Accountant DCF IPO 
Mergers and Inquisitions
MARCH 13, 2024
This style is about purchasing minority stakes in cash-flow-negative-but-high-growth companies that want to scale and eventually go public or sell (think: Uber or Airbnb before their IPOs). In the 2010s, startups began to postpone their IPOs, but they still needed funding. What accounts for the difference?
Mergers and Inquisitions
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Areas like healthcare services and medical devices are fairly generalist and follow standard accounting and valuation. So, it’s not like real estate , oil & gas , or financial institutions , where you must learn a new set of jargon and accounting rules to have a good shot. For healthcare, most of the risks are regulatory.
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Mergers and Inquisitions
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Technical Questions – You could get standard questions about accounting and valuation or VC-specific questions about cap tables, key metrics in your industry, or how to value startups. Q: Tell me about the current IPO, M&A, and VC funding markets. Q: How do you value a biotech startup?
Mergers and Inquisitions
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Growth Equity Interview Questions: Markets & Investments These questions could span a huge range because they could ask you about anything from the current fundraising environment to the IPO and M&A markets to specific markets their portfolio companies operate in. Q: Pitch me a growth company that we should invest in.
Mergers and Inquisitions
MARCH 5, 2025
their Enterprise Values are not worth much for a long time): Hedge funds focusing on public biotech companies step into this process after the IPO part, which means they can bet on extreme value inflections based on binary outcomes. As always, we recommend preparing at least 1 Long pitch and 1 Short pitch.
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