Fintech Monthly Market Update | March 2021
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Fintech Monthly Market Update MARCH 2021 EDITION Leading Independent Advisory Firm Houlihan Lokey is the trusted advisor to more top decision-makers than any other independent global investment bank. Corporate Finance Financial Restructuring Financial and Valuation Advisory 2020 M&A Advisory Rankings 2020 Global Distressed Debt & Bankruptcy 2001 to 2020 Global M&A Fairness All U.S. Transactions Restructuring Rankings Advisory Rankings Advisor Deals Advisor Deals Advisor Deals 1,500+ 1 Houlihan Lokey 210 1 Houlihan Lokey 106 1 Houlihan Lokey 956 2 JP Morgan 876 Employees 2 Goldman Sachs & Co 172 2 PJT Partners Inc 63 3 JP Morgan 132 3 Lazard 50 3 Duff & Phelps 802 4 Evercore Partners 126 4 Rothschild & Co 46 4 Morgan Stanley 599 23 5 Morgan Stanley 123 5 Moelis & Co 39 5 BofA Securities Inc 542 Refinitiv (formerly known as Thomson Reuters). Announced Locations Source: Refinitiv (formerly known as Thomson Reuters) Source: Refinitiv (formerly known as Thomson Reuters) or completed transactions. No. 1 U.S. M&A Advisor No. 1 Global Restructuring Advisor No. 1 Global M&A Fairness Opinion Advisor Over the Past 20 Years ~45% Top 5 Global M&A Advisor 1,000+ Transactions Completed Valued Employee-Owned at More Than $2.5 Trillion Collectively 1,000+ Annual Valuation Engagements Leading Capital Markets Advisor ~$4.5 billion Market Cap North America Europe and Middle East Asia-Pacific Atlanta Miami Amsterdam Madrid Beijing Sydney >$1 billion Boston Minneapolis Dubai Milan Hong Kong Tokyo Annual Revenue Chicago New York Frankfurt Paris Singapore Dallas San Francisco London No Houston Washington, D.C. Debt Los Angeles 2 Global, Market-Leading Fintech Practice There is significant momentum in fintech following a dedicated team build-out across our industry-leading FIG, TMT, and Data & Analytics 75+ Global 50+ franchises, supported further dedicated fintech/FIG single specialized completed or announced by the extensive resources bankers based in London, fintech practice fintech M&A and private New York, Los Angeles, across the world placement transactions and relationships of Houlihan Miami, and San Francisco since the start of 2019 Lokey’s broader global platform. Financial Institutions Technology, Media, and Telecom Product Capabilities Sellside and Private Equity Financial Board and Fairness Opinions Buyside M&A and Debt Capital Restructuring and Special Committee and Valuation Advisory Markets Special Situations Advisory Services 3 Integrated Team Built to Advise Modern Fintech Platforms Fintech Leadership Team Mark Fisher Tim Shortland Rob Freiman Kegan Greene Chris Pedone Managing Director Managing Director Director Director Director [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Additional Senior Industry Bankers and Team Members Jeffrey Levine Andrew Adams Rob Louv Tara Carter Brent Ferrin Christian Kent Craig Muir Gagan Sawhney Global Head, Head, Global Co-Head, Managing Director, Managing Director, Managing Director, Managing Director, Managing Director, Financial Institutions Data & Analytics TMT / Software Data & Analytics Financial Institutions Financial Institutions Data & Analytics Financial Institutions Vik Sood Paul Tracey Eric Weber James Rekas Evan Schutz Rob Hallot Rob Losquadro Matt Capozzi Managing Director, Managing Director, Managing Director, Director, Director, Senior Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President TMT / Software Financial Institutions Financial Institutions Business Services Data & Analytics Data & Analytics Financial Institutions Anna Cotterell Alex Fauron Antoine Marie Aaron Solomon Joe Watson Dakota Frank Andrew Larrabee Jack Denzer Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Associate Associate Financial Analyst 4 How We Look at the Fintech Opportunity Subsector Asset/ Banking/ Capital Corporate/ Data and Insurance Payments Real Estate/ Wealth Lending Markets Diversified Analytics Mortgage has been acquired by a portfolio company of has been acquired by has completed a recapitalization has been acquired by with has been acquired by has agreed to merge with PropTech Transaction Pending Transaction Pending Transaction Pending Transaction Pending has been acquired by Acquisition Corporation via SPAC combination has been acquired by a portfolio company of a portfolio company of a portfolio company of has acquired and a division of has agreed to acquire including has acquired a majority interest in has acquired an investment in has been acquired by has agreed to be acquired by Sellside Advisor Fairness Opinion Sellsidea portfolioAdvisor company of Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Sellsidea portfolioAdvisor company of Sellside Advisor Advisor to Special Committee has agreed to be acquired by has agreed to be acquired by Nordic Capital Select Select Credentials Financial Advisor Sellside Advisor Buyside Advisor Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Buyside Advisor Buyside Advisor Sellside Advisor Illustrative Illustrative Companies BUSINESS MODELS CONVERGING Alternative Financial Services • BPO • Data and Analytics • Software/SaaS • Tech-Enabled Services • Transaction Processing Note: Logos shown for each category are illustrative. 