Posts by Christopher Park:

• An Over Abundant M&A Market Demands Differentiation and Positioning

  Investors’/buyers’ desks were flooded with investment opportunities in H1 2021, as deal activity reached record levels. Federal tax policy changes in tandem with the pandemic’s effect on prompting business owners… Read more »

  07/30/2021

  :: Industry Reports: Software & Services :: Marketing :: Media :: Software & Services
• Software M&A Amidst a Pandemic–Thriving, Not Just Surviving

  In a year marred with uncertainty amidst a global pandemic, 1H’20 M&A activity suffered heavy declines as hundreds of deals in the market came to a screeching halt. Bankers and… Read more »

  02/22/2021

  :: Industry Reports: Software & Services :: Marketing :: Media
• Software & Services M&A Maintains Momentum in Q3’19

  The global Software and Services industry witnessed exciting movement in Q3 as nearly 1,000 deals were closed this quarter. Despite concerns of an economic slowdown, deal multiples remained elevated and… Read more »

  02/18/2020

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• Intrepid Advises Datassential on Its Growth Equity Investment from Spectrum Equity

  Intrepid announced today that it acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Datassential, a leading provider of food industry insights, trend software, predictive analytics and consumer insights, on its investment… Read more »

  09/16/2019

  :: Consumer Products & Services :: Media :: Press Releases :: Software & Services
• Software Bellwethers Signal Adoption of Horizontal Acquisition Strategies as Imperative to Staying Competitive

  The Software & Services industry witnessed multiple high-profile deals in the second quarter of 2019. Google made a $2.6 billion (26x revenue) bet on Looker, embedding business intelligence and analytics… Read more »

  08/08/2019

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• Software & Services Experiences Healthy Start to 2019

  The Software & Services sector continues to see strong M&A activity and healthy valuation multiples as sponsors lead the way again in Q1’19. Private equity (PE) buyers have not slowed… Read more »

  05/20/2019

  :: Banker Insights :: Industry Reports: Software & Services :: Media :: Software & Services
• Software M&A Strategies Are Shifting to React to Trends in the Tech Landscape

  In our Software & Services industry report of Q4 last year, we referred to 2017 as the year of the non-traditional acquirer. A number of businesses leveraged their balance sheets… Read more »

  02/03/2019

  :: Banker Insights :: Industry Reports: Software & Services :: Media :: Software & Services
• Strong Quarter in Tech M&A Bolstered by Several Massive Deals

  Q3’18 was a whirlwind quarter for M&A and financing activity in the technology sector. The quarter opened with a semiconductor company’s surprising acquisition of a software vendor for more than… Read more »

  11/30/2018

  :: Banker Insights :: Industry Reports: Software & Services :: Media :: Software & Services
• Healthy Valuations Continue to Create Seller-Friendly Software & Services M&A Market in Q2’18

  The year’s first quarter was one of the most active periods in technology M&A in recent memory, but Q2 saw acquirers adjusting to a very seller-friendly environment. In this seller’s… Read more »

  08/08/2018

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