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Private Equity Trends

In this M&A Science Academy course, Michael Frankel, Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital, dives into current and upcoming private equity trends. Learn about the overlap between private equity and venture capital efforts, common trends during a down market, and portfolio operations.

What you’ll learn

  • The Gap Left by VC
  • Portfolio Operations
  • Down Market Trends
  • The Broken Toys of PE

Course content

VCs competing with PEs

PE's diligence focus in venture-like deals

Adding VCs into the hunting environment to find higher-growth companies

An thesis overlap between VC and PE

VC gaps

Q&A with Michael Frankel

Who is this course for

This course is intended for anyone interested in current PE trends (q2 2023), and how PE and VC are overlapping.

Instructor

Michael Frankel
Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital

Michael Frankel is Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital. He has held c-level executive roles (corporate development, strategy/innovation, CFO, COO) at large and small growth companies. He is a Corporate Development, Innovation, Strategy and Corporate Venture leader who has driven disruptive innovation and aggressive growth/expansion at global technology, information services and professional services companies including Deloitte, LexisNexis Group, IRI, GE Capital and VeriSign. Michael has extensive experience sourcing, leading and negotiating 110+ transactions, as well as integration planning, management, product development, strategic planning and portfolio management.

Badges

Upon completion, Academy members will receive a "Private Equity Trends" course badge.

Have any questions?

What is the M&A Science Academy?

The M&A Science Academy is an online-platform where you can access courses taught by M&A professionals. The courses cover a wide variety of M&A topics such as integration, divestitures, due diligence, management styles, and more.

The M&A Science Academy includes courses from M&A experts who are eager to share their stories, failures, and successes.

Our goal is to provide users with knowledge from industry practitioners that can be applied to their own practices.

Where can I watch the courses?

All courses are available 24/7 on the M&A Science Thinkific page.

Which courses are right for me?

The M&A Science Academy courses were created to cover a range of topics based upon common M&A challenges. We are going to be adding new content regularly so feel free to explore new areas!

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