TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

The reason Blinkist hasn’t gone out for funding again in the last five years is because it has’t had to: the company is growing and profitable, and it still has money left in the bank, according to Holger Seim, Blinkist’s CEO and co-founder.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies.

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Market volatility, a low interest rate environment and disillusionment with the IPO process, have made SPACs an attractive alternative for private companies looking to go public in recent months. According to Odeon Capital Group research, as of December 2, 2020, 210 SPAC IPOs had been completed representing gross proceeds of ~$72 billion.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For private equity investors, one of the most important considerations for a successful investment is determining the value the firm will receive at exit, which directly impacts fund returns. Initial Public Offering (IPO) One way to exit an investment involves taking the company public through an initial public offering (IPO).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Even though we’ve covered industry groups vs. product groups and teams such as M&A , ECM , DCM , and Leveraged Finance , we continue to get questions about capital markets vs. investment banking. The questions usually go like this: Are capital markets teams (ECM, DCM, and LevFin) “real” investment banking? Do you learn anything?

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TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 26, 2023

To capitalize on these changes, it is essential to optimize investments which drive better business value, and Apptio does just that,” said Arvind Krishna, CEO and chairman, IBM, in a statement. SaaS is not a fixed cost, which can be a blessing but can also often be a curse when it comes to managing how budgets are planned and spent.

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Wizenius

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

1) Mastering Fund Raising Nuances Through the infusion of debt and equity, an LBO fundamentally reshapes the target company's capital structure. In an LBO scenario, both debt and equity investors commit capital to the target company. This valuation process dictates the purchase price that the financial sponsor must pay.

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Rory Bennett on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success On the face of it, Britain’s venture capital firms have never been more ready to invest in your start-up. Last year, venture capital raised £6.8 Capital invested by venture capital trusts increased by 8 per cent last year to £664 million.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Corporate venture capital is venture capital supplied by large corporates to high-growth start-ups. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage. It invests across seed to Series A stages.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. But the other problem is that all hedge funds are “event-driven” because they invest based on catalysts , or specific events that could change a security’s price. If this fund is right, the company’s price may increase by 50%.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

They will need to take the Capital Markets Union more seriously and remove the frictional cost of trading between countries. In light of geopolitical realities, sluggish economic growth, and constraint public finances, it will be particularly critical for the EU to ensure a new vision in regard to the Capital Markets Union.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Look around online, and you will quickly discover that most coverage of venture capital interview questions is junk. Categories of Venture Capital Interview Questions I would split VC interview questions into 6 main categories. Venture Capital Interview Questions: Fit / Background Q: Walk me through your resume.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Oh, and lots of M&A , IPO , and SPAC deals were happening, so banks made plenty of “COVID hires,” often ignoring qualifications and recruiting norms. And yes, Melvin Capital and Robinhood emerged as losers following these events, but other big firms, such as Citadel and Silver Lake, became winners because they made different decisions.

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InvestmentBank.com

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Overall Space Similar to other spaces across the globe, the initial state of emergency regarding Covid-19 in the United States brought heavy concerns for those in venture capital. Second, the IPO market, a key exit avenue for VC investments, proved increasingly strong and resilient throughout the year. To answer, it’s been hard.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2024

billion of equity raised over the last five years, as well as ranking number one for UK IPOs under £1 billion market capitalisation by deal volume over the same time frame. Together the two firms have an aggregate of £9.9 The new combined entity will have offices in Cambridge, Guernsey, Leeds, London, and New York.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 12, 2023

but the venture capital case study remains a bit mysterious. But if you’re interviewing at an early-stage VC fund (i.e., We’ll go through a short example for a fictional startup called PitchBookGPT , which comes directly from our new Venture Capital & Growth Equity Modeling course.

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Growth Business

JULY 11, 2023

‘If you have a list of potential fund providers, pick the one you least want to deal with and use it as a rehearsal. 1) Venture Capital Getting backing from a VC firm is extremely difficult. For more information, contact the British Venture Capital Association at www.bvca.co.uk You need a vision for the business,’ he says.

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

This year, Octopus Ventures ’ Entrepreneurial Impact report found that 60 per cent of the top ten performers are based outside the golden triangle, with the University of Dundee topping the list – in part due to the £2.2bn IPO of AI drug discovery company Exscientia on the US NASDAQ, one of the largest ever UK university exits.

