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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

With over three decades of experience in private equity investments, acquisitions and mergers, Mark Hauser has developed a keen ability to recognize trends and do his due diligence. Their investment supported Stat Health’s recapitalization, alongside Spanos Barber Jesse & Co.

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How To Choose An M&A Advisor When You’re Selling Your ‘Baby’

YoungUpstarts

For a young entrepreneur, the mergers and acquisitions process can be exciting and potentially lucrative but it can also be the source of considerable stress. During a transaction, company owners and founders are often bombarded with countless questions and requests for information under a strict timeframe. and abroad.

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Leading Visual Content Creation App Developer Lightricks Raises $130 Million Series D

The Startup Magazine

Now nearly a “double unicorn,” the company plans to use the new investment to further grow its business operations and expand its current suite of mobile applications. The new Series D round includes $100 million in primary and $30 million in secondary funding, elevating Lightricks’s total funding to $335 million.

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DEALMAKING 101: THREE TIPS FOR FOUNDERS

Scott Edward Walker

For nearly eight of those years I worked at two prominent law firms in New York City, where I predominately handled major M&A transactions. For the bulk of my career, I have been representing startups and emerging-growth companies in seed financings, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactions.

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Just this week they announced a merger with a Greek shell company as a fast track to going public. 4:30PM Hilton?—?Salon

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Acquihires 101: Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

The purpose of this post is briefly (i) to provide an overview of acquihires and (ii) to discuss the significant legal issues that founders must address. As discussed below, this structure exposes the founders to potential legal liability resulting from their breach of fiduciary duties as directors and/or executive officers.

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Venture Capitalists, Super Angels and the State of Startup Funding

mashable.com

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.