Merger and Acquisition News

The Federal Reserve announced yesterday a 25-basis-point cut in interest rates, lowering the federal funds rate to a range of 4% to 4.25%, marking its first rate reduction this year amid signs of a softening labor market and persistent inflation concerns. For owners of IT and digital marketing firms, this move could be pivotal.

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As consolidation increases across tech-enabled businesses, buyers are now weighing other multipliers alongside EBITDA. The buyers are seeking “operational maturity.” Operational maturity is the measure of a business to function without the business owner, grow, and integrate with a new organization.

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You can't and you won't sell your business in 2025. This will soon be a reality. The average M&A timeline in IT spans five to eight months, and as we move through summer, the window to close a transaction in 2025 is narrowing.

Today, IT ExchangeNet announced the acquisition of Paragon by SilverTech, a national digital experience agency headquartered in Manchester, NH. Based in Cleveland, Paragon is a digital consultancy focused on customer experience, marketing technology, and digital strategy. For more than 30 years, Paragon has delivered human-centered digital solutions to a wide range of clients in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and other sectors.

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