Florida’s sponsor investment landscape entered 2025 with signs that the cooling trend seen at the end of 2024 may be here to stay. According to the 1H‑2025 Florida Sponsor Report, deal flow dipped slightly to 258 sponsor transactions, down from 273 in 1H‑2024. While the decline is modest, the reasons behind it are more significant—and potentially persistent.
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M&A Outlook 2026: Buckle Up for the Rebound
Instead of risky, one-off transformative moves, 2026 will see a strategic shift toward de-conglomeration. Companies will focus on core strengths, making smaller, complementary acquisitions to achieve rapid expansion and integrate critical technologies.
Q4 2025 Small Business M&A Market Report: Trends & Insights
The Market Is Moving — Fast Q4 has been one of the most active periods we’ve seen this year. According to BizBuySell, 2,599 transactions closed in Q3, an 8% increase year-over-year and 11% higher than Q2. Sellers aren’t waiting for economic uncertainty to clear—they’re moving now. Axial reported 3,320 new deals hitting the market, led […]
Why 2025 is the year to exit
In the last quarter of 2024 with the election on the horizon we saw a pull back in listings. Simple economics is that when supply decreases prices go up. This is a Truth…in all markets the only challendge in a business sale market is that the access to capital to sell a business relies on a bank to provide capital.