Association for Corporate Growth

The middle-market dealmaking event in Napa Valley facilitated over 1,300 meetings, seeing attendance nearly double since its relocation to the wine country.

Private equity firms are increasingly prioritizing operational improvements and talent acquisition strategies over traditional financial engineering to drive value in their portfolio companies.

Since 2020, private equity has seen high highs and low lows, and in a more competitive and condensed market, firms are having to pull different levers to see value.

Data shared at ACG’s DealMAX conference shows a 23% decline in middle-market private equity deal activity as valuation multiples hold steady at 7.2x.

ACG names Suzie Doran as board chair during its annual conference, highlighting new leadership for the global middle-market M&A and private equity organization.

Latest data on middle-market private equity transactions indicates a period of continued volatility and mixed signals for M&A activity heading into the next fiscal year.