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Tech Due Diligence: Your Financial Model Sucks.

Beyond M&A

The Financial Model Challenge in Tech Due Diligence It’s no secret that the current economic climate is challenging. The M&A world is feeling the squeeze, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the financial models being presented during Tech Due Diligence (DD). Fundraising is tough across the board.

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Project Finance vs. Corporate Finance: Careers, Recruiting, Financial Modeling, and More

Mergers and Inquisitions

In other words, if you lend $500 million to fund a new offshore wind development, what are your chances of losing money? Therefore, you’ll probably have to focus on high-profile assets that operate more like normal companies, such as large airports – or research funds or large companies in the sector.

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Is Private Equity Right for You?

OfficeHours

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

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Agentic AI Musings

Beyond M&A

This has been at the core of computing since it emerged, but wrapping AI and models makes these small modules very useful. billion in investor funding over the last 12 months, spread over 156 deals, an increase of 81.4 The potential for Agentic AI to disrupt existing business models and create new markets is immense.

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08-20-2023 Newsletter: Sunday Reading

OfficeHours

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

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How to raise pre-seed funding

Growth Business

By Anna Jordan on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success So, you’ve got your idea in place and your business is running, now you just need some money. It sounds like you’re ready to raise pre-seed funding. The thing to note here is that you don’t have to raise pre-seed funding, but it is beneficial.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. But the other problem is that all hedge funds are “event-driven” because they invest based on catalysts , or specific events that could change a security’s price. If this fund is right, the company’s price may increase by 50%.

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