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After $43B valuation, Databricks acquires data replication startup Arcion for $100M

TechCrunch: M&A

Databricks has remained a hot startup at a time when interest from investors has cooled across the ecosystem. Just last month the company raised $500 million at an eye-popping $43 billion valuation. That would be big money anytime, but especially in the current fundraising climate.

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M&A Insights and Outlooks in the Packaging and Industrial Industries: A Conversation with Brett Kornblatt of Stout

JD Supra: Mergers

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts. By: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

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M&A Blog #21 – valuation (scenario / sensitivity analysis)

Francine Way

Thus far, we have discussed five valuation methods: DCF, Comparable Company, Precedent Transaction, LBO, and Dividend Discount Model (DDM). So, a good valuation model has to take into account the possibilities of a variable having multiple values along with each value’s probability of occurring. To-date, we have lumped them together.

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Investing in or Acquiring a Digital Assets Business? Watch Where You Step – Maximizing Value and Managing Risk in Digital Assets M&A (Part 1)

JD Supra: Mergers

As applications and use cases for digital assets and their blockchain infrastructure grow and become more sophisticated, investments and valuations for businesses in these areas have grown as well. The growing number of opportunities have attracted a diverse group of investors and lenders.

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M&A Blog #16 – valuation (Discounted Cash Flow)

Francine Way

As I mentioned in my last post, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation method that uses free cash flow projections, a discount rate, and a growth rate to find the present value estimate of a potential investment. Calculate the Equity Value and the per-share Equity Value - this number would serve as the base case share price valuation.

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Valuation Trends, Buyer-Seller Dynamics, and Advice for Sell-Side Businesses: A Conversation with Michael Norton of Houlihan Capital (Part 1)

JD Supra: Mergers

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connollya partner in LPs Corporate Practice Groupshares a series of conversations with M&A experts. By: Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

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M&A Blog #19 – valuation (Leveraged Buy Out - LBO)

Francine Way

Thus far, we have discussed three common valuation methods that most strategic and financial acquirers use when valuing a company for acquisitions or investments. This current post about Leveraged Buy Out (LBO) is about a valuation method used by a very specific type of financial acquirer: private equity (PE) firms.

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