
Jake Vachal
Managing Director at Raine with a practice focused on Adtech and merchant banking, advising and investing across advertising, media, and commerce with deep experience in M&A and strategic transactions.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 35min
The M&A Playbook
Jake Vachal, Managing Director at Raine focused on Adtech and merchant banking. He breaks down why M&A is heating up now and what buyers and sellers are prioritizing. He explains Raine’s hybrid advisor-investor model and the criteria that win representation. He also describes how AI suddenly accelerated market cycles and reshaped dealmaking timelines.


