Total technology industry big data M&A deals worth $4.94bn were announced in North America 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 895.8% over the previous month of $496.1m and a rise of 36.1% when compared with the last 12-month average of $3.63bn.

North America held an 89.33% share of the global technology industry big data M&A deal value that totalled $5.53bn in January 2021. With an 89.15% share and deals worth $4.93bn, the US was the top country in North America’s big data M&A deal value across technology industry.

In terms of big data M&A deal activity, North America recorded 32 deals during January 2021, marking an increase of 10.34% over the previous month and a rise of 14.29% over the 12-month average. The US recorded 30 deals during the month.

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North America technology industry big data M&A deals in January 2021: Top deals

The top five technology industry big data M&A deals accounted for 100% of the overall value during January 2021.

The combined value of the top five technology big data deals stood at $4.94bn, against the overall value of $4.94bn 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 $350m merger with Crescent Acquisition and LiveVox

3) LG Electronics’ $80m acquisition of Alphonso

4) The $3m acquisition of CycleIO by Wishpond Technologies

5) Aggity Europe’s acquisition of Servicios Administrados Mexis for $2.42m.