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OfficeHours

JUNE 21, 2023

With M&A deals and IPO activity at their lowest levels since the peak in 2021, the old adage is proving true: “in bull markets, banks tend to over hire, and in bear markets, they over fire.” Or maybe you feel you have enough experience and want to jump direct into an investing role at a hedge fund, private equity firm, or VC fund.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

It helps identify the availability of liquid funds with the organization in a particular accounting period. It is based on the accounting equation that states that the sum of the total liabilities and the owner's capital equals the total assets of the company.

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Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

Many of these causes have their equivalences to the reasons behind the sale of a company (also known as a divestiture): Liquidity: As the equity holding period matured, investors (private equity funds behind companies) will look to sell. These expenses, such as the installation of an IT system, should be normalized by capitalizing them.

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Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Fundraising Merchant banking helps businesses raise funds from the public by issuing shares and debentures, rights issues of shares, preferential allotment of shares, private placement of shares and debentures, and other instruments. This service helps companies to raise the required funds from the public.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

First, there’s the ability to raise substantial capital by issuing shares to the public in an initial public offering (IPO), as well as secondary offerings. The upshot is that private companies could now raise all the money they needed from private equity or venture capital funds without even considering an IPO.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

Andrew Carnegie’s partner, Henry Phipps, used his deal proceeds to launch the Bessemer Trust , one of the first modern family offices and a “proto” private equity fund. Growth” was less of a goal than financial engineering and multiple expansion via cost cuts to improve metrics like Return on Invested Capital (ROIC).

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The TRADE

AUGUST 10, 2023

By leveraging our technology platform, we’ll connect Virtu’s retail broker universe directly to the primary capital markets to support the efficient distribution of IPOs, follow-ons, municipals, and private funds at a scale unavailable in today’s marketplace,” said founder and managing partner of InvestorLink, Matt Michel.

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

MARCH 4, 2024

In West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Factual Background At the center of the case is boutique investment bank Moelis & Company and the stockholder agreement that it entered into with its eponymous founder (the “Founder”) just prior to its IPO in 2007. many venture capital backed companies). Opinion at 10.) [3]

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This results in the target company receiving a potentially very different capital structure than they previously had, typically with higher debt levels. Like a typical leveraged buyout, this can be achieved by selling the company to another private entity or PE firm or taking the company public once again through an IPO.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

The Mifid/r review forms a key base for the completion of a Capital Markets Union (CMU) that works for investors and issuers, a necessary element to ensure that EU capital markets across asset classes are more integrated and competitive globally.

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The Deal

MAY 16, 2023

billion IPO last year, which was led by JPMorgan Securities LLC; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Morgan Stanley; and TPG Capital BD LLC. GE), rising to general counsel of GE Capital before joining Angelo Gordon in 2020, while TPG’s Berenson was senior counsel for litigation and legal policy at GE before moving to TPG in 2017.

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Solganick & Co.

MAY 13, 2024

We’ve seen private capital investment banking practices raise substantial funds amid a difficult fundraising environment. We continue to work with several new private equity funds that have successfully raised capital over the past 12 months. What does the next year hold for the company?

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Since private equity firms use a significant amount of debt and comparatively very little equity to finance transactions, anything that impacts the cost of debt or the ability to raise debt is a very sensitive consideration when considering the capital structure of a potential investment.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Healthcare Private Equity Definition : A healthcare private equity firm raises capital from outside investors (Limited Partners), acquires companies in the healthcare services, devices, and healthcare IT segments, and aims to grow these firms and sell their stakes within 3 – 7 years to realize a return on their investments.

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Wizenius

AUGUST 16, 2023

This intricate process involves optimizing tax efficiency, strategizing future cash flows tied to specific milestones, devising exit strategies encompassing exit valuations and considering various exit avenues such as IPOs or identifying potential buyers.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 21, 2023

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. You can also sell debt instruments such as bonds, bills, or notes to investors to raise capital.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Funding may come from a variety of sources including personal savings, family and friends, angel investors, or venture capitalists. This seed funding enables businesses to carry out their plans, develop their product or service, and bring it to market. Role of Early-stage Financing Financing plays a pivotal role in the startup stage.

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