Software Equity Group

MAY 7, 2024

Do you know how potential buyers value your SaaS business? 2023 saw a myriad of factors impact SaaS M&A multiples, including economic developments, technological advancements, and a public market rebound. But what are the key influences shaping valuation multiples in today’s M&A deals?

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Software Equity Group

MAY 8, 2024

Do you know how potential buyers value your SaaS business? 2023 saw a myriad of factors impact SaaS M&A multiples, including economic developments, technological advancements, and a public market rebound. But what are the key influences shaping valuation multiples in today’s M&A deals?

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Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

SEG’s 2023 Annual SaaS Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the public SaaS market’s performance and M&A activity in the software industry. Our report provides context for private companies to better understand factors influencing their valuations and evaluate how they can position themselves within a changing marketplace.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

Uplift had raised nearly $700 million in equity and debt, securing $123 million at a reported $195 million valuation in its Series C round alone. But evidently, business sagged somewhere down the line. Klarna , once Europe’s most valuable VC-backed company, suffered an 85% valuation cut, from $45.6 billion to just $6.7

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OfficeHours

JULY 18, 2023

In a roll-up strategy, a private equity firm will attempt to consolidate a large number of smaller firms into a single, professionalized company with numerous benefits, including economies of scale and fixed cost leverage, valuation uplift (so-called “multiple arbitrage”), and acquisition expertise, among others.

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The difference pays off in higher valuations: Companies that can retain and grow within their customer bases, particularly in the face of a recession, are rewarded with higher multiples. By enabling companies to measure their YOY change in recurring revenue, it provides insight into customer loyalty and the overall health of a business.

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

ESG isn’t just a matter for large, publicly traded companies. It’s increasingly becoming a must for small and medium-sized businesses. The accounting firm found that “sustainability is now a major priority, with more than six in 10 businesses (62%) believing sustainability to be as important or more important than financial success.”

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Wizenius

APRIL 8, 2023

The discounting factor would be typically more compared to the one used in publicly traded firms. This discounting factor is targeted rate of return of the VC investor and is set high enough to capture the foreseen/perceived risk of operating the business and chances of its survival.

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How2Exit

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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Sun Acquisitions

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Today they are a successful publicly traded international buyer located in Japan. Domenic Rinaldi, Managing Director of Sun Acquisitions, shared, “It was a pleasure representing Joe Thoesen on the sale of Thoesen Tractor & Equipment and Chicago Machinery to Okada-Aiyon, a publicly traded international buyer headquartered in Japan.

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Solganick & Co.

JUNE 2, 2024

It covers the latest M&A transactions, provides a data analytics market map, updates on industry size and growth data, and publicly traded companies and valuations in the sector. In 2023, the value of the big data and business analytics market expanded to $220.2 June 2, 2024 – Solganick & Co. Solganick & Co.

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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.

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Viking Mergers & Acquisitions

APRIL 17, 2023

He worked with large publicly traded engineering and technology companies, small privately owned businesses, and several government entities. I see my business engagements through a project management lens. Jimmy left Corporate America to assist business owners in selling their businesses in 2010.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 3, 2024

A Fiscal Quarter refers to the period of three consecutive months of any of the fiscal years that the company uses to report its business results. These reports are then referred to by the investors and other stakeholders to assess the business performances before making an investment or other business decisions.

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RKJ Partners

AUGUST 6, 2017

As investment bankers, RKJ Partners possesses a breadth of knowledge and experience in advising buyers on business acquisitions. What is Valuation? Valuation can be simply defined as the process of assigning an estimated dollar amount or range to the worth of an item, good, or service.

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Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Even for a thriving business with a viable equity story, committed stakeholders and the right advisers, the final deal terms and valuation are typically guided by factors beyond a company’s control. Stock market forces also make the timing of an eventual outright exit and the final blended valuation of equity sales over time uncertain.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

There are only a few publicly traded companies in specialty consulting. But those companies have been public for more than 20 years. It has been some time since a professional services firm chose a public offering as a liquidity strategy. FTI Consulting and CRA International (Charles River Associates) initially come to mind.

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Solganick & Co.

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In recent years, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud have matured and expanded their offerings, with cloud services segments now representing significant parts of each company’s overall business profile and defining their future growth aspirations and success. The AWS business unit generated $7.0

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Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Similarly, businesses with large, complex financial needs go to the country’s biggest banks. Let’s take an in-depth look at what an investment bank is, and how businesses benefit from them. Here’s more detail into the services that investment banks provide to businesses. These banks are called investment banks.

