Focus Investment Banking

MAY 29, 2025

Led by Cres Ferrell, who brings a background in machining , manufacturing, and private equity, ReNew is thoughtfully building a strong, diversified platform in precision machining and fabrication. With more than 18,000 machining companies across the country, most of them small and privately owned, the sector is highly fragmented.

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Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

MAY 29, 2025

About Caymus Equity Partners Caymus Equity Partners is a leading private equity firm founded in 2001, with offices in Atlanta and New York. The post Valley Lighting Acquired by Caymus Equity Partners appeared first on Chesapeake Corporate Advisors. For more information, visit www.ccabalt.com or call 410.537.5988.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 13, 2025

Summary of: Asset Sale vs. Stock Sale: What Tech Founders Need to Know When a technology company enters M&A discussions, one of the earliest and most consequential decisions is whether the transaction will be structured as an asset sale or a stock sale. Defining the Structures What Is an Asset Sale?

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Business owners often dont know where to start with these steps when considering a sale or investment deal. Financial Buyers : These are typically investment companies, such as private equity firms, with no prior investment in your industry. What are the key terms I should negotiate in a sale or investment deal?

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 8, 2025

Our clients are usually founder-owned businesses that work with us on their first sale transaction, often to a larger company or private equity-backed group. Our extensive experience working opposite private equity acquirers tells us that a structured process is best. Our healthcare services clients (e.g.,

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Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

About FOCUS Investment Banking’s MSP Team FOCUS’ Managed Service Provider (MSP) Team, one of North America’s most dynamic and accomplished, has successfully orchestrated transactions with 76 parties in the past five years alone, propelling 12 MSPs into new platforms for private equity sponsors. million to $30 million.

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MergersCorp M&A International

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

With a deep understanding of the unique dynamics of the sports market, MergersCorp is well-equipped to guide the club through every phase of the sale process, from valuation and positioning to negotiations and finalizing the transaction.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 9, 2025

A Strategic Guide for Founders and CEOs For software founders contemplating a sale, the question of valuation is often the firstand most complexhurdle. In our recent analysis, EBITDA Multiples for SaaS Companies , we noted that while public market comps have compressed, private deals remain competitive for high-quality assets.

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The TRADE

JUNE 16, 2025

Morrison has been with Redburn Atlantic for almost four years, most recently serving as a director in sales trading. She most recently worked at Unicredit, and in her new role will focus on leveraged credit product distribution, working with the leveraged finance team in global investment banking, and sales and trading.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 10, 2025

Whether you're a SaaS founder contemplating a strategic sale, a private equity firm seeking a bolt-on acquisition, or a CEO navigating unsolicited interest, choosing the right M&A advisor is a critical decision one that should be informed by more than just brand recognition.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 9, 2025

Whether you're a SaaS founder contemplating a strategic sale, a private equity firm seeking a bolt-on acquisition, or a CEO navigating unsolicited interest, choosing the right M&A advisor is a critical decision one that should be informed by more than just brand recognition.

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Lake Country Advisors

JULY 17, 2025

This is when a larger company, often backed by private equity or already operating in a particular space, acquires a smaller, related business to support or expand its existing operations. It also speeds up integration after the sale. These deals come in all shapes and sizes, and not all of them are as complex as they sound.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 15, 2025

In this article, well outline the key privacy, security, and compliance documentation that buyers especially private equity firms and strategic acquirers expect to see during due diligence. CCPA/CPRA Compliance For California users, documentation around consumer rights, opt-out mechanisms, and data sale disclosures is essential.

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Lake Country Advisors

MAY 9, 2025

This guide covers every stage, from defining what qualifies as a middle-market enterprise to finalizing post-sale considerations. Comparing your operation to both enterprise-level organizations and smaller firms reveals insights to guide a successful sale. Step 1: Preparing for the Sale A successful sale starts with internal clarity.

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iMerge Advisors

APRIL 15, 2025

Why Open Source Raises Red Flags in M&A Buyers particularly strategic acquirers and private equity firms are increasingly cautious about open-source software (OSS) usage. Without clear ownership, you cant transfer rights in a sale. Their concern isnt philosophical; its legal and financial.

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Midaxo

MARCH 19, 2025

However, despite this importancealong with the relative high failure rates in executing on M&A the M&A process has often lacked the same rigorous scrutiny and end-to-end optimization that is applied to other core functions such as sales and manufacturing. Start small and be realistic.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 9, 2025

At early-stage companies , the role often involves investor relations and debt/equity fundraising as well, since there may not be separate teams for these. Can you research a go-to-market strategy, run the numbers on the sales, marketing, and development work required, and calculate the payback period and IRR under different scenarios?”

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Solganick & Co.

