Wizenius

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

1) Mastering Fund Raising Nuances Through the infusion of debt and equity, an LBO fundamentally reshapes the target company's capital structure. Private equity funds strive to achieve compelling returns by procuring or investing in companies and actively enhancing their growth and profitability.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For private equity investors, one of the most important considerations for a successful investment is determining the value the firm will receive at exit, which directly impacts fund returns. Initial Public Offering (IPO) One way to exit an investment involves taking the company public through an initial public offering (IPO).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. But the other problem is that all hedge funds are “event-driven” because they invest based on catalysts , or specific events that could change a security’s price. If this fund is right, the company’s price may increase by 50%.

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Growth Business

JUNE 8, 2023

In the UK, a downward trend for tech IPOs continued, with volumes falling to their lowest level last year in a decade. Global tech exits — through both IPOs and M&A — remain stagnant, with $21bn in value so far this year, compared to a peak of $177bn in 2020 and $166bn in 2021.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies.

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Furthermore, if the portfolio company’s revenue is not able to increase with or outpace the rate at which inflation is rising, its valuation will ultimately be impacted. High inflation might make IPOs more attractive as public markets can provide better protection against inflation whereas selling to strategic buyers or secondary buyers (i.e.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Technical Questions – You could get standard questions about accounting and valuation or VC-specific questions about cap tables, key metrics in your industry, or how to value startups. Q: Why not private equity, growth equity, hedge funds, or entrepreneurship? Q: Tell me about the current IPO, M&A, and VC funding markets.

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Wizenius

AUGUST 16, 2023

This stage requires mastering valuation techniques, conducting thorough market research, and engaging in insightful discussions with management teams to unearth the true potential of the company. Factors like valuation, IRRs, and payback periods come into play.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

It helps identify the availability of liquid funds with the organization in a particular accounting period. In other words, it mirrors the availability and usage of business funds to reveal its current state of liquidity Liquidity Liquidity is the ease of converting assets or securities into cash.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2023

With respect to equity markets, AFME, EFAMA and BVI highlight that EU companies are continuing to take their initial public offerings (IPOs) outside of the EU or move their listings elsewhere to seek better valuations – emphasising that EU equity markets cannot continue to lag behind their peers. “In

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Investment Banking: Deals The basic difference is that in “investment banking” groups, such as technology , TMT , healthcare , or consumer retail , you work on various deal types: sell-side and buy-side M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, follow-on offerings, and bond issuances. or debt offerings (investment-grade or high-yield bonds).

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Solganick & Co.

MAY 13, 2024

Interest rate movements will affect public company valuations and lending for deals. We’ve seen private capital investment banking practices raise substantial funds amid a difficult fundraising environment. We continue to work with several new private equity funds that have successfully raised capital over the past 12 months.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Operating metrics and valuation multiples , especially for the assets and companies that are the most different (see below). So, even if you’re advising entire companies, you must still be familiar with asset-level modeling and valuation and how an entire portfolio works. What Do You Do as an Analyst or Associate?

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Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

Many of these causes have their equivalences to the reasons behind the sale of a company (also known as a divestiture): Liquidity: As the equity holding period matured, investors (private equity funds behind companies) will look to sell.

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InvestmentBank.com

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jonathan Simnett from corporate law firm Hampleton Partners was reported saying, “[t]he brakes have been slammed on funding until investors are able to create maps to navigate uncharted territory” [4]. Second, the IPO market, a key exit avenue for VC investments, proved increasingly strong and resilient throughout the year. Gornall, W.,

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 12, 2023

But if you’re interviewing at an early-stage VC fund (i.e., They want a $2 million seed investment at a $20 million post-money valuation, meaning that we (the VCs) will own 10% if we invest. If not, what about something like 10 – 20x, for a $200 – $400 million valuation?” So, should we do the deal?

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

Andrew Carnegie’s partner, Henry Phipps, used his deal proceeds to launch the Bessemer Trust , one of the first modern family offices and a “proto” private equity fund. Note that not all “large” funds do industrial deals. But you could also add the Blackstone “Tactical Opportunities” fund, Centerbridge, and SVP to this list.

