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Financial services tech firms attract investors

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:35:01 GMT

Banks have spent nearly two years downsizing through workforce reductions and other cost-cutting measures. Now many are turning to technology to further drive efficiency and to help maintain service levels. That in turn is attracting a variety of investors to financial services technology, or fintech, firms with the tools to address those needs. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Jeff Bistrong, managing director with the middle market-focused investment bank Harris Williams & Co., says Xerox Corp's (NYSE:XRX) acquisition of Affiliated Computer Systems Inc. (NYSE:ACS) and Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DELL) of Perot Services Corp. (NYSE:PER) qualify as examples with both targets offering some fintech services. But Bistrong says middle market firms and private equity investors are also driving fintech transactions. See the video below or download it at iTunes.- Suzanne Stevens

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Technology M&A's tipping point

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:19:01 GMT

The technology M&A marketplace is set for a rebound, driven by a convergence of higher stock prices and a willingness among buyers to "loosen the purse strings" after months of cash conservation. So says Jeff Bistrong, managing director with the middle market-focused investment bank Harris Williams & Co. In this edition of Inside the Deal, Bistrong says the result is an increase in stock deals and transformational acquisitions. - Suzanne Stevens

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Harris Williams' Harris on middle market deals

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:06:01 GMT

Middle market M&A dealflow is poised for a rebound in the second half of the year, says Harris Williams co-founder Hiter Harris in this edition of Inside The Deal. Harris explains to The Deal's middle market editor Nathaniel E. Baker, how a convergence of factors (a pent-up supply of deals along with strong demand from strategic and--particularly--financial buyers) have his firm believing the second half of 2009 will be vastly different from the first. See the video above or download this video at iTunes.

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Apture helps media, one link at a time

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:01:17 GMT

In this episode our Behind the Money online video show, Tristan Harris, co-founder and CEO of Apture Inc., tells The Deal how informal chats with fellow students at Stanford University, who happened to be world-class journalists, led to the birth of his San Mateo, Calif., startup. Apture, which has developed a clever technique for adding relevant links to Web pages and has attracted an impressive roster of customers, including the Washington Post Co., Reuters and the BBC, recently raised a $4.1 million Series A round led by early-stage venture capital firm Clearstone Venture Partners. Harris was introduced to the partners at Clearstone by JT Batson, head of business development for the Rubicon Project, a Los Angeles startup in Clearstone's portfolio. Click here for a Q&A with Clearstone partner David Stern on why the firm is backing Apture. The startup was seeded in the summer of 2007 with $500,000 from individual investors, including VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW) CEO Paul Martiz, former Boston Globe executive vice president Steve Taylor and former Warburg Pincus managing director Beau Vrolyk. (The Deal Pipeline subscribers can learn more about Apture and its funding here.) In the video, Tristan (pictured) says that Apture was hatched over informal conversations with Pam Maples, assistant managing editor of The Dallas Morning News, and Martin Turner, Americas bureau chief of the British Broadcasting Corp., both of whom were Stanford University Knight Fellows in 2006 when Harris was a Mayfield Fellow with the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. Watch the video below or download it on iTunes.

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Decade of The Deal: AOL & Time Warner marriage

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:52:03 GMT

Wenda Harris Millard recalls her initial feelings about the merger of AOL and Time Warner, in this episode of Decade of The Deal, from TheDeal.com.

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Inside The Deal: Harris Williams' Jeffery Bistrong on M&A under President Obama

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:31:18 GMT

We could see fewer transformative acquisitions if President-elect Barack Obama moves forward with the economic agenda he touted on the campaign trail, Jeffery Bistrong, a managing director with the middle-market M&A advisory firm Harris Williams & Co., tells The Deal's Suzanne Stevens in this episode of Inside The Deal.

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