Navigating the PE and M&A Landscapes: Insights for Founders

Navigating the PE and M&A Landscapes: Insights for Founders

Author: Burkland October 5, 2023 Duration: 26:37
In this episode, we start by diving into the complexities founders face when navigating private equity (PE) interest. Next, we discuss M&A activity and areas that are critical for founders to address. Founders will learn what they should be looking for around both PE and M&A deals. Our guest, Gaurav Bhasin of Allied Advisers, shares helpful tactical advice. He also sheds light on the current fundraising market and advises founders on how to approach fundraising in this environment.

Gaurav Bhasin has vast expertise in valuations, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking, strategic partnerships, and business strategy, he’s also a Forbes Council Member and frequent contributor to Crunchbase News. You can find two recent articles on Gross Profit Margin and what to do when A Strategic or PE Firm Wants to Buy Your Company.


Join us as we discuss:
  • How a founder should approach PE interest and a potential investment
  • Tactical M&A advice on all the aspects of a deal
  • Today's fundraising market and how to navigate it
  • Advice for early-stage founders

Gaurav is the Managing Director at Allied Advisers; a global technology advisory firm. Gaurav’s clients range from startups with dreams to capture the world, to a vertical SaaS client whose last valuation was 1.5 billion dollars.

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