The first quarter of 2023 was noisy. Despite the epic failure of Silicon Valley Bank – for reasons totally outside the health of the software ecosystem – software valuations increased,… Read more »
2022 was a turbulent year. The year ended with public equity markets leveling off after falling from 2021 highs, interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve nearing an end, inflation… Read more »
It has been a disconcerting journey through the first three quarters of 2022. We ended 2021 having survived another year of the pandemic, with equity markets at or near all-time… Read more »
2021 outpaced the prior year in annual technology M&A spend and smashed through a record number of transaction values and volume reaching nearly $1 trillion. As a result, dealmakers were… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »