Private equity – Silicon Valley (and beyond!) Mergers and Acquisitions

Capital Raising / Growth Equity / Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity / Selling a Privately Held Company

May 25, 2018

Why Now May Be the Right Time to Sell Your Company or Raise Financing

Privately-held company owners contemplating a corporate transaction – such as sale of the company or selling part equity to co-investors supporting further growth – should begin the process now. Market conditions are very seller-favorable....

Exit and Succession Planning / Family Businesses / Private Equity / Selling a Privately Held Company

November 17, 2017

Important Information About Management Buy-Outs (MBOs)

Sometimes privately-held company owners envision transitioning ownership and management responsibility to experienced employees. It is considered a reward for the good managers who helped build the owners’ success, and a comfort, knowing that the...

Capital Raising / Exit and Succession Planning / Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity

May 12, 2017

Why Your Company Should Consider Private Equity Investors

Approximately 28% of American middle market companies are wholly or partly owned by private equity investors. The National Center for the Middle Market defines “middle market” as the 200,000 U.S. companies that generate between...

Exit and Succession Planning / Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity / Selling a Privately Held Company / Valuation / Value Engineering & Enhancement

May 12, 2017

Does Your Company Have What It Takes to Interest Private Equity Investors?

Daily, I am contacted by at least one private equity (PE) investor seeking deal flow. What sort of companies do they seek? Below is a good, generic example of a middle market private equity...

Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity

April 6, 2010

Private Equity Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions (link to article mentioned in this discussion) The mainstream news media love to beat up on private equity. Silly stereotypes craft “Gordon Gecko-like” images of greedy financiers whose sole objective is...

Acquisitions / Private Equity / Selling a Privately Held Company

February 11, 2010

Private Equity Investors Hungry For Add-On Acquisitions

I get regular bulletins from PitchBook, a company which tracks investments that private equity groups (“PEG’s) make in businesses. Today’s bulletin really caught my eye, and it seems to support many merger and acquisition...

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