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The latest edition of Finance Magazin’s M&A Monday is now live! Featuring tech sector insights from Hampleton Partners' Jan Eiben, Julian Riedlbauer of GP Bullhound and Franz Reiffenstuel from Deutsche Private Equity.

The Environmental, Social & Governance Technology M&A Market Report from Hampleton Partners, the international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm for technology companies, reveals that the first half of 2022 saw 93 deals target an ESG firm, a 173 per cent increase on 1H2019 numbers.

German startup Charles recently announced a $20 million Series A raise, which came hot on the heels of a $6.5 million seed round in 2021. These are good numbers for a company that’s only existed a few years, and speaks to a growing appetite for what Charles offers.

Hampleton Partners’ latest Healthtech M&A Market Report highlights how the Covid-19 pandemic revealed the inadequacies and opportunities in the world’s healthcare systems and how venture and growth capital poured into digital health companies, raising a total of $57.2 billion in funding in 2021, an increase of 79 per cent from 2020.

It’s no secret that these are bumpy times for tech companies and anyone involved in investment and M&A. But, amid all the less-than-happy headlines about startups downsizing and investors battening down the hatches, there has also been fresh research which is cause for optimism – particularly for UK founders and executives.

Hampleton Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of David Bell to the position of Director in Hampleton’s London office.

It’s not very often that we see an entirely new ‘genre’ emerge in tech, but that is exactly what’s happened with the development of the enterprise browser.

Launching your own tech company is likely to be one of the most exciting decisions of your life. But the practical implications can, let’s face it, be a bit of a buzzkill.

There’s been a lot of talk in recent times around healthtech, fintech and e-commerce. But there’s another burgeoning sector that’s slipped under most people’s radars, while attracting increasing interest from investors. We’re talking about digital twins.

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) startups offering point-of-sale credit to shoppers have been among the most talked-about tech companies in recent years. In the UK alone, the use of BNPL products nearly quadrupled in 2020, and over 15 million people were drawn to companies like Klarna and Clearpay last year. It’s also been estimated that the number of BNPL users in the US hit the 45 million mark in that same period.