Intrepid Banker Insights

MARCH 8, 2024

Private Equity continued to demonstrate its attraction to the pro A/V space as evidenced by a few prominent deals in 2023, including Providence Equity Partners’ acquisition of d&b Group, Court Square’s acquisition of Chauvet Lighting, and Francisco Partners’ backing of Muse Group to acquire Hal Leonard.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 28, 2024

Summary Private equity’s investments in ophthalmology are entering a new, more mature lifecycle phase. We also expect many platform recapitalizations once private equity groups and lenders become comfortable with the interest rate environment. More groups are now looking to add oculoplastics and other sub-specialties.

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 31, 2024

Serving a variety of end markets, including aerospace & defense, electronics and industrials, National offers especially deep experience in the medical end market across various implantable devices, including pacemakers, neuromodulation devices, defibrillators, batteries and capacitors. National”).

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 20, 2023

CORE, a private equity firm focused on manufacturing, industrial technology, and industrial services, previously acquired GEM, a provider of precision deep-drawn metal components and mechanical assemblies, in February 2023. PMP”), a provider of specialty stamping and machining services. FOCUS represented CORE in this transaction.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 10, 2020

As of today, there are at least 30 private equity sponsored brokers who are actively searching for acquisitions, plus other strategic players. Sica | Fletcher has the best network of strategic buyers and private equity clients in the country and has closed well over 250 transactions over the last three years.

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Software Equity Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

COGS is a key metric private equity investors and strategic buyers use to evaluate companies. Modern software companies have limited expenses (not to mention fewer responsibilities) due to the ability to electronically deliver their product.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 26, 2020

These strategic acquirors typically have both their equity and debt facilities in place, so there is no shortage of capital. Also, over the past few weeks, a number of private equity firms have expressed their continued interest to us in investing in growth strategies in the brokerage sector.

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Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Some deals have involved PEG-backed strategics, where private equity firms support strategic buyers in acquisitions, which are referred to below as Hybrid. Froneri’s origins date back to PAI’s acquisition of a large private label ice cream manufacturer, R&R. Who Are The Buyers in Dairy Products M&A?

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Sica Fletcher

JUNE 2, 2020

We will have much more to report on the current state of the private equity and debt markets for insurance brokers in our next blog. Sica | Fletcher was able to close a major private equity investment in an insurance broker at the height of the shutdowns related to the pandemic. What will the economic recovery look like?

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Sun Acquisitions

APRIL 25, 2023

Most of the time, it is best to have an intermediary conduct this outreach for many reasons; you need to stay focused on the business, having a buffer will shield you from awkward situations, it’s not your expertise and while it seems easy its not, and the best buyers are often strategics and private equity groups and intermediaries will have these (..)

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 17, 2025

Davis, who had just attended the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, said more and more sensors are coming and more and more complex sensors are coming. Davis said the company partnered with a private equity firm in the past two years to fuel continued scaling.

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The Deal

AUGUST 15, 2023

“Interestingly, we’ve seen the enterprise value of big companies in the console space rising over the past quarter,” Barbour added, pointing to Electronic Arts, Take-Two, Ubisoft Entertainment SA and Capcom. is a gaming graphics studio that has worked on Capcom’s “Street Fighter” fighting-game franchise.

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Peak Frameworks

AUGUST 24, 2023

This could be a major exchange like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or an electronic communications network (ECN) that automatically matches buy and sell orders. If you're interested in breaking into finance, check out our Private Equity Course and Investment Banking Course , which help thousands of candidates land top jobs every year.

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Software Equity Group

APRIL 24, 2024

However, private equity buyers have surged forward over the past two years, accounting for 54% in 2022 and 63% in 2023. In 2023, Fluke, a maker of electronic testing and thermal imaging equipment, purchased Symphony AI , specializing in SaaS for machine condition monitoring.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 18, 2024

There are about seven national groups, lots of regional groups and at least 20 private equity groups looking to enter the automotive aftermarket space, just in the past few years. Then high-end electronics. The demand market was improving, with additional buyers and an influx of private equity interest.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The fixed income market dwarfs equities in terms of market value and trading volume, but that does not necessarily translate into “more jobs.” Liquidity is also more limited, and more trading is still done over the counter (OTC) rather than electronically. closer to the work at a quant fund ).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 10, 2024

Amidst the miserable deal environment of the past few years, there has been one bright spot: sports private equity. Over two-thirds of NBA teams have a private equity connection or investment , and all major U.S. Table Of Contents Sports Private Equity Defined Why Did Private Equity Suddenly “Get Interested” in Sports?

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Growth Business

MAY 19, 2023

It does this by bringing its investors and entrepreneurs together to accelerate the growth of early-stage businesses.

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Growth Business

JUNE 1, 2023

Brooks Newmark’s 6 essential tips for aspiring angel investors I became an angel investor five years ago, after working as an MP for ten years and in private equity for 15 as a senior partner at Apollo Global Management.

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Razorpay

JULY 11, 2023

Electronic Fund Transfers: Current accounts support electronic fund transfers, allowing account holders to send and receive money electronically. Convenient and Easy Access to Funds: Current accounts provide quick and convenient access to funds through various channels such as checks, debit cards, and electronic transfers.

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Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 25, 2018

We note that warranty and indemnity insurance has become increasingly common on both sides of the Atlantic for private M&A transactions, in particular in private equity transactions. Importantly, deeds are executed differently to simple agreements.

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Solganick & Co.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Non-Traditional Players’ Entry : Tech giants and private equity firms are increasingly investing in the healthcare software and IT sector, potentially leading to a surge in M&A activities. Billion): Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired NextGen Healthcare for an enterprise value of $1.8

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Software Equity Group

AUGUST 20, 2024

In February 2024, Visma acquired InvoiceXpress, a developer of electronic invoicing software and related APIs for small businesses worldwide. Since its founding in 2012, the private-equity-backed company has made 69 investments. Aptean has 3,500 employees and is headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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The TRADE

APRIL 30, 2024

The Volcker Rule also imposes restrictions on banks’ investments in hedge funds and private equity funds, as a preventative to conflicts of interest and to ensure that banks prioritise the interests of their clients and shareholders.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

I think this is a bit too complicated, so this article will use these 3 categories: Base Metals and Bulk Commodities – Anything used for energy (coal), as a precursor to other metals (iron ore), or to produce electronics, batteries, and other products (copper, cobalt, lithium, aluminum, etc.)

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Auto and tire repair centers also need to get smarter on electronics, expanding their expertise to cover software, wiring harnesses, and other technical advice. Where a Toyota can last you 30 years, and you still see them ticking down the road, we don’t have enough information about how long their electric counterpart can last.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Jabil, a goliath serving the electronics industry, has an EBITDA margin of less than 7%, and Apple loves it. Bigger companies around you are getting more efficient and are able to work on tighter and tighter margins. Eventually those shops that don’t make the investment won't be able to compete on margins.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 4, 2025

Steve Davis: So it’s, it’s interesting, I actually just spent Thursday or Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the commute Simmer Electronics Show and they had for anybody that’s been to SEMA, the central hall was all vehicle technology, 100% of the central hall was vehicle technology. So it was all over the place.

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