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Financing Year in Review: Evolving Markets and New Trends

Harvard Corporate Governance

Widely held concerns about inflation, rising interest rates, and a possible recession combined to slow debt financing and deal activity in the first half of 2023. Borrowers deferred new debt deals, delayed planned refinancings, and paused major corporate transactions while waiting for interest rates to top out. more…)

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The Bootstrapped Startup’s Guide to Debt Financing

Lighter Capital

Growing on your own steam may sound like a risky bet — providing an open window for competitors to overtake you in the market — but even in the tech industry, first-mover advantages are short-lived. But what do you do when you need to extend your startup’s runway so you can scale quickly and capture more of the market?

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Law and Courts in an Age of Debt

Harvard Corporate Governance

Shifting from equity to debt financing is not simply a matter of optimizing a firm’s cost of capital, however. In creditor disputes, by contrast, courts tend to limit their role to formal contract interpretation and procedural oversight, often reaching results at odds with both market expectations and notions of fairness.

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With Equity Markets Down, Venture Lending Provides Solution

Law 360 M&A

Given the growth of private debt funds, new entrants in the market and equity markets remaining sluggish, more borrowers are turning to venture debt financing, with long-standing venture funds offering flexibility and expertise without the risks of larger banks, says Jennifer Post at Thompson Coburn.

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Goodwin Procter Discusses Add-On Acquisitions in Private Equity

Reynolds Holding

By the end of 2022, add-on acquisitions represented more than 76% of all private-equity-backed buyouts, which was a significant increase compared to a decade earlier. As markets recover in 2024 and beyond, overall private equity deal activity is expected to pick up. This post comes to us from Goodwin Procter LLP.

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Blackstone braves frigid debt financing market with $14bn Emerson unit deal

Financial Times M&A

Private equity firm teams up with sovereign wealth funds in buyout of US conglomerate’s climate tech arm

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Growth Equity: The Child Prodigy of Private Equity and Venture Capital, or an Artifact of Easy Money?

Brian DeChesare

Over the past few decades, growth equity (GE) has gone from an afterthought to a major asset class for huge investment firms. Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity.

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