Boardroom Intelligence

The serial entrepreneur — best known for founding and selling Diapers.com and Jet.com — shared insights on his latest venture: a food service platform that’s redefining restaurant economics.

Both sponsors and strategics are eager to transact, and with the right conditions, many expect activity to pick up. The question is whether recent volatility will get in the way.

As reported by Jefferies, global secondary volume hit a record of $162 billion last year, a 45% increase over 2023. Here’s what’s fueling the trend.

At Jefferies’ Private Growth Conference, sector leaders discussed the trajectory of AI adoption and how it’s shaping dealmaking in 2025.

The cybersecurity sector is rapidly transforming, spurred by the transition from cloud-based to AI-native technologies and the urgency for governments to shore up national security vulnerabilities. Jefferies Managing Director Tim Roepke believes some cybersecurity companies are so valuable – and critical to the technology ecosystem – that they are fundamentally shifting the deal landscape and […]

We recently spoke with Evan Osheroff, Jefferies’ Managing Director of Software Investment Banking, to get his take on what’s shaping the technology market and where it’s headed.

In 2024, 338 companies went public on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and BSE, raising a record $21 billion. By year’s end, India was one of the world’s hottest IPO markets, with its volume matching the combined total of China and Hong Kong. More recently, though, Indian public markets have lost steam. The […]

Just two months into the new U.S. presidential administration, the conversation—and regulatory framework—around energy is shifting dramatically. Yet global energy trends unfold along much different trajectories and timelines than those governing politics. According to Pete Bowden, Jefferies’ Global Head of Industrial, Energy & Infrastructure Investment Banking, this is why most energy investors and leaders with […]

Ahead of this year’s conference, we sat down with Dominic Lester, EMEA Head of Investment Banking; Edward Keen, Head of Equities EMEA; and Lorna Shearin, Deputy Head of EMEA Investment Banking, to discuss the themes shaping the European mid-cap landscape and what to expect from the event.