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6 Common Debt Financing Options in M&A

Today’s companies have more options when it comes to debt financing, ranging from traditional bank loans to venture debt facilities. Using debt to help finance an acquisition can offer several benefits, including reduced cost, lower complexity, greater speed and enhanced acquisition capacity. In this article, we explore the 6 of the most common types of debt financing options that buyers in …

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5 Exit Strategies for Business Owners

Exit Strategies for business owners include a plan, that is executed by a business owner, trader, private equity investor or a venture capitalist to offload their investment in businesses, generally after a specific investment horizon. When the founder wants to reduce or liquidate his/her stake in a business and, if the business is successful, make a substantial profit. This EXIT can …

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Important Factors for SaaS Valuation – Part 1 of 4

This is the first part of a 4-part series where I try to explain the various factors important in SaaS valuation. Part 1: Understand the market Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is a business model in which providers offer solutions hosted on the cloud, and customers make periodic payments to access these solutions. Unlike legacy software companies that require costly on-premise infrastructure and …

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9 Reasons why companies should consider M&A in 2019

This article was originally posted on Jan 9th, 2019 Having spent 8 years working with investment banks, I returned to the industry as an M&A advisor earlier last year after receiving my MBA. In the short span of a little less than a year, I got the opportunity to work on 8 US-based tech M&A deals spanning across various industry …

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US GDP shrinks 4.8% in first-quarter as companies continue to struggle

Global trends are creating ever-larger winners and losers. As seven years of future growth has already priced into Zoom’s current stock, General Motors shuts down Maven, Delivery Hero shuts down Foodora and Virgin Australia is up for sale! The U.S. economy shrank by an annualized 4.8% in the first quarter. The coronavirus led to “rapid changes in demand, as businesses …