Cooley M&A

OCTOBER 29, 2020

is the increased frequency at which SPAC IPOs are occurring. As reflected in Chart 1 , 102 SPAC IPOs have been announced this year as of September 18, 2020—almost double the number of SPAC IPOs in all of last year (and more than double the number of SPAC IPOs in 2018). SPAC vs. IPO. A distinct feature of SPAC 3.0

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Sun Acquisitions

AUGUST 5, 2024

These shell companies are formed for the sole purpose of raising capital through an initial public offering (IPO) to acquire an existing business within a specified timeframe. This includes investments in digital transformation, healthcare, e-commerce, and other sectors that have demonstrated resilience and potential for future growth.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

At PW he served clients in the media, transportation, construction, human benefits, IT, manufacturing and distribution, logistics and transportation, consumer packaging and products, healthcare and retail fields. Their combined IPO capitalizations exceeded $125 million. Can you give an overview of your expertise and experience?

Manufacturing

Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But in capital markets, you work on just one category of deals , such as equity-related transactions (IPOs, follow-ons, convertible bonds, etc.) You’ll find information on previous issuances and shareholders / investors, and you might occasionally work on a simple model for an IPO or bond issuance.

Investment Banking

InvestmentBank.com

JANUARY 14, 2021

Second, the IPO market, a key exit avenue for VC investments, proved increasingly strong and resilient throughout the year. These were just a few of many strong IPOs seen this year. As of December 23rd, 2020, US stock markets saw 477 IPOs, more than doubling the 233 IPOs from 2019, at least 120 of which were venture-backed [14] [11].

Capital

Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

You can also link this back to tech or healthcare companies you’ve advised or earlier-stage businesses where your work made a difference. Q: Tell me about the current IPO, M&A, and VC funding markets. Example answer: “ I would invest in Novoic, a healthcare IT startup in the U.K. It raised a $2.6

Capital

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

This style is about purchasing minority stakes in cash-flow-negative-but-high-growth companies that want to scale and eventually go public or sell (think: Uber or Airbnb before their IPOs). In the 2010s, startups began to postpone their IPOs, but they still needed funding. There’s usually a long list of previous VC investors as well.

Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 31, 2024

Today, you could put most private equity activity in industrials into a few main categories: Consolidation / Roll-Up Plays – The idea is to acquire smaller companies to consolidate the parent company’s market position and become more appealing in an eventual IPO or M&A deal. To illustrate a simple deal, let’s use CD&R’s ~$2.6

Private Equity

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 10, 2022

As SPAC IPOs broke records – in both value and volume – in 2020 (and again in 2021), it was inevitable that stockholder litigation would follow. billion IPO in February 2020. On January 3, in In re MultiPlan Corp. Stockholders Litigation (Del. Churchill was incorporated in Delaware in October 2019 and closed its $1.1

Shares

Cooley M&A

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

government shutdown disrupting the market for IPOs, Brexit uncertainty, natural disasters and various other crises, cross-border M&A activity momentum continues. Certain sectors, in particular energy, healthcare and technology, have seen growing consolidation.

M&A

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. 2022 was the busiest year for activism in the past four years, and the healthcare and life sciences industry was no exception. Let’s dig in.

M&A

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Strained access to public markets and funding The IPO market remained relatively inactive in 2023, leading many life sciences companies looking to raise funds to turn to other exit strategies. Additional major acquisitions of 2023 included Pfizer’s acquisition of Seagen for $43 billion and Merck’s acquisition of Prometheus for $10.8

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Convergence of tech and healthcare drives digital health deals As discussed in our 2022 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review blog post , decreased valuations and challenging capital markets also impacted healthcare companies last year, and digital health companies – health companies that build and sell technology – were no exception.

M&A

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 20, 2022

In June, GlaxoSmithKline announced its plans to spin off its consumer healthcare business to focus on its pharmaceutical and vaccine businesses. 2021’s SPAC activity was most intense in the first quarter, with 298 SPAC IPOs priced and 97 deSPAC transactions announced in the first quarter alone. time highs in 2021. Even setting COVID?19

M&A

JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 24, 2025

WHAT WE'RE SEEING - In this Life Sciences & Healthtech edition of The Download, we take on key trends at the intersection of tech and healthcare, continuing the energizing conversation from JPM Healthcare last week.

Healthcare

MergersCorp M&A International

MAY 27, 2025

The Basics At its core, a SPAC is a shell company with no commercial operations, formed solely to raise capital through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the express purpose of acquiring an existing private company. In early 2024, the SEC adopted new rules that aim to align SPAC transactions more closely with traditional IPOs.

IPO

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Traditional terminal exit routes for private equity-backed companies are to larger strategic acquirers (often public companies) and IPOs, where a private company becomes publicly traded. McKesson is primarily a distributor, meaning that it sells pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, and other medical devices and services to healthcare providers.

Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 5, 2025

While plenty of bankers and equity research professionals from healthcare teams enter biotech hedge funds, people with advanced degrees (M.D., One example of a firm in the last category is Deerfield Management , one of the worlds largest healthcare investment firms. also find their way into the industry.

Funds

Mergers and Inquisitions

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A: You like industries such as tech and healthcare, you like to understand markets, unit economics, and operations, and you want to invest in high-growth companies that need capital. Exits Up Slightly But Still Poor – M&A activity has ticked up modestly, but the IPO market is still mostly shut. Q: Why growth equity?

Private Equity