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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Startups and emerging entrepreneurial companies looking for “exits” other than IPOs faced a lot of challenges due to COVID. Will a new year be better? Looks that way.
While private equity merger and acquisition activity in 2020 was challenging due to the pandemic, it is recovering and dealmakers are optimistic about 2021, according to the Akin Gump Global Private Equity M&A Survey, 2021.