How to Secure Communications With a VDR When Pitching to VCs
For startups, a pitch deck and supporting materials are crucial to their case for funding. In order to separate your business from competitors and attract interest, these materials ...
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Virtual Data Room Security: A Look at Cloud vs. On-Premises Solu...
Users of a virtual data room (VDR) interact with it on a screen, via a desktop computer or other device. The VDR itself, however, must be hosted on a server, which must be controlled ...
How is COVID-19 Affecting the Global M&A Market?
Since first identified in China in late December 2019, the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe. Many U.S. schools, public buildings and businesses have ...
10 Boutique Advisory Firms Any High-Growth Startup CEO Should Kn...
High-growth startups begin with big plans. Not only are these organizations focused on launching a new idea and building relationships, they’re also experimenting with scalability. ...
3 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Up a Virtual Data Room
Virtual data rooms offer a digital alternative to the physical data room. When used correctly, VDRs can ensure that security, privacy and confidentiality standards are maintained ...
How to Implement Virtual Data Rooms to Improve Clinical Research...
Clinical research organizations handle large quantities of data, much of which is subject to various privacy rules. While digital tools exist to help researchers handle data securely, ...
How to Balance Security Needs and Usability When Assessing a Vir...
All virtual data room providers promise a high level of security in their VDR. Most software delivers on this promise when compared to common alternatives like Google Drive or ...
Government Contracts? These 10 Advisory Firms Can Help
Merger and acquisition activity in the government contracting market has increased over the past few years. Companies look to strengthen their own positions and respond to market ...
5 Deals That Indicate SaaS Could Be the Next Big M&A Target
“Software is eating the world,” venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote in a 2011 Wall Street Journal op-ed. Nearly 10 years later, it appears that software may be eating ...
What M&A Advisors Can Learn from the Viacom-CBS Merger
After announcing plans to merge in August 2019, CBS and Viacom completed the deal a few months later, in December 2019. The relationship between the two companies, however, has a much ...
How Virtual Deal Rooms Help Teams Meet Due Diligence Requirement...
Due diligence ensures that parties to a transaction share a baseline understanding of essential facts.Reaching this baseline, however, can be challenging. A large volume of ...
22 Advisory Firms Shaping Biotech Mergers
2019 is on track to be a record year for biotech mergers and acquisitions. This year, Big Pharma is up against a number of roadblocks, like pricing constraints and expiring patents. ...
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How to Secure Communications With a VDR When Pitching to VCs
For startups, a pitch deck and supporting materials are crucial to their case for funding. In order to separate your business from competitors and attract interest, these materials ...
Virtual Data Room Security: A Look at Cloud vs. On-Premises Solu...
Users of a virtual data room (VDR) interact with it on a screen, via a desktop computer or other device. The VDR itself, however, must be hosted on a server, which must be controlled ...
How is COVID-19 Affecting the Global M&A Market?
Since first identified in China in late December 2019, the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe. Many U.S. schools, public buildings and businesses have ...
10 Boutique Advisory Firms Any High-Growth Startup CEO Should Kn...
High-growth startups begin with big plans. Not only are these organizations focused on launching a new idea and building relationships, they’re also experimenting with scalability. ...
3 Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Up a Virtual Data Room
Virtual data rooms offer a digital alternative to the physical data room. When used correctly, VDRs can ensure that security, privacy and confidentiality standards are maintained ...
How to Implement Virtual Data Rooms to Improve Clinical Research...
Clinical research organizations handle large quantities of data, much of which is subject to various privacy rules. While digital tools exist to help researchers handle data securely, ...
How to Balance Security Needs and Usability When Assessing a Vir...
All virtual data room providers promise a high level of security in their VDR. Most software delivers on this promise when compared to common alternatives like Google Drive or ...
Government Contracts? These 10 Advisory Firms Can Help
Merger and acquisition activity in the government contracting market has increased over the past few years. Companies look to strengthen their own positions and respond to market ...
5 Deals That Indicate SaaS Could Be the Next Big M&A Target
“Software is eating the world,” venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote in a 2011 Wall Street Journal op-ed. Nearly 10 years later, it appears that software may be eating ...
What M&A Advisors Can Learn from the Viacom-CBS Merger
After announcing plans to merge in August 2019, CBS and Viacom completed the deal a few months later, in December 2019. The relationship between the two companies, however, has a much ...
How Virtual Deal Rooms Help Teams Meet Due Diligence Requirement...
Due diligence ensures that parties to a transaction share a baseline understanding of essential facts.Reaching this baseline, however, can be challenging. A large volume of ...
22 Advisory Firms Shaping Biotech Mergers
2019 is on track to be a record year for biotech mergers and acquisitions. This year, Big Pharma is up against a number of roadblocks, like pricing constraints and expiring patents. ...
