Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

PE funds typically have 4-to-7-years ownership windows for an investment and look for an exit at the end of that period through a sale or an IPO (initial public offering). PE Portfolio Companies: strategic-financial buyer, typically focus on adding on to current product / service offering, market geography, or customer types.

M&A 130

M&A Acquisitions Sale Investment 130

OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank. You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies.

Private Equity 130

Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Finance 130

OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank. You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies.

Private Equity 130

Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Investment 130

Sun Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A diversified revenue portfolio strengthens your business’s resilience and makes it more attractive to a broader range of buyers. Common exit strategies include selling to strategic buyers, private equity firms, management buyouts (MBOs), or going public through an initial public offering (IPO).

Negotiation 59

Negotiation Business Sale Management 59

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Strategic innovation Strategic acquirers are feeling more pressure to consummate bolt-on acquisitions in order to round out their portfolios, enter new markets and fill innovation gaps. Moving into Q2 of 2023, roughly 29% of US public biotech companies traded below their cash value.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Acquisitions Pharmaceutical 52

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. Bill Roegge. Meredith Klionsky. Teddy Nimetz. [1] Dual-class companies that emerged in other contexts (e.g.,

M&A 59

M&A IPO Shares Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Similarly, we expect sponsors to actively pursue carve out opportunities – like Francisco Partners’ carve out acquisition of the data and analytics assets from IBM’s Watson Health business – in 2023 as tech giants streamline their portfolios to focus on their core businesses.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Mergers 52