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Fintech M&A roundtable

Fintech M&A roundtable

Source: Finextra roundtable

On 25 September, Finextra hosted a roundtable discussion with a number of leading advisors and investors in the financial technology sector. The discussion covered a review of how the number, scale and profile of deals has changed after one year of the credit crunch, and what trends we are likely to see in 2009 and beyond.

The discussion was chaired by Elton Cane, strategy director and content producer, Finextra. Participants were:

  • Chris Brooke, partner at Goldenhill Technology Advisors, whose recent deals include advising Princeton Financial Systems in its acquisition of Aquin Components
  • Ting Le Deng, associate director at UBS Investment Bank's technology practice
  • Stephen Byrne, principal at Vitruvian Partners, a mid-market focused private equity firm that closed its inaugural fund at EUR925million in February this year

The full transcript is available as a pdf.

An edited 22-minute mp3 of the discussion is also available for download (right click, save as), or playing in this browser window:

 

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