Technology industry private equity deals in Q4 2020 total $54.91bn globally
Total technology industry private equity deals in Q4 2020 worth $54.91bn were announced globally, according to GlobalData's deals database. Embed… ...
Deal Trends in the Technology Industry
Technology’s deals dashboard tracks deal trends in the technology industry. The dashboard provides an extensive analysis by capturing trends in terms of deal types, geographies, industry players, advisory firms, and the number of deals and their value.
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Technology’s deals dashboard tracks deal trends in the technology industry.
Italy’s technology industry sees a rise of 41.7% in deal activity in Q4 2020
Italy's technology industry saw a rise of 41.7% in overall deal activity during Q4 2020, when compared with the last… ...
Technology industry deal activity by deal type - volume (Last 12 months)
The deals dashboard provides an insightful and thorough overview of deal activity in terms of deal types and the number of deals in the global technology industry over the last 12 months. It covers mergers and acquisitions (M&As), private equity and venture financing deal types.
Technology industry deal activity by deal type - value (Last 12 months)
Technology’s deals dashboard offers an analysis on deal activity in the global technology industry in terms of deal type and value. Deal types encompassing M&As, private equity and venture financing are tracked over the last 12 months.
Mergers and acquisitions in the technology industry
Technology provides an overview of M&A deal activity in the technology industry. Besides M&A deals, the dashboard tracks the leading M&A financial and legal advisors, and M&A deal activity by theme.
Technology industry M&A deal activity by region (Last 12 months)
Technology’s deals dashboard tracks M&A transactions recorded in the technology industry in different regions in the last 12-month period.
Largest M&A deals in the technology industry
The following table lists details of the largest merger and acquisition deals in terms of value in the global technology industry.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal Date | Value (US$m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anhui Jingzhuo Optical Display Technology | SuZhou Victory Precision Manufacture CO,. LTD - Assets | 21 Jan 2022 | 67,667.8 |
| X Holdings | 25 Apr 2022 | 44,000.0 | |
| Oracle | Cerner | 16 Dec 2021 | 29,600.0 |
| Block | Afterpay | 01 Aug 2021 | 29,000.0 |
| Take-Two Interactive Software | Zynga | 10 Jan 2022 | 12,700.0 |
| Intuit | The Rocket Science Group | 13 Sep 2021 | 12,000.0 |
| New AspenTech | Emerson-Geological Simulation Software Business | 11 Oct 2021 | 11,000.0 |
M&A deals advisor rankings in the technology industry (2021 vs. 2020)
Technology’s deals dashboard reveals top financial and legal advisors to M&A deals by both deal value and volume in the global technology industry during 2020 and 2021.
M&A financial advisor rankings in the technology industry
Technology compares rankings of leading financial advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 1 | 2 |
| Morgan Stanley | 2 | 1 |
| J.P. Morgan Securities | 3 | 7 |
| Bank of America | 4 | 3 |
| Evercore | 5 | 16 |
| JPMorgan Chase | 6 | 6 |
| Barclays | 7 | 8 |
| Qatalyst Partners | 8 | 11 |
| LionTree Advisors | 9 | 14 |
| Citigroup | 10 | 5 |
Technology compares rankings of leading financial advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 1 | 1 |
| Houlihan Lokey | 2 | 5 |
| Morgan Stanley | 3 | 3 |
| Ernst & Young Global | 4 | 2 |
| Citigroup | 5 | 7 |
| Bank of America | 6 | 4 |
| J.P. Morgan Securities | 7 | 19 |
| Rothschild | 8 | 13 |
| Raymond James Financial | 9 | 8 |
| Barclays | 10 | 12 |
M&A legal advisor rankings in the technology industry
Technology compares rankings of leading legal advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | 1 | 5 |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 2 | 24 |
| Latham & Watkins | 3 | 2 |
| Kirkland & Ellis | 4 | 7 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 5 | 9 |
| Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson | 6 | 45 |
| Sullivan & Cromwell | 7 | 8 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 8 | 1 |
| Cravath, Swaine & Moore | 9 | 28 |
| Davis Polk & Wardwell | 10 | 3 |
Technology compares rankings of leading legal advisors to M&A transactions in terms of deal value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 1 |
| Latham & Watkins | 2 | 3 |
| Baker & McKenzie | 3 | 2 |
| DLA Piper | 4 | 4 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 5 | 8 |
| CMS Legal Services EEIG | 6 | 7 |
| Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | 7 | 9 |
| Fenwick & West | 8 | 10 |
| White & Case | 9 | 12 |
| Cooley | 10 | 11 |
M&A deal activity by theme in the technology industry: Last 12 months (by volume)
Technology tracks the number of M&A deals by theme in the technology industry. The following chart lists top ten themes that hold the most number of deals.
