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The VDR is considered the industry standard when looking to raise capital and the sooner you know how each one works, and the best way to leverage them, the sooner you can put together your investor-ready due diligence package.

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The $730 billion of private equity transactions registered in 2022 makes it the second most active year for the private equity industry this decade. If private equity is booming, so too is private equity due diligence.

The pitch deck is a short presentation which has become central to the startup funding process. With the biggest venture capital companies receiving hundreds of these documents every day, ensuring that a pitch deck stands out from the rest - in content, message, and appearance - is a crucial step in achieving startup funding.

Venture capital firms play a crucial role in the success of their portfolio companies. If investors expect their port-cos' to hit a home run, they must provide more than just cash to build a thriving business.

M&A conferences can be a beneficial way to gain insights on the current M&A environment and its challenges, as well as learning from the perspective of a diverse group of speakers and attendees.

A large majority of successful startups have been backed by venture capital firms. FirmRoom works with startups looking for funding, as well as venture capital investors vetting a startup, to ensure their capital flows to suitable business ideas. 

Information at the right time is everything in M&A. Learning about an attractive company or industry segment before everyone else at least opens the option to buyers to gain first mover advantage. All the names on this list represent excellent resources for serious M&A practitioners.

The use of startup consulting firms can be helpful for short term, targeted work. Hire startup consultants that can help you with an aspect of your business that has been identified as a weakness, or an area that those involved do not know much about.

M&A continues to become more complex. M&A teams are leaning away from traditional methodologies and towards boutique M&A consulting firms. In this article, we will dive into what that means and some of the notable examples.

M&A consulting thrives when deal activity thrives. Although 2022 saw global dealmaking topping off at $3.63 trillion - a notable drop-off from 2021, which was a bumper year for M&A transactions - this figure on its own gives a snapshot into the scale of the M&A consulting industry, and the returns on offer for those that can source deals.

These are only a few of the largest M&A deals expected to close in 2023. As more industries, such as biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals, that have not traditionally been involved in M&A deals, start to dip their toes in the water of mergers and acquisitions, the industry will continue to diversify and grow.