Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Despite investment in the first half of 2023 dropping to £4.6bn from 2022’s £10.8bn as a result of rising interest rates, high inflation, a decrease in valuations and geopolitical tensions globally, UK fintechs are still attracting more VC investment than all other EMEA fintechs combined, with a significant percentage coming from US investors.

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TM Capital

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The fragmented category, which only five years ago had little backing from financial sponsors, now has portfolio companies contesting for family and founder owned assets to build businesses of scale. Valuation multiples for paving companies can range anywhere between 4 to 9 times Ebitda, dealmakers said. Sunrise, Fla.-based

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Operating metrics and valuation multiples , especially for the assets and companies that are the most different (see below). Per FTI Consulting , solar, wind, and “portfolio” (mixed asset) deals account for 60% of renewable M&A activity in the U.S.: A recent deal in the sector, ideally one your target bank has advised on.

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How2Exit

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The company ensures that sellers understand the proper valuation of their businesses and helps them navigate the financing process. This approach helps buyers and sellers understand the potential for leveraging liquidity events to grow their wealth and expand their business portfolios. 2021, March 10). In How to Exit Podcast.

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 20, 2024

Conversely, when interest rates are high, valuations are supposed to decrease because buyers will try to make up what they are losing to interest. Deal Volume Has Lowered Deal volume has never quite recovered from the near-record numbers posted in 2021. for insurance agencies. for insurance agencies.

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Tyton Partners

JANUARY 18, 2024

Inflated fundraising valuations earned by many early-stage companies during 2021 prompted early exits from companies’ institutional backers in 2023 leading to an accelerated M&A timetable and opportunities for buyers to realize quick wins through buyer-friendly transactions.

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Periculum Capital

MARCH 11, 2022

SHHS” “Company”), a leading home healthcare service provider, in its sale to Fortis Home Health and Hospice, LLC (“Fortis”), a portfolio company of Grant Avenue Capital, LLC (“Grant Avenue”). Periculum Capital Company, LLC (“Periculum”) is pleased to announce it has advised Select Home Health Services, Inc.

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Tyton Partners

MAY 4, 2023

Deal-makers are eager to get back to deal-making The relative calm and quiet of 2022 (after a torrid deal-making pace during the latter half of 2020 and 2021) is giving way to an increasing sense of urgency. Those with existing platform assets are understandably more focused on TAM expansion, international, and tuck-in capability deals (e.g.,

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Tyton Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Our journey reached new heights with the launch of Beyond Capital Ventures, our second fund, in April 2021. Every portfolio company receives tailored support, which can encompass legal or financial advisory assistance, mentorship, leadership training, and a dedicated presence on the Board. How do you measure your success?

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InvestmentBank.com

JANUARY 14, 2021

In September 2020, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a working paper including an industry survey citing 900+ VC firms; this paper revealed a consensus that many portfolio companies were performing quite well in the face of Covid-19 and less than 10% were performing at levels that would raise significant concerns [3] [10].

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Solganick & Co.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The company went public in 2021 but was reportedly in acquisition talks with Thoma Bravo as early as 2022. Thoma Bravo has been an active acquirer of cybersecurity companies in recent years with a portfolio that currently includes Proofpoint, Sophos and SailPoint, in addition to holding stakes in a number of other security vendors.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although 2022 saw a general decline in M&A activity in the life sciences industry compared to 2021’s frenetic pace (when deal volume was up 52% from 2020 ), life sciences deal flow in 2022 on balance remained strong despite the headwinds. Let’s dig in.

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Solganick & Co.

APRIL 24, 2024

Here are the highlights of the report: Transaction volume and valuation multiples for technology services companies has remained solid during the first quarter of 2024, continuing to exceed pre-pandemic levels in aggregate. of all transactions through YTD.

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The Deal

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our acquisition strategy is aligned with acquiring companies with a traditional product portfolio, who have success and marquee customer relationships that we can transform with our AI platform,” SymphonyAI CEO Sanjay Dhawan told The Deal. billion valuation in 2021. AI), which is not profitable, has a $4.4

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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 17, 2023

Loose Monetary and Fiscal Policy – Zero and negative interest rates and massive money printing tend to inflate valuations the most for high-risk, high-growth companies. Smaller firms in this category often focus on organic growth and bolt-on acquisitions to scale their portfolio companies.

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FineMark

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Rather than trying to predict the future, we prefer to construct solid portfolios, focus on longer-term investable themes, and identify third-party manager talent with demonstrable (and persistent) alpha-generation ability. Looking ahead, we believe history will regard the 2007-2021 time period as anomalous.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 24, 2024

Historically, strategic buyers have dominated the space, conducting the majority of transactions each year from 2019 to 2021. Our expert advisors can help your company understand its potential valuation and recommend steps to achieve an optimal M&A outcome.

