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Earlier this month, DHL Group opened its new Europe Innovation Center in Troisdorf, Germany. The flagship of a network of similar facilities dotted across the world, it serves to “identify emerging trends, engage with customers, test new technologies, and scale high-impact solutions across regions and business units”, as well as foster collaborations with other academic researchers and startups.

This move caught our attention because, as part of the announcement, DHL Group laid out the “three most important trend clusters that will shape supply chains in the coming years”, determined by its survey of over 2,500 supply chain professionals across a spectrum of industries and regions. The trends in question are AI, robotics and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) imperatives – all of which were recently emphasised in our newly published Supply Chain Management Software M&A Report. 

Healthtech dealmaking is surging, with our latest M&A report on the sector revealing that 1H25 saw the highest number of disclosed deals on record, surpassing even the much-discussed acquisition boom during and just after the pandemic. 

While economic conditions improved slightly, and high investor interest in AI innovation have certainly set a favourable context for M&A across the tech landscape, there are specific trends propelling acquisition and investment activity in Healthtech. Let’s look through some of those identified by the Hampleton Partners report, along with fundraises exemplifying each trend.   

The recently published IT & Business Services market report from Hampleton Partners has revealed strong M&A momentum in the first half of this year – a surge partly propelled by the acquisitions of business service providers partnered with the likes of Microsoft, Salesforce and ServiceNow. 

Not only has there been a high number of deals targeting such companies, but the median EBITDA multiple for this segment has soared to the highest point on record, indicating unprecedented investor confidence in the growth prospects of service providers aligned with major enterprise software ecosystems.

The latest Artificial Intelligence market report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for software and technology companies, reveals strong fundraising momentum for AI companies, with the total deal value for the sector reaching almost USD 52.4bn in 1H25 – the second-largest amount ever invested in a half-year reporting period.

Anyone who’s caught up on the deal data in Hampleton Partners’ latest Autotech & Mobility Report will know that acquirers have pressed down on the accelerator in 1H25, with the sector seeing the third-highest ever transaction count in any half-year reporting period. Beyond general factors such as the easing of macroeconomic pressures and growing investor confidence across the tech landscape, one key contributor to the dealmaking surge has been highly robust activity within the Mobility & Fleet Management subsector. 

The latest Supply Chain Management Software M&A report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for software and technology companies, has revealed an uptick in deal activity in 1H25. This is the second consecutive rise recorded in a six-month reporting period, continuing a bounceback for the Supply Chain Management Software (SCMS) sector after a momentary slowdown in the first half of last year.

The newest Healthtech M&A report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for software and technology companies, reveals that 242 deals were made in 1H25 – the largest number recorded in a half-year reporting period within the sector.

Our newly published Digital Commerce M&A Report has revealed a surge in dealmaking in the sector, with the first half of this year seeing a 22% year-on-year jump in transaction volume. 

Comparing the current energy in the sector to the momentum boost which occurred during the pandemic, our e-commerce Sector Principal Ralph Hübner notes in the report that “the boom we saw back then was largely down to a pressing necessity, with e-commerce coming into its own as social contacts were limited and consumers were confined to their immediate surroundings. By contrast, the transformative force we’re seeing on the horizon is of a technological nature, with AI reconfiguring how humans interact with Digital Commerce solutions. 

The newest Enterprise Software M&A report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for software and technology companies, reveals that deal activity soared to an all-time high this year.

A total of 1,313 deals were made in 1H25, which is the largest haul for the sector in any six-month reporting period and a 9% increase on the previous peak seen in 1H22. 

The latest Autotech & Mobility M&A report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for software and technology companies, reveals that 81 transactions were recorded in 1H25. This constitutes an almost 40% jump in deal volume from the previous half-year reporting period, indicating a marked resurgence in momentum after a lull in dealmaking in 2024.