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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Past transactions include J&K Ingredients , acquired in November 2023; Phoenix Flavors & Fragrances , acquired in December 2021; Tilley Distribution , acquired in December 2020; and Niacet Corporation , which was purchased in December 2021 and exited in June 2021.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Nvidia has undergone two stock splits in its meteoric rise: one in 2021 and another in 2024. The 2024 one occurred when the stock was trading around $1,200 per share, while the 2021 split occurred when the stock was trading just shy of $800. At that time, Apple was trading over $500 per share, which was not far from where Meta is now.

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MARCH 27, 2025

The formation of GreenArrow unites three infrastructure services businesses that CAI previously acquired: Midwestern Electric in November 2021, Kuharchik Construction in June 2023, and Bear Electrical Solutions in August 2024. The firms most recent fund, CAI Partners V LP, closed in 2021 with C$225 million in commitments.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Here's a breakdown of how it has performed versus the broad index going back to 2018, which was the last time it was a market-beating stock. Year Verizon Stock S&P 500 2024 6.1% 2022 -24.2% -19.4% 2018 6.2% -6.2% Source: yCharts. During the past seven years, the best return the stock achieved was a 9.2% gain in 2019.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Arcline first invested in Dwyer in July 2021, acquiring the company from the Clark family and senior management members. billion fund closure in January 2021. Warburg & Co., AEA operates with a team of 70 investment professionals based in New York City, and has additional offices in Connecticut, London, Munich, and Shanghai.

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APRIL 10, 2025

Excelsiors debut fund closed at $504m in 2021 and is fully committed across 16 assets representing 1.95 Fund II also seeded Lydian Energy, a new Excelsior portfolio company focused on developing and constructing utility-scale solar and storage platforms across North America. GW of generation capacity.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

With the stock still trading at 26% below its 2021 peak, there's a sense that the current rally is just beginning. The medical devices giant had some weakness in recent years amid disappointing trends from its diabetes segment, but it appears to have finally turned the corner with its increasingly diversified operating profile.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Year Oscar Nominations Oscar Wins 2014 1 0 2015 1 0 2016 2 0 2017 3 1 2018 8 1 2019 15 4 2020 24 2 2021 36 7 2022 27 1 2023 16 6 2024 19 1 Total 152 23 Data source: Netflix. While it's clear that Netflix has demonstrated its ability to secure Oscar nominations, how has the company actually fared at the star-studded event?

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APRIL 3, 2025

Palamon acquired the company from Carlyle in 2021. The sale process, led by Morgan Stanley, is expected to value the business at approximately 800m900m. MyDentist, which operates from around 600 locations across the UK, is currently owned by Palamon Capital Partners.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

From January 2020 to May 2021, Chainlink soared in value from $2 to $52. During the previous crypto bull market rally, Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK) became an overnight sensation. At that time, investors thought the cryptocurrency had the potential to disrupt the traditional financial system, thanks to its innovative blockchain technology.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

30, 2021 to as high as 12.6%. The Federal Reserve's steepest rate-hiking cycle in four decades -- 525 basis points between March 2022 and July 2023 -- sent its weighted-average yield on debt investments from 7.4%

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Benford formed Pasture Brands Holdings in December 2021 to acquire Iowa-based Farmers Hen House which sources, processes, packages and sells branded and private label eggs with a specific focus on premium varieties including organic, free-range, and pasture-raised eggs.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Space & Defense (OTC: EADSY) Apex Technology AST Space Mobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) Astro Digital Capella Space CesiumAstro Firefly Aerospace Geneva Technologies Impulse Space Kepler Communications Kuiper Government Solutions , a subsidiary of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) LeoStella Momentus Space (a relic of the 2021 SPAC race that's now all but extinct) Muon (..)

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APRIL 7, 2025

A reset of expectations, compared to what may have been unrealistic financial targets around the time of the company's 2021 initial public offering, provides context for the stock price weakness over the period. That said, the latest trends are encouraging. In the reported fiscal 2025 (for the full year ended Jan.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Metric 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Trips Growth 28% (27%) 27% 19% 24% Gross Bookings Growth 28% (11%) 56% 19% 19% Revenue Growth 37% (14%) 57% 49% 17% Data source: Uber Technologies. But over the following three years, its total trips, and gross bookings, surged again.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Get the week’s top news delivered directly to your inbox –Sign up for our newsletter Sign up In Europe, deal volumes surpassed their 2021 peak, driven by a focus on smaller transactions in the first half of 2024.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Uber subsequently spun off Serve Robotics as an independent company in 2021, but it continued using its delivery robots to fulfill orders in select areas across Los Angeles. Its newest Gen 3 robots can travel 48 miles on a single charge, carry up to 15 gallons of cargo, and have a max speed of 11 mph.

