Fazio: E-commerce M&A slowed in Q4 over acquisition fears
Marco Fazio · Startup Acquisition Stories with Marco Fazio, CEO of Hypeal · May 9, 2023 · at 4:26
Marco Fazio describes the buyer dynamics and market sentiment he experienced after listing Lido Travel on Acquire.com.
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“Everything died out afterwards because we were going into Q four. So slow down in general in M&A activity, a little bit of I think, yeah, fear of market acquisitions in e-commerce at that time.”
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