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Private equity deals in the technology industry
Technology’s deals dashboard provides information on private equity deals data, including deals by region, top legal and financial advisors, and top deals by theme.
Private equity deal activity in the technology industry by region (Last 12 months)
Technology tracks private equity deal activity in different regions of the globe over the last 12 months.
Top private equity deals in the technology industry
The following table lists details of the largest private equity deals by value in the global technology industry.
| Investor | Target | Deal Date | Value (US$m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Infrastructure Partners | Vantage Towers | 18 Mar 2022 | 16,596.8 |
| Vista Equity Partners Management | Citrix Systems | 31 Jan 2022 | 16,500.0 |
| Evergreen Coast Capital | Nielsen Holdings | 29 Mar 2022 | 16,000.0 |
| KKR Financial Holdings | CyrusOne | 15 Nov 2021 | 15,000.0 |
| Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | McAfee | 08 Nov 2021 | 14,000.0 |
| Thoma Bravo | Anaplan | 20 Mar 2022 | 10,700.0 |
| The Blackstone Group | QTS Realty Trust | 07 Jun 2021 | 10,000.0 |
| Apollo Global Management | TEGNA | 22 Feb 2022 | 8,600.0 |
| Brookfield Business Partners | CDK Global | 07 Apr 2022 | 8,300.0 |
| Apollo Global Management | Lumen Technologies Inc - Assets | 03 Aug 2021 | 7,500.0 |
Top private equity investors in the technology industry (last 12 months)
Technology’s deals dashboard tracks top private equity investors in the technology industry over the last 12 months.
| Investor Name | Value (US$m) | No of Deals |
|---|---|---|
| KKR | 12,238.4 | 19 |
| Thoma Bravo | 36,171.0 | 18 |
| Providence Strategic Growth Capital Partners | 487.3 | 17 |
| Warburg Pincus | 14,629.0 | 14 |
| TA Associates Management | 130.0 | 14 |
| Vista Equity Partners Management | 19,615.0 | 13 |
| Marlin Equity Partners | 150.0 | 13 |
| Advent International | 16,290.0 | 12 |
| Main Capital Partners | N/A | 12 |
| Francisco Partners Management | 4,150.0 | 11 |
Private equity deals advisors in the technology industry (2021 vs. 2020)
Technology monitors financial and legal advisors to private equity deals by value and volume in the global technology industry during 2020 and 2021.
