OfficeHours

JULY 11, 2023

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?

Investment Banking 130

Investment Banking Bank Banking Middle Market 130

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JUNE 11, 2024

GMS will be integrated into MiddleGround’s portfolio platform PVI Holdings, specifically as part of W&O Supply that is a leading supplier of valves, pipes, and fittings to the global maritime industry. LEXINGTON, Ky.,

Capital 45

Capital Middle Market Private Equity IT 45

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?

Private Equity 66

Private Equity Equities Middle Market Debt 66

Tyton Partners

JANUARY 18, 2024

Higher Education Transactions The Higher Education market continues to grapple with the reality of a declining enrollment forecast, decreasing value proposition due to the volume of job-specific courses and certifications available to students, and lessening degree requirements from many employers.

Education 52

Education Sale Middle Market Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 3, 2024

M&A activity in the restaurant industry also turned a corner and picked up in the second half of 2023, after a slow start to the year. 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.

Acquisitions 52

Acquisitions M&A Portfolio Valuation 52

How2Exit

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Their team is experienced in M&A, and they hire the best talent available. The company offers buy-side advisory services, helping buyers find off-market deals and guiding them through the entire acquisition process. rn The company offers buy-side advisory services, helping buyers find off-market deals.

Acquisitions 130

Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions Business Education 130

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 28, 2023

After a record-breaking year in 2021, M&A activity remained relatively strong by historical standards during the first half of 2022. However, activity decelerated significantly during the latter half of the year, with larger deals experiencing a more pronounced decline compared to middle-market activity.

Middle Market 52

Middle Market Mergers and Acquisitions Investment Sale 52

Periculum Capital

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Periculum ran a customized sell-side process primarily targeting strategic buyers that could leverage AMW’s strong position in a booming metro market bolstered by both new residential construction and remodeling activity. They were well-organized and made the due diligence process and documentation run smoothly.

Sale 52

Sale Management IT Advisory 52

OfficeHours

JULY 8, 2023

I know you are gathering information for On-Cycle 2025 and while I understand that it is still early, I wanted to let you know that Advent International is one of my favorite Private Equity firms for XYZ portfolio company and what they’ve done in the past — do you have a few minutes for a quick phone call or coffee chat?” I don’t think so.

Private Equity 100

Private Equity Recruitment Equities Investment Banking 100

Tyton Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

K-12 Transactions The K-12 market continues to be an evolving sector as we move post-COVID with the persistence of new staffing models, the role of new integrated technologies, continued concerns around students’ and teachers’ health and well-being, and the status of ESSER funding.

Education 52

Education Sale Portfolio Corporation 52

TM Capital

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The fragmented category, which only five years ago had little backing from financial sponsors, now has portfolio companies contesting for family and founder owned assets to build businesses of scale. Dealmakers, however, expect M&A activity to sustain well into 2023, particularly in the lower middle market.

Capital 52

Capital Middle Market Business Private Equity 52

The Deal

JULY 18, 2023

For much of 2023 private credit has kept its doors open for M&A. ” Liquidity Crunch A $400 million credit facility that would have likely been executed by a single creditor or a two-lender club in the first half of 2022 might require between four and six parties to complete the transaction in today’s market. .”

Debt 52

Debt Finance Finance Private Equity 52

Periculum Capital

MARCH 8, 2024

a leading provider of reality capture 3D scanning and data integration services for digital twin and building information modeling solutions, in its sale to SAM, the nation’s leading provider of professional Managed Geospatial Services™ and Inspection services across the utility, transportation, and broader infrastructure markets.

Sale 52

Sale IT Capital Advisory 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

They do not invest in risky biotech startups attempting to cure cancer (at least not within their traditional PE portfolios). When you hear the words “healthcare private equity,” two thoughts probably come to mind: Wait a minute, isn’t healthcare a risky/growth-oriented sector? Why do PE firms operate there? For example, in the U.S.,

Private Equity 59

Private Equity Healthcare Equities Middle Market 59

Periculum Capital

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Periculum began formally working with Mi-Tech in December 2019 to find a buyer that could strengthen the Company’s global supply chain, realize significant strategic synergies and qualify to own Mi-Tech ’s portfolio of customer relationships that included controlled and classified federal government programs.

Sale 52

Sale IT Government M&A 52

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

AUGUST 16, 2024

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.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Equities Investment Business 52

Periculum Capital

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Company has been a longstanding distributor for the Ford Motorcraft program and has also built a suite of widely used house brand products serving the passenger car motor oil market. Since most of us will only get one chance to sell our companies you want to get it right,” commented HP Oil owner Brian Johnson.

Sale 52

Sale IT Capital Advisory 52

Periculum Capital

MARCH 11, 2022

(“SHHS” “Company”), a leading home healthcare service provider, in its sale to Fortis Home Health and Hospice, LLC (“Fortis”), a portfolio company of Grant Avenue Capital, LLC (“Grant Avenue”). Periculum helped SHHS find an ideal financial partner within an expedited timeline while exceeding stakeholders’ transaction expectations.

