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Archive for Author: Ken Marlin

Mar 11, 2021

Spring Is Coming – For m&a in FinTech, Data and Analytics

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Dear Clients and Friends: Our latest reporton M&A values among mid-sized FinTech, Data and Analytics companies is here. Thank goodness spring is coming- at least in the northern hemisphere.  Spring is supposed to bring an end to the long, cold, dark, nights of winter. That seems to be an apt metaphor for what is happening now – as this abysmal pandemic begins to wane in our part of the world. Like most, we’re tired of mask wearing, social distancing, remote living, and watching friends close businesses, lose jobs, and suffer. We see green shoots of spring.   As you will see in…

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Feb 4, 2021

Groundhog Day – All Over Again, Our February Report on M&A in the FinTech, Data and Analytics Industry

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Dear Clients and Friends: It’s a new year and our latest report on M&A values among mid-sized FinTech, Data and Analytics companies is here. It feels like Groundhog Day all over again. It is Groundhog Day in the US as I write this – a day that brings to mind the 1993 Bill Murray / Harold Ramis movie in which, on Groundhog Day, a cynical television weatherman is trapped in a time loop forcing him to relive the same day repeatedly. It’s a comedy – and an allegory with deep philosophical meaning to some. Groundhog Day, the movie, started slow but eventually came to be…

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Jan 11, 2021

The Eyes of All People are Upon Us. Our January Fintech, Data & Analytics M&A Update

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Dear Clients and Friends: “Today the eyes of all people are truly upon us—and our governments, in every branch, at every level, national, State, and local, must be as a city upon a hill—constructed and inhabited by men aware of their grave trust and their great responsibilities.”— John F. Kennedy. January 9, 1961 – exactly 60 years ago today, as I write this… Normally we begin these reports commenting on m&a values among mid-sized FinTech, Data and Analytics companies.  That report is HERE.  It shows that the market was strong in 2020.  A strong 2021 presumes continued economic strength and a…

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Dec 14, 2020

A Look Back At 2020, Our December Fintech, Data & Analytics Update

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Dear Clients and Friends: As we come to an end to one of the most tumultuous years most of us have seen in 40 years, we take a moment to reflect on what has become a tale of two cities. One of them – ours – is in remarkably good shape, given the state of the world. As you will see in our report, m&a values and volumes in the eleven segments of the FinTech, Data and Analytics world that we follow – and sometimes lead – is again strong: public markets are up, banks are lending, interest rates are low, and…

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Nov 12, 2020

Our Post-election FinTech, Data and Analytics M&A Update: A Slow Return To Predictability

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Dear Clients and Friends: Our report on m&a values and trends in the FinTech, Data and Analytics world is here. It’s all about the need for predictability. Investors are constantly trying to predict the future – and that has not been easy over the past nine months. Without predictability, many business executives, home buyers, venture capitalists and others are hesitant to buy, invest, hire or transact. There is too much risk. And when they do transact, it’s often at lower values. But things seem to be improving. Uncertainty around the future of a COVID-19 vaccine has been huge on everyone’s mind. It not…

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