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ICG Insights for Scale Ups
A newsletter offering strategic guidance on growth capital and M&A for founders and executive teams.
Series A & B in 2025: The Capital is There—But It’s Not for Everyone
Q1 was up 34% YoY in private FinTech funding. But it’s not a rising tide—capital is concentrated, selective, and increasingly unforgiving. Here’s what’s actually getting funded.
What’s Changing in Payments
A tactical breakdown for founders and investors in acquiring, ISO, and payfac platforms
Momentum Over Perfection: Why Founders Need to Move Early
Capital is available. Buyers are active. But outcomes belong to those who prepare before they’re ready.
🔎 Valuation Decoded: What’s Your Scale-Up Really Worth?
Beyond the Multiples—How to Build a Defensible, High-Value Business Investors Can’t Ignore.
Don’t Chase Valuation, Chase Customers
How Customer-Centric Growth Drives Premium Valuation
Unlocking Liquidity: A Guide to Founders and Founding Teams Selling Secondaries
How Founders Can Turn Equity into Cash Without Diluting Ownership
Maximizing Value: Does Running a Competitive Process Matter?
Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Growth or Exit Strategy
How Much Equity Should You Give in a Capital Raise?
Are you ready to raise growth capital or plan your next M&A exit? This question is critical: How much equity should you give away?
What’s Your Valuation Really Worth in 2025?
From growth capital to exits, uncover the strategies investors don’t tell you that can make or break your deal.
Why Timing Is Everything
Are you prepared for growth capital or an M&A exit?
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ICG Value Creation Insights
A newsletter offering strategic guidance on value creation, digital transformation, and change management in financial services.
Tariffs Are In. Time to Protect Your Value Creation Plan.
A strategy-first guide for PE and FS leaders recalibrating post-close initiatives, modernization spend, and execution priorities.
Leading Through Uncertainty: Navigating the Fog
What smart FS and PE leaders are doing when clarity is in short supply — and momentum is hard to find.
The Smart Playbook for Engaging Talent: Permanent, Interim, or Outsourced?
How to Build the Right Workforce for Transformation, M&A, and Technology Execution
Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen: Streamlining for Success
Diverse perspectives can drive innovation, but too many voices often slow outcomes and distract from core business goals.
Leading Transformation – Building Resilience, Innovation, and Value
How to align technology, people, and strategy to navigate the challenges and opportunities of 2025.
Strategic Planning for 2025: Reflect, Refine, and Lead with Confidence
How to Turn Q1 into the Foundation for a Successful Year—and Beyond
Start 2025 Right: Insights for Smoother Transformations
Move Slower to Move Fast
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ICG VC Insights
A newsletter offering strategic guidance on venture capital portfolio management
Underwriting Payments in 2025: What Investors Miss (and What Actually Moves the Needle)
A field guide for venture and PE investors underwriting scale, capital, or exit in merchant acquiring, payfacs, and SMB infrastructure.
The Next Wave in Payments: Intelligence, Trust & Embedded Value
Insights from MoneyLIVE, MPE Berlin, and dozens of founder calls — across fraud, authentication, orchestration, and more.
Beyond the Multiple: Why Understanding Customer Metrics Is the VC’s Edge
How to Underwrite the Right Growth Stories in FinTech, InsurTech, and SaaS
Unlocking Liquidity: A Strategic Guide for Venture Funds Leveraging Secondary Sales
How Venture Funds Can Optimize Portfolio Harvesting and Return Capital to LPs
It's Portfolio Harvest Season
Mastering Portfolio Harvesting: Strategies to Drive Exits, Optimize Returns, and Outperform in 2025
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