TechCrunch: M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Typeface, a generative AI startup focused on enterprise use cases, has acquired a pair of companies just over a year after raising $165 million at a $1 billion valuation.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

On September 21, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a groundbreaking complaint in federal court against PE fund Welsh Carson and its portfolio company, U.S. Anesthesia Partners (USAP), making good on its promise to ramp up enforcement against PE funds and roll-up acquisitions. By: Allen & Overy LLP

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JANUARY 22, 2025

On January 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III of the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial decision in favor of defendant, a private equity fund (the Fund), finding that the Funds sale of a portfolio company (the Company) was protected by the business judgment rule and did not harm the interests of minority stockholders.

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How2Exit

MAY 20, 2024

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JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Equity REITs seeking to grow assets face a challenging interest rate environment and tepid equity capital markets for funding portfolio acquisitions.

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Sun Acquisitions

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, technology’s impact on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is profound and multifaceted. Digital Integration Post-merger integration is one of the most challenging aspects of M&A, and technology plays a crucial role in this phase.

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TechCrunch: M&A

OCTOBER 24, 2023

WordPress.com and Tumblr owner Automattic is adding another company to its portfolio with today’s news that it has acquired the all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50 million.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 14, 2023

In the private equity secondaries market, financing is often used to facilitate the purchase of portfolios of interests in private equity funds. These transactions require lenders to underwrite the value of assets that the borrower does not yet own, which gives rise to a specific set of challenges for the lenders.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

the “Corporation”) acquired a portfolio company (the “Target”) of the Corporation’s alleged controlling shareholder. Zurn of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed derivative breach of fiduciary duty and other claims asserted by a plaintiff shareholder after nCino, Inc. City of Hialeah Employees’ Retirement System v. 2022-0846-MTZ (Del.

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JUNE 25, 2024

The investor-backed provider community may be feeling pressure and facing scrutiny from various angles in 2024, as federal and state agencies implement complex pre-closing review processes for healthcare transactions from an antitrust and oversight perspective.

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APRIL 11, 2024

Holland & Knight's Independent Sponsors Team has seen an increasing number of independent sponsors taking part in transactions of seemingly all shapes and sizes.

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 8, 2023

He discusses the origin story of Big Band Software and its unique approach to mergers and acquisitions. Unlike traditional private equity firms, Big Band Software takes a long-term approach to its investments, aiming to build a portfolio of great businesses with no expectation of selling them.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The merger will allow StoreMyTruck to expand its parking locations and portfolio to over 200 sites across the United States. By: Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

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MAY 21, 2024

What do private equity and growth capital investors look for when adding new companies to their portfolio, and what strategies do they apply to help those companies optimize capital?

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TechCrunch: M&A

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Progress CEO Yogesh Gupta said that the deal, which is expected to close by November 30, will bolster Progress’ portfolio with tools to help businesses more efficiently share — and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 1, 2024

Announced on Monday, the company says that Pluto will allow Robinhood to add tools for quicker identification of trends and investment opportunities, help guide users with their investment strategies, and offer real-time portfolio optimization. Pluto […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Financial Conduct Authority has published a Dear CEO Letter on its new strategy for supervising wholesale brokers. The FCA has observed a change in the sector in recent years with larger firms acquiring smaller ones and some weaker firms exiting the market altogether, although it observes the sector is overall healthy and competitive.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 2, 2023

We are excited to complement our portfolio of production metal, sand, ceramic and dental 3D printing solutions with Stratasys’ polymer offerings. After Stratasys and Desktop Metal announce merger plans, 3D Systems proposes acquisition by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 1, 2024

Over the last decade, private equity firms have acquired healthcare companies, hospitals, and clinics at an increasing rate. In fact, in those ten years, private equity firms have spent roughly $1 trillion on an estimated 8,000 healthcare deals. This trend is only expected to increase through 2024.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Sept. 21, 2023, sued a private equity firm in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas over an alleged decade-long "roll-up" strategy to consolidate anesthesiology practices in Texas. By: Holland & Knight LLP

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How2Exit

MAY 6, 2024

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 18, 2023

That product is currently a part of the Corsair portfolio after it acquired the Elgato brand in 2018. Logitech G is the company’s gaming portfolio. Empowering streamers, creators and gamers is a joint passion of Loupedeck and Logitech. The umbrella includes microphones like Yeti, formerly produced by Blue, which it acquired in 2018.

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Lake Country Advisors

JUNE 12, 2024

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A)—combining two companies into one or acquiring and absorbing a new entity—are strategic moves that drive business growth. Mergers occur when two similarly sized companies decide to proceed as a single new entity rather than remain separately owned and operated.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MARCH 7, 2025

A review of fund and portfolio managers found a number of good practices, but also revealed the need for improvement in areas such as conflict management. On 5 March 2025, the FCA published the findings from its review of private market valuation practices. By: Latham & Watkins LLP

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 15, 2023

And there’s a lot to look at there; Binance Labs, the exchange’s VC arm, has a portfolio valued at about $9 billion right now, Ling shared. The value of our portfolio is around $9 billion right now. At this point we have probably over 200 portfolio companies on every continent other than Antarctica.

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How2Exit

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 29, 2024

These portfolios present challenges for financings, including issues with valuation, enforcement, and liquidation. By: Mayer Brown

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Business Standard - FInance

JULY 3, 2023

Several investors are concerned that since both stocks are among the widely held scrips in their portfolios, it could result in a fire sale of the entity at a beaten-down price.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 8, 2024

The recent Request for Information by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking input on the effects of private equity (PE) investment in the healthcare sector underscores the importance of an effective compliance program.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 3, 2024

Private equity firms can breathe a sigh of relief after a federal judge dismissed claims that threatened to establish a precedent for holding private equity firms liable for certain actions by their portfolio companies. By: Troutman Pepper

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 4, 2024

Private equity sponsors can exhale: A federal court recently stopped the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) antitrust action that targeted private equity sponsor Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for the healthcare "roll-up" strategy of its anesthesia practice management portfolio company. The case, Federal Trade Commission v.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Please click on the links below to jump to the relevant section: The Cayman Islands has the following range of vehicles that are typically used as investment funds: Exempted companies and segregated portfolio companies are commonly used as open-ended funds, while closed-ended funds are typically structured as exempted limited partnerships.

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JD Supra: Mergers

APRIL 5, 2024

Titan is a medical technology licensing company based in Toronto with an extensive patent portfolio focusing on robotic assisted surgery. (“Titan”) announced on March 18, 2024, that it is merging with Conavi Medical Inc. By: Knobbe Martens

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JD Supra: Mergers

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Private equity (PE) sponsors often provide incentives to founders, equity holders, employees, directors, and officers of portfolio companies in the form of rollover equity or incentive equity to align their interests with those of the sponsors. By: Goodwin

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 17, 2025

Private equity sponsors and their healthcare portfolio companies are expected to ride the tailwind of an M&A rebound. Long-term capital gains tax rates will likely remain unchanged, or possibly drop. As a result, sellers may be incentivized to explore market opportunities without requiring investors to gross-up purchase multiple premiums.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

MAY 13, 2024

Merger to create a Nasdaq-listed, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing OnKure’s portfolio of novel precision medicines in oncology

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Patience is proving to be a virtue for a private equity industry that began 2024 sitting on more than 28,000 portfolio companies valued at more than $3 trillion, according to a report by Bain & Company, as average hold periods extend markedly beyond the traditional three- to five-year horizon. By: Goodwin

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