Podcasts and Speaking — Michael Frankel

Podcasts and Interviews

Founder and Friends

M&A expert Michael Frankel of Deloitte discusses the steps startups can take to increase their enterprise value during a sale. Michael goes over things smart acquiring companies look for in a target, items a founder can do now that improve a future sale price and tips for succeeding at due diligence.
Michael Frankel of Trajectory Capital discusses private equity, which can be an alternate route to success for many startups that may be viable businesses but lack the growth that venture capital funds need.

Legal Talk

Michael Frankel serves as managing director and head of the Deloitte New-venture Accelerator. He is a senior corporate development, strategy, and operating executive and has led and closed more than 100 transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, and alliances. He is a three time book author in mergers and acquisitions and has written several articles for the same.

Deal Quest

With a remarkable track record of executing growth strategies, Michael has successfully leveraged various approaches to drive success. He has orchestrated over 110 acquisitions and strategic transactions, developed new offerings and products through innovative thinking, forged complex ecosystems through alliances and partnerships, facilitated market and geographic expansion, and made corporate venture investments in 18+ ventures.

PE Wire

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) continue to make a splash across industries—and hold significant potential to make an impact on tech buyouts in the private equity sector. Building from PE Wire’s Insights Report, this session takes a closer look at what’s making 2023 a pivotal year for tech buyouts, and what the future may hold for General Partners (GPs).

M&A Science

Establishing strong connections with a target company is essential in M&A. Securing deals can be challenging, but a strategic approach can result in mutually beneficial outcomes. In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Michael Frankel, Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital, shares his approach to deal-making from first conversations to LOI.
In this M&A Science Academy course, Michael Frankel, Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital, dives into current and upcoming private equity trends. Learn about the overlap between private equity and venture capital efforts, common trends during a down market, and portfolio operations.
How to build an M&A strategy? This is the topic of our discussion, as Michael Frankel and Justin Goldman joins Kison in this episode of M&A Science live. Michael is the SVP and Managing Director of the Deloitte New-venture Accelerator, and Justin is the SVP of strategic finance and corporate development at MediaMath.
Keeping business leaders motivated and accountable for the deal post-close can be a difficult task. Ensure you have very realistic expectations around financial performance and operational goals so that they take the business case seriously. Hear from two industry experts on how you can incentivize business leaders to stay focused and retaining deal value.
Kison will be discussing how to foster and maintain good relationships with deal targets.

Inside Out

Michael Frankel is the Managing Director of Deloitte New Venture Accelerator, a strategy and operations team for new business models. He believes people need to disrupt themselves continually or they will fall behind.

How2Exit

Michael Frankel has held c-level executive roles (corporate development, strategy/innovation, CFO, COO) at large and small growth companies. He is a Corporate Development, Innovation, Strategy and Corporate Venture leader who has driven disruptive...

CEO Wisdom

Michael Frankel is the founder and managing partner at Trajectory Capital, specializing in acquiring control of small Enterprise Tech and data businesses.

Umbrex

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

M&W M&A

The Deal Scout

The SPAC market has exploded in the last couple of years. Many growth company CEOs are being contacted by a number of SPACs. These CEOs need to consider whether the SPAC is the right vehicle for the next phase of growth and just as importantly how to choose the right SPAC to partner with.

Good Revenue

Michael Frankel is the founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital. He’s an expert in mergers & acquisitions with 100+ deals across firms like Deloitte, Redbooks, & LexisNexis.