Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2024

Accurate and appropriate valuation is one of the pillars of maximizing the profits from a business sale. However, company valuation isn’t as simple as slapping a price on your business. It’s a delicate balancing act, as inaccurate valuations have polarizing consequences.

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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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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. June 2, 2024 – Solganick & Co. For more information, please contact us.

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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. And those rosy prospects attracted major backers like Madrone Capital Partners, DNX Ventures and Ridge Ventures. But evidently, business sagged somewhere down the line. billion to just $6.7

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded US corporations (“Covered Corporations”) effected after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”). [1] This post highlights key guidance from the Notice as it relates to common M&A and capital market transactions.

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MergersCorp M&A International

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In a significant move to capitalize on the burgeoning Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) market, MergersCorp has announced the launch of specialized services tailored specifically for SPACs. This innovative approach has attracted substantial interest from investors, entrepreneurially minded companies, and financial institutions alike.

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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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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. So, is a public offering even a consideration for some of the large, privately held consulting companies? FTI Consulting and CRA International (Charles River Associates) initially come to mind.

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Solganick & Co.

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Buyers continue to seek companies with a strong relationship with their partners, often placing a premium valuation for investment opportunities involving a differentiated service offering and profile. AWS Cloud AWS Q3 2023 revenue was reported at $23.1 billion, a 12% YoY increase, but slightly lower than analyst expectations of $23.2

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Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 6, 2023

ESG isn’t just a matter for large, publicly traded companies. Moreover, “a strong ESG proposition can enhance investment returns by allocating capital to more promising and more sustainable opportunities.” This is particularly true if your partners are publicly traded or foreign-owned.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 13, 2023

Strategic buyers are publicly traded or privately owned software companies. Particularly notable is the significant decline in public strategic deals, which fell from 35% to 25% from 2021 to 2022. In previous economic downturns, such as 2008, private SaaS company valuations took a hit as public strategics were forced to cut back.

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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. Understanding and building AI applications is seen as critical for software development firms to stay competitive.

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Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Table of contents Lower Middle Market Definition Lower Middle Market Explained Capital sources Examples Lower Middle Market vs Upper Middle Market Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Recommended Articles Key Takeaways The lower middle market (LMM) comprises small and medium enterprises with an annual revenue of $5 million to $50 million.

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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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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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Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Investment Banking Services Initial Public Offering (IPO) When a privately-owned business wants to become a publicly traded company, it goes through an IPO , or Initial Public Offering. This means that to raise the capital she needs, she would have to issue 5 lakh shares to the public. How do they do this?

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

On September 24, Cooley M&A partner, Garth Osterman, moderated a webinar on the current trend in going public: SPACs! Given that a SPAC is an alternative means to going public, a significant portion of the webinar was dedicated to discussing some of the key differences—and similarities—between a SPAC and a traditional IPO.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. It’s a more challenging market environment right now than we’ve seen in many years,” said Charlie Kim , who co-chairs Cooley’s capital markets practice. Let’s dig in.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

And, in general, we saw large pharmaceutical companies deploy substantial amounts of capital in 2019 to acquire innovative biotech companies that are advancing the development of novel therapies for oncology, orphan diseases and other unmet medical needs. Year of the Life Sciences Mega-Deals. billion; and Synthorx’s sale to Sanofi $2.5

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Software Equity Group

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With record amounts of deployable capital behind them, private equity (PE) investors account for nearly 60% of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in tech today. Strategic buyers These types of buyers run the gamut; they can be publicly traded or privately owned software companies. It’s called dry powder.

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Deal Law Wire

APRIL 1, 2021

The recent economic volatility has also seen an increase in the use of alternatives to one-time cash purchases in the context of M&A deals , including earnouts and working capital adjustments. 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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Software Equity Group

APRIL 4, 2023

With extremely strong financial metrics, an excellent Rule of 40 ratio , and solid EBITDA , SEG agreed we were on the right track and guided us wisely through a process culminating in the transaction to Waud Capital in 2017. I regularly share insights and trends aimed at boosting valuations and facilitating smoother exits.

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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. But given the number of SPACs that went public in 2020 and have yet to announce a business combination (204 of 247), expect to see many more SPAC business combinations in 2021.

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Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

Nonetheless, parties should be mindful of the potential impact of Regal in transactions with delayed closings (particularly those with more significant gaps between signing and closing), as it provides a roadmap for would-be appraisal arbitragers to potentially capitalize on increases in target’s value between signing and closing.

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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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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Midsize pharmaceutical buyers pursuing opportunistic acquisition strategies, with robust capital markets and high valuations having limited the pool of attractive assets available in recent years. These players have looked further afield to add new capabilities and pipeline assets. DeSPAC transactions also hit an all?

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