Have you ever wondered how do middle-market companies find the right investor? How do private equity firms find the right acquisition or investment targets? How do corporates find the right buyer? Well, if you ask traditionally, the answer would be – based on relationships and private networks. However, at Aurigin, we firmly believe connecting with the right investors or corporate deals goes far beyond the traditional boundaries of personal networks, geographies, and sectors. Here’s why – The traditional deal-making process is constrained by high dependencies on in-person meetings, an ..read more

Digital needs are fast rivaling traditional reasons for M&A. Manufacturing companies recognize the vital need to advance their technological strengths and are resorting to inorganic deals to build capabilities quickly enough to ensure they remain relevant and competitive. Several mid-market R&D led businesses are hence becoming great targets and being acquired by larger manufacturers. Technology-based M&A deals are driven by the desire to have connected factories with automation defining every process, thus leading to the convergence of manufacturing and technology. Manufactu ..read more

The manufacturing sector witnessed a year of mixed results in 2019 with several ongoing discussions on whether growth in the sector is merely slowing or is in decline. However, M&A activity tells a different story. In a low growth environment, financial investors with significant funds to deploy continued to drive M&A in 2019, and strategic buyers focused on M&A to accelerate growth and benefit from megatrends. Middle market manufacturers are proactively taking steps to seek value through scale by participating in mergers and acquisitions with similar-size corporations. Moreo ..read more

You might have already heard about the heightened activity in the healthcare business over the last year given so much is happening in the life sciences fronts especially. We too couldn’t avoid noticing this trend as middle-market deal activity in 2019 soared on our platform echoing the general industry trend. Globally, mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences industry set a record high in 2019 by exceeding the $300 billion mark (as recorded by multiple industry sources) and surpassed a previous high that was set in 2014 (as per 2020 EY M&A Firepower report). 2020 too is expecte ..read more

2019 was characterized by several challenges given heightened economic and political uncertainties. Despite continued concerns around trade wars, geopolitical tensions, Brexit and the uncertainty of a looming economic recession, deal activity in the TMT industry continued to stay strong. Middle market transactions on our platform were diverse industry-wise, however, TMT was the largest contributor to our overall deal volume in 2019. Increased focus on digital transformation As per KPMG the overall middle-market aggregate deal value for the TMT industry reached $30.4 billion in Q2’19, compared ..read more

M&A activity in the beauty and personal care market shows no signs of abating. The segment has seen record deal volume in the second quarter of this year according to Intrepid’s Beauty Care M&A Report. M&A transaction volume in the United States is up 18 percent compared to the previous quarter with 33 transactions announced in Q2 2019 alone. While strategics are going after upstart brands and emerging markets, PE groups are recording successful exits in the quarter. Like several other industries, the personal care and beauty industry is facing a wave of change in terms of consumer ..read more

The beauty and personal care market touched a decade-long high last year and is set to grow through 2019, according to Euromonitor International. Global sales of natural cosmetics in particular are expected to reach USD 55 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 5.2 percent. Latin America and Asia Pacific have reported the strongest growth with APAC accounting for one-third of global market value in 2018. In 2018, the percentage of beauty and personal care products sold online accounted for 10 percent of all sales and recorded growth in excess of 20 percent year-on-year. The industry is promising greate ..read more

Acquirers in the F&B sector are taking a measured approach to M&A with fewer deals announced this year compared to 2018. According to William Blair’s 2019 Investment Banking report, consumers are redefining the market as they lean towards on-trend options such as better-for-you foods, protein-rich snack products, and plant-based foods. Duff & Phelps reported that deal activity this year is being driven by strategic buyers (including bolt-on deals) and strategic transactions represent over 90 percent of the total deal flow in the space. Of these deals, 70 percent have been completed ..read more

M&A activity in the food and beverage industry is being driven predominately by strategic acquirers, with strategic acquisitions having represented 89 percent of total deal flow in North America last year, according to Duff & Phelps. In 2019 strategic buyers have continued to account for the largest portion of deal activity, comprising over 90 percent of transactions till date. Capstone Headwaters reported 96 announced or completed transactions in the United States this year, a 23 percent increase compared to the same time in 2018. Segments such as functional foods, meat and dairy alte ..read more

Global packaging M&A activity reduced in the first quarter of 2019, registering approximately USD 802 billion in transactions. Overall transaction value decreased by 15 percent through Q1 2019 compared to the same time period of the previous year. According to EY’s 2019 Packaging Recap, this decrease can be attributed to the stark reduction in the number of megadeals in this quarter. Strategic buyers accounted for 66.5 percent of transaction volume, according to Capstone Headwaters, while private equity firms continued to seek add-on acquisitions, contributing to about 26 percent of transa ..read more