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Horizon Closes Ookla Transaction

On Nov 25, one of Horizon’s clients, Ookla, operator of Speedtest.net, received a minority investment from AVG, the l...

Tags: M&A, client, Ookla, AVG, Speedtest.net, investment
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 month ago

Horizon Closes Credit Loan Transaction

Last Wednesday (6/15/2011), one of Horizon’s clients, Credit Loan LLC, was officially acquired by a strategic buyer.&...

Tags: M&A, acquisition, transaction, client, Credit Loan, CreditLoan, CreditLoan.com, close
Posted by Mike Firmage 8 months ago

Horizon Welcomes Newest Team Member

Horizon Partners is excited to welcome our newest team member, Brian Mathy.  Brian will be an Associate in our S...

Tags: M&A, Team, Associate
Posted by Mike Firmage 8 months ago

LeadsCon - Finalizing Mtg Schedule Now (3/1, 3/2)

The Horizon team will be attending LeadsCon Las Vegas, taking place next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1-2, 2011. ...

Tags: M&A, LeadsCon, Lead Generation
Posted by Mike Firmage 12 months ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The APA, Earn-Out & Retention Payments

...hs.  We have been busy!  The good news: Horizon’s tight schedule is a great sign that the M&A market is picking up, particularly when it comes to middle-market Internet and software deals.I...

Tags: M&A, Transaction Tuesdays, Asset Purchase Agreement, APA, Purchase Price Adjustments, Earn-out, Retention
Posted by Mike Firmage 12 months ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The APA, Consideration; Purchase Price Adjustments; and Escrow Releases

In our last Transaction Tuesdays post (before the Holidays), we continued a section by section analysis of an asset p...

Tags: M&A, Transaction Tuesdays, Net Working Capital, Asset Purchase Agreement, APA, Purchase Price Adjustments, Earn-out, Escrow Release
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 year ago

Horizon Attending Affiliate Summit West in January

Members of the Horizon team will be attending Affiliate Summit West, taking place January 9-11, 2011.  Horizon P...

Tags: M&A, Affiliate Summit
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 year ago

Horizon Attending LeadsCon Las Vegas 2011

The Horizon team will be attending LeadsCon Las Vegas, taking place March 1-2, 2011.  Horizon is sponsoring a co...

Tags: M&A, Interactive Marketing, LeadsCon
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 year ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The APA, Purchase and Sale; Assumption of Liabilities

In our last Transaction Tuesdays post, we continued a section by section analysis of an asset purchase agreement (APA...

Tags: M&A, Transaction Tuesdays, Asset Purchase Agreement, APA, Acquisiton
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 year ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The Asset Purchase Agreement (APA), Definitions

...gal counsel has not done work in the industry in question, yet offers market-leading credentials in M&A, the selection of an industry expert M&A banker becomes even more crucial.Below is a short...

Tags: M&A, Transaction Tuesdays, Asset Purchase Agreement, APA, Definitions
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 year ago

Transaction Tuesdays Series - The Asset Purchase Agreement (APA)

As indicated in our last Transaction Tuesdays post (NWC, Part III), today, we begin a section by section analysis of ...

Tags: M&A, Transaction Tuesdays, Asset Purchase Agreement, APA
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 year ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The Asset Purchase Agreement (APA), Recitals

...ing excluded from the proposed transaction?  While not overly fertile ground for a captivating M&A discussion, Recitals are very important as the preamble to the rest of the agreement.  Abs...

Tags: M&A, Transaction Tuesdays, Recitals, Asset Purchase Agreement, APA
Posted by Mike Firmage about 1 year ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The NWC Adjustment, Part III

This week we wrap our net working capital (NWC) series with a discussion of a common pitfall that sellers should guar...

Tags: M&A, Transaction Tuesdays, Net Working Capital, Deferred Revenue, GAAP
Posted by Mike Firmage over 1 year ago

5 Simple Things Every Entrepreneur Should Do

...e attractive to buyers...and that could improve their performance even if they aren't interested in M&A.  With that in mind, below is a checklist of five things that we encourage every Internet/...

Tags: M&A
Posted by Sandy Kory over 1 year ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The NWC Adjustment, Part II

This week we pick back up Part II of our net working capital discussion with a question:  is it possible for a s...

Tags: M&A, Neutron Interactive, EnticeLabs, Transaction Tuesdays, Net Working Capital, Deferred Revenue
Posted by Mike Firmage over 1 year ago

Transaction Tuesdays - The NWC Adjustment, Part I

....  But that’s not the case.  At Horizon, we have found that many key terms involved in an M&A transaction often come as a surprise to sellers.  As a deal gets into serious due diligenc...

Tags: M&A, Neutron Interactive, EnticeLabs, Transaction Tuesdays, Net Working Capital
Posted by Mike Firmage over 1 year ago

Neutron Interactive Acquires EnticeLabs

Last Friday (10/01/2010), one of Horizon’s clients, Neutron Interactive, officially acquired EnticeLabs, the recruitm...

Tags: M&A, Neutron Interactive, Client, EnticeLabs
Posted by Mike Firmage over 1 year ago

Things Fall Apart, Part V

This is the fifth, and final, post in our series on common mistakes made in mid-market M&A as illustrated by the recent blog post by Backblaze's CEO, Gleb Budman, on the breakdown of his...

Tags: Investment Banking, M&A
Posted by Sandy Kory over 1 year ago

Things Fall Apart, Part IV

This is the fourth post in our series on common mistakes made in mid-market M&A as illustrated by the recent blog post by Backblaze's CEO describing the breakdown of his compa...

Tags: Investment Banking, M&A
Posted by Sandy Kory over 1 year ago

Things Fall Apart, Part III

This is the third in a series using the blog post describing the recent breakdown of Backblaze's M&A process to explore common mistakes made in M&A for mid-market companies.At this point, Back...

Tags: Investment Banking, M&A
Posted by Sandy Kory over 1 year ago

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