Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

First, there’s the ability to raise substantial capital by issuing shares to the public in an initial public offering (IPO), as well as secondary offerings. Second, publicly traded companies gain increased visibility, which can enhance their brand image and attract even more customers. stock market.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity IPO Public Trading Equities 52

TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

Upgrade, a provider of personal credit lines and other consumer financial products, today announced that it’s agreed to acquire Uplift, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) vendor, for $100 million in cash and stock. Changing consumer spending habits likely played a role in scaring investors away. Upgrade arguably got Uplift for a song.

Finance 212

Finance Finance IPO Debt 212

OfficeHours

MAY 16, 2023

It’s important to note that hedge fund activity in financial markets can have a significant impact on stock prices and market volatility, even if hedge funds do not control the majority of the volume. Hedge funds are also often activist investors, which means that they take an active role in managing the companies in which they invest.

Financial Market 130

Financial Market Funds Risk Management Trading 130

The Deal

JULY 21, 2023

The calamity is par for the course in a REIT industry that’s exploded with disgruntled investors in recent years. REITs in particular have gained a disproportionate level of attention, especially as the overall real estate market gains a more watchful eye from investors amid interest rate hikes and market volatility.

Retail 52

Retail Management Government Investors 52

Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2024

Market Capitalization Market capitalization is one of the simplest and most commonly used methods for valuing a publicly traded company. This metric provides a quick snapshot of a company’s total equity value as perceived by the stock market. First, identify a group of similar publicly traded technology companies.

Valuation 97

Valuation Discounted Cash Flow S&P DCF Analysis 97

Software Equity Group

MAY 8, 2024

Buyers and investors have adapted to the current markets and prioritized durable and sustainable M&A targets. Our most recent data, however, suggests that prospective buyers and investors place particular importance on two key factors when valuing acquisition targets: profitable growth and revenue retention.

M&A 52

M&A Valuation Economics Business 52

Software Equity Group

MAY 7, 2024

Buyers and investors have adapted to the current markets and prioritized durable and sustainable M&A targets. Our most recent data, however, suggests that prospective buyers and investors place particular importance on two key factors when valuing acquisition targets: profitable growth and revenue retention.

M&A 52

M&A Valuation Economics Business 52

Software Equity Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It is no secret that 2022 was a rough year for the stock market. Public SaaS companies enjoyed an unprecedented run from 2009 through 2021, but last year brought a wave of macroeconomic uncertainty, including rising interest rates, record inflation, supply chain problems, and geopolitical unrest. What is the SEG Index?

Valuation 52

Valuation Stock M&A Profitability 52

Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 3, 2024

The same is vital for the publicly traded companies as they must present specific information on an ongoing basis to the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning their quarterly performance in form 10-Q. You are free to use this image o your website, templates, etc, Please provide us with an attribution link How to Provide Attribution?

Financial Modeling 52

Financial Modeling Financial Models Public Trading Financial Statement 52

Wall Street Mojo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A primary importance of it is helping investors identify companies with high growth potential along with the risks involved. The classification helps investors gauge the performance and growth potential to make future investments. In 2022, the company generated an annual revenue of $9 million.

Middle Market 52

Middle Market Bulge Bracket Private Equity Investment Banking 52

Software Equity Group

MARCH 13, 2023

The public markets may have taken a beating, but behind the gloom-and-doom headlines, there was still plenty of good news for private SaaS companies in 2022. On the surface, things looked rough: the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and the NASDAQ all finished the year with significant losses, with tech stocks hit particularly hard.

M&A 52

M&A Private Equity Equities S&P 52

OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

Private Equity 130

Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Finance 130

Intrepid Banker Insights

MARCH 28, 2023

On a macro level, weakness in publicly traded companies’ share pricing and multiples in one’s sector give insight into how investors are viewing the future, given the forward-looking nature of the stock market.

Capital 52

Capital Advisory Bank Banking 52

How2Exit

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

She has gone from being an IT worker to semi-retired stock investor to mergers and acquisitions in a short period of time. By doing this, she has been able to create a network of relationships that have allowed her to become the chairman of a publicly traded company. Concept 4: Network for success.

Book-building 130

Book-building M&A Business Sale 130

Cooley M&A

MARCH 2, 2021

A SPAC is a publicly traded shell company with no underlying operating business that seeks to merge with a target operating company. The combined company benefits from the target’s operations and the liquidity of the SPAC’s publicly traded securities. What is a SPAC. Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are on the rise.

Securities 40

Securities IPO Shares Mergers and Acquisitions 40

Software Equity Group

DECEMBER 26, 2022

With record amounts of deployable capital behind them, private equity (PE) investors account for nearly 60% of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals in tech today. Do you understand the different categories of buyers, including private equity investors, and how they differ from one another?

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Acquisitions 52

Deal Law Wire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Retail investors are becoming an increasingly significant source of capital on public markets, and dealmakers should be aware of how this development can impact M&A transactions and the decision to go public. Public Companies. Implications for Dealmakers. Conclusion.

Retail 40

Retail Investors M&A Negotiation 40

Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The target’s valuation still needs to be supported by the market, but having sophisticated and credible PIPE investors that support the valuation (as the majority of SPAC 3.0 He also stated that the SEC will be reviewing documentation to ensure that investors are getting the same rigorous disclosure that they would get in an IPO transaction.

M&A 52

M&A IPO Valuation Mergers and Acquisitions 52

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. Novartis announced plans to spin off its generics and biosimilars division into a publicly traded stand-alone company.

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration 40

Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

Whether there’s a looming threat of a government shutdown or a sudden stock market sell-off, or the auction bids come in below expectations, the alternative track may present a superior exit option. Stock market forces also make the timing of an eventual outright exit and the final blended valuation of equity sales over time uncertain.

IPO 52

IPO Valuation M&A Business 52

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A dual-class structure typically entitles the holders of one class of the company’s common stock (often designated as Class B common stock) to multiple votes per share and the class of common stock offered to the public (often designated as Class A common stock) to a single vote per share.

M&A 59

M&A IPO Shares Mergers and Acquisitions 59

OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

Private Equity 130

Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Finance 130

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Faced with depressed venture funding activity (which for digital health declined nearly 50% from 2021 ), an uncertain IPO market and pressure to provide liquidity to investors, M&A offered digital health startups a solution to deliver liquidity, streamline costs and bridge funding gaps as they continue to develop their products.

M&A 52

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Mergers 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

Certain headwinds and other complicating factors, however, may have tamped down M&A activity in 2021, including: Antitrust regulators continuing to produce uncertainty, with the Federal Trade Commission announcing a number of key policy changes – the full impact of these policy changes on transactions remains to be seen.

M&A 40

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Mergers 40