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Upgrade acquires travel-focused BNPL startup Uplift for a song

TechCrunch: M&A

” Laplanche is referring to the BNPL-style product that Upgrade launched in October 2021, which lets users pay down their debt over six to 36 months with a fixed interest rate. Klarna , once Europe’s most valuable VC-backed company, suffered an 85% valuation cut, from $45.6 billion to just $6.7 finance to finance).

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Cooley’s 2021 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

Although the COVID-19 pandemic that defined 2020 continued to shape much of the life sciences industry in 2021, the way that it did was markedly different. 2] Examples of this strategy coming to bear in 2021 included Thermo Fisher Scientific’s acquisition of PPD for $17.4 driven assets. term average of approximately 35%.

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Technology Services Mergers Update – Q1 2024

Solganick & Co.

Financial buyers, particularly private equity firms, have kept M&A volume afloat in the systems integration sector, accounting for 57.1% Systems Integrators and Application Partners The M&A market for application partners and systems integrators showed resilience in Q1 2024 compared to the broader M&A market.

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Cooley’s 2020 Tech M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

Helpfully, the SBA issued a procedural notice in October 2020 outlining what constitutes a “change of ownership,” allowing deal parties to structure a transaction to eliminate the need for SBA consent by submitting a loan forgiveness application and placing the loan proceeds into an escrow account established by the PPP lender in advance of closing.

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SPAC Trend Gives Rise to Securities Enforcement and Litigation Risks

Cooley M&A

A SPAC is a publicly traded shell company with no underlying operating business that seeks to merge with a target operating company. SPACs are predicted to be an even higher percentage of the 2021 market share, with SPACs representing 79% of the January IPOs. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are on the rise.

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Keeping Up with Delaware Appraisal Jurisprudence Since Aruba: Deal Price Reigns Supreme, But Will Recent Decision Lead to More Arbitrage?

Cooley M&A

May 13, 2021), may provide new fodder for appraisal arbitrage. In analyzing synergies, the court clarified that the deal price would be reduced for buyer’s expected synergies , even if those synergies were not ultimately achieved (so long as they were accounted for in the price). took private in 2017 for $315/share.

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8 Proven Marketing Strategies for Sustainable Growth

Software Equity Group

We strongly emphasized hiring the right people and holding them accountable. Our panel comprises leaders well-versed in go-to-market operations for SaaS businesses of all types, from bootstrapped startups to PE-backed and publicly traded companies. In 2021, Thoma Bravo acquired iOffice for an undisclosed amount.

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