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Food Distribution is Ripe for M&A

Focus Investment Banking

Between 2013 and 2019, food distribution generated a steady flow of deals with strategics driving the majority of activity. During the same time, private equity firms started betting on the sector, particularly in specialty segments. Financial : Private equity groups seeking to acquire a company as an investment.

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Ophthalmology – 2024 Update: Entering a Mature Stage

Focus Investment Banking

Summary Private equity’s investments in ophthalmology are entering a new, more mature lifecycle phase. We also expect many platform recapitalizations once private equity groups and lenders become comfortable with the interest rate environment. Platform Creation” transactions are very rare. A third group (e.g.,

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Single-Manager Hedge Funds: The Best Way to Get a Recurring Guest Spot on CNBC?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Portfolio Structure: Unlike MM portfolios, SM portfolios do not have to be market–neutral or based on pair trades; many SM funds also tend to run much more concentrated portfolios (e.g., 10 – 15 positions rather than 100+). Some of these funds have 100+ employees; Viking has 275+ with 45+ investment professionals.

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Are You Doing the Right Training to Win the K-12 Instructional Materials Race?

Tyton Partners

For example, Cengage had a competitive high school product portfolio and a market-leading database business in Gale, while Scholastic was a leading literacy player across institutional and consumer channels with its own K-5 basal ELA program. A handful of players tried to break in. Pearson then became Savvas Learning.

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AngelList expands into private equity with acquisition of fintech startup Nova

TechCrunch: M&A

AngelList , an organization that started out by teaming up founders with early-stage investors, is expanding into the private equity space. As they mature, the scope of capital providers they can tap into expands into private equity and of course, even the public markets,” he said. “So,

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On the Hunt: SymphonyAI’s M&A Algo

The Deal

Our acquisition strategy is aligned with acquiring companies with a traditional product portfolio, who have success and marquee customer relationships that we can transform with our AI platform,” SymphonyAI CEO Sanjay Dhawan told The Deal. Following acquisitions, the company develops AI applications for the target’s clients.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Mergers and Inquisitions

As discussed in the distressed private equity article, there is no universal definition for a “distressed security” or a “distressed company.” Most dedicated distressed funds offer less liquidity and longer lock-up periods than other hedge funds, and they tend to hold positions for months or years with fairly concentrated portfolios.

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