I have been noticing that Qatalyst has incredibly lost important sell sides with regards to Tech M&A. Celestial AI/ Marvell, Uber/ Delivery Hero, Salesforce/Informatica. A few years ago they were always exclusive advisor. Now they seem to not win every bake off like they used to. What happened?
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bump... interesting point...
Been a sinking ship ever since they rejected my SA application
yeah they lost a good one
Because despite the bullshit repeated tirelessly by high school students on this forum, the so called "elite" boutiques are in 90% of the case not even remotely comparable to BB. They don't have the name, platform, background, knowledge and talent pipeline and they just can't sustain to maintain their top rankings over an extensive period of time (cf PJT, PWP, now Q, to another extent even if a bit different Lazard).
Congrats on BofA lil bro
When compensation is the only thing you’re known for, you’re gonna have problems
They lack financing capabilities. Right now, companies are turning to public markets to access capital that the private markets cannot provide. SpaceX's recent IPO and subsequent debt issuance highlight this well. As a result, companies are relying more on BB banks, more broadly, given their greater financing capabilities. It's also worth mentioning that lots of EBs do particularly well because of rainmakers that stay with the firm for some time. But once those rainmakers retire, dealflow slows quite a bit.
You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. They basically only do sell side and if you’re sell side advising you don’t need a balance sheet. Take an ounce of effort before you type a post.
No - YOU don’t know what you’re talking about.
Are you even in banking? On another post, you are inquiring about analyst applications/interview processes for DB’s internship program.
On the sell side, having a balance sheet is a key factor in winning advisory mandates, which often involve staple financing and/or other capital market support.
Before you shoot ignorant comments, spend an ounce of effort getting into a major BB/EB first.
Good luck with your DB resume drop.
Is this a troll post? The three deals you mentioned are only a couple of the dozens of other multi billion tech deals that happened this year. Some of the actual largest deals that have happened in recent months (Roku - $25 billion, Silicon Labs - $8 billion, Synaptics - $7 billion) have all been Qatalyst.
The tone of this post and some comments seem almost personal. Sorry to hear they didn’t hire you
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