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 come 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?
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