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Deal sourcing guide for venture capital 2025: Best practices for today’s marketP

Private Equity Wire

According to data from Pitchbook and Affinity’s annual predictions survey, more than a third of nearly 300 respondents identified due diligence criteria as a major factor impacting deal flow. With a 76% increase in the number of funds in operation from 2015 to 2023, the pressure to identify and close deals has never been higher.

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The Art of Deal Sourcing in Middle Market Private Equity

The Private Equiteer

In the middle market, where every deal counts, you need to be both methodical and a bit opportunistic. Building a Healthy Deal Flow Deal flow is a term youll hear in almost every PE conversation. Referrals: Good old-fashioned word-of-mouth remains one of the best sources for deal flow.

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Elastic (ESTC) Q1 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

As an example, in Q1, a leading sales enablement software company signed an expanded deal to use Elastic to incorporate GenAI across its platform. connector and custom index support for AI Assistant knowledge base, giving customers more flexibility in how they leverage the AI assistant. Ash Kulkarni -- Chief Executive Officer Yeah.

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The 25 Most Active Private Equity Firms on Axial

Axial

million in EBITDA seeking a growth-oriented partner and distressed businesses that are over leveraged and/or operate in out-of-favor sectors. Argonaut looks to partner with management teams to improve operations, implement best practices and generate shareholder value. Source Capital has offices in Atlanta and San Francisco.”

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A Conversation With OTPP's CEO on Their Mid-Year Results

Pension Pulse

Paula Sambo of Bloomberg News also reports Ontario Teachers’ makes bond bet as economic clouds gather: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is making a bigger bet on bonds and credit and is adding leverage to pay for it. The fund’s leverage soared during the first half, with funding for investments rising 47 per cent, to $145 billion.

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Does AI already have production impact in PE operations?

Private Equity Wire

Traditional systems of record, such as CRM platforms, deal flow systems and portfolio management software, constitute the backbone of PE firms’ operations. For example, AssetMetrix is leveraging newly developed RAG capabilities to simplify and optimize data ingestion and consumption.