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Dead Deal Report: Unpacking 2023’s Broken LOIs

Kaitlinn Thatcher
February 13, 2024

There are numerous factors that can lead to the breakdown of a deal, including financing challenges, discrepancies in EBITDA evaluations,…

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Overheard at Axial – Market Insights From Top Lower Middle Market Dealmakers

Over the past 6 months, the business development team at Axial held 5,301 calls and in-person meetings with our members…

2023 Thanksgiving M&A Report

Over the last 12 months, 10,009 deals have been brought to market via the Axial platform. With Thanksgiving this coming…

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Middle Market Review Magazine, Volume 1

We are excited to share the first issue of Middle Market Review Magazine! This eBook contains our most-read pieces from…

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Axial’s 2023 Independent Sponsor Report: Summary & Analysis

In recent years, Independent Sponsors have emerged as a formidable force in the M&A economy. Over the last three years,…

Unpacking 2022’s Dead Deals and Broken LOIs

The 2022 M&A environment starkly contrasted with 2021, and reports indicate the overall market contracted ~25% YoY. On Axial’s lower…

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Three Takeaways for Lower Middle Market Business Owners from Bain’s 2022 Annual M&A Report

Bain’s annual in-depth recap of the year in M&A is now out. Because Bain is decidedly “up-market” from the lower…

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Close Rates in Lower Middle Market Sell-Side M&A

Evaluating sell-side M&A advisors has some striking similarities to how baseball players get evaluated. In baseball, coaches, scouts and analysts…

Axial Industry & Pursuit Reports [2022]

Despite economic turmoil, inflation, global supply chain challenges, and geopolitical tension, lower middle market deal flow has remained fairly strong…

Axial’s Top 2022 Roundtable Discussions

2022 has been a rollercoaster of a year, and dealmakers have been doing their best to stay apprised of everything…

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