Marc PattersoninDataDrivenInvestorThe #1 Capital Raise Mistake — Total Lack of PlanningSave your company significant time and money — avoid the most common capital raise mistake.·4 min read·Feb 26, 2024----
Marc PattersoninDataDrivenInvestorThe Competition for Growth-Stage Investment Capital is Fierce — For a Successful Institutional…Obtaining growth-stage investment capital has always been competitive. However, Growth-Stage companies currently face the most challenging…·10 min read·Jan 19, 2024----
Marc PattersonJump-Starting Private Equity Value Creation: The Crucial Role of Pre-Acquisition Due Diligence and…MACRO INVESTMENT MARKET CHALLENGES A HEADWIND FOR PRIVATE EQUITY VALUATIONS·4 min read·Aug 21, 2023----
Marc PattersonEmerging Managers Facing a Tough Uphill Climb on the Fundraising Trail…Per Fortune, “Emerging Managers are on track to raise less this year than they have in a decade.” A challenging time for a capital raise to…·2 min read·Aug 14, 2023--1--1
Marc PattersonWhy Efficient Cost Management Takes Center Stage for Private Equity Amid Rising Interest Rates —…An Era of ‘Easy Money’ is in the rearview mirror. It’s not coming back anytime soon. Time to adjust to that fact. If you are a Private…·2 min read·Aug 9, 2023--1--1
Marc PattersonSEC is Pointing the Finger at PE, VC, and Hedge Funds…According to The Wall Street Journal, the SEC is coming to help private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund investors.·2 min read·Aug 3, 2023----
Marc PattersonBlackstone Hits $1 Trillion in AUMSo much for the reports of a struggling private equity market…·2 min read·Jul 25, 2023----
Marc PattersonThe Hot Trend in PE… Plumbing???The titans of finance are now courting plumbers and electricians… Yes, you heard that right. Now that the cost of capital (debt) has gone…·2 min read·Jul 14, 2023----
Marc PattersonPrivate Equity Valuations a Roller Coaster — Hold On…Investors often separate private equity from public equity in their thinking and planning. That is a mistake. Private equity valuations…·2 min read·Jul 13, 2023----
Marc PattersonLack of PE Exits Causing a Pile Up?While the private equity deal environment continues to be fairly active, a lack of exits remains an issue. The attaches PitchBook article…·2 min read·Jul 11, 2023----