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How is COVID-19 Affecting the Global M&A Market?
Since first identified in China in late December 2019, the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe. Many U.S. schools, public buildings and businesses have ...
How to Balance Security Needs and Usability When Assessing a Vir...
All virtual data room providers promise a high level of security in their VDR. Most software delivers on this promise when compared to common alternatives like Google Drive or ...
Government Contracts? These 10 Advisory Firms Can Help
Merger and acquisition activity in the government contracting market has increased over the past few years. Companies look to strengthen their own positions and respond to market ...
What M&A Advisors Can Learn from the Viacom-CBS Merger
After announcing plans to merge in August 2019, CBS and Viacom completed the deal a few months later, in December 2019. The relationship between the two companies, however, has a much ...
How Virtual Deal Rooms Help Teams Meet Due Diligence Requirement...
Due diligence ensures that parties to a transaction share a baseline understanding of essential facts.Reaching this baseline, however, can be challenging. A large volume of ...
22 Advisory Firms Shaping Biotech Mergers
2019 is on track to be a record year for biotech mergers and acquisitions. This year, Big Pharma is up against a number of roadblocks, like pricing constraints and expiring patents. ...
Here Are the Biggest M&A Trends to Watch in 2020
Experts in mergers and acquisitions are cautiously optimistic as the calendar turns to 2020. Some industries expect strong M&A activity, while others are prepared for a downturn, ...
How to Set Access Permissions in Your VDR Strategically
Virtual deal rooms (VDRs) have made it easier to negotiate sensitive business deals, prepare for litigation and perform other document-heavy tasks. Rather than requiring participants ...
Mergers and Acquisitions Under Brexit: A Look Back at 2019
In June 2016, voters in the UK announced a desire to leave the European Union by a margin of 1.3 million votes. More than three years later, Brexit has yet to take place — and its ...
What You Need to Know About the WeWork IPO Postponement
In September 2019, WeWork announced first a delay and then a withdrawal of its initial public offering. Although it took place in the middle of significant shakeups at WeWork, the move ...
Did Europe’s M&A Activity Ever Recover After a Slow St...
Mergers and acquisitions in Europe dipped in Q1 of 2019.The looming threat of Brexit played a major role in slowing deal activity, and anti-competition rulings added to market ...
11 Manhattan Financial Advisors You Should Be Following on Linke...
As the only major social media platform focused on professional connections and business relationships, LinkedIn offers a great opportunity to build networks and to learn more about ...
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How is COVID-19 Affecting the Global M&A Market?
Since first identified in China in late December 2019, the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe. Many U.S. schools, public buildings and businesses have ...
How to Implement Virtual Data Rooms to Improve Clinical Research...
Clinical research organizations handle large quantities of data, much of which is subject to various privacy rules. While digital tools exist to help researchers handle data securely, ...
Government Contracts? These 10 Advisory Firms Can Help
Merger and acquisition activity in the government contracting market has increased over the past few years. Companies look to strengthen their own positions and respond to market ...
5 Deals That Indicate SaaS Could Be the Next Big M&A Target
“Software is eating the world,” venture capitalist Marc Andreessen wrote in a 2011 Wall Street Journal op-ed. Nearly 10 years later, it appears that software may be eating ...
A Look at the Biggest Pharmaceutical Mergers and Acquisitions in...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in pharmaceuticals got off to a roaring start in 2019. In the first week of the year, two multi-billion-dollar deals were announced. Together, the ...
How Virtual Boardrooms Empower Modern Company Executives
An effective board of directors is a diverse one. It relies on the expertise of individuals of different backgrounds, skill sets and demographics. In an increasingly global workplace, ...
VDR Checklist: 8 Things to Look for in Virtual Data Room Vendor
Virtual data rooms (VDRs) save businesses valuable time, money and effort. They help companies safely share confidential documents and manage intellectual property concerns.Data ...
Key Trends in Mergers and Acquisitions: Q1 and Q2 2019
Many analysts were optimistic about M&A activity at the start of 2019. Despite recession fears rising during the year, mergers and acquisitions are currently well-positioned to ...
Oil and Gas Industry Is Dealing in Virtual Data Rooms
The oil and gas industry is home to some of the world’s biggest companies, so it should come as no surprise that the industry as also seen some of the world’s largest mergers and ...
Buy-and-Hold Taken to The Next Level by This Mutual Fund
It’s no secret that passive funds have become the norm over the past few years. But they don’t come much more passive than the Voya Corporate Leaders Trust. While the most conservative ...
Why It’s Worth Buying LinkedIn Stocks Now
LinkedIn has had an interesting year. In February, the firm reported its worst trading day ever, wiping $11 billion off the company’s value , and soon after the company reported an ...
Why Are Currency Traders Finding It Hard to Hit Profits?
