Q dealflow slowdown
3 deals completed in 2026 with $10B total value, anyone know why? Obviously very volatile since it’s small but wanted to know if there’s another explanation
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Overrated. Nobody wants to hear it. But the reality is it’s the year of financing and BBs are eating right now. If you can’t finance, you can’t serve your clients to the best of care. Also the senior departure to GS recently didn’t help.
Associate nailed it. This forum imo overrates boutiques because most of us are in IB and want to feel like our job is quite important.
Why is this the year of financing compared to other years where EBs have been more dominant?
data center spending go brr
SpaceX raising 75B (IPO), OpenAI + Anthropic likely to raise the same, Alphabet raising 90B... On top of that, other blue-chip private tech companies are likely to IPO in the coming quarters (Databricks, Stripe, Canva etc).
Crazy time to be a tech banker ngl.
what senior departure? Though Quattrone and Boutros are running the show there so as long they are there deal flow will keep coming in
GS poached Brian Cayne (co-founder of Qatalyst) back in Jan
They will be fine. 1-2 tech mega deals that are likely to happen this year and they will be set. That said, this year really proves that having capital markets/financing offering is pretty much indispensable to be a leading tech platform, that's why firms like GS and MS are the ultimate players in this space (Though I get why prospects / college kids would prefer to go to Q given their crazy comp)
Q lives on Sell-Side tech, that's been there niche and they absolutely fucking dominate it. But everything else is the realm of GS/MS
Why are you surprised that the leading tech/software-focused IB is having a bad year during the SaaSpocalypse?
They are equally good in semis or internet. They've missed out on some large-cap deals last year as well, but overall they will be good. When you execute a handful of deals a year (given their size), your leage table position will heavily fluctuate
I mean it is expected for a firm thats very lean and small to slowdown in deal flow.
they will be fine.
Their website shows 9 deals closed in 2026 and 4 pending?
Only 3 deals were announced in 2026, u should understand this concept…
I would think software exposure is a cause
Tons of software sell sides falling through last 6 months
This post aged like milk.
Qatalyst just announced 2 deals today with a combined value of $25Bn. So clearly they're not exactly passing the hat around.
The senior departure to GS is also kind of BS as this person left Q more than 3 years ago.
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