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Manufacturing Heats Up in Private Equity: What the Data Tells Us

Sun Acquisitions

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.

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FOCUS Investment Banking Represents Bearing Distributors, Inc. in its sale to Applied Industrial Technologies

Focus Investment Banking

Washington, DC, (October 20, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture and corporate finance services, announced today that Bearing Distributors, Inc.

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The Full Guide to Healthcare Private Equity, from Careers to Contradictions

Mergers and Inquisitions

Upper-Middle-Market and Middle-Market Firms with Healthcare Teams – It’s the same idea, but they’re smaller and do smaller deals. Healthcare-Only Middle-Market Firms – They tend to specialize in specific verticals, and many are in the “lower-middle-market” category.

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8 Recent SaaS M&A Transactions: Insights and Trends for SaaS Operators

Software Equity Group

Even in the face of ongoing economic uncertainty, the middle market SaaS sector is buzzing with activity, driven by innovation, market demand, and the pursuit of strategic opportunities. As a trusted partner in the middle market, we at SEG are thrilled to have played a pivotal role in these SaaS M&A transactions.

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Investment Banking in Singapore: The Best Gateway to Asia for the Non-Chinese?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Among the elite boutiques , Evercore has the strongest presence in Singapore, and Rothschild also works on many deals, mostly in the middle-market space. If you focus on the capital markets , you’ll still see some of these names (e.g., Lazard also used to be active but has since shut down its Southeast Asia M&A practice.

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How Changes in US Manufacturing Will Impact the M&A Landscape

Focus Investment Banking

Most recently, pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson announced a $55 billion investment in US manufacturing, as well as Hyundai Motors who announced a commitment of $21 billion in domestic manufacturing from 2025 to 2028. Building new factories and getting them up and running takes time. Tariffs: An Opportunity or Constraint?

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The Hottest Healthcare Services Verticals for Private Equity in 2025

Focus Investment Banking

Behavioral Health, Infusion, and Staffing firms top the list in BRGs survey Many lower middle market private equity groups have revisited their investment priorities as we enter 2025, making room for new opportunities across healthcare verticals.