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Dear Clients and Friends, Welcome to our December 2013 Market Update which provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update This month, IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc (NYSE:ICE) announced the completion of its $11 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX). ICE also announced its acquisition of Singapore Mercantile Exchange for $150 million. We expect further deal announcements in the upcoming months. Over the years we have advised several exchanges including: NYSE Euronext, NASDAQ and Deutsche Börse. We look forward to continue involvement in this…

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Dear Clients and Friends, Welcome to our May 2013 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update This month we saw many interesting transactions announced, but again, the vast majority of transactions were led by strategics and most were well under $200M. In the Healthcare IT sector, we saw multiple capital raises as early leaders in the sector seek to expand their platforms. HealthSpot, ShanghaiMed, and WorldOne all closed on sponsor-backed funding rounds this…

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Dear Clients and Friends, Welcome to our April 2013 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update This month, our client, Bain Capital Ventures’ portfolio company, ABILITY Network, a market-leading healthcare technology company, announced their agreement to merge with IVANS, the largest provider of secure insurance data communication services to the US Healthcare and Property & Casualty Insurance community. There were a few other deals this month as well. Mostly they were middle-market transactions…

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Dear Clients and Friends, Welcome to our March 2013 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update As was evident this month, the demand by strategic firms and financial sponsors for mid-sized software firms has not slowed. This month, strategics continued to make acquisitions that enhanced their core services. Examples include Hyland Software’s acquisition of AnyDoc and Linedata’s acquisition of CapitalStream. Also, some strategics are willing to make investments in growth areas, as exemplified…

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