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The Growth Equity Docket Vol. 1 No. 5 –  Cash, Growth and the New Deal Terms

Limited partners want cash, not marks. Private equity holds roughly 13,500 American companies, a third of them for more than ...
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Q3 2026: Billion-Dollar Rounds Steal the Show, but Mask a Narrowing Market

According to Q3 data from Crunchbase, roughly one third of all global VC capital went to just 27 companies raising ...
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SPAC 4.1: Plenty of SPACs, Plenty of Targets — So Who Is Paying for the Deal?

A year ago, we argued that SPACs had entered a fourth, more disciplined era: experienced sponsors, longer search periods, promotes ...

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Ready for Anything: Open for Whom? 

On Tuesday night, in the middle of San Francisco Tech Week, a full room of CFOs, founders, investors and bankers ...
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The Growth Docket Vol. I, No. 4: New Leaders, New Prices, Higher Rates

Joe Baratta leaves Blackstone at year-end, and Blackstone will not replace him. Hernan Cristerna, JPMorgan's longtime M&A chief, retires the ...
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What Your Software Company Is Worth Now

Rob Bartlett of Jefferies joined the panel I moderated last month on whether companies should buy, sell, or wait. This ...
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The Thin Line: A Conversation with Venky Ganesan at Sidebar Summit 

On the opening day of SF Tech Week, I asked a room full of founders and investors at Sidebar Summit ...
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Record Startup Shutdowns Reflect a Market That Is Moving Forward

This year, more venture-backed companies shut down than at any point on record, according to data published last week by ...
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An Early Look at Q3 2026 PE Activity

As we enter the final quarter of 2026, it’s time to look back at private equity (PE) activity last quarter ...
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