Rachel Stone

Charlottesville

Charlottesville Bureau Chief at Mergermarket

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Trump policies lead to wait-and-see M&A sentiment - Dealspeak North America

2 months ago | ionanalytics.com | Mark Andress |Lucinda Guthrie |Troy Hooper |Rachel Stone

Data Insight Tariffs, supply chain issues, labor force disruptions, geopolitical convulsions, and greater-than-anticipated regulatory scrutiny have left dealmakers hitting the pause button on their plans, according to M&A practitioners. The number of deals has dropped to the lowest level in years amid uncertainty brought about by President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy stance, although dollar volume has remained robust.
ServiceTitan could launch IPO before year-end, sources say

Nov 7, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Troy Hooper |Cristiano Dalla Bona |Rachel Stone |Carlos Martinez

News (Intelligence) ServiceTitan could launch an initial public offering before year-end, now that the US presidential election has concluded, according to market sources. The Los Angeles-based software provider for contractors has the revenue and growth profile such that it could have gone public three years ago, investor Byron Deeter, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, recently toldthis news service.
iCapital monitored by advisors as possible IPO candidate - sources

Sep 11, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Cristiano Dalla Bona |Atholl Simpson |Rachel Stone |Carlos Martinez

iCapital, a global fintech platform serving the wealth management industry, is being eyed by advisors as a possible initial public offering candidate as the company explores strategic options, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The company has been considering potential avenues, with an IPO seen by the market as its most likely plan, said two of the sources.
REPAY eyes buys for scale amid ‘robust’ M&A environment, EVP says

Aug 22, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Rachel Stone |Carlos Martinez

REPAY [NASDAQ:RPAY], a provider of vertically integrated payments software, is in active acquisition talks and expects to use M&A to drive scale, said Alex Cohen, executive VP of corporate development and strategy. Following the general slowdown across the payments M&A landscape, many more assets are now coming to market, Cohen said, describing current activity as “robust”.
Strike Graph to consider sale at next equity round, CEO says

Aug 12, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Rachel Stone |Carlos Martinez

Strike Graph, a compliance automation company, sees inbound interest from strategics and private equity firms and would consider a majority investor when it next raises capital, said co-founder and CEO Justin Beals. “We see [a potential] acquisition as highly likely in this particular marketplace,” Beals said, pointing to increasing interest in the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) space.
ECM Explorer North America - Fintech candidates need to build IPO credit

Jun 14, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Cristiano Dalla Bona |Rachel Stone |Troy Hooper |Raj Saiya

The explosive growth of financial technology has been one of the great advancements of the last decade, yet its appeal in capital markets appears to have waned in recent years. Equity capital markets fintech volumes have been down since records were broken in 2021 with over USD 36bn of volume, driven partly by USD 11bn of IPO issuance from 23 listings, according to Dealogic data.
Walton Global, D.R. Horton Buy 140 Acres in Wise County

Jan 5, 2024 | therealdeal.com | Rachel Stone

Walton Global has picked up 141 acres in a tiny North Texas town where D.R. Horton plans to build homes. The land is in the Wise County town of Rhome, within a master-planned community called North Star. D.R. Horton and Riverside Homebuilders have already constructed about 1,500 homes in North Star, which will have 3,500 homes at full buildout, according to a news release from Walton Global. Homes in North Star are priced from $340,000 to $440,000, according to online listings.
S2 Capital Buys Apartments in Charlotte’s Collingwood

Dec 20, 2023 | therealdeal.com | Rachel Stone

A Dallas-based investor has purchased an apartment complex in the Collingwood neighborhood of Charlotte. S2 Capital bought the 352-unit Timber Creek apartments, at 1100 Falls Creek Lane, from Dallas-based investment management firm Highland Capital Management, according to Mecklenburg County property records. The terms of the sale, including price, were undisclosed. The 24-building property is valued for tax purposes at almost $50 million, up from $32 million last year.
Who is Former Silver Star Properties CEO Allen Hartman?

Dec 5, 2023 | therealdeal.com | Brandon Sams |Rachel Stone

Photo illustration of Allen Hartman (Illustration by Kevin Rebong; Getty, LinkedIn)Ousted Silver Star Properties CEO and chairman Allen Hartman is accused of mismanagement and legal wrongdoing by his former company. Silver Star’s board fired off a laundry list of Hartman’s alleged misdeeds in a presentation to shareholders last week.
Los Angeles-Based Fridman Group International Expands Into Texas

Dec 1, 2023 | therealdeal.com | Rachel Stone

The Fridman Group International is expanding into Texas, and it’s bringing four former Douglas Elliman brokers on board. The group, led by Tomer Fridman and Isidora Fridman, is based in Los Angeles and specializes in luxury real estate. The Fridmans, who are son and mother, together opened Sotheby’s Israel, and they work with celebrity clients in L.A.“There has always been a regal, sophisticated market in Texas that I’ve admired from a distance.