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9fin reporter Sami Vukelj recently featured insights from our COO and Head of M&A, Wayne Kawarabayashi, about the recovery of #techmna, with volume totaling $238B through September 30, 2024, a 24% increase compared to the same period in 2023. #AI investment opportunities will likely dominate financing activity, but we are also tracking activity in e-commerce, HealthTech, data infrastructure and #fintech, among other sectors. Read more in 9fin’s #privatecredit newsletter, The Unicrunch, here: https://lnkd.in/gckRBXiD

The Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software market is massive and growing, driven by powerful secular tailwinds like an evolving regulatory landscape, high cost of failure and increased attention from key stakeholders. We’re also seeing growing operational challenges driving solution adoption, with organizations increasingly relying on third-party #technology to manage their risk operations including both #software and managed services. With deep expertise in the sector, Chris Appaneal, Wayne Kawarabayashi, Todd Holman and Alexander Despo, provide key insights on notable transactions, trading history and industry trends from this past quarter. Read more in our Q3 #GRC sector brief below. 

The #Construction industry faces a potential $40 trillion shortfall by 2040 without productivity improvements. Barriers like low historical IT investment, #SupplyChain disruptions, labor shortages, and inflation on key construction materials have slowed progress. However, #ConstructionTech (#ConTech) is now attracting #PE and #VC investors eager to deploy #drypowder, with #software and data-driven solutions poised to accelerate adoption and drive strong returns. Take a closer look at some of the latest trends, M&A activity, and companies our dedicated construction technology team – Ted Smith, Phillip Kim, and Jamie Cummings – are tracking in our latest #SectorSpotlight below.

"Financial sponsors are telling us ‘please bring us product because we want to see what’s out there, even if we aren’t as aggressive in our investing activities right now.’” Our Co-founder and President Ted Smith recently discussed the resurgence in #techmna with Iuri Struta of S&P Global which is largely due to #PE firms’ sustained enthusiasm in emerging #tech sectors, like datacenters, #artificialintelligence, and #cybersecurity. Read more on the #DealTrends shaping #TMT here: https://lnkd.in/gZ3ihCBW  

The evolving landscape of drug development in combination with rising cost pressures and regulatory compliance have created an increasingly complex #LifeSciences #SupplyChain. We keep a pulse on each step of the industry’s chain – planning, sourcing, procurement, payment, visibility, #riskmanagement, and everything in between – to dive deeper into the trends defining and driving the market.   Read more about what we’re watching in our latest #SectorSpotlight from team members Alexander Despo, Todd Holman and Wesley O. here: 

Our team will be in Vegas for #fintech's largest event of the year, #Money2020USA! If you're attending, reach out to Chris Appaneal and Alexander Despo to schedule a meeting!

Last week, Managing Director Jon Shalowitz presented on #investments and M&A for #AI startups at AI Product Accelerator's AI Agents Innovation Summit. Jon shared his “straight talk” on how to sell an AI #startup, providing firsthand feedback from his experiences not only as a banker but also as a CEO selling startups throughout his career. Union Square Advisors is proud to support #nextgen AI entrepreneurs as they look to shape the future of emerging #technology! Thank you for hosting us.

We are honored to have served as the exclusive financial advisor to Science Exchange in its sale to Waud Capital Partners. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gjTiY-wW

“The buy versus build question is always going to be something that strategics have to assess and, oftentimes, the buy is going to get you there a lot quicker than the build.” President and Co-founder, Ted Smith appeared on Bloomberg TV's The Close yesterday to discuss how the #election is shaping M&A, the #drypowder waiting to be deployed, why the #healthtech sector is hot and what is driving strategics to return to the marketplace. Watch Ted’s conversation with Scarlet Fu and Romaine Bostick, CFA at: https://lnkd.in/gCSzR8QG

Union Square Advisors’ Managing Director Jon Shalowitz got off to a great start at #Dreamforce 2024 last night with an “Evening on #AI,” sharing his insights on AI market trends, the investment landscape, and the regulatory environment together with AI legal expert and attorney Lily Lim, Jari Salomaa CEO of Valo, and California State Senator Scott Wiener. Thank you Valo for hosting us for an insightful conversation.