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ETAs: an increasingly popular route to business ownership
A growing number of aspiring entrepreneurs are becoming first-time CEOs by buying and scaling existing businesses. Instead of building a startup from scratch, the entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) model allows talented business people to...
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Avoid pausing M&A in a downturn
Businesses typically respond to market downturns by pausing M&A. Convention suggests that it’s too risky to do deals when the economic outlook is uncertain and...
Royal Kaak: “We offer start-ups the perfect opportunity to scale up sustainably”
What makes a supplier to the bakery industry one of the most interesting parties for start-ups and scale-ups looking to grow faster and sustainably? Even if,...
Higher inflation and interest rates are driving buy-side risk aversion
There’s no doubt that market conditions are tough right now. Inflation and higher interest rates are making it harder to secure funding and the weak...
Societex: ‘It’s like a think-tank for us’
Wherever we are in the world, M&A professionals have a common language that allows us to work together and get deals done. Indeed, this was one of the founding...
The M&A sector – gender diversity is becoming the new norm
The image of the M&A world is often different from the day-to-day realities. If we are to believe (some) series on Netflix, we will see that it is still a...
Buying small but thinking big: why it’s not a ‘scope or scale’ decision for Vitec
Vitec has its roots in experimental science and entrepreneurialism. The Umeå-based vertical software company was born when two applied physics PhD’s combined...
Why mid-market M&A is expected to thrive in 2023
In 2022, just as the global economy was recovering from Covid, the invasion of Ukraine shook investor confidence. The war caused supply chain problems and put...
Being acquired by a larger company doesn’t always mean that you’ll lose your identity. Quite the opposite …
With 1,700 employees and 20 branches throughout the Netherlands, Hoppenbrouwers Techniek can certainly call itself a ‘larger acquirer’. But that doesn’t mean...
