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Valuation Trends, Buyer-Seller Dynamics, and Advice for Sell-Side Businesses: A Conversation with Michael Norton of Houlihan Capital (Part 2)

JD Supra: Mergers

Below is part 2 of his conversation with Michael Norton, Director of Business Development at Houlihan Capital, a solutions-driven valuation, financial advisory, and investment banking firm. In this Q&A, Michael delves into valuation and deal trends, buyer-seller dynamics, and advice for sell-side businesses.

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PE firm PartnerOne paid $28M for HeadSpin, a fraction of its $1.1B valuation set by ICONIQ and Dell Technologies Capital

TechCrunch: M&A

Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $28.2 million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder was sentenced for fraud earlier this year, according to documents viewed by TechCrunch. The fire sale was reported by TechCrunch last week.

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Venture Capital: Annual VC Valuations Report

Deal Lawyers

PitchBook recently published its 2023 Venture Capital Valuations Report, and not surprisingly, the news is pretty grim. VC valuations continued to head south from their 2021-22 levels. Not surprisingly, exit prospects weren’t great either.

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Robinhood acquires credit card startup X1 for $95M

TechCrunch: M&A

X1, which offers an income-based credit card with rewards, raised a total of $62 million in venture-backed funding from investors like Soma Capital, FPV, Craft Ventures and Spark Capital since its 2020 inception. The company announced its most recent raise of $15 million in December, when it also touted a 50% boost in its valuation.

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FCA’s Private Market Valuations Review – Good Practice but Room for Improvement

JD Supra: Mergers

On 5 March 2025, the United Kingdoms Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the findings of its multi-firm review of valuation processes for private market assets (the Review). By: Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

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Travel startup Layla acquires AI itinerary building bot Roam Around

TechCrunch: M&A

Travel startup Layla — backed by firstminute capital, M13, Booking.com co-founder Andy Phillipps, Skyscanner co-founder Barry Smith and Paris Hilton — said today that it has acquired AI-powered itinerary building bot Roam Around. Layla didn’t disclose the valuation of the deal.

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AMD is a buy at these levels and can rally nearly 50%, Loop Capital says

CNBC: Investing

Loop Capital has a favorable view on the chipmaker's risk-reward outlook given low investor sentiment and valuation.

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