5 Recent Houlihan Lokey Transaction Spotlight has received a minority investment has been acquired by from Transaction Transaction Pending Transaction Pending Transaction Pending a division of has agreed to acquire including Sellside Advisor Financial Advisor and Placement Agent a portfolio company of has agreed to be acquired by has agreed to be acquired by Nordic Capital March MarchBuyside Advisor February Sellside Advisor February December Sellside Advisor Deal Date 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 €2.1 billion C$155 million £508 million $500 million Not Disclosed Deal Value ($2.5 billion) ($121 million) ($686 million) Multi-asset class Technology-driven Tech-enabled Enterprise data Global network trading systems and title, escrow, and buy now, pay later management and of online price connectivity technology closing solutions (BNPL) financing compliance solutions comparison portals for the global capital across origination, solutions for for capital markets, for financial Target markets industry home equity, and consumers and accounting, and services products Description default products merchants insurance industries Geography Financial Advisor and Buyside Advisor Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Placement Agent Houlihan Lokey Role Lokey 6 Proven Fintech Track Record With Exceptional Momentum Transaction Pending has entered into an agreement to sell its minority stake in has been acquired by has invested in has received a $260m structured investment from Macquarie to has received a minority investment has been acquired by from Sellside Advisor Financial Advisor Buyside Advisor and Financing Advisor Sellside Advisor Mar. 2021 Mar. 2021 Feb. 2021 Feb. 2021 Dec. 2020 Dec. 2020 Dec. 2020 Dec. 2020 Dec. 2020 Dec. 2020 has been acquired by has completed a recapitalization Capital Markets Real Estate/Mortgagewith Banking/Lending Data and Analytics Data and Analytics Capital Markets Data and Analytics Corporate/Diversified Asset/Wealth has agreedCorporate/Diversified to merge with PropTech Transaction Pending Transaction Pending Transaction Pending has been acquired by Acquisition Corporation via SPAC combination a portfolio company of a division of has agreed to acquire including Unit4 Wholesale B.V. has been acquired by Protection America Inc. Sellside Advisor Financial Advisor and Placement Agent a subsidiary of Fairness Opinion Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Advisor to Special Committee a portfolio company of has acquired has been acquired by has participated in the has agreed to be acquired by has been acquired by has agreed to be acquired by has Nordicreceived Capital an investment by Minneapolis Grain Exchange a portfolio company of has been recapitalized by has been acquired by Buyside Advisor Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor a portfolio company of a portfolio company of a portfolio company of has been acquired by Series B financing round Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Buyside Advisor Placement Agent Sellside Advisor Financial Advisor Sellside Advisor Sellside Advisor Nov. 2020 Nov. 2020 Nov. 2020 Oct. 2020 Oct. 2020 Oct. 2020 Oct. 2020 Aug. 2020 July 2020 June 2020 Insurance Capital Markets Insurance Data and Analytics Insurance Insurance Corporate/Diversified Capital Markets Corporate/Diversified Asset/Wealth Transaction Pending Unit4 VerzuimSignaal B.V. a subsidiary of has acquired European Servicing the venture capital arm of a portfolio company of has acquired an investment in has acquired a majority stake in Series A has invested in Senior Secured Notes has agreed to be acquired by Growth Capital a leading U.K. pension and Growth Equity has been acquired by investment advisory business Portag3 Ventures II LP $400,000,000 $50,000,000 $40,000,000 Preferred Equity Financial Advisor Financial Advisor Financing Advisor Exclusive Financial Advisor & Placement Agent Financial Advisor Exclusive Placement Agent Sellside Advisor Placement Agent* Sellside Advisor May 2020 Mar. 2020 Mar. 2020 Mar. 2020 Mar. 2020 Feb. 2020 Feb. 2020 Jan. 2020 Dec. 2019 Nov. 2019 Real Estate/Mortgage Asset/Wealth Banking/Lending Asset/Wealth Banking/Lending Asset/Wealth Banking/Lending Banking/Lending Fintech Fund Corporate/Diversified Funds managed by have entered into an agreement to combine a portfolio company of and its wholly-owned subsidiary has been acquired by a portfolio company of