Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Common examples prevalent in the personal and business environments include search engines, autofill and autocorrect functions in word processing, digital assistants like Alexa, and facial and speech recognition. As a result, business owners can spend less time managing their business and more time growing it.

Business 52

Business Mergers and Acquisitions Management IT 52

SDR Ventures

AUGUST 24, 2022

Roundtable Overview During a recent virtual roundtable hosted by Axial, SDR’s Scott Mitchell joined fellow M&A professionals to discuss common questions and concerns of business owners looking to complete a transaction process. Have you been considering a sale, recapitalization, or financing to grow your business?

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

The focus of the collision vision in 2025 is to double down on the most important and timely topics in the collision repair business and to triple or even quadruple down on offering actionable insights for your business. And when the family business comes calling, you typically answer. It’s not good for business.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions M&A Equities 52

Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Whether due to new technologies supplanting the old, overhyped valuations crashing to earth, errors in judgement, or lack of business acumen, the tech world is rife with the rise and fall of companies and careers. The pursuit of ESG goals might mean diminished earnings, which would raise the ire of shareholders and board members.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity M&A Equities Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Software Equity Group

MARCH 21, 2023

Early-stage software businesses may reach a point where they seek resources to help accelerate growth and execute business goals. There are several resources for growth capital: debt from a lender or financial institution, minority equity financing, or majority equity financing through a control transaction.

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Finance Finance Debt Equities 52

Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In particular, companies in the logistics space likely will enjoy an enhancer to valuation if they utilize cutting edge technology. Nevertheless, owners are still holding out for what they perceive as the higher valuations of the previous few years.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity M&A Equities Insurance 52

Tyton Partners

MAY 4, 2023

Paucity of deals will help sustain enterprise valuations (for some) The inexorable principles of supply-and-demand applied to deal pricing should be in-effect for the balance of 2023. see Renaissance and Curriculum Associates), as the increasing scale – and expected valuations – of new oligopoly players makes for a limited buyer pool.

Education 52

Education Capital Raising Investment Investors 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

They have their investment thesis and valuation, and the earnings announcement is the event that unlocks value… …but this is not what “event-driven” means in most cases. But if we’re wrong, and the spin-off doesn’t happen or gets done at a lower valuation, the parent company’s share price would fall by only 10%.”

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Raising private equity funds is seen as the holy grail for businesses who want to grow quickly, simply because the strength of capital opens the door for rapid growth. What is private equity and how does it work?

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Private Equity Equities Investment Business 59

Sica Fletcher

APRIL 11, 2024

A CEO with chronic health issues may worry that their condition will interfere with running the business, or they could simply be looking to retire. personal debt, business/legal liabilities, time-sensitive investment opportunities) may prompt owners to sell quickly. Market/Business Environment. Financial Need.

Insurance 52

Insurance Advisory M&A Investment Banking 52

Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

We are now in a global recession with record unemployment and numerous businesses shut down or dramatically altered. This was the fourth year in a row fundraising surpassed half a trillion dollars, with 2017, 2018, and 2019 recording the highest amounts of capital raised in history. The question is, “Why?”.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Insurance Debt Equities 52

Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Once a business target is identified, and the merger is publicly announced, the SPAC’s sponsors and the business target’s founders face the added pressure of completing the deal within the specified completion window. Direct listings were simply a liquidity event for private investors and employee shareholders until the summer of 2020.

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IPO Mergers and Acquisitions Investors Private Equity 52

MergersCorp M&A International

JULY 5, 2024

In March, artificial intelligence server maker Super Micro Compute raise $1.7B in capital raise and paid 0% interest rate. Over the past month a string of prominent Chinese technology groups, including Alibaba and JD.com have collectively raised a staggering $8.3B

Debt 52

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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The classification of the middle market allows investors to understand the level of business and yearly performance of a firm. It is not a general case, but most often, the firms operating in LLM are family-owned businesses with the participation of family members. The LMM represents approximately 90% of the business.

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Middle Market Bulge Bracket Private Equity Investment Banking 52

Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 14, 2024

As a staple food, it’s insulated from fluctuations in household incomes and business cycles compared to the broader food and beverage industry. Healthy competition for the top bakeries has increased valuations in recent years, with strong purchase price / cash flow (EBITDA) multiples. The bakery category is also incredibly resilient.

M&A 52

M&A Food Private Equity Manufacturing 52

How2Exit

JULY 13, 2023

Ron Introduction: The podcast episode discusses business acquisitions and mergers. The hosts interview business owners, industry leaders, authors, mentors, and other influencers to share their experiences and insights on buying or selling a business.

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Business Collaboration Mergers and Acquisitions Valuation 130

InvestmentBank.com

MAY 26, 2021

As individuals sadly lost their loved ones to this disease, businesses around the globe struggled to stay afloat through forced closures, capacity limitations, industry shutdowns, and crippled supply chains. of debt funds raised in the first half of 2020, and arose from after contributing only 19.7% of debt capital raised in 2019 [9].

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Capital Raising Capital Debt Private Equity 52

Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Many owners are bearish when discussing a capital related transaction, be it a capital raise, selling a minority stake, or selling their beloved brand creation. They whisper in the ear of these owner clients that today is not a good time to be in the capital markets, with high interest rates and limited activity.

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Valuation Business Capital Raising Capital 52

iMerge Advisors

APRIL 13, 2025

For software founders and tech CEOs preparing for a sale, growth capital raise, or strategic acquisition, understanding the purpose and power of a QoE report can be the difference between a smooth transaction and a value-eroding negotiation. Supports a Higher Valuation Buyers pay for confidence. But what exactly is a QoE report?

M&A 40

M&A Valuation Advisory Negotiation 40

iMerge Advisors

APRIL 14, 2025

Summary of: What Buyers Are Looking for in AI and SaaS Company Acquisitions in 2025 As we move deeper into 2025, the M&A landscape for AI and SaaS companies continues to evolve shaped by macroeconomic pressures, shifting capital markets, and the accelerating integration of artificial intelligence across enterprise software.

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Acquisitions Valuation M&A Private Equity 40

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 5, 2025

In technology, as a startup keeps raising capital, it normally does so at gradually higher valuations as its customers, users, and revenue grow. But in biotech, companies valuations often remain close to their total capital raised until much later in the process (i.e.,

Funds 64

Funds Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions Valuation 64