How to Handle an Unsolicitied Acquisition Offer If you run a profitable, growing business of any significant size you will eventually receive an unsolicited offer to buy…
Small Banks Merging to Save Themselves Last month, Mark Sunshine from Veritas Financial Partners made an interesting comment in an interview with Axial, noting that “the largest…
New SPACs Signal Rebirth of Alternative Funding Model Over the last two weeks, two Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) raised a total of $497.5M in oversubscribed IPOs. The…
Axial Q2 Most Active Leaderboards Released Each quarter Axial ranks our most active Members through leaderboards to identify firms doing the most deals, connecting most often,…
6 Industries to Watch in 2013: An Update Earlier this year, we released a report analyzing the 6 Industries to Watch in 2013. The industries were selected based on…
The Future of Solicitation after the JOBS Act When the SEC overturned the 80-year ban on general solicitation yesterday, many people thought about call centers, late night advertisements…
How a Deal Gets Done To celebrate July 4th, we decided to have a little bit of fun. We took a few minutes and put…
Buying into a Hot Industry: 3D Printing, MakerBot and Stratasys Yesterday, Stratasys, the industrial-focused inventors of the most common type of plastic 3D printing technology, purchased the consumer-focused MakerBot for…
Most Active Lower Middle Market Firms – Axial Q1 Leaderboards Last quarter we released the first Axial Leaderboards, highlighting the most active firms on the network. The leaderboards identified firms…