Navigating Economic Factors in Private Equity Investments

In this episode of Private Equity Dealbook, Elana Margulies-Snyderman, Director, Publications, speaks with Sean Frank, CIO and Founder of Cloud Equity Group, a private equity firm that invests in, acquires or lends funds to startup, emerging, established or distressed companies in the cloud computing and managed IT services space. Sean shares his outlook for investing in those sectors, how if at all higher interest rates and the strong U.S. dollar has impacted the firm’s ability to finance leveraged equity investments in and bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies, how the economy impacted the financial and operating performance of the portfolio companies and more.