Led by bd-capital, Infocert, Mayfair Equity Partners, MCH Private Equity and Providence Equity Partners’ $86.19m private equity deal with S.L and Logalty Servicios de Tercero de Confianza, total technology industry private equity deals worth $96.13m were announced in Europe in January 2021, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 97.5% over the previous month of $3.86bn and a drop of 97.9% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.66bn.

Europe held a 2.24% share of the global technology industry private equity deal value that totalled $4.29bn in January 2021. With a 2.01% share and deals worth $86.19m, Spain was the top country in Europe’s private equity deal value across technology industry.

In terms of private equity deal activity, Europe recorded 34 deals during January 2021, marking a decrease of 37.04% over the previous month and a drop of 29.17% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 13 deals during the month.

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Europe technology industry private equity deals in January 2021: Top deals

The top three technology industry private equity deals accounted for 99.5% of the overall value during January 2021.

The combined value of the top three technology private equity deals stood at $95.68m, against the overall value of $96.13m recorded for the month.

The top three technology industry private equity deals of January 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) bd-capital, Infocert, Mayfair Equity Partners, MCH Private Equity and Providence Equity Partners’ $86.19m private equity deal with S.L and Logalty Servicios de Tercero de Confianza

2) The $5.44m private equity deal with Connect Software Solutions by Mobeus Equity Partners

3) Far Eastern High Technology Fund (Russia) and Russian Direct Investment Fund’$4.05m private equity deal with Motorica