How2Exit

OCTOBER 30, 2023

rn Visit [link] rn _ rn About The Guest(s): Jeffery Oboy is the founder of Paratus Capital, a search fund focused on acquiring and operating small to medium-sized businesses. rn Summary: Jeffery Oboy, founder of Paratus Capital, shares his journey in the search fund space and discusses the type of business he is looking to acquire.

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Francine Way

JULY 17, 2017

Thus far, we have discussed three common valuation methods that most strategic and financial acquirers use when valuing a company for acquisitions or investments. This current post about Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) is about a valuation method used by a very specific type of financial acquirer: private equity (PE) firms.

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Growth Business

JULY 19, 2023

By Chris Lascelles on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success It’s a great time to raise venture capital – or is it? At the end of 2021 we were celebrating a golden age of VC funding with $621bn pouring into start-ups around the world over the course of the year. Some commentators predicted 2022 would be even bigger.

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Growth Business

JULY 26, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success If you’re new to the start-up funding world, you’ll no doubt have stumbled across the words ‘pre-seed’, ‘seed stage’ and ‘Series (x)’ – including on this website. Here, we break down what the funding rounds are and how to prepare for them. Has it got staff?

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TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 27, 2023

billion valuation during the heady fundraising days of late 2021 (and $100 million earlier in 2021), today announced that it has acquired identity verification service Berbix for $70 million in cash and stock transactions. Socure , the identity verification service that raised a massive $450 million Series E round at a $4.5

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Growth Business

JULY 17, 2024

Angel investors A business angel is someone who quite often has a background in business or finance, and has funds to invest in businesses. Questions to ask are: Have they been successful in securing funding in your sector? Are the funding amounts they have secured on behalf of clients similar to the amount you are asking for?

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

By Praseeda Nair on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success The heart of a venture capital fund’s strategy is to feed investors’ capital into high-growth, early-stage companies with the potential to expand rapidly and deliver high returns. >See also: Why are SMEs not taking advantage of R&D tax breaks?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 8, 2023

If you want to work in the most cyclical role in the finance industry, it’s hard to beat commodity hedge funds. Many of the largest hedge funds put commodity trading within their global macro strategies , but plenty of smaller funds, banks, and desks make it a separate category or focus on commodities within their macro strategies.

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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Growth Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The raise means the London-based VC , founded by Skype founder Niklas Zennström, is close to its £1.35bn target for its new growth and venture funds, despite a challenging economic climate. Venture capital: Evaluating the risk profile of investments – How do VCs assess risk when looking forensically at investment portfolios?

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 12, 2023

In 2019 and 2020, the company raised another $8 million in a round led by Balderton Capital. Last year, Index Ventures also led a $17 million round in the company at a $77 million post-money valuation. In its most recent funding round , the company raised a $250 million Series F investment at a valuation of $5 billion.

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OfficeHours

JUNE 5, 2023

DO NOT let yourself fall victim to such a ploy – instead, follow the tips outlined below to stand out in the interview process: Understanding the Purpose of an LBO As you have likely heard time and time again, knowing WHY you are using a valuation method is just as important as knowing HOW to use a valuation method.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2024

29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pathos AI, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on re-engineering drug development through artificial intelligence, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed $62M Series C funding round. CHICAGO, Oct.

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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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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Two-thirds of the UK’s fintech start-ups are in in the city, and in 2020, the capital attracted 94 per cent of the country’s total fintech venture capital. Beringea Beringea is a transatlantic venture capital firm with more than $800m under management across its funds in the UK and the US.

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Growth Business

JUNE 29, 2023

‘Remember that raising equity finance is a marathon not a sprint’ Equity finance sources There are myriad investment sources ranging from business angel networks , seed funds, incubators , family offices , regional funds, corporate venturing funds, international investors (individuals and companies) and enterprise capital funds (ECFs).

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success The British Business Bank has recorded a £135m loss in the year ending March after a drop in portfolio valuations.

