Blog Posts

In today’s data-driven world, businesses seek to harness vast amounts of information for better decision-making, and Business Intelligence (BI) tools play a critical role in this process. The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has brough some improvements, with additional tools...

In early October, Sapling presented a two-part webinar series on Financial Due Diligence in Uncertain Market Conditions. Here are the summaries: Trend in the M&A Environment With the market rebounding, global M&A deal values for the first half of 2024 have increased compared to...

Toronto, ON, September 27, 2024 — Sapling Financial Consultants, the boutique financial consulting firm filling a market gap with lower mid-market private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as boutique investment banks and entrepreneurs, announced today it has been named one of...

A leveraged buyout (LBO) is a common financing strategy employed by private equity (PE) firms for acquiring companies. An LBO involves acquiring another company using a significant amount of borrowed funds to fund the cost of the acquisition, using the assets of the target...

We're delighted to share some thrilling updates with you! Sapling Financial Consultants Inc. has been honored with the CanadianSME Small Business Awards 2023 for Best Professional Services. On June 7th, 2024, our Co-Founder & CEO, Rob, together with Co-Founder & Partner, Andreea, Senior Engagement...

Efficient data management is essential to every company’s success. It involves the automated organization, storage, and retrieval of data to ensure consistency, integrity, and security. This enables an organization to streamline processes, eliminate redundancies, enhance security, and facilitate cross-departmental sharing of information through effective...

The green energy industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the US and around the globe. From solar panels and wind turbines to electric vehicles, clean energy accounted for 10% of GDP growth globally in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency. This...

Financial consulting firm reports 45% YOY growth amid ongoing industry layoffs Toronto, ON, January 24, 2024 — Sapling Financial Consultants Inc., a pioneering FP&A, data analytics and due diligence firm, announced today the appointment of Morné Viljoen as senior engagement manager. Amidst industry-wide layoffs,...

2023 M&A Overview – North America The 2023 M&A landscape has been influenced by economic uncertainty driven by rising interest rates, geopolitical issues, and growing recession concerns, all of which have been the main forces behind the increasingly hostile dealmaking environment in North America....

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a tool used to automate processes/workflows using software bots, which can be used to cut down on repetitive, boring tasks a firm may face in day-to-day operations. Robotic process automation is not an “intelligent” form of technology like AI...