News: Australia Sees Launch Of Largest VC Fund
Woah, crikey, mate! AirTree Ventures just announced it has raised the largest venture fund Australia has seen to date. The fund will be split down the middle, half for an early-stage fund and half...
Category: Finance
A Corporate Finance Trip Around The World
The corporate finance space is in flux, but how it’s changing depends on the market in which you stand. PYMNTS takes a quick trip across the globe to explore business finance trends in the...
Your business broker / advisor is making a LOT more on your deal than you think.
If you’ve hired a good business broker / investment bank you’re paying through the nose for their advice. You’re paying a retainer or advice fees and you’ll pay a hefty commission when you sell....
Supermodel Natalia Vodianova joins Disrupt in London. What further reason do you need to attend?
TechCrunch Disrupt in London is beginning to appear over the horizon. Today we’re delighted to say that we’ll also be joined by world-famous supermodel Natalia Vodianova. Last year Vodianova founded Elbi, an app which...
Financial Advisor M&A ‘Balloon’ Amid Regulatory Burdens
Mergers and acquisitions of or involving financial advisors and firms could double to 1,000, possible more, this year. This is partly driven by principals retiring, but the increasing burden of regulations is also playing...
Advisor Fees Business Owners Pay When Selling A Business
While advisors offer know-how that adds significant value to transactions, their complicated fee structures can be daunting and confusing. John Carvalho of Divestopedia explains broker / M&A advisor / Investment Banker fees when...
Cheap loans – the alternative to selling equity?
Madeleine Harrigan of Mercer Capital explains how cheap credit is driving companies to take loans rather than sell equity, and uses that to explain why the number of venture capital exits completed in the...
The Three Ways To Fail When Raising Capital
Richard Wilson of PrivateEquity.com has been working with institutional investors and family offices his whole career, first raising capital from these investors and then on the other side of the table. Over the years,...
6 Little Things That Make A Big Difference To Your Company’s Valuation
Themi Stergianos presents six things that would make a difference to your company’s valuation: 1. Find your lease 2. Professionalise your books 3. Stop using your company as an ATM 4. Protect your gross...
Global Finance Entering “Twilight Zone” Says Macquarie
We’ve entered into a “Twilight Zone.” That’s according to Viktor Shvets, a strategist at Australian bank Macquarie in Hong Kong. In a big note out this week, Shvets set out his bearish view on...
4th Quarter of 2016 Predicted To Deliver Strong M&A Action
Mergermarket in association with Merrill Corporation publish their latest report demonstrating far-reaching data on dealmaking in North America and Latin America. After two blockbuster years for M&A, dealmaking in the first half of 2016...
First Step for M&A Success
In the world of M&A, it’s not hard to find evidence of a “bad deal” after the fact. News stories and Internet posts trumpet every corporate mistake that led to a poor M&A decision....
Selling To A Private Equity Firm? Here’s How It Plays Out
Axial have put together a guide (free registration required) to how the process works when a business is acquired by a private equity firm. They start by explaining the players in a typical PE...
Why it’s time for investors to consider other options such as buying businesses
Mark Haefele, Global Chief Investment Officer at UBS, makes a case for why, in these times of falling yields and fewer investment opportunities, investors need to up the ante and consider less liquid investments...
When Is a “Mark” Not a Mark? (Valuing Venture Capital Investments)
If you ever wanted technical detail on valuation of venture capital investments, this article has it all. Andreessen Horowitz takes the WSJ to task for their inappropriate use of terminology – specifically their...
How venture investors play the PR game to get themselves better prices
Are the large venture capital firms playing a PR game and crying armageddon in the industry simply to drive prices down so they can invest on more favourable terms? Is this what they’ve done...
