Successful Acquisitions

JUNE 27, 2023

Will Cava Going Public Set the Table for Other IPOs? By David Braun, Founder and CEO, Capstone Strategic When Washington DC based restaurant chain Cava became a publicly traded company recently, it bucked a trend that has lasted nearly two years, a notable absence of American IPOs.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sports Investment Banking Definition: In sports IB, bankers advise on equity and debt issuances, mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring deals for sports teams and leagues, sports-adjacent technology and services firms, and facilities such as arenas, stadiums, and racetracks. What is Sports Investment Banking?

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning. ” But there is still something missing in those takes, he continued.

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Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues. antitrust reviews are being used to target foreign investment – in contrast to the CFIUS process that is unquestionably raising hurdles to foreign acquisitions.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

But it wasn’t all carve outs and concerned investors – even with the headwinds in the industry and beyond, there were still several traditional public M&A deals involving biotechnology or medical device companies, as large pharmaceutical companies continued to have cash to deploy for acquisitions.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 10, 2024

Others with a broader “entertainment” focus include Atairos, Causeway, The Chernin Group, Elysian Park (more of a VC), Fiume Capital, and Zelnick Media. Larger, Diversified Funds That Also Invest in Sports As sports investing became more popular, many firms with a traditional TMT or media/entertainment focus also got involved.

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The Deal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For SPAC sponsor Harry Sloan, that means going from hiring Tom Cruise to backing special purpose acquisition companies worth as much as $1.7 Sloan’s first career was in entertainment, as he was the chairman of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Sloan still sits on the board of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

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