek better valuations – emphasising that EU equity markets cannot continue to lag behind their peers. “In

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OfficeHours

JULY 11, 2023

IS THE IPO MARKET COMING BACK? If you can really nail valuation questions but struggle with regulatory questions, make sure you can get all the valuation questions right to maximize your points there. The SIE was first introduced in 2018 as a mandatory exam for people seeking to be employed in the securities industry.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 14, 2024

From 2018 to 2021, the total number of bakery workers declined nearly 12%, leaving operators struggling to replace highly experienced talent. Healthy competition for the top bakeries has increased valuations in recent years, with strong purchase price / cash flow (EBITDA) multiples.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Private equity slowed but not stopped by financing environment Despite record amounts of dry powder accumulating for sponsors, high financing costs, persistent valuation gaps and a closed tech IPO market led to a significant decrease in private equity M&A activity in 2023. For example, in August 2023, Intel terminated its $5.4

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