Total technology industry big data M&A deals worth $26.86bn were announced globally in March 2021, led by $10bn merger of ironSource and Thoma Bravo Advantage, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked an increase of 226.8% over the previous month of $8.22bn and a rise of 123.3% when compared with the last 12-month average, which stood at $12.03bn.

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 $26.66bn. At the country level, the US topped the list in terms of deal value at $26.66bn.

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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The top country in terms of big data M&A deals activity in March 2021 was the US with 30 deals, followed by the UK with five and Belgium with two.

In 2021, as of March, technology big data M&A deals worth $40.84bn were announced globally, marking an increase of 142.3% year on year.

technology industry big data M&A deals in March 2021: Top deals

The top five big data M&A deals accounted for 99.2% of the overall value during March 2021.

The combined value of the top five technology big data M&A deals stood at $26.64bn, against the overall value of $26.86bn recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry big data M&A deals of March 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) The $10bn merger of ironSource and Thoma Bravo Advantage

2) The $9.5bn acquisition of GlobalLogic by Hitachi

3) The $6.33bn merger of SYNNEX and Tech Data

4) The $645m merger of Capitol InvestmentV and States Title Holding

5) Dropbox’s acquisition of DocSend for $165m.