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Archive for Author: Ken Marlin

Dec 16, 2019

Appreciating What We Have: Our December Report on M&A in the FinTech, Data and Analytics Industry

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As we approach the end of 2019, we enter a season where people often take stock of what they have – and hopefully are in a position to smile. We are smiling. Year-end may be hectic and stressful for some– but, for us and many others it is also a time to give thanks – not for the transient pleasures of material goods, but for the more important gifts of friends, family, health and perhaps a level of prosperity. We give thanks for all those things – and for the friends and clients that have given us their trust. These are gifts we…

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Nov 25, 2019

Thanksgiving Thanks

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Dear Clients and Friends: As our Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we take the opportunity to say thank you for one of the best years we have had in our nearly 18 years (!) of advising buyers and sellers of middle-market firms that offer enterprise and vertical application software, services, data and analytics – including the many managers of firms operating in the broad b2b FinTech ecosystem. We thank you for your trust! 2019 has been one for our record books: 12 successfully closed m&a transactions to date (the year isn’t over yet); counterparties in five countries: US, UK, Australia, Canada, and Sweden…

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Nov 14, 2019

Staying Focused on the Prize: Our November Report on M&A in the FinTech, Data and Analytics Industry

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Dear Clients and Friends, The report found here shows recent m&a transactions, trends, and valuations in the seven segments of the FinTech, and Data and Analytics world that we follow and sometimes lead. As you will see, valuations and m&a trends in our industry remain strong, particularly for those who know how to stay focused on a clear long term strategic objective. See, for example, recent transactions involving our UK client StatPro and our Australian client GBST. (For the hard numbers, click here.) There is a well-accepted maxim in economics that rational people will do what is in their own economic…

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Oct 9, 2019

It’s a Global Industry – Embrace It. Our October Report on M&A in the FinTech, Data and Analytics Industry

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Dear Clients and Friends, The FinTech, Data and Analytics world in which we live is not defined by national borders and neither are we. It always amazes us how many people have difficulty accepting this fairly simple concept. A few recent examples include Deutsche Börse’s acquisition of Axioma (we advised Goldman Sachs on its minority investment in Axioma); the Hong Kong Exchange’s recent (now aborted) attempt to acquire the London Stock Exchange (LSE); LSE’s agreement to acquire Refinitiv and our work advising UK-based StatPro Group (LSE: SOG) on its sale to Confluence Technologies in a $230 million transaction with backing…

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Sep 16, 2019

Intellectual Honesty, Our September Report on M&A in the FinTech, Enterprise Data & Analytics Industry

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Dear Clients and Friends, The report found here shows recent m&a transactions, trends, and valuations in the seven segments of the FinTech, Data and Analytics world that we follow and sometimes lead. As you will see, valuations and m&a trends in our industry remain very strong, but that’s not our subject this month. Recently, a friend sent us a 2016 investor letter by Lead Edge Capital, a New York-based growth equity venture firm that has invested in companies such as Uber, Spotify and TransferWise. The letter discussed the importance of “intellectual honesty“ in the m&a world. We endorse the philosophy wholeheartedly.…

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