Buyers Axial’s 2023 Independent Sponsor Report: Summary & Analysis In recent years, Independent Sponsors have emerged as a formidable force in the M&A economy. Over the last three years,…
Buyers The 25 Most Active Independent Sponsors on Axial In recent years, Independent Sponsors have emerged as a formidable force in the M&A economy. Over the last three years,…
The SMB M&A Pipeline: Q1 2023 We are thrilled to be launching “The SMB M&A Pipeline”, a new quarterly publication from Axial. The series surfaces a…
[Part 2] 2023 Software M&A Market Outlook: Which sub-sectors are hot versus cold? Look at “Cloud Software’s” incredible 10-year run. The category enjoyed incredible growth in overall size, market capitalization, and equity performance.…
2023 Software M&A Market Outlook: Perspectives From The Top 50 Dealmakers Cloud software was enjoying incredible growth in category size, market capitalization, and equity performance. Then the music stopped… Major changes…
Advisors Close Rates in Lower Middle Market Sell-Side M&A Evaluating sell-side M&A advisors has some striking similarities to how baseball players get evaluated. In baseball, coaches, scouts and analysts…
Buyers 3 Takeaways From Harvard Business School’s 2019 Search Fund Conference Though search funds still make up a relatively small percentage of lower middle market investors, this investment model continues to…