E78 Partners

MARCH 28, 2025

LPs are increasingly prioritizing Multiple of Invested Capital (MOIC) alongside internal rate of return (IRR). Firms that emphasize operational efficiency early can maintain their performance trajectory during extended investment hold periods, ensuring portfolio companies are exit-ready when opportunities arise.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 59

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Prioritization Leadership Investments 59

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 2, 2024

 At The Money: Finding Overlooked Private Investments , with Soraya Darabi, TMV (October 02, 2024) The Efficient Market Hypothesis informs us that stock markets reflect all of the information known about any company. How does this affect VC investing? But is that also true for start-ups and venture-funded private companies?

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Investments Valuation Startups Concentration 72

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Remote healthcare firm Hims Inc. The arrangement could bring a valuation of approximately $1.6 The firm also has grown into mental-health and urgent care offerings as the demand for remote healthcare spikes amid the coronavirus. Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources, at a time when the SPAC model has become more popular.

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Healthcare Valuation Planning Marketing 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. But Software-as-a-Service emerged as a hot spot, too, with the largest investment round of the week going to a B2B eCommerce SaaS provider.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment. The company said it plans to use the investment to further build out its lending operations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2021

The latest funding comes from HealthQuest Capital , a Belmont, California-based investment fund that focuses on companies in their early stages of growth. The investment will put HealthQuest Managing Partner Garheng Kong on Everlywell’s board of directors, according to a Friday (Jan. billion valuation. billion valuation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

To help bolster the company’s growth, UNTUCKit has reportedly tapped a bank in an effort to bring in investment funds. The company, which is said to have enlisted the help of Morgan Stanley, is looking for a valuation north of $600 million, CNBC reported. Rowe Price and Tiger Global.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Reitano said he thinks there’s too much waste in the regular healthcare system and hopes to instead implement a model focused more on what patients need, with more transparent prices and health on demand. Some have thought of Ro as a company tailored toward millennials, but the average user age is 46, CNBC noted.

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Startups Valuation Profit and Loss Healthcare 60

CFO News Room

JANUARY 4, 2023

Earlier this week, Wells Fargo named the stock a top tactical investing idea for the first quarter. after GE Healthcare Technologies became a separate public company Wednesday. Coinbase agreed to pay a $50 million penalty for prior compliance issues and invest another $50 million in continued improvements.

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Restructuring Healthcare Valuation Technology 130

Future CFO

MAY 17, 2022

Growth and early-stage investments deals grew significantly in 2021; growth deals remained the dominant deal type and made up 77% of Southeast Asia’s deal value. Hot sectors like healthcare and financial services are beginning to take noticeable share as investing targets, representing 18% and 9% of deal count respectively.

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Marketing Healthcare Investments Valuation 97

PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Japanese capital group SoftBank has invested $20 million in Clip, a Mexican FinTech startup that offers a mobile credit card reader for smartphones. The investment is one of the first Latin American deals by SoftBank, as it launches its $5 billion tech fund in the area. The company’s total funding amount so far is about $160 million.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Apple is on the cusp of a stock market first — becoming the first public company in history to capture a $2 trillion valuation. More than a 20 years later, the company is spitting distance from a $2 trillion valuation. Apple Watch, meanwhile, has made increasingly large entrances into the healthcare field. How did Apple do it?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

The data from PwC and CB Insights comes after three years of steady growth, with the average annual investment increase from 2015 to 2017 coming in at 28 percent. billion valuation, making it the world’s most valuable AI startup. In addition, it was reported that AI in the healthcare market is expected to grow to $36.1

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Startups Healthcare Valuation Forecasting 54

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The payments landscape has evolved over the past few years to embrace other flows across consumer-to-business (C2B), healthcare and business-to-business (B2B) use cases — and open up investment opportunities for those with great tech, but no way to scale it. And it’s not overfunded by a little bit,” he told Webster of challenger banks.

Investments 50

Investments Healthcare Startups Valuation 50

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 2, 2024

 At The Money: Finding Overlooked Private Investments , with Soraya Darabi, TMV (October 02, 2024) We expect our investments to generate positive financial returns, but can they also have a positive societal effect? How does this affect VC investing? Can your capital make an impact? As it turns out, it depends where you look.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

When it comes to venture capital investments in Asia, the top 10 deals were secured among China and Indonesia, said KPMG recently. After falling to a low level not seen since the first quarter in 2017, venture capital investment in China rose slightly in the third quarter this year. Report highlights.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

SoftBank is set to make a $1 billion investment in Latin American delivery app Rappi. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that the investment will probably be led by the newly formed Innovation Fund, which was launched by SoftBank Chief Operating Officer Marcelo Claure for technology investments in Latin America.

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Pharmaceutical Healthcare Valuation Investments 60

PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

Alibaba has focused a lot of attention and investment dollars in AI. Alibaba has also invested in AI startups such as SenseTime , which in January was expected to have a valuation of $2 billion. It also works with retailers and healthcare researchers, across the country and beyond. “If

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Healthcare Valuation Startups Technology 66

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The firm is cruising toward a $1 billion valuation and unicorn status as it is in the final stages of negotiating a $100 million funding round, according to reports in Recode that were confirmed by TechCrunch. And the firm says it is bringing into the healthcare system people who otherwise tend to avoid it — young men.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The company also secured $600 million from other backers, which include BlackRock, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, existing Opendoor investors and Palihapitiya himself, FT reported. The company has struggled during the pandemic, but last year raised $300 million, giving it a valuation of $3.8

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 69

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Healthcare Valuation Banking 69

Regent Assay

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Apiary Capital invests in e-learning software specialist XVR Simulation and supports bolt-on acquisition of LearnPro eFireservice. Apiary Capital has announced an investment in XVR Simulation, a platform for consolidating online compliance and competency management and e-learning software businesses.