Sale 52

Sale IT Healthcare Capital 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 17, 2023

Over the past few decades, technology private equity has gone from “barely existing” to representing the largest single sector in PE by both deal value and deal count. And just as tech and TMT investment banking have become the most desirable groups on the sell-side, tech private equity has reached a similar status on the buy-side.

Private Equity 64

Private Equity Equities Recruitment Funds 64

Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Per FTI Consulting , solar, wind, and “portfolio” (mixed asset) deals account for 60% of renewable M&A activity in the U.S.: In practice, most of this M&A activity consists of asset acquisitions because buying individual solar plants and wind farms is common. Some knowledge of solar and wind assets, batteries, etc.,

Investment Banking 59

Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 59

Tyton Partners

APRIL 10, 2024

Excolere Equity Partners is a leading middle market private equity firm that leverages its deep sector experience and strategic and operational expertise to accelerate the growth and enhance the impact of companies in the Education and Human Capital sector.

Education 52

Education Medical Private Equity Equities 52

Mergers and Inquisitions

APRIL 19, 2023

Diversified Miners – These companies have a wide global portfolio of mines, and they extract, produce, and distribute just about every metal in the two categories above. Metals & mining investment banking used to be a “sleepy” group. The metals & mining team’s classification varies based on the bank.

Investment Banking 52

Investment Banking Bank Banking Investment 52

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In a May blog post we discussed several initial observations regarding the dozens of M&A transactions that were signed prior to March 2020 and that were in jeopardy as a result of COVID-19. In other words, the specific performance remedy is conditional, and neither buyer nor the sponsor can be forced to close without the debt financing.

Debt 40

Debt Finance Finance Private Equity 40

OfficeHours

AUGUST 30, 2023

The durability and growth of our existing portfolio during the pandemic demonstrates the benefits of our consistent investment strategy, as we have never wavered from targeting companies with mission-critical offerings, a history of sustainable profitability, and a stable base of recurring revenue,” said Steve Jarmel, Founder and Partner.

Equities 130

Equities Private Equity Funds Mergers and Acquisitions 130

OfficeHours

AUGUST 26, 2023

Before joining Periscope Equity, Joe was an Associate at SFW Capital Partners , a middle-market private equity firm, where he was primarily focused on making control investments into analytical technologies, software, and services businesses. Excited to mention that one of our first ever PE Placements is coming back for Round 2!

Equities 130

Equities Private Equity Mergers and Acquisitions Investment 130

How2Exit

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

While the Fortune 500 has a small number of people earning seven figures a year, the middle market private equity-backed companies have a much higher number. Concept 2: Fragmented market: opportunity. Ron Concept 1: Grow quickly for wealth. Two of the three he built, achieving enterprise value of over a billion dollars.

Private Equity 130

Private Equity Equities Business Mergers and Acquisitions 130

InvestmentBank.com

MAY 26, 2021

As the world headed into the uncharted territory of a worldwide pandemic, investors in both debt and equity markets reacted to shifts and changing conditions in several interesting ways, and the lessons they learned and the actions they take this year will set the stage for everyone’s access to capital in the years to come.

Capital Raising 52

Capital Raising Capital Debt Private Equity 52

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

2023’s much-discussed downturn in mergers & acquisitions – with global M&A volume and value down 6% and 17%, respectively, from 2022 – was largely driven by the slowdown in the tech sector, with global tech M&A volumes down 51% year over year, while other sectors saw marked increases. [1] billion leading the pack.

M&A 59

M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Equities 59

How2Exit

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Secret to PE Deal Origination in the Middle Market - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Brian Scanlon is the Managing Partner of DealGen Partners, a company specializing in deal origination primarily for private equity funds and their portfolio companies.

Middle Market 130

Middle Market Acquisitions Private Equity Portfolio 130

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

MAY 8, 2025

Zoerkler will be integrated into MiddleGrounds portfolio company, Xtrac, a leading designer, manufacturer, and supplier of high-performance transmissions and mechatronics for top-level professional motorsport and specialist high-performance automotive applications. LEXINGTON, Ky., LEXINGTON, Ky.,

Capital 40

Capital Middle Market Private Equity Manufacturing 40

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

OVERVIEW The Food and Beverage industry capped off 2024 with a steady volume of M&A activity, with a total of 412 transactions. Mirroring previous quarters, most of the transactions in Q4 2024 came from the CPG space, ranging from billion-dollar deals to lower middle market acquisitions. The main takeaway of 2024?

Food 52

Food Middle Market Private Equity M&A 52

Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

So far this year, deal parties are approaching M&A with cautious optimism. This series of Cooley M&A blog posts include some brief observations that offer some M&A highlights over the past year and our thoughts for the year to come. Rep & Warranty (R&W) Insurance is Here.

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Insurance M&A Underwriting Private Equity 52