Looking up and trying to identify companies by ownership is one of the primary search challenges we look to solve here at Mergr. Businesses generally do not self-describe as ‘PE Backed‘ (just visit the about page of any private equity backed company to appreciate this), and so unless you’re continually … Continue reading “How to Quickly Search and Identify Private Equity Backed Companies”
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40,000 Unique M&A Press Announcements at Your Fingertips
A year and a half-ago, when researching new transactions, rather than just collect the source link of the M&A press release when adding to the Mergr database, we began extracting the contents of each announcement as well. It’s a rather painstaking process but considering links change, fail, or disappear (eventually), … Continue reading “40,000 Unique M&A Press Announcements at Your Fingertips”
Read MoreAnnouncing the Mergr API
Today we’re happy to announce the initial release of the Mergr API.
Read MoreIntroducing M&A Article Search
M&A announcements (such as this, this or this) are incredibly rich with data. In addition to listing the buyer and sellers, these announcements often contain advisor, target size, and valuation data. However, when it comes time to searching for and isolating specific past announcements that are relevant to your client … Continue reading “Introducing M&A Article Search”
Read MoreNew PE Feature – View Where Current Employees Came From, and Where Former Employees Have Moved On To
One of the unique attributes of the private equity world is that once professionals enter, they rarely leave. While one may leave their firm, often its to another or perhaps to start their own.
Read MoreSearch Private Equity Firms by State
When it comes to identifying private equity firms by location, there is a number of ways to accomplish this search on Mergr. Our location search options currently include City (keyword), State/Province, and Country. We also categorize firms by ‘Region’ as well, so if you’re interested in private equity firms in the South … Continue reading “Search Private Equity Firms by State”
Read MoreList of Recent Mergers & Acquisitions (Build a List of M&A the Easy Way)
There are two ways to stay on top of M&A. The free way is to create a list of M&A news sources and pro-actively monitor them for the deals relevant to you or your industry. While this certainly saves money, it doesn’t save time, and as you collect more and … Continue reading “List of Recent Mergers & Acquisitions (Build a List of M&A the Easy Way)”
Read MoreNew York Private Equity Firms – Top 50 (Based on AUM)
No other city comes close to the number of private equity firms headquartered in or that have a presence in New York. On the Mergr platform, we currently list 394 firms as being headquartered in New York City. This equals 13% of the 3,033 firms in the database. And if … Continue reading “New York Private Equity Firms – Top 50 (Based on AUM)”
Read More50 Most Active US Public Company Sellers, 2014 – 2016
While buyers generally get all the coverage when it comes to M&A, sellers of course play a key role as well. The most active seller over the past 2 years is General Electric. Notable recent exits include the $5.4B sale of GE Appliances to Haier, the $485M sale of GE … Continue reading “50 Most Active US Public Company Sellers, 2014 – 2016”
Read MoreNCR Acquisition History
NCR Corp. the $6.5B global manufacturer and servicer of ATM machines and kiosks is unique in that when it comes to M&A, the Company has experienced nearly every type of transaction situation – both as a buyer, and a target of its own.
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