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Archive for Category: Market Update

Aug 22, 2017

Is Big Data A Weapon That Has Changed Our World Forever? Our August 2017 Enterprise Data and Analytics Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, The report found here covers m&a trends, values and deals in the four segments of the Enterprise Data and Analytics sector that we follow and sometimes lead. Please click here for our August Enterprise Data and Analytics Update. We often talk about game-changing tools that confer a competitive advantage. Sometimes we use the term “weapon”. In the case of Big Data, the latter terminology may well be most apt. Not all weapons change the game; but some do. In the late 15th century, it was guns. Suddenly, those fighting with knives, swords, shields or even bows…

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Aug 18, 2017

B2B Fintech Is Alive and Well – And Growing: Our August 2017 Fintech Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, The market is up, the market is down, and it doesn’t seem to matter right now; interest in the Fintech sector keeps marching on. Our report found here highlights some of the m&a trends and transactions in the seven segments of the Fintech world that we follow, and sometimes lead, and so far, it’s all still pointing up. Please read more in our August Fintech Market Update, here. A recent report by KPMG indicated that in Q2 the global Fintech industry saw $8.4bn in transaction value as a result of around 290 deals – up from…

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Aug 7, 2017

AI Will Change Everything. Be Prepared. Our August M&A Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our report found here contains an update on the dozen+ segments of the information industry that we following and sometimes lead. Please click here for our August M&A Update. When I was about 16, I read Robert Heinlein’s book, “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress”. Besides espousing some libertarian ideas that I thought were pretty interesting at the time, it also was my first exposure to what we now call “artificial intelligence”. In the book, a series of linked self-learning super computers becomes a single self-aware being – called Mike. A few years later we got HAL, the self-protective, self-aware…

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Jun 21, 2017

Facts can fool you. Our June 2017 Market Update.

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Dear Clients and Friends, Our report found here contains an update on m&a deals, values and trends in the industries that we follow and sometimes lead. Please click here for our full June Market Update. Recently, we saw an interesting set of charts put out by PitchBook on m&a trends in the PE industry. We like PitchBook and respect their work. But sometimes, their data overwhelms us. Several of the recent charts were put under the heading “An expensive market contributes to declining activity”. It showed that transaction multiples for PE-related deals have risen from 8.1x EBITDA in 2010 to…

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May 3, 2017

Net neutrality and why it matters to m&a – Our May 2017 Market Update

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Dear Clients and Friends, In the report found here, we highlight m&a values and trends in the dozen+ sectors of the information technology universe that we follow, and sometimes lead. Please see the May Market Update report, here. In our business we advise a fair number of mid-sized companies that are owned by early investors and entrepreneurs. Many of these companies are “upstarts” – some of which are looking to combine streaming content with technology to disrupt the established order. Eventually, many of these firms expect to become buyers or sellers – or to raise capital – and that’s where…

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