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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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. After a record-breaking year in 2021, M&A activity remained relatively strong by historical standards during the first half of 2022.

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

But AI is only as good as the information being poured into it, and to that end, most AI engines utilize data from a few years ago. The information that is manipulated by those engines, and therefore the output that is presented to humans, might not be current. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all the rage now.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Bulge Bracket Bank Definition: The “bulge brackets” are the largest global banks that operate in all regions and offer all services – M&A, equity, debt, and others – to clients; they work on the biggest deals (usually $1 billion+) and have divisions for sales & trading , equity research , wealth management , corporate banking , and more.

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Solganick & Co.

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Pandera engineers, data scientists, and technologists build and run leading-edge technology solutions by leveraging cloud, design thinking, data, and analytics through collaborative relationships with partners and customers. Our clients include startup, growth, middle-market and Fortune 500 companies.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Growth Equity vs. Venture Capital vs. Private Equity This section will focus on Strategy #1 (Late-Stage VC Investing) because Strategy #2 is nearly the same as what most middle-market private equity firms do, but with higher-growth companies. Scaling a company’s sales & marketing by hiring more sales reps.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

The Top Industrials Private Equity Firms Mega-Funds and “Large” Private Equity Firms Upper-Middle-Market (UMM) and Middle-Market (MM) Firms Special Situations, Stressed, and Distressed Firms Newer / Smaller PE Firms with Some Industrials Focus How Do Industrials Private Equity Deals Work? trailing EBITDA multiple and a 5.2x

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

While overall M&A activity among tire retailers, wholesalers and commercial tire dealerships remains active but noticeably slower, it’s harder for wholesalers and commercial tire dealerships to have a sale event as compared with retailers. And the trustee will get in the middle of that decision.”

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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

MAY 17, 2023

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). They still execute large deals but do fewer transactions in the $1+ billion range.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

But since they were classified as “Held to Maturity” (HTM) on the Balance Sheet, they were not marked to market value – so this loss in market value did not affect the company’s regulatory capital: Not all the bank’s investments were in the HTM category; some were in the “Available for Sale” (AFS) category.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

But it’s not necessarily required, and plenty of undergrads join these groups via internships without detailed knowledge of the engineering side. A few middle market and regional boutique names in the space include Canaccord Genuity, Maxit Capital, Cormark, Haywood Securities, and Eight Capital.

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