This Private Equity client was evaluating a consumer services company. SATOV was engaged to conduct commercial due diligence including the following work: Market sizing Consumer and customer surveys Competitive assessment…
Let the sunshine in! Residential solar in America – and why Texans love solar more than you’d think! Adam Kovalcik This past spring, I had the chance to work with…
Turning the lights back on! Projecting what pandemic-driven changes will persist in live entertainment Ross Petersmeyer and Adam Kovalcik The pandemic knocked the lights out of Broadway shows, live concerts,…
Following our due diligence work for a Toronto-based PE firm, the portfolio company engaged SATOV to help combine operations for some of its larger clinics. Following the successful acquisition, the…
An American private equity firm commissioned SATOV to conduct commercial diligence on a national multi-site healthcare business in Canada. The diligence was structured to validate that the target had a…
This is the first batch of insights that we’ve heard. More to come from other industries. Private equity funds Funds that are largely invested are on non-stop calls with their…
Recap by Alim Bhanji The General Manager of the LA Dodgers once said, “if you’re rational about every free agent, you will finish third on every free agent.” While we…
Blog post by Mark Satov The apocalypse! The media world is filled with journalists and other experts claiming that the retail sector is on its deathbed, linking every high-profile…
Article by Ky Swift, SATOV Consultants US Retail is off to a shaky start in 2017. The number of major retail bankruptcies in the US is on pace to surpass…
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Managing Director, Callisto Capital
(Former Managing Director, Bain Canada) −
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