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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Corporate finance jobs at normal companies are bad … …if you’re using them to break into a deal-based field, such as investment banking , private equity , or venture capital , or as a “Plan B” if you interview around but do not get into one of these. For example: Early-Stage Startup: Can we raise more VC funding?

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Software Equity Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Given geopolitical instability, high interest rates, and the perception that B2B SaaS valuation multiples are declining, it is no great surprise that many founders interested in pursuing a transaction are considering delaying a liquidity event. Continue reading to learn more about what is driving today’s B2B SaaS valuation multiples.

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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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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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Wizenius

JUNE 23, 2023

Working capital refers to the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities and is a measure of the operational liquidity required to fund day-to-day operations. Impact of Working Capital on Cash Flows: Changes in working capital can affect the cash flows used in the DCF analysis.

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Tyton Partners

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Tyton Partners interviewed Eva Yazhari, General Parter at Beyond Capital Ventures What is your company’s origin story? Beyond Capital Ventures is a trailblazing, women-led venture fund committed to making a transformative impact in emerging markets. In 2014-2015, we decided to take our impact to the next level.

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Growth Business

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This decision is critical and often complex, requiring a delicate balance between securing the necessary capital while retaining future financial benefits and operational control. The stake will depend directly on the amount you want to raise compared to your business’s total valuation.

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OfficeHours

JUNE 12, 2023

Additionally, you are financially incentivized to work in private equity as firms have carried interest in the funds and share in the profits of their investments alongside the firm’s investors. At the junior level, running the model and valuation analyses will be one of your primary workstreams as a private equity professional.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Preferred Stock of the Company held by Luminus Management LLC and funds and accounts managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.,

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Growth Business

JULY 13, 2023

By Timothy Adler on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success Pre-seed funding provides the initial capital needed to start your prospective business. This means you will have to work out a “pre-money valuation” so you can calculate how much your equity is worth. What can pre-seed funding be used for?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 3, 2023

To be fair, in some industries – like commercial banks and insurance within FIG – the DDM is a core valuation methodology. And Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) must distribute almost all their Net Income, so the DDM can work well in REIT valuations. But outside of those, its status is murkier.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MAY 15, 2023

Digital publisher and owner of Vice News and Vice TV was once valued at $6bn but has agreed sale for $225m Vice, the once high-flying media startup that reached a peak valuation of nearly $6bn (£5bn), has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the digital publisher engineers a cut-price sale to a group of lenders. Continue reading.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

In 24 hours, it went from “We’re fine, but we took some losses and need additional capital” to “The FDIC is taking over, the government has guaranteed uninsured deposits, and there might be additional bank runs and a financial crisis or three.” And the impact on the banking industry , venture capital, and startups. But the U.S.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you think about the most “public” investors – the likes of Bill Ackman and David Einhorn – many of them have something in common: they operate single-manager hedge funds. In other words, they’re the public face and brand of their fund, and all investment decisions flow through them. 10 – 15 positions rather than 100+).

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Growth Business

AUGUST 3, 2023

It sounds like you’re ready to raise pre-seed funding. The thing to note here is that you don’t have to raise pre-seed funding, but it is beneficial. Pre-seed funding is there to build the foundations of your business before you move on to your subsequent funding rounds. Who do I get pre-seed funding from?

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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. So, should we do the deal?

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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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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But most coverage suggests generic answers about wanting to learn a lot, liking financial analysis or valuation, or wanting to “understand different industries.” private equity or venture capital ). These answers are bad not just because they’re generic but also because: They don’t reflect the context of the interview.

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OfficeHours

MAY 19, 2023

If you’ve ever thought that Buyside might be for you — whether it be Growth Equity, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Corporate Development, Venture Capital, etc. A Few Reads to Digest Valuation Simplified: How Discounted Cash Flow Modeling Drives Financial Analysis Harness Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) modeling for financial analysis.

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