EisnerAmper Podcast

Private Equity and Growth Equity Investing in B2B Software and Services Companies

In this episode of Private Equity Dealbook, Elana Margulies Snyderman, Director, Publications, speaks with Dan Raynor, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Argentum Capital Partners, a New York-based growth equity firm that partners with bootstrap entrepreneurs focused on B2B software and services companies. He shares his outlook for investing in those sectors, how if at all higher interest rates and the strong U.S. Dollar has impacted the firm’s ability to finance leveraged equity investments in and bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies, how the economy impacted the financial and operating performance of the portfolio companies and more.

Outlook for Private Equity in Current Macroeconomic Environment

In this episode of Private Equity Dealbook, Elana Margulies Snyderman, Director, Publications, speaks with Pat Crocker, Managing Director, Investment Banking, Cowen. He shares his outlook for the private equity industry this year and M&A activity amid the current macroeconomic environment, including how the environment has impacted transactions, deal valuations, due diligence and more. He also shares his thoughts on how ESG continues to become more prominent in evaluating companies.

Private Debt Investing

In this episode of the Private Equity Dealbook, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Brett Hickey, Founder & CEO of Star Mountain Capital, a New York-based asset management firm focused on the lower middle market. He discusses his outlook for debt investing including the greatest opportunities and challenges. He will also addresses his due diligence process for providing debt financing, how debt agreements have changed, how the firm is addressing ESG and more.

Dealmaking in the Manufacturing & Distribution Industry

In this inaugural episode of the Private Equity Dealbook, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications, EisnerAmper, speaks with Russell Greenberg, Founder & Managing Partner of Altus Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Connecticut that invests in lower middle market manufacturing businesses throughout the U.S.  He discusses share his outlook for dealmaking in manufacturing businesses in North America, including which industries in the sector are poised for strong deal activity, which sectors will face challenges, his due diligence process for buying companies, what the firm is doing to champion ESG and more.