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Sun Acquisitions

JULY 21, 2023

Merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions are complex endeavors that can significantly impact the involved companies and the broader business landscape. Valuation and Pricing: Due diligence plays a critical role in determining a target company’s value and appropriate pricing.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

Publicly-traded companies must prepare financial statements like P&L statements and file the same with the U.S. Publicly-traded companies must prepare financial statements like P&L statements and file the same with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Building and scaling a successful SaaS business is a tremendous achievement in itself. But the time may come when you want to reap the rewards of your hard work and achieve some liquidity by selling a significant portion, or all, of your business. At SEG, it’s our business to advise SaaS entrepreneurs on their M&A exit strategies.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

A feature of every SPAC is the redemption right, which gives each SPAC IPO shareholder the right to have its shares redeemed by the SPAC for its portion of the SPAC IPO proceeds (typically $10 a share) after the business combination has been announced (and prior to the consummation thereof). Valuation Certainty. SPAC vs. IPO.

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MergersCorp M&A International

OCTOBER 15, 2024

SPACs are publicly traded companies that raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) with the primary aim of acquiring an existing private company, thereby enabling it to go public without undergoing the traditional IPO process.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 17, 2025

After college and a foray into investment banking, Strandberg joined the family business, and remained with it after it was acquired by a private equity group. For the example, Strandberg used The Boyd Group , which owns Gerber Collision & Glass , as its a publicly traded company. billion, and its adjusted EBITDA was $368.2

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 13, 2023

Interest in these categories was reflected in rising public market revenue for BI & Analytics and HR & Talent Management, speaking to the demand for business intelligence and the tight labor market of 2022. Strategic buyers are publicly traded or privately owned software companies.

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Solganick & Co.

APRIL 24, 2024

Here are the highlights of the report: Transaction volume and valuation multiples for technology services companies has remained solid during the first quarter of 2024, continuing to exceed pre-pandemic levels in aggregate. of all transactions through YTD. alone since January 2024.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 18, 2024

Navigating the complex landscape of selling a business poses numerous challenges for software entrepreneurs. In the lead-up to a merger or acquisition, SEG becomes a trusted partner, assisting clients in bridging knowledge gaps and fortifying aspects of their businesses that may hinder growth.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

While those strategies provide a firm foundation to build your marketing efforts, they aren’t enough to propel your business to the next level. Our focus during this phase was on scaling the business through organic growth and an aggressive M&A strategy. We strongly emphasized hiring the right people and holding them accountable.

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Software Equity Group

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Like a marriage, selling your business is a long-term commitment. Part of this is understanding what types of companies will be interested in acquiring or investing in your business and what potential offers will look like from different types of buyers. However, this dynamic has shifted in recent years.

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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When listed as publicly traded companies, they mostly become small-cap and micro-cap stocks trading on the exchange. The classification of the middle market allows investors to understand the level of business and yearly performance of a firm. The LMM represents approximately 90% of the business.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This sector is the most different in terms of valuation and technical analysis because of nuances around licensing, player salaries, and different revenue streams. Be prepared to discuss a recent sports deal (ideally involving a team or league) and have a rough idea of the trends, drivers, and valuation differences (see below).

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

As we noted in our blog post earlier this year – Use of Earn-Outs to ‘Bridge’ the Valuation Gap – using post-closing purchase price adjustments or arrangements, such as milestone payments, to bridge valuation gaps may simply create additional valuation disputes down the line. billion acquisition of The Medicines Company.

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Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

These payment structures take into account the wary buyer that cannot accurately assess whether a target company’s accounts are a reflection of the economy or an enduring business problem. As of February 11, 2021, the OSC gave the green light for the first publicly traded bitcoin exchange-traded funds in North America.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

Panera Bread was a publicly traded company that JAB Holdings B.V. Selected Appraisal Decisions Since Aruba Using Valuation Method Other than Deal Price. Case Name Difference from Deal Price (%) Court’s Valuation Method Noteworthy Aspects of Sales Process / Target Status Jarden Corporation (VC Slights – Del.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Despite dealmaking anxieties in the first half of the year, valuations remained strong, and discount opportunities were few and far between. We all learned valuable lessons from disputes involving deals that signed pre-pandemic and struggled to close amid pandemic claims around MAEs and conduct of business covenants.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, deal activity fizzled in the second half of 2022, as high inflation, aggressive anti-inflation monetary policies, geopolitical instability, assertive antitrust regulators and tightening financing markets depressed target valuations, reduced strategic acquirer confidence and sidelined private equity sponsor buyers. trillion. [2]

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