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Meet the #AI-powered robot that’s helping build Amazon-backed solar farms

How Google Cloud’s HR team used #AI to transform their recruiting process and speed up employee onboarding

We are thrilled to announce the addition of five new bankers, each of whom brings their own unique experiences and accomplishments to complement our already exceptionally successful team. Nicholas Kim **Nicholas provides actionable, #strategic counsel to agencies and solution providers within #media, #advertising and #digital #transformation. He has led multiple #transactions, with a focus on #accelerating #growth and integrating new service capabilities. Nirvikar Jain **Nirvikar advises emerging growth #technology companies on M&A and strategic #financing #transactions, with a particular focus on the evolving #fintech landscape. He has led or participated in multiple transactions, including advising fintech #startups across the globe on #valuation, #market #entry, #fundraising, #liquidity, and strategic #planning.   Radha Amalraj **Radha advises #consumer-focused tech and #SAAS companies on M&A and #strategic #financing #transactions. A seasoned #operator with over 16 years of global experience in #launching and running multi-#billion-dollar #businesses in some of the largest #tech companies in addition to #scaling up emerging tech businesses and founding her own startup, Radha carries a deep understanding of building and #scaling Tech businesses and #value creation.   rajesh shakkarwar **Rajesh advises #hardware, #software, #AI and #fintech companies on M&A and strategic financing transactions. A prolific #inventor with 26 issued #patents and a startup #founder/#CEO with a #successful #exit, he brings a unique ability to #create #value through #disruptive technologies. Rajesh’s thirty years of broad #operational experience in #semiconductor, #system, software, #SAAS, AI and fintech industries spans #engineering, #marketing, #sales, business development, #intellectual property, and M&A. Ryan Klinefelter **Ryan advises #adtech and #martech companies on M&A and #strategic #financing #transactions. A seasoned #corporate #development #executive with over 20 years of global experience leading M&A, #Strategy, #Finance, and #Operations at #startup #through #public companies.   Congratulations to all! Click here to read more about each of our newest team members: https://lnkd.in/gm6_Bmed #ExperienceWCP #MergersAndAcquisitions #MandA #Success #Exits

Zuckerberg unveils new advances in computer vision #AI at SIGGRAPH

We are pleased to release our July 2024 #Semiconductor Snapshot, authored by Managing Partner Rudy Burger, by senior bankers George Jones, Andrew Bright, MBA, CEng, rajesh shakkarwar, senior analyst Akhilesh Shridar and analyst Jake Martin. Get your copy of the snapshot here: https://lnkd.in/g5j3wdnx #MandA #MergersAndAcquisitions #InvestmentBanking #Exits #Liquidity #Deals

NASA uses laser technology to stream 4K video footage to the International Space Station and back

We are pleased to share our #Cybersecurity Sector Update for Q2 2024, authored by Managing Director, Partner Nishant Jadhav.   Covered in this report: **Broader Investor Ecosystem **WCP Cybersecurity Index **Cybersecurity M&A Update **Q2 Notable Transactions **And More You can access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gdMC9bCE #MandA #MergersAndAcquisitions #ExperienceWCP #InvestmentBanking #Exits #Liquidity #Investment #CyberSec

📣We are excited to announce that the following Managing Directors, Andrew Bright, MBA, CEng, Mark Bagley and Nishant Jadhav have been elected Partners in Woodside Capital Partners. Read on to learn more about each of our new Partners. Andrew Bright, MBA, CEng, Managing Director, Partner   ***Andrew advises #Industrial, #Power & #Transport #technology companies on M&A and strategic #financing #transactions. He brings 25 years of experience in #developing & #investing in high potential industrial #automation, sustainable #energy, and transport technology companies. Prior to joining WCP, Andrew spent 12 years as a Group Vice President at ABB. In his most recent role, he was Head of Corporate Development at ABB Power Grids where he played a leading role in the division’s $11Bn sale to Hitachi.   Mark Bagley, Managing Director, Partner  ***Mark advises #Cloud #Infrastructure and #Software companies on M&A and strategic #financing #transactions. Before joining WCP, he served as the Vice President, Global Strategic Alliances for British Telecommunications Plc. where he was responsible for an excess of $2.3 Billion of incremental #revenue over 5 years across a wide product category including: #SaaS, #IaaS, #hybrid/edge #Clouds, #bigdata, #payments, #sales & #marketing tools, #social, #AI, #retail loyalty & retention, #VR & #AR, #collaboration, and #telco (especially software-defined networks, #orchestration, #IoT, #5G, and #edge #compute). Mark also brings wide sector expertise and experience from serving in numerous #Strategic Alliances consultant roles for large enterprises across Retail, #CPQ, Financial Services, #AgTech, #Healthcare, #Manufacturing and #Pharma verticals. Nishant Jadhav, Managing Director, Partner  ***Nishant advises #AI, #Cloud and #Cybersecurity companies on M&A and #strategic #financing transactions. He is a seasoned #investment #banker, #entrepreneur and #technology #executive, bringing over 25 years of industry expertise and #leadership.     Prior to joining WCP, Nishant led the #product and #growth of #cyber products at early-stage and mature companies including Cisco Systems and Yubico. Nishant has served as an #investor and #board #member to over 10 emerging growth companies, several of which #achieved #successful #liquidity events. One of the companies, InMage Systems, is a Woodside Capital Partners M&A success story. #ExperienceWCP #MandA #MergersAndAcquisitions #InvestmentBanking

We’re delighted to share our new report “How Companies Get Acquired – Lessons from 45,000 Startups”. In the report, we reveal new insights about #investments, #ROI, time-to-exit, #exit size, impact of #capital raised, success factors, and about company failures from a large proprietary data set supplied by Pitchbook. We also review #tech M&A in the first half of 2024.   **Click here to download the report: https://lnkd.in/gd-aJqnn   In case we haven’t met - we’re Woodside Capital Partners, and we’re a different kind of investment bank. We advise tech companies with capitalizations of $30M-500M on M&A and private placements. We’re Palo Alto-based with offices in NY, LA and London, we were founded in 2001, and we’ve worked on over 400 successful client engagements. Before our team members became investment bankers, virtually all held #senior positions in industry, including:   *Mark Bagley (#cloud & #software advisory) - previously the Global Head of #Strategic Alliances at British Telecom *Nicholas Kim (consumer and enterprise advisory) - previously the Head of Global Strategy at Publicis Groupe *Radha Amalraj (#consumer and #software advisory) - previously the Global Head of Business #Partnerships at Facebook     *Andrew Bright, MBA, CEng (#IoT, #semiconductors, #devices advisory) - previously Group VP, Head of Corp Dev & #CTO at ABB *Nishant Jadhav (#cloud, #cybersecurity advisory) - previously Head of Corporate Development at Brocade, and #venture #investor *Jon Shalowitz (#AI, cloud infrastructure advisory) - previously #CEO of five different software companies that exited successfully We work with companies in #AI, #computervision, #consumer, #cybersecurity, #defense & #aerospace, #enterprise, #fintech, #health-tech, #HR-tech, #IT services, #IoT, #marketing tech, #semiconductors, and other #tech #sectors. We’re tops in the field at getting companies #acquired and #financed.    Hope you enjoy the report. We’d love to work with you. Please be in touch if we can help!    #ExperienceWCP #MandA #MergersAndAcquisitions #PrivatePlacements #Acquisitions #InvestmentBank #InvestmentBanking #IB