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FineMark

APRIL 13, 2023

Interestingly, throughout 2021 and 2022, there were no U.S. To best leverage AI, this investment theme will be implemented within our clients’ portfolios as appropriate. These two factors paint a valuation picture that is less attractive than it had been. SVB is the second-largest bank failure in U.S. bank failures.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

Refined Target Audiences As the business organically grew and we added acquisitions to our portfolio, the marketing team needed to refine its target audience and identify our ideal customer profile (ICP) for new segments. In 2021, Thoma Bravo acquired iOffice for an undisclosed amount.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 28, 2023

The organization also saw a 19% increase in fund managers in 2022 versus 2021 and a 17% bump in LPs invested into an SPV or fund supported on AngelList. It launched its AngelList Treasury offering a few weeks ago, in addition to Projector, a portfolio modeling tool, and, more recently, it launched Relay, an AI-driven portfolio Analyzer tool.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

MAY 10, 2023

The case arose out of a 2022 stock-for-stock transaction in which the Company acquired a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, Inc. 2] By early 2021, Limelight had pursued a number of turnaround initiatives (including hiring a new CEO, implementing a turnaround plan and retaining a consultant), but these measures were unsuccessful.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 10, 2024

This happened for a few reasons: 1) Soaring Valuations – Many sources say that sports team valuations “outperformed” the S&P 500 over the past 20 years, which is a polite way of saying that many teams are now valued at extremely high multiples. The MLB started allowing PE ownership in 2019, and the NHL followed suit in 2021.

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InvestmentBank.com

MAY 26, 2021

Though to a significantly lesser degree than in the early months of COVID, look into the rest of 2021 and beyond features continued uncertainty in the debt market. Analysts are at odds about what to expect in the short- and long-term of 2021 and beyond. Confidence and general feelings of stability will take time to return.

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FineMark

JANUARY 17, 2024

This strong push in November and December ended the long stretch of losses that fixed-income investors have endured since 2021. FIGURE 3 Source: Strategas Securities LLC Another key factor in future equity market performance is valuation. Historically, investing at such levels results in lower future returns.

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Solganick & Co.

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Download the complete report here: Solganick Technology Services M&A Update Q3 2024 Here are the highlights: Transaction volume and valuation multiples for technology services companies has remained solid during the third quarter of 2024, continuing to exceed pre-pandemic levels in aggregate. Thus, this quarter was down overall.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2024

The higher interest rates escalated borrowing expenses, making mega-deals (deals valued at $5 billion or more) significantly more expensive, due to their heavy reliance on debt financing, and impacted valuation multiples with higher discount rates.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

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. approved prescription cannabidiol medicine to its portfolio. 2] Examples of this strategy coming to bear in 2021 included Thermo Fisher Scientific’s acquisition of PPD for $17.4

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, unlike the go-go era of 2021, tech deals in 2023 tended to be bolt-on rather than transformative, took longer to get done, and required more creativity and bespoke structures. Private equity activity accounted for only 27% of tech M&A in 2023, a six-year low (and a substantial decrease from the 2021 record of 36%).

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Earnouts continue to be popular methods for addressing valuation uncertainty, particularly in the life sciences space. As we have previously observed , the use of milestone-based earnouts to bridge a valuation gap is often a short-term solution that presents many long-term complications. Looking Ahead to 2021.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, deal activity fizzled in the second half of 2022, as high inflation, aggressive anti-inflation monetary policies, geopolitical instability, assertive antitrust regulators and tightening financing markets depressed target valuations, reduced strategic acquirer confidence and sidelined private equity sponsor buyers. trillion. [2]

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Reference any deals you’ve worked on that required analysis of these points and talk about how they affected the valuation or client’s decisions (this is more grounded than just saying, “I like high-growth companies!”). Notice how “price” and valuation are not on this list. Q: Which portfolio company of ours would you have invested in?

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 29, 2024

ServiceTitan’s Acquisition of Aspire Software for $1 billion (2021): With a focus on landscaping services and route optimization through GIS, this deal illustrates how vertical specialization can drive strategic acquisitions. Consider these notable examples: Salesforce’s Acquisition of ClickSoftware for $1.35

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InvestmentBank.com

MAY 18, 2021

Today, there is a movement towards utilizing molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine making a diverse portfolio of products critical. How do business valuations differ in Healthcare and across its subsectors? However, Medtronic’s valuation is significantly lower than the sector average (Collins).

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