Private equity financial advisor rankings in the technology industry
Technology’s deals dashboard compares ranking of leading financial advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 1 | 2 |
| Morgan Stanley | 2 | 1 |
| Barclays | 3 | 7 |
| Bank of America | 4 | 3 |
| Citigroup | 5 | 6 |
| J.P. Morgan Securities | 6 | 11 |
| Evercore | 7 | 12 |
| Credit Suisse Group | 8 | 8 |
| Deutsche Bank | 9 | 16 |
| UBS Group | 10 | 9 |
Technology’s deals dashboard compares ranking of leading financial advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Houlihan Lokey | 1 | 5 |
| Raymond James Financial | 2 | 7 |
| The Goldman Sachs Group | 3 | 1 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers International | 4 | 4 |
| WBC Holdings | 5 | 8 |
| Evercore | 6 | 9 |
| Rothschild | 7 | 12 |
| Ernst & Young Global | 8 | 3 |
| Morgan Stanley | 9 | 2 |
| Baird Financial Group | 10 | 13 |
Private equity legal advisor rankings in the technology industry
Technology compares ranking of leading legal advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 1 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 2 | 12 |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 3 | 5 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 4 | 2 |
| Ropes & Gray | 5 | 9 |
| Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | 6 | 33 |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 7 | 6 |
| Latham & Watkins | 8 | 8 |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 9 | 4 |
| Paul Hastings | 10 | 27 |
The deals dashboard compares ranking of leading legal advisors to private equity transactions in terms of value and volume between 2020 and 2021.
| Advisor Name | 2021 Rank | 2020 Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkland & Ellis | 1 | 1 |
| Latham & Watkins | 2 | 2 |
| Weil, Gotshal & Manges | 3 | 3 |
| Ropes & Gray | 4 | 6 |
| Simpson Thacher & Bartlett | 5 | 4 |
| Goodwin Procter | 6 | 5 |
| Willkie Farr & Gallagher | 7 | 9 |
| Paul Hastings | 8 | 17 |
| Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison | 9 | 7 |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates | 10 | 15 |
Private equity deals by theme in the technology industry: Last 12 months (by volume)
Technology tracks the number of private equity deals by theme in the technology industry. The following chart lists top ten themes that hold the most number of deals in 2021.
Venture financing deals in the technology industry
Technology’s provides an overview of venture financing deal activity in the technology industry around the globe, including deals by region, top venture financing deals and capital investors.
Venture financing deal activity in the technology industry by region (Last 12 months)
Technology tracks venture financing deals recorded in the technology industry in different regions of the globe in the last 12-month period.
Top ten venture financing deals in the technology industry
The following table lists the top ten venture financing deals by value in the global technology industry.
| Investor | Target | Deal Date | Value (US$m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antara Capital Master Fund | Flipkart Internet | 11 May 2021 | 3,600.0 |
| Insight Partners | Databricks | 31 Aug 2021 | 1,600.0 |
| Undisclosed | GM Cruise | 23 Aug 2021 | 1,572.0 |
| Shanghai Weihao Chuangxin Investment Management | Horizon Robotics | 11 Jun 2021 | 1,500.0 |
| ICONIQ Growth | Articulate Global | 01 Jul 2021 | 1,500.0 |
| Permodalan Nasional Berhard | GoTo | 11 Nov 2021 | 1,300.0 |
| Cathay Capital | GTA Semiconductor | 30 Nov 2021 | 1,260.0 |
| Undisclosed | Lacework | 12 Nov 2021 | 1,203.9 |
| Maverick Capital | Devoted Health | 08 Oct 2021 | 1,150.0 |
| xinjin capital | Jichuang Northern Technology | 16 Dec 2021 | 1,020.8 |
Top venture capital investors in the technology industry (Last 12 months)
Technology’s deals dashboard tracks top venture capital investors in the technology industry over the last 12 months.
| Investor Name | Value (US$m) | No of Deals |
|---|---|---|
| Tiger Global Management | 50,515.6 | 363 |
| Insight Partners | 23,642.6 | 240 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 18,360.4 | 170 |
| Y Combinator Management | 2,166.9 | 155 |
| Accel | 15,769.8 | 154 |
| General Catalyst Partners | 12,371.6 | 141 |
| Coatue Management | 20,396.0 | 118 |
| Gaingels | 3,720.5 | 111 |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | 7,100.0 | 100 |
| GFC Global Founders Capital | 2,470.2 | 99 |
Venture financing deal activity by theme in the technology industry: Last 12 months (by volume)
Technology tracks the number of venture financing deals by theme in the global technology industry. The following chart lists top ten themes that hold the most number of deals in 2021.
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