What are you looking for?

In the first article in our Industry 4.0 in DACH series, we focus on M&A in the smart buildings sector and look at the opportunities new technologies being used to connect, monitor and control what goes on in buildings bring to new and established businesses.

Hampleton Partners’ analysis of growth capital reveals that 2018 marked another record year for global venture capital financing, with a total disclosed value of $185 bn (€165 billion) raised across more than 12,500 transactions. The international technology M&A and growth finance advisors reveal that total transaction volume grew five per cent per year from 2014 to 2018 across the globe, while total value raised grew by 13 per cent, suggesting that funding rounds are becoming larger.

Businesses have always needed to adapt in order to stay relevant, but never has this necessity been in such sharp focus as it is today. Legacy tyre manufacturers are investing in an M&A push to future-proof their businesses in the coming age of the electric and autonomous vehicle.

In its latest analysis of global Mergers & Acquisitions activity in Enterprise Software , Hampleton Partners reports the highest deal count ever recorded, with 651 transactions inked over the first half of 2019.

The first half of 2019 has seen automotive technology deal-making news led by major tech giants challenging traditional OEMs for ‘ownership’ of the vehicles of the future, says Hampleton Partners’ latest report on Automotive Technology M&A.

The first half of 2019 recorded an increase in healthtech M&A activity, with a healthy 100 deals inked (11 per cent more than in 2H 2018) and around $8.3 billion in disclosed transaction value throughout the period, reveals Hampleton Partners in its latest global Healthtech M&A Market Report .

The growth of M&A activity in the ‘platform economy’ and in social commerce are two of the biggest trends identified in the latest E-Commerce and Digital Marketing M&A Market Reports from Hampleton Partners , the international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor. Transaction volume for the digital marketing sector has remained remarkably stable since 2011. In the first half of 2019, marketing application software received more M&A attention, with 95 deals inked and disclosed deal value of $2.06bn, versus 67 deals and deal value of $1.4bn for digital agencies & marketing services

To mark the launch of our 2H 2019 M&A Market Reports on E-commerce and Digital Marketing, we look at how the innovation behind the rise of social commerce is upsetting the status quo in marketing.

Current trends in the busy tech M&A space point to a possible market correction before 2021 – are segments that are working to build a greener, healthier future best placed to weather the storm?

Amazon, Apple, Samsung and Philips are among the big brand tech giants making a splash in the medical arena – so why is healthcare such an attractive investment opportunity? In this latest instalment of our Industry 4.0 in the DACH Region series, we look at what’s driving the boom in medtech, which accounted for 15 per cent of the sector’s M&A transactions in 2018.