Buyers PE Business Development Post-Coronavirus — COVID-19 Virtual Roundtable On April 8th, as part of our ongoing COVID-19 virtual roundtable series, Axial hosted its fourth virtual event focused on…
Business Owners Move Over, Revenue Per Employee — There’s a Better KPI We review hundreds of management presentations each year, and almost all of them promote a seemingly important number: Revenue per…
COVID-19 How Coronavirus Is Impacting Lower Middle Market M&A Activity Last week, Axial convened a virtual roundtable of members to review the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on lower middle…
Buyers How to Assess Disruption With Due Diligence Anticipating the future is a major part of any private equity professional’s job responsibilities. How will a potential portfolio company…
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…
Private Equity Top 10 Articles of 2019 Happy New Year! As we move into 2020, we’re recapping the most popular Middle Market Review articles from the past…
Buyers Shifting Dynamics in the Public and Private Capital Markets It’s no secret that the private equity industry has grown rapidly over the past two decades. The number of active…
Business Owners Middle Market Business Growth Projections on the Decline At the end of last year, an all-time high — 73 percent — of middle market company executives reported that…
Buyers A Drop in First Time Funds Among Robust Private Equity Fundraising Despite having a record amount of capital for investment, private equity firms continue to raise new funds. U.S. private equity…
