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Jun 10, 2021

B2B Payments Digitization And Vertically Integrated Solutions Continue To Drive Heightened Transaction Activity Across The Ecosystem

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Dear Clients and Friends, We are pleased to share our latest report on m&a values and trends in the Payments Technology sector. Building on our previous reports focused around B2B payments, in this edition we reflect on how transaction activity across the payments eco-system (YTD 2021) has been the highest we have seen in a few years, largely driven by trends around: Digitization and Automation being top of mind for firms as they look to lower costs, processing times, and errors, while meaningfully increasing ROI B2B payment platforms are offering more vertically integrated solutions, with Expense and Spend Management becoming the next frontier Increased…

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May 26, 2021

Real Estate Tech Increased Usage of Data & Analytics Solutions Is Driving ROIs Higher and Allowing Participants Access to Latent Value

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Dear Clients and Friends, Marlin & Associates (M&A) is pleased to share our latest reporton the Real Estate Tech sector. As you will see in the following report, m&a and financing activity (and associated values) continue to remain strong, especially for firms across the broader Real Estate Tech ecosystem. A combination of factors are driving significant volume across both capital raising and exit considerations by founders: permanent adoption of digitization/automation by financial services firms, robust valuations, excess liquidity, and the impending tax rate hikes. In addition, for firms focused on Data & Analytics within the Real Estate Tech ecosystem, there are a few…

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May 13, 2021

Is It Time to sell? Our May update on M&A in the FinTech, Data and Analytics World

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Dear Clients and Friends: Our latest report on the M&A values among the 11 sectors of the FinTech, Data and Analytics world that we follow, and sometimes lead, is HERE. And it looks pretty good.  Recently, we have been asked by many if now is the best time to buy, sell or raise capital given the strong m&a market – and if it will last. Founders, CEOs, Board members, among others, point to the current combination of low interest rates (which may not last), low tax rates (which will not last), high liquidity among strategics and financial players, strong transaction values,…

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Apr 19, 2021

Herd Immunity is coming – and that helps M&A in FinTech, Data and Analytics

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Dear Clients and Friends: Our latest report on M&A values among the 11 sectors of the FinTech, Data and Analytics world that we follow, and sometimes lead, is here. We continue to live in interesting times. We work in a business that thrives on communication and collaboration. We know that our approach works extremely well when there are multiple, daily, impromptu, informal conversations that complement scheduled calls and meetings. When the pandemic hit, we railed against the constraints of remote working, social distancing, and going from Zoom call to Zoom call. And yet, more than a year into this pandemic, we…

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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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