Total technology industry big data deals worth $34.4bn were announced globally for April 2021, with the $20.9bn private equity deal with Toshiba being the sector’s biggest investment, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 14.8% over the previous month of $29.98bn and a rise of 89.6% when compared with the last 12-month average of $18.16bn.
In terms of number of big data deals, the sector saw a drop of 8.47% with 162 deals in April 2021 when compared to the last 12-month average of 177 deals.
In value terms, Asia-Pacific led the activity with big data deals worth $22.1bn in April 2021.
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By GlobalDataThe top five big data deals accounted for 89.1% of the overall value during April 2021.
The combined value of the top five big data deals stood at $30.66bn, against the overall value of $34.4bn recorded for the month.
The top five technology industry big data deals of April 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS $20.9bn private equity deal with Toshiba
2) The $7.1bn acquisition of Blue Yonder by Panasonic
3) GI Partners $1.1bn private equity deal with ORBCOMM
4) The $880m merger of Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization and TWC Tech Holdings II by
5) BlackRock,GIC,GV Management Co,Intel Capital,SoftBank Vision Fund II,Temasek Holdings (Private),Walden International and WRVI Capital $676m venture financing deal with SambaNova Systems
