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Lower 2021 thresholds announced for merger reviews under Competition Act and Investment Canada Act

Deal Law Wire

The threshold for certain pre-closing net benefit reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and the threshold for a pre-closing merger notification under the Competition Act have now both been released for 2021. It is adjusted annually, and for 2021 the threshold is C$415 million, down from C$428 million in 2020.

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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. And those rosy prospects attracted major backers like Madrone Capital Partners, DNX Ventures and Ridge Ventures. billion to just $6.7

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

Focus Investment Banking

The S&P 500 has recently traded near 4800, close to its record at the end of 2021. In that environment, very few firms sought IPOs, and there was a major slowdown in overall exits, whether private or public. There are only a few publicly traded companies in specialty consulting. As 2024 starts, the U.S.

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SaaS M&A Snapshot: Target Market & Buyers

Software Equity Group

The SEG Index, a collection of 116 public SaaS companies, fell by 48.2%. After the unprecedented market highs of 2020 into 2021, it’s natural for founders in this environment to wonder if they’ve missed the boat. Median EV/TTM Revenue Multiple Down from 2021’s high of 7.3x, 2022’s median EV/Revenue multiple of 5.6x

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Activists Seek REIT Renovations

The Deal

Soon after, the activist, Blackwells Capital LLC, settled with the combining REITs. And as Blackwells pulled back, Orange Capital Venture LP on June 15 rushed in , arguing that the activist fund was “complicit in this value destroying merger,” by receiving a large share position as part of its settlement.

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Public SaaS Company Valuations and What They Mean for Private Companies

Software Equity Group

Public SaaS companies enjoyed an unprecedented run from 2009 through 2021, but last year brought a wave of macroeconomic uncertainty, including rising interest rates, record inflation, supply chain problems, and geopolitical unrest. from 2021 by the end of the year. What is the SEG Index?

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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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