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Wizenius

JULY 17, 2023

Dig deeper into articles related to Equity markets, IPOs, M&As, Private Equity Fundings, and Startups. Our investment banking course online provides in-depth knowledge of financial analysis, M&A, valuation techniques, and advanced Excel modelling. News is a gateway to the outside world.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Mispriced Companies and Assets – Some mature healthcare firms trade at low valuation multiples , often because the market misunderstands their contracts, revenue, or track record. PE firms view these companies as especially appealing since low multiples mean they can use higher debt percentages to fund the acquisitions.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Undeterred by the pandemic, high target valuations, intense competition for attractive assets and regulatory uncertainty, the deal world again proved that robust activity is possible with distributed workforces Zooming through the market faster than you can say, “You’re on mute.”.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 21, 2023

Equity: Minority Financing Equity financing involves selling a portion of company ownership through shares to raise capital and have the funds needed to execute your vision. You can secure minority funding without the level of assets or cash flow needed for a bank loan.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Despite dealmaking anxieties in the first half of the year, valuations remained strong, and discount opportunities were few and far between. Creative deal terms and financing arrangements were also attractive aspects of SPAC deals as compared to their IPO cousin. 2] Global deal value in the technology sector was up 47.3%

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Software Equity Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

C Corp for Software Companies Factor Impact Investor Appeal Tax Efficiency Ownership Flexibility M&A Potential C Corps are highly attractive to investors, particularly for those considering venture capital or IPO. When they pay out those same funds as a dividend, their shareholders also owe progressive taxes of up to 37% on the amount.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Amid depressed valuations, biotechnology companies also saw an increasing number of demands from activist investors that in certain cases led to more deal activity. Let’s dig in. That said, some buyers took a wait-and-see approach in 2022.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Strained access to public markets and funding The IPO market remained relatively inactive in 2023, leading many life sciences companies looking to raise funds to turn to other exit strategies. This is the case particularly for companies primarily or exclusively focused on developing early-stage assets.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 14, 2024

Healthy competition for the top bakeries has increased valuations in recent years, with strong purchase price / cash flow (EBITDA) multiples. Jim has worked on numerous IPOs, sell-side transactions, fairness opinions, and capital raises, mainly for consumer products companies and restaurants.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2021

Earnouts continue to be popular methods for addressing valuation uncertainty, particularly in the life sciences space. As we have previously observed , the use of milestone-based earnouts to bridge a valuation gap is often a short-term solution that presents many long-term complications. Earnouts Remain Popular – and Difficult.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 10, 2024

In Europe, 35% of football clubs have been funded via capital from PE/VC firms, sovereign wealth funds, or private consortiums. But this article will focus on dedicated sports PE firms and some mega-funds that have made sports investments. leagues except the NFL now allow PE firms to own minority stakes in teams.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Midsize pharmaceutical buyers pursuing opportunistic acquisition strategies, with robust capital markets and high valuations having limited the pool of attractive assets available in recent years. A notable example was a consortium of PE funds agreeing to acquire a majority stake in Medline for $34 billion. time highs in 2021.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Private equity slowed but not stopped by financing environment Despite record amounts of dry powder accumulating for sponsors, high financing costs, persistent valuation gaps and a closed tech IPO market led to a significant decrease in private equity M&A activity in 2023. in 2022 to 5.9x

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

However, deal activity fizzled in the second half of 2022, as high inflation, aggressive anti-inflation monetary policies, geopolitical instability, assertive antitrust regulators and tightening financing markets depressed target valuations, reduced strategic acquirer confidence and sidelined private equity sponsor buyers. trillion. [2]

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 5, 2025

If you had to pick a single industry that could be interesting to every hedge fund investing in individual companies, it might be biotech. Of course, biotech is not an official hedge fund strategy. Example Biotech Trades What Makes Biotech Hedge Funds Different? also find their way into the industry. And What Do They Do?

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

.* *FOCUS research I suspect we would have already seen several of these exits were it not for various factors including high valuation targets relative to market demand. Public Markets: It is possible that a few of the car wash platforms with strong growth and financial performance pursue an initial public offering (IPO).

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Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Reference any deals you’ve worked on that required analysis of these points and talk about how they affected the valuation or client’s decisions (this is more grounded than just saying, “I like high-growth companies!”). Exits Up Slightly But Still Poor – M&A activity has ticked up modestly, but the IPO market is still mostly shut.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Dealmakers appear much more optimistic in the first quarter of 2017 than at this same time last year, in part because of greater optimism about the IPO market and the potential for favorable corporate tax and other regulatory changes. We expect this trend to continue, with mid-market and smaller deals driving the deal count in 2017.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

This approach, combining M&A and initial public offering (IPO) preparations on parallel tracks, allows companies to maximize optionality in an uncertain market. Of course, the targets leverage in the M&A track of a dual-track process inherently increases when the IPO track is a viable strategy.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The tech deal floodgates still havent opened, as persistent valuation mismatches, a still (mostly) closed tech IPO market, stiff competition and worldwide regulatory scrutiny continue to weigh on activity, particularly for VC-backed exits and mega deals. billion acquisition of Altair, IBMs pending $6.4 So is tech M&A back?

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