TRANSACTION VOLUME IN THE ONLINE AND MOBILE INDUSTRY SHOWS SIGNS OF STRENGTH

Berkery Noyes’ Online and Mobile report for half year 2013 showed an uptick in transaction activity. Deal volume increased seven percent relative to the prior half year period, from 953 to 1,015 transactions. However, value decreased 29 percent, from $32.54 billion in second half 2012 to $23.16 billion in first half 2013. SaaS & Cloud… View Article

PRIVATE EQUITY DEAL VALUE IS RISING IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

Berkery Noyes has released its Software Industry M&A report for half year 2013. Transaction volume decreased three percent over the past six months. Deal value remained flat, totaling $29.56 billion year-to-date. The median revenue multiple moved slightly from 2.1x to 2.0x, while the median EBITDA multiple increased from 10.4x to 12.5x. Financial sponsors in the… View Article

AN OVERVIEW OF M&A IN THE HEALTHCARE IT SECTOR

Berkery Noyes’ latest white paper covers some of the factors influencing M&A activity in the Healthcare Information and Technology (“HIT”) sector. Healthcare IT has remained a bright spot in the macro M&A market. For instance, transaction volume improved 11% from the beginning of 2011 through the end of 2012. Deal value increased 30%, totaling approximately… View Article

M&A OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GRC MARKET

Peter Ognibene, Managing Director at Berkery Noyes, has written a white paper on M&A trends in the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) market. GRC M&A volume improved 17 percent from the beginning of 2011 through the end of 2012. This was mentioned in our previous blog post. 82 percent of GRC transactions in 2012 were… View Article