Total technology industry big data M&A deals worth $5.53bn were announced globally in January 2021, led by Cisco Systems’ $4.5bn acquisition of Acacia Communications, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 685.5% over the previous month of $704.01m and a drop of 53.8% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $11.97bn.
Comparing big data M&A deals value in different regions of the globe, North America held the top position, with total announced deals in the period worth $4.94bn. At the country level, the US topped the list in terms of deal value at $4.93bn.
In terms of volumes, North America emerged as the top region for technology industry big data M&A deals globally, followed by Europe and then Asia-Pacific.
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By GlobalDataThe top country in terms of big data M&A deals activity in January 2021 was the US with 30 deals, followed by the India with four and China with three.
In 2021, as of January, technology big data M&A deals worth $5.53bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 50.4% year on year.
technology industry big data M&A deals in January 2021: Top deals
The top five big data M&A deals accounted for 99.3% of the overall value during January 2021.
The combined value of the top five technology big data M&A deals stood at $5.49bn, against the overall value of $5.53bn recorded for the month.
The top five technology industry big data M&A deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) Cisco Systems’ $4.5bn acquisition of Acacia Communications
2) The $464.3m acquisition of LLC Data Storage Centre by VTB Bank
3) The $350m merger of Crescent Acquisition and LiveVox
4) The $98.22m acquisition of Evros Technology Group by Eir Group
5) LG Electronics’ acquisition of Alphonso for $80m.
