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A strategic sale is the most likely exit route for enterprise tech company Solace after it was transferred to a single asset continuation vehicle (CV) in May, according to Alok Singh, CEO of Bridge Growth Partners (BGP). A sale to a PE-backed strategic acquirer would be preferred to an initial public offering (IPO), Singh said. “IPOs are not final sales,” he added.

Federal regulations surrounding higher education M&A are widely expected to ease, but many industry observers do not expect it to unleash a surge of activity.

Cornerstone Research, a provider of economic and financial consulting and expert testimony, is seeing accelerating revenue from its antitrust practice, said CEO Bryan Ricchetti. The firm had its origins on the finance side of the business but in the last 10–15 years, it expanded to antitrust and competition. As a result, revenue has tripled in the last 10 years and doubled in the last five. The antitrust practice alone has seen at least four-fold growth in the last five or six years, he said.