Beyond M&A

AUGUST 4, 2025

Last week, we explored the Three Cs — communication, consistency, and care —the foundational behaviours needed to get through diligence and present your business at its best. Use this window to shift gears and reframe your business through an investor lens. The Three Cs help you present your business. And they come fast.

Investors

Sun Acquisitions

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The global shift towards sustainability is no longer a distant dream; it’s a full-fledged economic engine driving innovation. This merger would allow the retailer to integrate sustainable practices into its core business model, offering eco-conscious consumers the products they desire.

M&A

Beyond M&A

AUGUST 8, 2025

Undervalued engineering teams solving complex problems without the spotlight. Within weeks, they were leading confidently—and saving the business a costly hire. If you’re about to back a tech business, or already own one that feels a bit “rough stone,” maybe the angel’s already in there. It’s about unlocking potential.

Investment

Beyond M&A

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Process: Conscious and Unconscious Issues The process of Vendor Due Diligence is largely the same as standard Tech DD: assess the business, identify risks, and highlight areas for improvement. No business is perfect, and a DD report that glosses over real concerns isnt just unhelpfulits misleading.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 17, 2025

With its AS9100 Certification, Stillwater fabricates and machines components for the aerospace and aviation industry and produces other tools needed for aircraft engine support. Stillwater Machining has nurtured a strong business with reputable management, commented Jorge Maceyras , FOCUS Managing Director.

Investment Banking

Focus Investment Banking

DECEMBER 3, 2024

I am a Application Engineering specialist with three M Personal Safety division. A lot of our listeners or business owners or managers within the shop and they might be thinking, I don’t really know what I don’t know when it comes to hazards and PPE. That’s that’s part of the part of the being a business owner.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 7, 2025

Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Verigent brings more than 20 years of specialized staffing experience to ARG’s growing platform of engineering, staffing, inspection, and field services. We treat both our clients and our employees as customers and have built our business on delivering unmatched service to both.

Investment Banking

Beyond M&A

JULY 3, 2025

They’re cat’s cradles —dense with connections, reliant on APIs, and full of invisible business logic living in low-code and AI platforms. AI Tools Empowering Business Users to build Back Office IT Low-cost, SaaS-based AI tools are being adopted rapidly—particularly by sales and marketing teams.

IT

Beyond M&A

JULY 29, 2025

Is it engineering? . “Jobs” and “Consulting” — Talent Is in Demand, But the Role Is Unclear People are clearly searching for roles in tech DD — but there’s no standard career path. Consulting? You tell me!) What it tells us: The industry is growing, but undefined. It’s to reframe it.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Align Business Advisory Services

MAY 9, 2025

Artificial intelligence might sound like a field dominated by software engineers and mathematicians, but its rapid growth is also profoundly boosting demand for skilled trade workers in the United States.

Trading

CNBC: Investing

JULY 19, 2025

How the activist can help the company lift its share price Published Sat, Jul 19 2025 8:40 AM EDT Kenneth Squire @13DMonitor WATCH LIVE Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Company: Global Payments Inc (GPN) Business: Global Payments is a payments technology company delivering software and services to its customers globally.

Shares

The TRADE

AUGUST 5, 2025

The firms have also said that the offering will make use of local markets and regulatory insight to provide a wide suite of services to the region, spanning idea generation, product engineering, lifecycle management and post-trade reporting. Read more – Kepler Cheuvreux and Unigestion unveil joint €3 billion asset management plans Jean-Pierre (..)

Investment

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 28, 2025

Tech companies are set to invest roughly $1 trillion in capital expenditures into AI infrastructure over the coming years, causing some investors to worry the businesses may be spending too much for not enough payoff. The enterprise software firm sells agentic technology to help companies to automate their businesses.

Funds

Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

in a field like biology or biomechanical engineering, you could be a strong candidate for biotech equity research groups. On the other hand, weekend work is far less common, so its easier to shut off outside of business hours. For example, if you have an M.D.

Investment Banking

The TRADE

AUGUST 4, 2025

New York-based Shenton begins her role effective immediately, and brings more than 20 years of experience covering operations, engineering and strategic investing to her new position.   She joins from Goldman Sachs, where she most recently led the value accelerator at the firm’s alternative assets business for more than eight years.   Prior to (..)

Trading

The TRADE

JULY 28, 2025

Sarah Shenton New York-based Shenton begins her role effective immediately, and brings more than 20 years of experience covering operations, engineering and strategic investing to her new position.

Engineering

Growth Business

MAY 23, 2025

By Anna Jordan on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success You may already know Birmingham for a few things: Black Sabbath, Edgbaston cricket ground, Bourneville chocolate, canals and the world’s largest Primark store. The city is home to 2,000 tech start-ups and over 6,000 tech businesses, according to UKTN.

Finance

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

JANUARY 15, 2025

Managing Director Stuart Knott, who led the deal team for CCA, added, CCAs Business Services Team is grateful to have had the opportunity to advise Fireline on such an important step in a legacy that extends over three generations of the Waters family. and Northern Virginia markets.

