Future CFO

JUNE 22, 2021

The most digitally mature firms saw valuations 23% above pre-crisis levels, on average, within six months of the pandemic’s start, said BCG recently when releasing the results of a study. . The post Digitally mature firms saw valuations of 23% on average above pre-crisis levels appeared first on FutureCFO.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Hippo , the tech startup that provides home insurance digitally, has raised $150 million in a funding round that brings its valuation to $1.5 We’ve seen tremendous growth over the last three years since launch, by leveraging technology wisely and reimagining the customer experience. a national property and casualty insurer.

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VCFO

JANUARY 11, 2024

Building Blocks of Business Valuation Authored by Dustin Williamson , Managing Director – vcfo Houston Would you like to optimize your value? Are you considering selling your business in the next several years or looking to address a specific business valuation driver? In this blog, we highlight the essential elements.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Hippo , the tech startup that provides home insurance digitally, has raised $150 million in a funding round that brings its valuation to $1.5 We’ve seen tremendous growth over the last three years since launch, by leveraging technology wisely and reimagining the customer experience. a national property and casualty insurer.

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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. So, will Apple make it to a $2 trillion valuation? Apple stock is trading at about $446 as of Tuesday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

In a blog post , the company said that with this most recent round, it has raised more than $480 million and that its valuation now surpasses $3 billion. “Since our founding in 2011, we’ve remained completely dedicated to our customers’ security and success.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider TripActions led this week’s B2B venture capital roundup with its announcement of new funding that propelled its valuation to $4 billion. PYMNTS looks at other industry players around the globe that caught investors’ attention below. TripActions.

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Boston Startup CFO

APRIL 12, 2024

409A / Valuations Leveraging our expertise and industry knowledge, we will conduct thorough assessments to determine the fair market value of your company, ensuring compliance with regulations and helping you make informed decisions related to stock options, equity compensation, and financial reporting.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As a multiple of forward 12-month earnings, the subindex of oil-and-gas exploration companies in the S&P 500 fetches half the valuation fetched pre-pandemic and about half of what the S&P 500 goes for. Despite the rally, oil-and-gas companies are still cheap. Yet the bullish outlook for oil presents another kind of conundrum.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

Flipkart continues to leverage its culture of innovation to accelerate growth and enable millions of customers, sellers, merchants and small businesses to prosper and be a part of India’s digital transformation,” Judith McKenna, president and CEO of Walmart International said in the announcement.

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This would notably contribute to the divergence in ratings trajectories between higher-rated issuers and more leveraged issuers at the lower end of the spectrum, the firm added. Property crisis in China not only remains a key risk for the country's economy but also becomes part of the top 2024 macro-credit risks.

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E78 Partners

AUGUST 21, 2023

Macro Investment Market Challenges a Headwind for Private Equity Valuations Private Equity Sponsors are facing their most challenging valuation market since the great recession of 2008-09. Heightened inflation and interest rates will continue to be valuation headwinds.

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Spreadym

OCTOBER 27, 2023

EBITDA is often used in financial analysis and business valuation because it provides a more standardized and consistent measure of a company's operating performance, especially when comparing companies with different capital structures or when assessing their ability to generate cash from operations. Ignores Taxes: EBITDA excludes taxes.

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CFO Share

MAY 6, 2022

The sooner your exit, the less risk meaning you get a higher valuation. This is closely related to leverage and measures the total debt relative to the amount of investment and earnings retained over time. Assuming that the business is a success, how long until the exit or sale of the business? Three years? Five years?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Marqeta said that Goldman Sachs “will leverage our modern card issuing platform” to introduce digital checking accounts to Marcus customers, according to a Marqeta blog post on Thursday (Jan. Marqeta is planning to file for an initial public offering (IPO) this year on a possible valuation of about $10 billion.

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Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 27, 2023

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, in 2022, Eric and his wife Kali faced a tumultuous year the firm dipped from $600,000 to $500,000 of revenue run rate in just the first few months and because it coincided with the arrival of their first child they didn’t have the bandwidth and capacity to adapt, how, to help with capacity constraints, (..)

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

FinTech firms and government bodies are responding to the wave of cybercrime by developing new anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) technologies, particularly those leveraging biometric authentication factors. billion by 2024. Around The Digital ID World. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

billion valuation as of February. “In In order to support our employees and former employees as they navigate the impact of COVID-19, we did complete a secondary offering recently,” a Toast spokesman told CNBC, although he didn’t confirm the $8 billion valuation. SharesPost said that gave Toast a $4.9 Island Grill in Kansas City, Mo.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

The deal would give SoFi a post-money valuation in excess of $8.65 Founded in 2011, SoFi has worked to leverage lending after the 2008 financial crisis, focusing on student loan refinancing. Social Capital Hedosophia is one of three special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on the lookout for investment opportunities.