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Healthcare Compliance Corporate Finance Valuation 52

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

The company’s valuation at the time was in the neighborhood of $300 million. Fast-forward to 2018 when Amazon surpassed a $1 trillion valuation, putting it in a party of two with Apple. 10,000 invested [at the IPO price/date] would be worth more than $12 million as of May 2020. Meet the New Boss.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. Anthemis holds a unique place in the startup investing marketplace. Investing in Financial Wellness. The Neo-Bank Future.

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Future CFO

APRIL 25, 2023

Singapore and Indonesia continued to attract the bulk of investment capital in SEA in 2022, accounting for over 80% of the region’s deal value and deal count, but activity across all regions declined during the year. One to highlight is healthcare, which has seen sustained investor interest on the back of clear secular trends (e.g.,

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Valuation Investments Accounting 52

Future CFO

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

John Cai, formerly chief executive for AIA’s operations in markets including China, Malaysia and Vietnam, will join the healthcare startups as CFO and the healthcare firm’s board as vice chairman in a few weeks, the report quoted anonymous sources as saying.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2019

Last year, noted the WSJ , the valuation had been rumored to be $120 billion, if and when the ride-hailing giant came to market. Here is where, even with a bit of dampened enthusiasm headed into the Friday bow, Uber may be differentiated enough to command a valuation (measure in market cap) greater than that of Lyft.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

31) that it was going to increase investment in the upcoming year, and expressed concern over new regulations in India that would limit its business in the country, according to a report by CNBC. . 1), Amazon stock dropped 4 percent, after Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky shared the investment news. On Friday (Feb. ” .

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eCommerce Healthcare Valuation CFO 46

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

That valuation comes courtesy of unnamed sources cited by the newswire. Should such an IPO happen, this would not be the first spin-off and listing for Ping An, which last year went the same route with Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co. 24) and Monday (Feb. The listing would take place on the Hong Kong exchange , said Bloomberg.

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Healthcare Valuation Marketing Banking 59

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Uber’s valuation is pegged at $100 billion. Lyft’s valuation is less than 20 percent of that. In 2018, Uber added another side to its platform that catered to healthcare providers, which had struggled with their own logistical problems in getting patients to appointments. Uber considers its competitors to be Amazon and Alphabet.

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Transportation Healthcare Leverage Valuation 73

Future CFO

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Technology, industrials and healthcare once again topped the ranks Technology saw 210 IPOs raise US$53.9b, industrials saw 168 IPOs raise US$23.3b IPO candidates are seizing opportunities to go public to shore up their capital base for future investments and remain resilient against a potential next wave of the pandemic, Choi noted.

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Valuation Healthcare Numbers Economics 52

Future CFO

JANUARY 31, 2023

M&A tends to slow during times of uncertainty or market volatility, but those can be precisely the times when valuations become more attractive and opportunity knocks, the firm added. Biotech, CRO/CDMO, MedTech, consumer-facing healthcare and digital health solutions are expected to attract strong investor interest.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 52

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Valuation Healthcare Manufacturing 52

Future CFO

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The domicile of a bank explains nearly 70% of underlying valuations. The consultancy also advised banks to invest to stay competitive and they can also form partnerships through M&A to stay afloat. In addition, scale in banking, as in most industries, is generally correlated with stronger returns, the company pointed out.

Banking 52

Banking Entertainment Healthcare Valuation 52

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And when they look at a sector, they want to be long, the very best stocks at the best valuations they can, and short the worst stocks at the worst valuations. I got an internship at a investment fund in Baltimore, and this was 2002 at the time. With no further ado my conversation with Woodline partners, Mike Rockefeller.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Outsized sales productivity, operating efficiency, market share gains, and the ability to further monetize a deep customer data set are all extremely compelling fundamental aspects of the story, but valuation relative to its own history and the broader market appears stretched at a time we anticipate (still healthy) growth to slow.”.

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eCommerce Healthcare Valuation Sales 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

What the private placement did is underwrite our business, our strategy, our management and our valuation. As more corporates navigate their way through the pandemic, the post-COVID market may present a greenfield opportunity for payment FinTechs, whether in healthcare, education, not-for-profit or other spaces.

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Healthcare B2B Valuation Technology 75

The Finance Weekly

JUNE 20, 2022

Categories such as healthcare, media, education, and of course finance, highlight the list, but with 20 categories overall, there is a wide variety of everything that young people have made a splash in. billion valuation and has more than 1 million customers. Michael Spelfoger Age 25. United States. 5) Marco Cancellieri.

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Finance Startups Healthcare Valuation 52

CFO Plans

AUGUST 9, 2024

Financial consulting for real estate offers tailored advice on investment strategies, cash flow management, and property valuation. Tip: Conduct regular market analysis with your consultant to stay ahead of industry trends and make informed investment decisions. Get specialized financial consulting for real estate.

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