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Baptista Research

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. 

We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>eBay has entered a decisive new chapter after announcing a definitive agreement to acquire Depop from Etsy for approximately $1.2 billion in cash, a move that underscores its accelerating momentum in consumer-to-consumer (C2C) commerce and fashion recommerce.</li><li>The announcement comes on the heels of a strong fourth quarter, where gross merchandise volume (GMV) rose over 8% to $21.2 billion and full-year GMV reached nearly $80 billion, with U.S. growth approaching 10%.</li><li>Management has emphasized that years of investment in focus categories, recommerce, AI-powered listing tools, and advertising have repositioned the platform for durable growth.</li></ul>

eBay has entered a decisive new chapter after announcing a definitive agreement to acquire Depop from Etsy for approximately $1.2 billion in cash, a move that underscores its accelerating momentum in consumer-to-consumer (C2C) commerce and fashion recommerce.The announcement comes on the heels of a strong fourth quarter, where gross merchandise volume (GMV) rose over 8% to $21.2 billion and full-year GMV reached nearly $80 billion, with U.S. growth approaching 10%.Management has emphasized that years of investment in focus categories, recommerce, AI-powered listing tools, and advertising have repositioned the platform for durable growth.

eBay Is Buying Depop — And It Might Be The Smartest Move In Recommerce Yet!

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eBay Is Buying Depop — And It Might Be The Smartest Move In Recommerce Yet!