Buying a Business? Questions to Consider
By Bill Vinck, Excendio Advisors Background Buying a business can be a risky, complicated, and expensive process. It’s in the prospective buyer’s best interest to be well prepared when approaching a planned acquisition. Here are six key questions to keep in mind:...
Capital to Covenants: Common Deal Points in IT Service Company Transactions
By Cristian Anastasiu and Michael Schwerdtfeger A while back Cristian Anastasiu, Managing Partner at Excendio Advisors, had the opportunity to co-write a series of M&A articles published by Channel Futures with Michael Schwerdtfeger. One of the articles in that...
Tech M&A: A Tale of Two Markets
While larger tech deals with high leverage rations have been put on hold since the summer of 2022, the consolidation in the lower middle market – companies with sub $5 million ebitda – has picked up in the second half of last year. We expect the IT M&A market to...
Forecast: 15 Companies We Think May Actually, Really, Finally, Maybe Go Public In 2024
IPO Forecast for 2024 Will 2024 be the year IPOs finally come roaring back, after a more than two-year lull? All venture-backed startups have to exit sometime, so at least some companies will likely decide to head to the public markets this year. Read full...
What Happened in M&A in 2023, and What’s Ahead, in Five Charts
The past year was a downer for mergers and acquisitions, which plunged to the lowest level in a decade, but deal makers are hopeful that 2024 could be better following the Federal Reserve’s pivot toward potential interest-rate cuts in the year ahead. Read the full...
Should ERP Integrators Acquire AI capability?
By, Anthony Kelly, Excendio Advisors ERP integrators are acquiring Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities at an increasing rate to fulfill client requirements in the implementation arena. AI is now becoming standard requirement for many ERP systems. Gaining this...
M&A: A Variation on a Theme
By Bill Vinck, Excendio Advisors M&A: A Variation on a Theme or (Sometimes one needs to change the musical score) Background: One typically acquires a firm for several reasons. The short list of reasons would include the acquired firm’s EBITDA and the related...
Transact to Transform: 2023 M&A Integration survey
Want to know more about how to make transformative M&A transactions successful? Then take a look at the PwC’s 2023 M&A Integration survey. #mergersandacquisitions #businessowner #PwC Read the full article here:...