Intrepid Banker Insights

MARCH 8, 2024

At the same time, market uncertainty, heightened costs of capital, and other headwinds depressed M&A volumes more broadly, though several strategic acquirors and a handful of investors remained acquisitive, particularly in high-performing verticals like professional A/V and live event technologies. Thanks for reading!

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

Update on Private Equity and Insurance Brokerages In our ,, previous article , we reported that the COVID-19 pandemic had not diminished the pace of mergers and acquisitions transactions we are seeing in the insurance agency and brokerage sector. These firms remain “on the clock” to deploy their capital.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 14, 2024

Buyers Have an Appetite for Deals From an M&A perspective, the growth in frozen bakery products for the grocery channel, the consumer shift to healthier products such as gluten-free or organic, and the high degree of fragmentation in the bakery industry has spurred acquisitions in recent years.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 15, 2023

Washington, DC, (August 15, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that it has added two new managing directors, Mike McCraw and William R. Bill”) Snow.

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Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 24, 2023

If you're interested in breaking into finance, check out our Private Equity Course and Investment Banking Course , which help thousands of candidates land top jobs every year. Investment Banking : Banks assist in capital raising, and advising on M&A, as Goldman Sachs did for Unilever in its acquisition of Dollar Shave Club.

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

On November 24th, Burson Cohn & Wolfe (BCW) brought together experts from across financial services to discuss current activity and prospects for special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”). Over the last two years, direct listings were in vogue for private companies and VCs evaluating public market exits.

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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In addition, many potential buyers seek the LLM for acquisition targets as it reduces competition and allows them to expand in the market with cost reduction and utilization of resources. Even capital assets are used in this form of borrowing. #3 The company raised its first credit fund in October 2020 at $135 million.

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How2Exit

APRIL 10, 2023

Ron Concept 1: Raise Capital Intro Raising capital compliantly is an important part of any business transaction, whether it be real estate, business acquisition, or any other venture. This led him to work with mentors, coaches, and industry leaders to learn how to help companies raise money compliantly.

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Tyton Partners

MAY 4, 2023

Capital raise activity trending up In February, we highlighted the market’s emphasis on M&A activity in recent months. education deals in January 2023, 25 were acquisitions. Additional announced deals in the K-12 literacy arena included Imagine Learning’s acquisition of Winsor Learning and Ignite! Reading remains HOT!

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 8, 2023

We are also opening new channels for CSPs to access private equity capital and continue their expansion into this exciting, dynamic field. Mitch Prust, a FOCUS Managing Director, has over 30 years’ experience in technology, strategy, and mergers and acquisitions.

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How2Exit

JULY 13, 2023

Ron Introduction: The podcast episode discusses business acquisitions and mergers. Concept 1: Weighted Scoring System For Industry Evaluation In this podcast episode, the hosts discuss the use of a weighted scoring system for industry evaluation in the context of business acquisitions and mergers.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Top 10 Merchant Banks in India Kotak Mahindra Capital: India’s largest merchant bank, providing a wide range of services to businesses, including raising capital, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and project finance. What is the role of merchant banks in the capital markets?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

Event-Driven Hedge Funds Definition: Event-driven hedge funds bet on specific corporate actions, such as M&A deals, divestitures, spin-offs, bankruptcies, and business reorganizations, and they profit based on changes in the value of a company’s debt or equity after the action.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As discussed in the distressed private equity article, there is no universal definition for a “distressed security” or a “distressed company.” Special Situations – This could include the events above but could also refer to investments in spin-offs, asset sales, recapitalizations, acquisitions, or capital raises.

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Razorpay

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Exclusive Investment Opportunities Private banking clients gain access to investment products and opportunities not available to the general public, such as: Private equity and hedge funds. Private bankers provide personalized financial services, such as asset management, estate planning, and tax advice.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 5, 2025

Biotech Hedge Funds Definition: Biotech hedge funds bet for or against public biopharmaceutical companies, typically based on catalysts such as clinical trial results, acquisitions, and liquidations; many funds focus on early-stage companies, but some also invest in platform companies, and some also make private-market investments.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 27, 2025

Selling a Repair Shop for Maximum Profit With Giorgio Andonian The tire and auto repair industry is experiencing a wave of consolidation as shop owners consider mergers, acquisitions, and succession planning. We also do buy side for some larger entities and now were really making a push on capital raises and the capital markets as well.

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