The Case for Early Founder Exits Why Selling Instead of Multiple Funding Rounds Often Maximizes Value The conventional venture capital playbook suggests that founders should raise successive rounds of funding, scale aggressively, and exit at maximum valuation. However, this narrative…
Private equity is leaving value on the table by keeping “old and proven” and “breakthrough new” in separate silos. On one side sit the classic roll‑up platforms: traditional brick‑and‑mortar businesses with 20‑plus years of operating history, recurring customers, and predictable…
Dear Esteemed Private Equity Partners, Venture Capitalists, Family Office Strategists, and Corporate Development Aficionados, This is a light-hearted yet heartfelt plea from those of us on the other side of the deal table: Please, for the love of EBITDA multiples,…
Setting M&A Up for Success The Critical Role of Positioning, Messaging, Public Relations, Social Media, and Financial Packages by Serge Jonnaert Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) remain one of the most powerful strategies for companies looking to scale, enter new markets,…
BIO2024 – Two sessions related to M&A in biotech, each offering unique perspectives while sharing common themes “From Incubation to Acquisition – The Growth Journey of an Early-Stage Company” centered around Serotiny, a therapeutic discovery company that designs new genes…
The looming specter of the 2024 U.S. elections casts a long shadow over its tech landscape, with few entrepreneurs fully aware of the potential fallout of proposed tax reforms under a possible second Biden term Serge JonnaertCEO & M&A Advisor…
Delivering better quality results, faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost by Serge Jonnaert – Managing Director It’s May 2024, and the conversation around AI, particularly in M&A has never been more pertinent. Some people recoil at the thought,…
This is a call-out to all #techCEOs! Prepare yourself for a fun, rich, healthy, and joyful 2024. No more worries about making payroll, funding rounds, boring board calls, email overload, markets, competitors, and forecasts. Start to measure life in beach,…
Landing ‘a big one’ is still the aspiration of most software CEOs, and rightfully so. The technology sector has the third-most billionaires (332) in the world, behind finance and investments, representing a total of $2.1 trillion in wealth. A well-executed…