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Global Armored Vehicles Market Outlook Report 2024: Emerging & Game Changer Technologies, Enhancements in Mobility, Firepower & Protection, Doctrinal Changes & Capabilities Advancement - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

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Tech-Driven Sustainability and Waste Removal Start-Up CheckSammy Hauls in $15 Million Investment

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

DALLAS, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Addressing driver shortages and sustainable logistics opportunities, the largest sustainability and waste services disrupter, CheckSammy, announces a $15 million strategic investment to bolster its tech stack and better divert waste for customers of all sizes. The equity investment was provided by Zero Infinity Partners and a term debt facility was provided by FirePower Capital and PaceZero Capital Partners. Through its asset-light digital marketplace of haulers, partners and service providers across North America, CheckSammy cost-effectively diverts waste from landfills towards sustainable outcomes. 

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  • DALLAS, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Addressingdriver shortages and sustainable logisticsopportunities, the largest sustainability and waste services disrupter, CheckSammy , announces a $15 million strategic investment to bolster its tech stack and better divert waste for customers of all sizes.
  • Through its asset-light digital marketplace of haulers, partners and service providers across North America, CheckSammy cost-effectively diverts waste from landfills towards sustainable outcomes.
  • CheckSammy brings greater transparency to bulk waste removal and sustainability services by leveraging data to empower fiscally and environmentally responsible decision-making.
  • CheckSammy offers waste removal, recycling and sustainability services throughout North America.

FirePower Capital spins out Spearhead Corporate Development, a human-first, tech-driven buy-side advisory service, and backs it with an initial US$3.2 million investment

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

FirePower Capital (FirePower), an M&A advisor, lender and investor to mid-market companies, today announced the spin-out of its specialized buy-side advisory service under the Spearhead Corporate Development (Spearhead) name.

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  • FirePower Capital (FirePower), an M&A advisor, lender and investor to mid-market companies, today announced the spin-out of its specialized buy-side advisory service under the Spearhead Corporate Development (Spearhead) name.
  • Spearhead builds M&A deal funnels at scale, providing both research, outreach, and advisory.
  • In effect, it helps its clients close more deals by becoming an extension of their corporate development function.
  • It is a member of Mergers Alliance, a global network of 18 M&A advisory firms with offices in 30 countries.

Firepower 2022: biopharmas shift from M&A to strategic partnerships to access external innovation

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Monday, January 10, 2022

Only 9% of biopharma's Firepower was deployed on M&A in 2021, compared with 25% in 2019 and 12% in 2020.

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  • Only 9% of biopharma's Firepower was deployed on M&A in 2021, compared with 25% in 2019 and 12% in 2020.
  • In that context and given the need for external innovation to achieve future growth targets, strategic partnerships will be key for biopharmas.
  • EY research found that since the beginning of 2020, major biopharmas have deployed roughly 1.5 times more Firepower on alliances relative to M&A.
  • In 2020, biopharmas signed 38 alliances with upfront deal values greater than US$100m and four greater than US$1b.

Firepower 2022: biopharmas shift from M&A to strategic partnerships to access external innovation

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Monday, January 10, 2022

NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global life sciences mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity totaled US$219b in 2021, up from US$159b in 2020, mainly driven by medtech (US$111b), according to the 10th edition of the annual EY M&A Firepower report. Biopharma M&A activity in 2021 dropped to one of the lowest levels in a decade, totaling US$108b, down from US$128b in 2020 and US$261b in 2019. That doesn't mean it wasn't an active year for biopharma M&A: 2021 was a volume story. With no megadeal recorded, bolt-ons represented 88% of total deal volume. Biopharma companies closed the year with near-record levels of Firepower, which EY teams define as a company's capacity to do M&A based on the strength of its balance sheet. Only 9% of biopharma's Firepower was deployed on M&A in 2021, compared with 25% in 2019 and 12% in 2020.

Key Points: 
  • Only 9% of biopharma's Firepower was deployed on M&A in 2021, compared with 25% in 2019 and 12% in 2020.
  • In that context and given the need for external innovation to achieve future growth targets, strategic partnerships will be key for biopharmas.
  • EY research found that since the beginning of 2020, major biopharmas have deployed roughly 1.5 times more Firepower on alliances relative to M&A.
  • In 2020, biopharmas signed 38 alliances with upfront deal values greater than US$100m and four greater than US$1b.