TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 31, 2023

Publicly traded Dynatrace already offers a comprehensive suite of observability tools, but the addition of Rookout will allow it to expand these services with code-level observability into production environments. Rookout CEO Shahar Fogel and CTO Liran Haimovitch.

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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). Collaborative skills are crucial for effective teamwork and achieving common objectives, and given the long hours, “fit” is important as well.

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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). Collaborative Skills and “Fit” Collaborative skills are crucial for effective teamwork and achieving common objectives, and given the long hours, “fit” is important as well.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The benefits of going public are significant. 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. Lastly, going public is a liquidity event for the founders and early investors, allowing them to cash in on their success.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Novartis announced plans to spin off its generics and biosimilars division into a publicly traded stand-alone company. However, given the headwinds facing the acquisition market, smaller life sciences companies were willing to enter into option deals even for Phase 2 assets.

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Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Stock prices and valuations of many leading public SaaS companies have fallen drastically from the beginning of 2022—but while that will affect the private market, it does not necessarily spell doom and gloom. This post will examine the current state of public SaaS company valuations and what it means for private companies.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2020

For earlier-stage target companies that may lack adequate proof of concept, potential buyers continue to use collaborations combined with options to acquire. For example, in 2019, Genentech and Convelo Therapeutics entered into a structured acquisition deal to implement a strategic partnership and exclusive collaboration.

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