Led by SCSp and BlackRock Long Term Private Capital’s $484.14m private equity deal with Aquila Heywood, total technology industry private equity deals worth $1.08bn were announced in Europe in February 2021, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
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The value marked an increase of 730.7% over the previous month of $132.08m and a drop of 70.7% when compared with the last 12-month average of $3.69bn.
Europe held a 4.89% share of the global technology industry private equity deal value that totalled $22.09bn in February 2021. With a 4.57% share and deals worth $1.01bn, the UK was the top country in Europe’s private equity deal value across technology industry.
In terms of private equity deal activity, Europe recorded 39 deals during February 2021, marking a decrease of 17.02% over the previous month and a drop of 20.41% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 17 deals during the month.
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By GlobalDataEurope technology industry private equity deals in February 2021: Top deals
The top five technology industry private equity deals accounted for 97.8% of the overall value during February 2021.
The combined value of the top five technology private equity deals stood at $1.06bn, against the overall value of $1.08bn recorded for the month.
The top five technology industry private equity deals of February 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:
1) SCSp and BlackRock Long Term Private Capital’s $484.14m private equity deal with Aquila Heywood
2) The $417.57m private equity deal with Node4 by Providence Equity Partners
3) Great Hill Partners’$85.1m private equity deal with BigChange Apps
4) The $48.5m private equity deal with Prandium by Tiger Global Management
5) Bridgepoint Advisers’ private equity deal with Ascential for $20.74m.
