Mid-year Review in TMT: Navigating the COVID-19 World

More than a decade has passed since a crisis has so drastically affected companies’ market options. While the Great Recession …

Nestle working with Morgan Stanley on North American waters divestiture, sources say

Nestle SA [SWX:NESN] has retained Morgan Stanley as it explores strategic options, including a potential sale, for majority of the Nestle Waters business in North …

Private Equity Fundraising: US Edition – 29 May to 4 June 2020

The PE Fundraising is your weekly one-stop shop for the latest fundraises within the private equity community in the US. …

Just Salad’s appetite for PE investment increases during pandemic, CEO says

Just Salad, a fast-casual healthy restaurant chain, is increasingly interested in selling a minority stake to private equity for more …

Degreed remains acquisitive as it anticipates frothy workforce learning tech M&A environment in coming year, CEO says

Degreed, a VC-backed workforce upskilling and talent management platform, is “right on plan” amid COVID-19 and targets acquisitive growth “as the year …

COVID-19 propelling dealmaking in ‘recession-proof’ cloud services

Security and networking likely to top buyers lists Strategics, PE lining up to consolidate cloud marketplace Portland-based Anitian survived for decades without …

Lincoln Educational Services would entertain large deal, CEO says

Lincoln Educational Services, [Nasdaq:LINC], a West Orange, New Jersey-based operator of career colleges, would consider a transformational acquisition and could …

Stew Leonard’s mulls succession plan options post-COVID-19, CEO says

Stew Leonard’s, a second-generation family-owned grocery store chain, would consider running a sale process once volatility from the coronavirus pandemic …

Coronavirus will cause VC-funded tech companies to reevaluate, recalibrate, investors say

The devastating effects of coronavirus on the public markets also is being felt in the venture capital market, as tech investors tell …

Mambu eyes New York listing in two years, exec says

Mambu, a Berlin, Germany-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) banking platform, plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in 18-24 months, Americas …