No matter what name you choose to use – foreign exchange traders or Forex traders, currency traders are finding it hard to hit profits. A currency trader is simply someone who buys, ...
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10 Boutique Advisory Firms Any High-Growth Startup CEO Should Kn...
High-growth startups begin with big plans. Not only are these organizations focused on launching a new idea and building relationships, they’re also experimenting with scalability. ...
Licensing Drugs and Medical Devices with a Virtual Data Room
Any company that works in the biotech industry needs proper data management tools. For them, information security is one of the most important things. When the organization wants to ...
Virtual Data Rooms: Not Just Another File Storage Service
Every PC user needs some form of file storage. Both for personal files and business documents, the demand for cloud storage has grown exponentially over the last decade and especially ...
Benefits of Employing Virtual Data Rooms for Clinical Trials
Clinical trials require the collection of information from volunteers, which may include confidential personal health records and other sensitive information. Researchers are ...
Run a Greener Business with Virtual Data Rooms
Before the creation of commercial computing, businesses were run with pen and paper and used bulky storage methods to store their data. For most people who are entering the work force ...
How Data Rooms Can Be Helpful for Biotech IPOs
Your company’s initial public offering (IPO) is an exciting and important time in any business’s life. The biotech industry is one of the largest within the healthcare sector. Taking ...
Legal Documents Are Better Kept Behind the Doors of Virtual Data...
The development of Virtual Data Rooms (VDRs) has been invaluable in many sectors, but in no sector more so than in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As). Up until the last decade, law ...
Global Pharmaceuticals Relying on Virtual Data Rooms for Data Sh...
The pharmaceuticals industry is vastly different to other industries in how it deals with the challenges of cooperation and competition. One the one hand there is immense competition ...
How to Plan a Good Virtual Data Room
The importance of setting up a virtual data room (VDR) has become apparent over the last decade as they allow for secure file sharing and viewing while you can adjust rules to meet ...
Top API Data Room Integrations that We Need
Data is arguably any modern businesses most valuable asset. You just have to look at any of the ‘unicorns’ (start-ups valued at over $1 billion) to see that their balance sheet isn’t ...
The Fast-Moving Evolution of Virtual Data Rooms
It is impossible to argue against the fact that they way in which we communicate with each other has changed significantly over the last ten years. The shift has been driven by the ...
The Future of Data Rooms Transactions
As the market for virtual data rooms continues to grow and expand into each and every sector of the digital corporate world, what potential is there for the virtual data room industry ...
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How is COVID-19 Affecting the Global M&A Market?
Since first identified in China in late December 2019, the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has spread rapidly across the globe. Many U.S. schools, public buildings and businesses have ...
What M&A Advisors Can Learn from the Viacom-CBS Merger
After announcing plans to merge in August 2019, CBS and Viacom completed the deal a few months later, in December 2019. The relationship between the two companies, however, has a much ...
Did Europe’s M&A Activity Ever Recover After a Slow St...
Mergers and acquisitions in Europe dipped in Q1 of 2019.The looming threat of Brexit played a major role in slowing deal activity, and anti-competition rulings added to market ...
5 Startups Taking An Acquisition-Based Approach to Growth in 201...
It's common to see mega-tech companies buy up smaller startups as part of their growth strategies. Larger corporations that can afford to acquire businesses with a competitive edge ...
Virtual Data Rooms: How to Make Your Tax Season Less Stressful
The end of the tax year is always a stressful one for any business. Making any kind of mistake on your reports or income statements for the tax season can lead to big consequences. So ...
The Importance of Virtual Data Rooms for Financial Reporting
Financial reporting is an integral part of the upkeep of your business and is often required by shareholders. Creating these reports can involve compiling financial statements, ...
What Collaboration on Data Rooms Means for Real Estate
It’s no secret that the real estate market (including commercial, residential and industrial real estate) is one of the biggest industries in the world. In spite of fears of a repeat ...
The Role of Virtual Data Rooms in Business Confidentiality
Confidentiality of documents can often be important in a deal. However, keeping your documents secure can be tricky, because so many highly used data sharing and storing methods are ...
The Benefits of Virtual Data Rooms in Real Estate Deals
Growth over the past few years in various real estate markets around the world has led to fears of a repeat of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. While you might think that we ...
How Multimillion-Dollar Virtual Data Rooms’ Market Has Gr...
The birth and commercialization of cloud computing software over the last 15 years has given rise to a number of powerful storage and sharing tools. Virtual Data Rooms (VDRs), are ...
Business Litigation Made Easy with Virtual Data Rooms
Depending which side of the counsel you are sitting on, business litigation has the potential to be a highly costly or lucrative process. Whether it be dealing with breaches of ...
What Will Happen to Trade Deals under Trump?
In his first few months in office, President Trump has made some extraordinary changes. In quick succession, he has introduced a sweeping travel ban , a border wall between the U.S. ...