Digging into the Future of Funding in Agtech
Once viewed as a hot new space for disruption, the agriculture technology sector is now weeding out the venture capital investors who entered it with hopes of quick wins. Panelists at ACG Raleigh...
View ArticleUpgrade Your Upskilling Program
Competition for qualified workers is tighter than ever, but some leaders have found the workers they need are already within their company. Sarah Grimstead, regional vice president of sales for...
View ArticleStruggling Companies and Lenders Hit the Negotiation Table
Rising interest rates and tough economic conditions are putting more pressure on companies. It’s no surprise then that default rates are also rising. Industry observers say that both companies and...
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Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions
This past year was another challenging one for hospitals and health systems across the U.S. Staff shortages, relentless inflation, falling reimbursements, the continuing interruption of COVID-19 and...
View ArticleHealthcare Deal Sourcing: How to Evaluate GenAI Impact on Value
Prefer to view the article in full screen? Click here. This section of the report originally appeared in the Special Digital Report: Healthcare issue, sponsored by Sourcescrub. Middle Market Growth...
View ArticleBuilding a Bench for Deal Success
It could be the setup for a joke about M&A: An investment banker, an accountant, an attorney and a wealth manager walk into a bar—but instead of entering a drinking establishment, the four convene...
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Healthcare Services Sector Gains Strength
The U.S. healthcare services subsector continues to draw investor interest thanks to an aging population, rising obesity, a shift toward outpatient care and increased adoption of value-based care...
View ArticlePrivate Equity Likes and Subscribes to the Influencer Economy
You could argue that influencer marketing is as old as celebrity endorsements, but its current iteration is closely tied to the rise of social media. In recent years, influencers have been able to...
View ArticleThe Cost of Not Knowing: Unraveling the Hidden Savings in Procurement
A casual conversation among four investment bankers at a conference revealed a startling discrepancy. They were all staying at the same hotel yet paying wildly different rates for the same service. A...
View ArticleManufacturers Forge New Workforce Solutions
Even before COVID-19, the U.S. manufacturing sector faced challenges with hiring and retention, which became more acute during the pandemic. Today, industrial business leaders and their investors are...
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Challenging Market Brings Seller Opportunities
Middle-market deal volume was down in the first half of 2023 by 23%, with GF Data reporting on 135 completed deals compared to 175 completed transactions in the first half of 2022. We have covered the...
View ArticleThe Art of the Multiple
The go-to techniques for company valuations are public company multiples and precedent transactions. I think of these as primary colors. They are a foundation, a place to start. But you run into...
View ArticleThis Year, Expect LPs to Dial up the Pressure for Capital Returns
Patience is a virtue—and one that private equity limited partners have demonstrated fairly well since merger and acquisition activity began to retreat in 2022, locking up their money for the past...
View ArticleQ&A: Why Permanent Equity Open-Sourced Its Due Diligence Process
Last September, private equity firm Permanent Equity announced its “Do Diligence Confidently” project, an initiative that unlocks the firm’s due diligence process to other dealmakers. By sharing the...
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Middle-Market Dealmakers Prepare for a Rebound
When New York City’s famed crystal ball dropped in Times Square on New Year’s Eve, millions of people watched as it heralded the start of 2024 and the blank slate of a new year. But long before the...
View ArticleCorporate M&A Stirs up Momentum for 2024
With 98% of CEOs surveyed by EY expecting to be actively engaged in strategic M&A transactions this year, and with EY forcasting corporate M&A volume to see a 12% recovery in 2024, corporate...
View ArticleHow AI Platforms Are Changing the Game for Alternative Investment
The investment world is on the cusp of a significant transformation, thanks to the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its core processes. The burgeoning role of AI is in creating...
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Investors Weigh Financing Options as M&A Improves
Rising interest rates, last spring’s regional banking crisis and other headwinds sent dealmakers and lenders to the sidelines for much of 2023, a year that saw a 44% drop in deal value and a 36%...
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Cross-Border M&A Looks Ready for Takeoff in 2024
As U.S. dealmakers look to transact in a tighter M&A environment, some are venturing abroad to expand their universe of deals. They are finding these opportunities by leaning into new strategies,...
View ArticleHow the Ups and Downs of M&A Can Feel Like a Game of Chutes and Ladders
Chutes and Ladders is a timeless game where players’ pawns will move back and forth across the board, following the numbers (ladders) upward. But, of course, you can also sometimes go down...
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