Private Equity

Private Equity

2020 saw a temporary halt in deal flow. Most Private Equity (PE) firms found that their portfolios were divided into three categories: the seriously impacted, such as those in travel, bricks and mortar retail, consumer and leisure; those that had a boost from COVID and were in need of more working capital or cash because trade was moving so fast; and those that fell in the middle, where the full impact was still unknown. Now that markets are beginning to recover, funds and advisors are assessing the landscape for deal opportunities. Private equity houses are, unsurprisingly, drawn to tech-enabled businesses that can sustain growth through the current and any future regional or global disruption.

The PE firms have pivoted to more tech-enabled businesses such as e-commerce businesses and online education platforms. Telehealth, e-commerce, pharmaceuticals, foodtech, distribution and delivery are also high on their list. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and IT managed services companies and Cloud implementation is really being pushed, as are infrastructure projects – the logic being that the private sector will need to step in if public sector spending is stretched.

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Our Private Equity clients are mainly across the Consumer Facing Industries.