M&A Update Technology Sector Q4 2022

M&A market developments and valuation environment in the fourth quarter

2022 closes with an increased European M&A activity and continues to be mostly unaffected by the macroeconomic situation.

The year-end run-up in the last quarter of 2022 leads to an increase in total transactions in 2022 from 745 in Q3 to 778 transactions in Q4.

Despite the general unpredictable macroeconomic situation and the resulting consequences and measures, the tech market has been unimpressed. Strategic buyers see the need to add further know-how to the product portfolio through M&A activities. Financial investors are increasingly focusing on buying a platform and acquiring further add-on companies to drive inorganic growth.

Our report analyses the current valuation development and addresses the following topics:

The development of the European M&A activity as well as background information on selected transactions
The development of the current valuation level in Europe
The development of various sub-segments in the Tech stock market

Additionally, we present one of our recent Tech deals from Ireland: the sale of Ekco Cloud Holdings, a leading founder-led European cloud and cybersecurity provider, to the financial investor Corten Capital.

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