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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

the Founders sell some shares to take money off the table, but “the company” doesn’t get any of that cash). Financial Modeling: Like private equity, 3-statement models are common, as are valuations and DCF models , but LBO models are less common since not all deals use debt.

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Capital Markets vs. Investment Banking: Deals, Careers, Recruiting, Exits, and Offer Decisions

Mergers and Inquisitions

so you may look up stats on recent issuances and share them with the lead team – but you are not heavily involved in the process. If this same $1 billion company went public in an IPO, it might sell 10 – 20% of its shares to investors. If it’s a 5-person regional boutique , take the BB capital markets offer.

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Metals & Mining Investment Banking: The Full Guide to Ground Zero for the Energy Transition

Mergers and Inquisitions

Valuation , such as the different multiples used for mining companies and the NAV model in place of the DCF (see below). Precious metals miners earn much less revenue than companies that focus on copper or steel, but the sector gets a disproportionate share of M&A activity because of the factors above. Anglo-American (U.K.),