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Enterprise Software M&A Report 2H2026 Share now: Our latest Enterprise Software M&A Report reveals a market that has grown more selective: deal counts are falling while valuations climb. In the first half of 2026, 1,132 deals were recorded, down roughly 8% from the second half of 2025, while the trailing 30-month median EV/EBITDA reached a new high of 18.8x. Fewer processes are coming to market, but the companies that do achieve strong multiples. Miro Parizek, Founder and Senior Partner at Hampleton Partners, comments: "This is a disciplined market, not a weak one. Strategic buyers are operating

Autotech & Mobility Report 2H2026 Share now: Our newly launched Automotive M&A Market Report 2H2026 shows early signs of stabilisation after several years of declining deal volumes and valuations. Transaction activity edged up in 1H2026 and earnings multiples began to firm, suggesting that market conditions may be starting to stabilise. However, it remains too early to call a sustained recovery. At the same time, the development is far from even across the sector and increasingly reflects evolving buyer priorities. While scale and production capacity remain important, acquirers are placing

+++ Sign up for Hampleton's IT & Business Services M&A webinar on September 10 +++ IT & Business Services Report 2H2026 Share now: Our 2H 2026 IT & Business Services M&A Market Report shows a market that has grown more discerning without growing less active. Deal activity has eased from its early-2025 highs, yet remains well ahead of the 2024 low, and the real contest has moved from the valuation to the structure. Buyers are meeting sellers’ expectations, but only by parking a growing share of the price behind earnouts, escrows and performance hurdles the seller no longer fully controls. One

+++ Sign up for Hampleton's Digital Commerce M&A webinar on September 16 +++ Digital Commerce Report 2H2026 Share now: Our latest Digital Commerce M&A report finds dealmaking in the sector settling into a steadier rhythm, with transaction volume and valuation multiples moving into a comparatively flat pattern following the sharper swings of recent years. Agentic commerce has moved from pilot to infrastructure, as platforms and payment providers adopt shared protocols that enable AI agents to discover, negotiate and check out on a shopper's behalf. Buyers are rewarding platforms that deploy

"Hampleton combines technology sector expertise and banking experience to build the best transaction teams in the industry." In addition to being proven dealmakers and professionals with significant equity transaction experience, the partners, directors, and team members have over 200 years of operational experience in the technology industry. Our analysts are some of the most qualified in banking and Hampleton uniquely utilises Sector Principals, industry experts actively operating in their sectors bringing in real-time market insights, contacts and domain knowledge. This extraordinary combination

Artificial Intelligence Report 2H2026 Share now: Our 2H 2026 Artificial Intelligence Fundraising and M&A Market Report finds record capital moving into the sector on both sides, fundraising and M&A alike, concentrated into fewer hands than at any point we have tracked. A narrow group of frontier labs absorbed most of the increase in capital raised, and two acquisitions, SpaceX's purchase of xAI and of Cursor developer Anysphere, carried almost the entire rise in disclosed deal value. The report traces this to a split forming inside the AI label itself. A narrow set of companies are training

Supply Chain Management Software Report 2H2026 Share now: Our latest Supply Chain Management Software (SCMS) M&A report shows a market turning more selective. After stronger momentum in 2025, deal activity moderated as buyers placed growing emphasis on the quality, resilience and strategic positioning of software assets, including their ability to consolidate fragmented supply chain functions and put AI to work across real operations, rather than growth alone. Across the market, AI is moving from dashboards and reporting towards deeper connectivity and automation, as procurement platforms