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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Mergers and Inquisitions

This style is about purchasing minority stakes in cash-flow-negative-but-high-growth companies that want to scale and eventually go public or sell (think: Uber or Airbnb before their IPOs). Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies. Developing new products or services.

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07-11-2023 Newsletter: Diversity Events at Megafunds Have Started…

OfficeHours

On that note though — if diversity events are starting though… You know On-Cycle is around the corner here… Questions I would ask if I was an Analyst in an in-person diversity session: I just saw X deal happen, new portfolio company — were you involved with that? Are there still upsell opportunities in a market like this?

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Industrials Private Equity: The Best Place for Old-School Deals at Reasonable Multiples?

Mergers and Inquisitions

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?

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In the Restaurant Industry, Buyers Are Hungry for Acquisitions

Focus Investment Banking

FAT Brands bought Smokey Bones for $30 million, which adds the first barbeque brand to FAT’s growing portfolio. Cava opened the IPO window and showed that a good company can go public in any market. Subway sold to Roark Capital for $9.6 Emerging concepts also captured buyer attention in 2023. Main Squeeze Juice Co.,

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The Full Guide to Healthcare Private Equity, from Careers to Contradictions

Mergers and Inquisitions

They do not invest in risky biotech startups attempting to cure cancer (at least not within their traditional PE portfolios). Upper-Middle-Market and Middle-Market Firms with Healthcare Teams – It’s the same idea, but they’re smaller and do smaller deals. in biology. Specifically, in the U.S.,

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Platform or Bolt-on: Two Different, Compelling Paths of Private Equity Investment

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

Private equity (PE) firms are investing in middle market businesses at a healthy pace despite a high interest rate environment that makes it more costly to finance deals. First, Some PE Fundamentals PE investment in the middle market is defined by a fairly common set of criteria.

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Renewable Energy Investment Banking: How to Make Greens by Going Green

Mergers and Inquisitions

Per FTI Consulting , solar, wind, and “portfolio” (mixed asset) deals account for 60% of renewable M&A activity in the U.S.: 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?