Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Washington, DC, (October 15, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that Accutron Inc.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 9, 2023

Washington, DC, (June 9, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking , a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, announced today that Bob Bicksler has joined FOCUS as a Senior Advisor who will focus primarily on the photonics industry.

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Successful Acquisitions

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In this role with Capstone’s team of Growth Engineers, Brian works side-by-side with clients through the deal making process to develop actionable transition strategies that maximize value and create generational wealth. This work then led him to advising in private company mergers and acquisitions.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

Morgan’s acquisition of Carnegie Steel in 1901 – was an industrials private equity deal. Growth” was less of a goal than financial engineering and multiple expansion via cost cuts to improve metrics like Return on Invested Capital (ROIC). Industrials PE has been around for a long time and has always been seen as “stable but boring.”

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

But the events of 2023, including the UBS acquisition of Credit Suisse and the rise of firms like Wells Fargo, Jefferies, and RBC, have shaken up the traditional list. The full list changes over time because banks get acquired, go out of business, and change their focus – while other banks make acquisitions and grow organically.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 20, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that Bearing Distributors, Inc. Schrimsher, President & CEO for Applied. With locations across the U.S.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 28, 2023

However, activity decelerated significantly during the latter half of the year, with larger deals experiencing a more pronounced decline compared to middle-market activity. To ensure continued success in this rapidly transforming market, industry leaders and executives must thoroughly evaluate their company portfolios.

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

he grandees of Silicon Valley often view Mergers and Acquisitions through a different lens than much of the rest of the country. A chill has descended on Silicon Valley as typical acquirers such as Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Apple and others are hesitant to make acquisitions. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage now.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 1, 2024

Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Armed Forces Retirement Homes as well as to select commercial entities. The purpose of the acquisition is to expand Dexterra’s IFM platform in the U.S. With operations in 11 of 13 provinces and territories as well as in the U.S.,

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies. They earn returns primarily from growth via acquisitions and organic sources. Scaling a company’s sales & marketing by hiring more sales reps. Also, you can get in more easily from a middle-market or boutique bank.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Second, in the past week, VCs arguably engineered this run on the bank by panicking on social media and telling their portfolio companies to withdraw funds. And the middle-market and boutique investment banks don’t have much presence in commercial lending anyway, so they’re not at risk of bank runs.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 17, 2023

They also use “buy and build” strategies, such as bolt-on acquisitions , but most large deals are motivated by efficiency gains. If you go even smaller, you’ll find names like Sumeru (Silver Lake’s middle-market firm), Banneker (founded by ex-Vista employees), Riverwood, and Leeds (with a “knowledge industries” focus).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 24, 2024

If you are making a “hard pivot” career change , such as engineering to investment banking, pre-MBA internships are very useful but not necessarily required. below the normal “ middle-market private equity ” cut-off). appeared first on Mergers & Inquisitions.

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InvestmentBank.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

One of the biggest struggles with selling in the middle to lower middle market is business valuation expectations. Sellers almost always feel their business is worth far more than what the market will bear. The owner/operator is reverse-engineering a valuation based on wants/needs, not on fair market value.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

Metals & Mining Investment Banking Definition: In metals & mining investment banking, professionals advise companies that find, produce, and distribute base metals, bulk commodities, and precious metals on debt and equity issuances and mergers and acquisitions.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I did one ESOP where (the business) was $3 million in revenue and a classically challenging situation in that it was a very project-oriented, engineering business (that’s) very difficult to sell otherwise. And the trustee will get in the middle of that decision.” For more information, contact him at michael.mcgregor@focusbankers.com.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 19, 2024

Factors such as limited range, charging infrastructure issues, and the overall higher cost of EVs compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles contribute to the challenges. We are seeing investments being made, including from some of Warren Buffett’s companies, in businesses closely tied to the internal combustion engine.

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