Corporation

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Freestate joined the Sojitz Energy Solutions & Healthcare Division with Sojitz as a standalone business in the U.S. Freestate is alongside of the McClure Company, an integrated mechanical construction, engineering, maintenance, and energy service organization, which is another subsidiary of Sojitz.

Corporation

Focus Investment Banking

MAY 9, 2025

FootingFirst is a recognized leader in equestrian sports surface solutions, combining deep expertise in materials and arena engineering with decades of equestrian experience. FootingFirst marks the ninth business acquisition by Morton Buildings in the past eight years, expanding their Morton Post-Frame Supply (MPFS) business unit.

Investment Banking

Sun Acquisitions

JANUARY 8, 2025

In business as in life, two things are key: Timing and preparation. Selling a business in Information Technology (IT) or within the Managed Services Provider (MSP) space means getting both of these things right. Businesses such as this often have recurring revenue, scalability and efficiency in spades.

Business

Financial Times - Banking

JULY 29, 2025

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Investment Banking

The TRADE

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

“[Gen-AI] is far more than just a trendy term; if you stop to consider it, it’s akin to a significant technological revolution, comparable in magnitude to the advent of the steam engine, electricity, computers, or the internet. It enables the provision of on-demand intelligence, which is especially crucial in finance.

Trading

How2Exit

JULY 1, 2025

He’s a global speaker, EO member, MIT graduate, and firm believer that small business is powered by soul—not spreadsheets. Because business fundamentals—people, process, and trust—are universal. ” David Miller doesn’t buy businesses the way most finance bros do. Observe before acting.

M&A

GillAgency

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Selling a tech business with only the owner and a contracted engineer on staff requires a very specific buyer. The buyer cited changes due to our client’s reluctance to disclose customer names—understandable for a small business. When we first went to market, we secured an LOI quickly, and the due diligence went smoothly.

Securities

The TRADE

AUGUST 5, 2025

“Today’s market environment calls for easier access to liquidity, increased workflow efficiency and better tools for dealers to recycle risk generated by increased portfolio trading,” said Steve Tait, head of US dealer execution business at MarketAxess. “By providing dealers with the level of support, tools and technology on par with what they are (..)

Trading

Sun Acquisitions

JULY 24, 2025

CHICAGO, IL – July 24, 2025 – Sun Acquisitions, a leading mergers and acquisitions firm, today announced the successful sale of Package Steel Systems (PSS), a leading fabricator of structural steel for pre-engineered buildings based in Sutton, Massachusetts to TSS Acquisition Corp.

Acquisitions

CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 2, 2025

Amanda Andrade-Rhoades | The Washington Post | Getty Images Company: Equinix Inc (EQIX) Business: Equinix is a real estate investment trust and operator of 270 data centers in 75 metro areas around the globe, providing carrier-neutral collocation and interconnection services to networks, cloud providers, enterprises and hyperscalers.

IT

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 24, 2025

"While it is still early in AI/ML and in the application market, infusing AI-based innovation in the core coupled with a rising priority for customers to modernize their data infrastructure as a necessary step to execute on their AI initiatives has resulted into a stabilization in the core data warehousing business," he added.

Stock

Beyond M&A

JUNE 18, 2025

But beneath the surface, many operate more like professional services businesses wrapped in a layer of tech and rely heavily on niche APIs. They don’t have dev teams or engineers. You’re not assessing proprietary code or engineering practices—you’re examining digital architecture, vendor reliance, and data exposure.

Professional Services

CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 7, 2025

Morgan Stanley downgraded the construction and engineering equipment maker to underweight from equal weight in a Thursday note. Headwinds from President Donald Trump's tariffs have also started to hit Caterpillar's business. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis.

Stock

Sun Acquisitions

JUNE 17, 2025

Yet, recent data tells a different story—one of strong and sustained interest in industrial businesses that are quietly powering some of the most active deal-making in the middle market. These deals signal strong interest in companies with defensible market positions, engineering depth, or specialized manufacturing capabilities.

Private Equity

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 4, 2025

How Mike Lampert Grew New England Truck Center Through Acquisitions In this episode of Know to Grow, Chandler Kohn sits down with Mike Lampert , founder of New England Truck Center, to unpack his journey from running a small, family-run towing and truck repair operation to leading a multi-location business across New Hampshire and Maine.

Acquisitions

Razorpay

JULY 22, 2025

As a business owner, you don’t see these systems—but you rely on them every day. Once the transaction is approved, the acquiring bank receives the money and settles it into your business account. From there, the amount is credited to your business account. That’s why understanding the payments ecosystem is no longer optional.

Business

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 30, 2025

"Funding is finally coming for drone programs, turbo jet and turbo fan engines are in high demand for UAS [unmanned aircraft systems] and missile systems, and both C5ISR [Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance] and space are continuing to grow at a fast clip.

Media

Razorpay

JULY 13, 2025

For many Indian businesses, this moment of hesitation at the payment page is a major hurdle. A secure payment gateway is a technology service that acts as a secure intermediary, authorizing and processing online payments for businesses. Customers today are more cautious than ever about where they enter their card details.

Securities