Venture Capital: Valuing Early-Stage Portfolio Companies in a Slowing Deal Environment
The first half of 2023 shows a continuing shift in the landscape of early-stage venture capital (VC) deals. Amidst an environment of high interest rates and increased portfolio company cash burn, VC funds are deploying capital more carefully. This has had a noticeable impact on angel and seed-stage deals. According to Pitchbook’s Q2 2023 US […]
Houlihan Capital’s Quarterly SPAC Report – Q2 2023 Update
Houlihan Capital is pleased to announce the publication of our newest quarterly report for the SPAC industry. This report provides: Quarterly Statistics De-SPAC Performance – Closed Business Combinations Cash for Close Trends – Redemptions, PIPEs Competition for De-SPAC – Searching Capital IPO Trends To access the report, please click HERE. If you would like to […]
Houlihan Capital acted as financial advisor and provided a Fairness Opinion to Avalon Acquisition Inc.
Houlihan Capital acted as financial advisor and provided a Fairness Opinion to Avalon Acquisition Inc. (“Avalon”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. Avalon announced that at a stockholder special meeting held on June 6, 2023, Avalon’s stockholders voted to approve its proposed business combination with The Beneficient Company Group, L.P., a technology-enabled platform providing […]
Quarterly Industry Report Updates are Available for Q1 2023
Houlihan Capital provides Quarterly Updates on the following industries as of March 31, 2023. Information includes valuation metrics, performance data and M&A activity. Click on the following links below to access reports for the following industries: Aerospace, Defense & Government Asset Management Banking Building Products Business Services Cannabis Chemicals Consumer Products Containers, Packaging and Paper […]
FASB’s Proposed Updates to GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy related to ASU on Crypto Assets
On March 23, 2023, The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued proposed updates to the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) Financial Reporting Taxonomy related to a Proposed Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) on Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Crypto Assets. (1) The proposed updates would create Subtopic 350-60 of U.S. GAAP, and it would apply to all entities […]