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SPACs: A Path to Public Markets That Shouldn’t Be Overlooked

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In the frenetic world of finance, few instruments have sparked as much debate, and perhaps as much misunderstanding, as the Special Purpose Acquisition Company, or SPAC. The capital raised in the IPO is placed in a trust account, earning interest, and can only be used for an acquisition or returned to investors.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

But this started changing in the 2010s and early 2020s as team values skyrocketed and billionaires, sovereign wealth funds , and sports private equity firms all jumped into the sector. Regulations – Does the league allow private equity or other financial sponsor ownership? What is Sports Investment Banking? Can teams carry debt?

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Single Store Generalist Shops | Why the Era is Coming to an End with Cole Strandberg

Focus Investment Banking

I worked with the family business under the family’s ownership for three years and then with the private equity group who acquired and partnered with the family business as a platform for another three years. Some other benefits of scale are increased acquisition interest when the time does come to exit.

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Permira completes Squarespace acquisition after upping bid to $7.2B

TechCrunch: M&A

Website builder Squarespace is no longer a publicly traded company, after private equity firm Permira procured all remaining common stock in the firm. Permira first revealed plans to acquire Squarespace back in May, offering shareholders in the NYSE-traded company $44 per share — this equated to an equity valuation of $6.6

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Subscription management firm Zuora agrees to be acquired for $1.7B

TechCrunch: M&A

Zuora, a company selling software to help businesses manage their subscription-based services, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firms GIC and Silver Lake for $1.7 It’ll take Zuora, which is currently publicly traded, private. Tien […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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How Private Equity uses ‘Roll-up’ Strategies to Drive Investment Returns

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In the pursuit of attractive equity returns, private equity firms have developed numerous innovative strategies beyond typical leveraged buyouts and take-private transactions. As it happens, this is an industry that has experienced a significant amount of private equity-backed roll-up activity. There are a few reasons.

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PODCAST REVIEW: M&A Science: How PE Should Support Portfolio Company Acquisitions | Barak Routhenstein w/ Kison Patel

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