MARCH 10, 2025

March 10, 2025 — Solganick is pleased to announce that it served as the exclusive M&A advisor to Kavaliro for the sale of its Salesforce consulting division to Accordion. This sale reflects our commitment to focusing on areas where we have the greatest potential for growth and innovation, said Mark Moore, President of Kavaliro.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 25, 2025

In the fast-paced world of mergers, acquisitions, asset sales, and private equity transactions, the excitement of growth can overshadow critical compliance details. However, unaddressed I-9 compliance issues in any M&A deal may lead to civil penalties, government inquiries, and workforce disruptions.

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Sun Acquisitions

JANUARY 8, 2025

This is music to the ears of strategic acquirers and private equity firms. Working with an experienced M&A advisor can help you get an accurate valuation and position your business for the highest possible sale price. Private equity buyers who are after targets with stable cash flows and growth potential.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

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. They’re doing $3,000,000 in sales at a 10% EBITDA profitability margin. This is total BS.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JUNE 25, 2025

is a diversified asset-light homebuilder focused on the design, construction, and sale of attainable, consumer-driven, attached and detached single-family homes targeting entry level and first time move up buyers within high growth markets in the West, Central and Pacific Northwest regions. Landsea Homes shareholders are receiving $11.30

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 30, 2025

2025 Dental Transactions Update As of June 2025, our research shows approximately 130 private equity backed DSOs operating across the dental services landscape – more than in any other healthcare vertical. DSO Creation Private equity investment in dental practices began in the 1990’s when the first DSOs sought outside investors.

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JD Supra: Mergers

MAY 28, 2024

The UK Takeover Panel (the Panel) has published a new framework for private sale processes. If you are a private equity investor considering potential P2P acquisitions after receiving initial soundings from management teams, then this new regime should be helpful in enabling early stage talks to happen in private.

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Sun Acquisitions

JUNE 9, 2025

Understanding the value of what you’ve built is an essential early step in the sale process. There are plenty of conventional methods to estimate value, including EBITDA multiples, asset-based valuation, and comparable sale benchmarks. How to Get Ready for an Exit Pristine record-keeping is always a boon for any business sale.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 14, 2025

in which he rejected plaintiffs claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc. Authentix or the Company) to private equity firm Blue Water Energy LLP (BWE) in September 2017. The Carlyle Group Inc., By: Vinson & Elkins LLP

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

To know if the buyside is right for you, let’s start with a textbook understanding of “What is private equity?” Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Strategic thinking skills are essential.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 18, 2024

Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $28.2 The fire sale was reported by TechCrunch last week. million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder was sentenced for fraud earlier this year, according to documents viewed by TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 6, 2024

As DocuSign reportedly explores a sale to private equity, it’s acquiring a company itself. On Monday, DocuSign (which now prefers to go by Docusign, with a lowercase “S,” a PR rep from the company tells me) announced that it’s buying Lexion, a contract workflow automation startup, for $165 million.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 17, 2023

Do you know what two factors drive the most value in your practice sale? How are practices even valued by private equity investors? Hear it directly from a seasoned investment banker. link] By: FOCUS Investment Banking

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Co-founder of British cybersecurity company says ‘now is the right time to hand over the reins’, to Jill Popelka Poppy Gustafsson, the co-founder and chief executive of the British cybersecurity firm Darktrace, is to leave the company after its $5.3bn (£4.2bn) sale to the US private equity business Thoma Bravo.

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TechCrunch: M&A

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

eBay is unloading its remaining shares in the online classified business Adevinta to private equity firms Permira and Blackstone for $2.2 billion in cash and 20% equity, it said. Adevinta had originally acquired eBay’s own classified business back in 2020, leaving eBay with $2.2

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

APRIL 26, 2024

Darktrace, whose co-founding investor Mike Lynch is currently on trial for fraud and conspiracy in the US, agreed to an offer 44% higher than its average share price over the past three months.

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”), and the new proposed merger guidelines have all called out private equity transactions for particular scrutiny. By: Mintz

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JUNE 23, 2025

June 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Woodbridge, a global mergers and acquisitions firm and a Mariner Company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of its client, Custom Chemical Solutions, LLC, by AAVIN Private Equity. NEW HAVEN, Conn.,

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 15, 2025

Accessibility: Skip TopNav CloudFirst to Join Performive in Strategic Growth Transaction Data Storage Subsidiary Sale Subject to Shareholder Approval July 15, 2025 16:45 ET | Source: Data Storage Corp. Data Storage Corp. MELVILLE, N.Y.,

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 15, 2024

Private equity value creation came on my radar a few years ago when I noticed something: Even though traditional PE deal roles were not doing well, “operational” or “value creation” teams still seemed to be recruiting. What Does the Private Equity Value Creation Team Do in Real Life?

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