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VCFO

MARCH 9, 2023

This support started with their basic needs (AP/payroll/benefits and talent management/compliance) and expanded as Schoox grew to add strategic modeling, support during valuations and due diligence, investor reporting and creating both a business and employer brand.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

Next, came a new solution, Datarails Connect , which leverages Excel's success to transform it into a kind of self-service BI solution, enabling finance professionals to become truly independent by connecting their entire data stack to Excel in a simple and self-service manner.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

If it is approved, the company’s estimated valuation of $315 billion would likely be slashed. The key is that consumer lending shouldn’t be over-leveraged,” he said. Wang Zhen, a Shanghai-based analyst with UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Ltd., told Bloomberg on Monday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitsui Sumitomo is one of the best when it comes to risk management and shares our desire to leverage data and analytics to create better outcomes for homeowners,” said Assaf Wand , CEO and co-founder of Hippo. Hippo also raised $150 million in July, which brought its valuation to $1.5 billion at that time.

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Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

Prior to founding New Mountain Capital in 1999, he was co-founder of the Leverage Buyout Group of Goldman Sachs, where he did $3+ billion of transactions before joining Forstmann Little as a partner, where he oversaw $10+ billion in capital. Expectations for Q4 S&P 500 earnings have plunged from 4.8% y/y growth in late September to a -4.9%

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

I believe the value of Grubhub to Walmart is that they could leverage Grubhub for delivering food and groceries.” billion valuation is down from a high of $13 billion last year. Ladd indicated he spoke with Walmart insiders about the possible purchase in December. It has since been joined by Uber Eats, DoorDash, Postmates and others.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Ranchere said that’s most observable in the world of challenger banks, as investors reevaluate the core value such firms offer — and their sky-high valuations. For example, Monzo raised funds at a lower valuation level after recently announcing some layoffs. There was no shortage of news in the challenger-banking space this week.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

percent by 2027, when it will reach a total valuation of $87.6 Leveraging Payments To Unify The Transit Experience. Among all the tools at merchants’ disposal to help accomplish this feat, smart routing is rapidly gaining traction. It is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

as well as other new and existing investors, also participated in the round, which brings Figure’s total amount raised to more than $225 million and its valuation to $1.2 MUFG Innovation Partners Co., and abroad.”. “One Figure is leading that transition from the front and is bringing radical change to finance and lending markets.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

According to recent data from Moody’s investor services, corporate leverage in the U.S. All in, the leveraged loan market in the U.S. leveraged loans outstanding, and the loans themselves are a small portion of their total commercial and industrial loan exposures. “If operating conditions in the U.S. “U.S.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Jack Sweeney Doug Lindroth discusses the changing landscape of software company valuation, emphasizing the need for balanced growth, operational efficiency, free cash flow, and positive earnings to attract investors. which would ultimately acquire Memec only 2 years later. Lindroth: Tealium is a Software-as-a-Service company.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Platform assets can be leveraged, can scale, can be used to create ancillary businesses. We’ll leave the valuation questions on the Street for those who live and die by the Street. That includes vetting each side of the transaction — ascertaining that people are who they say they are, and of course facilitating transactions.

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Future CFO

JULY 22, 2021

SPACs are set to challenge both corporate and PE buyers for the best assets, pressuring dealmakers to prioritise revenue growth over cost synergies to justify high valuations and to create greater value for their organisations,” said Brian Levy, Global Deals Industries Leader, Partner, PwC US. Outlook highlights.

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Future CFO

JULY 9, 2023

Despite dwindling deal numbers, lucrative M&A opportunities continue to be available for those with the appetite and eye for lower valuations. They become transformational by leveraging new technology, processes or operating models from one business into the combined business. billion, according to Dealogic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

It notched an $800 million valuation after its Series E funding round, the article said. AvidXchange, for instance, worked with Fifth Third Bank to enhance business-to-business (B2B) payments while leveraging the inherent capabilities in the RTP network from The Clearing House.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

That deal put Jio’s valuation at $65 billion, according to the Financial Times. 30 announcement follows General Atlantic’s 6,598 crore investment in Jio Platforms, a Reliance subsidiary that operates India's largest mobile network. In May, General Atlantic closed an $870 million deal for a 1.3 and other tech firms. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The system will allow residents to register for public meetings, upload their information on government websites and gain entry into public facilities, and the city plans to leverage blockchain technology to keep the program secure. billion by 2025 — a staggering amount of growth from its current valuation of $5.4

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2019

The investment gives Uber ATG a valuation of $7.25 The investment in the newly formed unit aims to speed up the development and commercialization of automated ridesharing services. Under the terms of the deal, Toyota and DENSO will invest $667 million and the SoftBank Vision Fund will invest $333 million.

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