Total technology industry cross border M&A deals worth $29.73bn were announced in North America Q4 2020, led by Marvell Technology Group’s $10.27bn acquisition of Inphi, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 18.2% over the previous quarter and a rise of 85.6% when compared with the last four-quarter average of $16.02bn.

North America held a 25.80% share of the global technology industry cross border M&A deal value that totalled $115.25bn in Q4 2020. With a 23.21% share and deals worth $26.75bn, the US was the top country in North America’s cross border M&A deal value across technology industry.

In terms of deal activity, North America recorded 162 cross border deals during Q4 2020, marking an increase of 17.39% over the previous quarter and a rise of 24.62% over the last four-quarter average. The US recorded 124 deals during the quarter.

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North America technology industry cross border M&A deals in Q4 2020: Top deals

The top five technology industry cross border M&A deals accounted for 77.9% of the overall value during Q4 2020.

The combined value of the top five cross border M&A deals stood at $23.14bn, against the overall value of $29.73bn recorded for the quarter.

The top five technology industry cross border deals of Q4 2020 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Marvell Technology Group’s $10.27bn acquisition of Inphi

2) The $4.18bn acquisition of Fanduel by Flutter Entertainment

3) Tencent Music Entertainment Group’ $3.67bn acquisition of Universal Music Group

4) The $2.75bn acquisition of Verafin by Nasdaq

5) Deutsche Borse’s acquisition of Institutional Shareholder Services for $2.28bn.