Axial

JANUARY 23, 2025

Axial is excited to release our 2024 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables. To assemble this list, we reviewed the deal-making activities of 400+ investment banks and advisory firms that met the qualifications to be considered for league tables last year.

Investment Banks 59

Investment Banks Investment Banking Banks Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Trivest Partners

JULY 11, 2023

Firm Profile Based in New York, NY 25 Years of Experience Formed in 2020 Majority Investments Areas of Focus Technology/Media/Telecom Light Manufacturing Marketing Services Investment Criteria Consolidation Potential Strong Cash Flow $20-200M Revenue $3-20M EBITDA Q&A with David Acharya What’s the firm’s origin story?

Capital 40

Capital Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Buyout 40

The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

You would have the investment bank and the founders and a whole bunch of folks do these giant road shows and they would go from New York to Boston, they’d go out to San Francisco, they would go all around the country showing off the company before the big wedding. 00:45:53 [Speaker Changed] So where does your deal flow come from?

Hedge Funds 64

Hedge Funds Mutual Funds Funds Due Diligence 64

The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

So that was a while back, but nonetheless, I don’t know if it was love at first sight, but we got to get along pretty well, and after a few years working for investment banks, he then joined Goldman Sachs. I joined, effectively, Deutsche Bank. Private equity at the time was only about buyout and LBO.

Banks 59

Banks Asset Management Assets Capital 59

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The investment banks were stuck with syndications that they had committed to, to place in the markets with price caps on the, on the coupons. Another floating ra, another interest rate sensitive asset class or LBOs, highly levered leveraged buyouts supported by floating rate liabilities. It, it, it was huge price declines.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt Banks 52

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

We’re going to look at a buyout and look at the pricing, look at the structure. So, you know, it got to the point where, it was exciting at first, as a deal. You had a lot of the big buyout firms, they were doing the transactions in the ‘80s, in the early ‘90s. And they were doing mid-sized deals. KENCEL: Right.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Financing Finance 59

Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

UK sponsor-backed financing activity experienced a modest slowdown in Q3 2024, as ongoing M&A sluggishness and seasonal dynamics impacted deal flow, according to the latest data from global investment bank, Houlihan Lokey.

Leveraged Buyouts 93

Leveraged Buyouts Debt Buyout Deal Flow 93