After two years of muted dealmaking by private equity sponsors, we have seen a healthy pickup in M&A and IPO activity and expect more momentum through next year. 

Despite broader market volatility, transaction activity across both evergreen and secondary strategies has remained resilient.

The Jefferies 2025 Public Tech Conference brought together top bankers, investors, founders, and tech executives to discuss the sector’s key trends and developments. The insights below are drawn from interviews and panels with conference attendees. When tariff announcements rattled markets in early April, no sector took a bigger hit than technology. Public tech stocks fell […]

At last year’s Private Growth Conference, expectations were high that the IPO market would reopen — and by year’s end, the data looked encouraging. The Jefferies 2025 Private Growth Conference brought together hundreds of top bankers, investors, founders, and tech executives to discuss the sector’s key trends and developments. The insights below are drawn from […]

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.

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

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 […]