iMerge Advisors

APRIL 19, 2025

While the market for software acquisitions remains active, smaller SaaS businesses often face unique challenges in positioning, valuation, and deal execution that differ markedly from their larger counterparts. These businesses typically face: Valuation complexity due to hybrid revenue models (e.g.,

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SDR Ventures

AUGUST 24, 2022

Because life comes at you fast, business owners should begin the M&A/capital raise education process as early as possible. And generally, the less experienced you are, the more it makes sense to work with a professional to ensure you’re well prepared and ultimately getting the best valuation for your business.

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How2Exit

MARCH 24, 2024

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

About 3 years ago, I joined the team at Focus Investment Banking, where I spend my time on mergers and acquisitions and capital raising within the collision repair industry. That valuation depending on how you look at it, boils down to 193% of sales or about 15 times EBITDA. So it’s an industry I love.

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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.

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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.

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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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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

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Sica Fletcher

APRIL 11, 2024

Your agency valuation will play a large role in influencing how buyers perceive your agency’s worth. Take time before bringing your agency to market to optimize your daily operations, thus increasing the likelihood of a higher valuation. Pay close attention to the multiple being offered.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

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. This reflected the impact of valuations on deal flow and an increasing imbalance of potential sellers and buyers. PE-backed deal flow declined somewhat in 2019.

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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. he grandees of Silicon Valley often view Mergers and Acquisitions through a different lens than much of the rest of the country.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 14, 2024

Healthy competition for the top bakeries has increased valuations in recent years, with strong purchase price / cash flow (EBITDA) multiples. Jim has worked on numerous IPOs, sell-side transactions, fairness opinions, and capital raises, mainly for consumer products companies and restaurants.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 21, 2023

Minority investors aim to increase value and earn a return on their investment when your business undergoes additional transactions down the line, whether through additional capital raises, acquisition, or an initial public offering (IPO). Hiring an advisor for your growth financing helps ensure a successful transaction.

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

More private companies have chosen to remain private for longer periods due to the availability of capital from VC and private equity funds. For many private companies during that period, a capital raise was not the primary focus, which meant that a direct listing represented the most efficient route.

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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Capital Sources The capital sources for the lower middle market are – #1 – Bank loans It is the primary source of capital raising , especially for LMM companies; if they have a strong history of market performance and operations with good prospects, the banks are always ready to offer good loans and lines of credit to such firms. #2

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Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

We believe small and medium-sized business service companies—not just large corporations—need to adopt AI and automation into their processes to streamline their operations, reduce errors, improve productivity, cut costs, and increase sales, which leads to richer valuations and attractiveness to prospective acquirers.

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

Capital is available, valuations have started to normalise and the debt markets are still supportive – albeit with greater scrutiny and higher costs. This meant that when it came to it, the thorny issue of valuation was well thought through and understood by all parties. Our discussions led to Bridges investing £8.5

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InvestmentBank.com

MAY 26, 2021

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]. The first half of 2020 saw an annualized decline of more than 30% in total debt funds raised compared to 2019 [10]. Retrieved on March 3, 2021, from [link] [14] Pitchbook.

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How2Exit

JULY 13, 2023

The criteria include factors such as valuation multiples, legal issues, availability of buyers, ESG focus, maturity, and competition. They argue that by bringing in experts, business owners can expedite the process of preparing their business for sale and increase their chances of getting a higher valuation.

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Tyton Partners

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Investors took a step back to rethink their investment evaluation criteria that had shifted dramatically in the frenzy of the pandemic; many woke with a hangover from inflated valuations that made sense in 2021 but now appear unthinkable. There’s also a limit on how long dry powder can be held.

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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. These leaders have developed a successful brand and understand that market scarcity drives market demand—and that this can and usually will command a premium valuation.

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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?

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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., or Ph.D.),

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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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