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MARCH 26, 2025

Ownership later transitioned to Bain Capital and Tempus Group, before shifting to Carlyle Group, King Street Capital Management, and Davidson Kempner Capital Management in 2021 following a debt restructuring. Blackstone initially took control in 2013 by merging TMA with Maldivian Air Taxi.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The company went public in 2021, but its shares remain 81% below their all-time highs. The Uruguay-based company connects merchants to more than 2 billion people in 40 countries (and counting) through more than 900 different local payment methods. As a result, it is becoming a must-have for enterprises looking to grow in emerging markets.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Its revenue rose 47% in 2020 and 41% in 2021, but it grew just 24% in 2022 and 17% in 2023. After going public through a direct listing in 2020, Palantir claimed it could grow its revenue by at least 30% annually through 2025.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Since the 2021 popping of the bubble for hypergrowth and special purpose acquisition companies ( SPAC ), very few new technology stocks have gone public. In 2021, over 1,000 companies came public. Is the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) finally coming out of its slumber? Where to invest $1,000 right now?

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Kelso & Company acquired Novvia in September 2021. In April 2021, Atlas closed its fourth private equity investment fund, Atlas Capital Resources IV LP , at its hard cap of $3.1 Smith , Silver Spur , and Container Supply. The company is led by CEO Sarah Macdonald and has facilities across the United States, Canada, and Asia.

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JANUARY 11, 2025

In 2021, the company raised $639 million, which gave it a peak private market valuation of $45 billion. With around 85 million active customers, Klarna has become a significant player in the fintech landscape. It's been a roller coaster ride for the fintech Klarna's journey has not been without its challenges.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

The stake is being purchased from New Mountain Capital, which originally acquired Citrin Cooperman in late 2021 for an enterprise value of about $500m, and marks the first time a major accounting firm has changed private equity hands twice, signalling a rising trend in valuations across the sector.

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APRIL 9, 2025

Ardians Buyout Fund VIII will follow the success of its 7.5bn Fund VII, which closed in 2021 and has now deployed approximately 80% of its capital. The strategy focuses on European companies with enterprise values up to 2bn across key sectors including healthcare, technology, business services, and food.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

soared from 294,000 in 2021 to 1.4 Renewable energy is here to stay. For example, sales of electric vehicles in the U.S. million three years later, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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MARCH 26, 2025

Cloud for Good had previously secured backing from Achieve Partners in 2021. Our experience scaling IT services platforms makes us the right partner for this next phase of growth. Legal and financial advisers for the deal included Guggenheim Securities, Baird, Holland & Knight, and Davis Polk & Wardwell.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Although the 2024 figures marked a recovery from 2023, they remained below the 2021 peak, when deal values reached $1.17tn. Fundraising also grew by 9% to $283.7bn but fell short of the record $663.85bn raised in 2021. The numbers reportedly reflect higher valuations and strategic investments in key sectors.

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

Operating margin dropped precipitously from 2021 through mid-2023. With the rapid growth of OCI revenue, Oracle is finally seeing some relief from the pressure the buildout put on its financial results. But profitability has improved as OCI scales, resulting in an operating margin of 30% in the most recent quarter.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Over 20% of Serve's outstanding shares are held by Nvidia and Uber Serve Robotics became an independent entity in 2021, after Uber acquired its parent company, Postmates. This will provide a further cash runway, but will also dilute existing shareholders.

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APRIL 2, 2025

After a steep decline starting in 2021, shares now trade at just $4, with the company having a market cap of around $2.2 QuantumScape responded to competitive pressures by more than doubling its R&D budget between 2021 and now. Some investors now wonder if it's time to buy this diamond in the rough. Data by YCharts.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

While the size of the offering has not been finalised, sources suggest the IPO could raise up to $5bn, presenting a lucrative exit opportunity for its private equity owners who acquired Medline in a $34bn deal in 2021, one of the largest leveraged buyouts of the past decade.

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APRIL 9, 2025

The sale marks a near doubling of IFSs valuation since 2021, when the company was previously valued at around $8bn. Despite all this turbulence in these markets, people know the story for a long time and IFS has consistently delivered growth, said Johannes Reichel, partner at EQT.

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

Since the end of fiscal 2021 (which ended in January 2022 for both companies), Home Depot has expanded its total store count by about 1% while Lowe's has reduced its store count by 11% (mainly due to the sale of its Canadian business). From fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2023, Home Depot's annual gross margin dipped slightly from 33.6%

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

This marks the first such occurrence in over a decade, though the pace of exits has been sluggish since Beijing imposed restrictions on Chinese companies overseas listings in 2021. This has left significant amounts of capital locked in China, with uncertain prospects for future returns.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Float Financial has demonstrated extraordinary growth since its Series A round in November 2021. This new funding raises Float’s total capital secured over the past 12 months to $83m, including a $34.6m credit facility arranged in February 2024.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Solina was acquired in June 2021 by Astorg , a Luxembourg-based private equity firm, from Paris-headquartered Ardian. The company has expanded through acquisitions, including Illinois-based Asenzya (October 2021), Illinois-based Saratoga Food Specialties (January 2022), and New Jersey-based Advanced Food Systems (December 2024).

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