Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Private equity-owned companies HealthComp and Virgin Pulse are planning to merge in a $3bn transaction in a bid to create a comprehensive employer health benefits platform. The HealthComp and Virgin Pulse merger comes as private equity deals have decreased from pandemic-fueled highs. The 2023 MM+M.

Mergers and Acquisitions 130

Mergers and Acquisitions Bidding Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms 130

Axial

OCTOBER 1, 2024

To find a comparable company, you’ll look at industry, size, growth, geography, capital structure (how much debt a business has), and a business’s lifecycle stage (whether the business is a startup, in its growth phase, or has reached maturity). However, for small businesses, conducting a comparable company analysis can be complicated.

Companies 52

Companies Bidding Leveraging Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Last year, its venture capital arm pulled out of Europe after setting up a $332 million fund in 2019 to focus on startups there. Private equity dealmaking in Europe remains subdued, with buyers and sellers struggling to agree on valuations, hobbling mergers and acquisitions activity.

Buyout 59

Buyout Pension Funds Investing Mergers and Acquisitions 59

The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

Matt Levine : 00:05:09 There’s some of that, but like, you have to like, like yeah, you’re like writing merger agreements and then the other side is marking up the merger agreement and like you’re arguing over commas and stuff. This is how remedies work and merger disputes, right? And I love that.

Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Mergers and Acquisitions Law Firms Hedge Funds Finance 52

The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And so I joined Goldman in there, it was a 12-person merger department. So I joined Goldman and their merger department, but said, I’d like to be your LBO guy. The head of mergers and everyone watched over me there. I started at Goldman at ’81 doing, you know, mostly raid work and more traditional merger and seller work.

Leveraged Buyouts 105

Leveraged Buyouts Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt 105

Insight Partners

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This year, we saw significant experimentation on the economic model for AI applications, as the ecosystem worked on addressing some major questions: How do you correlate the economic value generated or costs saved with pricing strategies for incumbents and startups? ” Does this mean: We are so back ?

Investors 52

Investors Mergers and Acquisitions Startups Leveraging 52