South and Central America’s technology industry saw a drop of 6.45% in deal activity during May 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Alan Howard, Christian Angermayer, Founders Fund, Galaxy Digital, Louis Bacon, Nomura, Richard Li Tzar Kai and Thiel Capital’s $300m acquisition of Block.one, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 29 technology industry deals worth $1.4bn were announced for the region in May 2021, against the 12-month average of 31 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in May 2021 with 17 transactions, representing a 58.6% share for the region.

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In second place was venture financing with 12 deals capturing a 41.4% share of the overall deal activity for the month.

In terms of value of deals, venture financing was the leading category in South and Central America’s technology industry with $863.69m, followed by M&A deals totalled $489.85m.

South and Central America technology industry deals in May 2021: Top deals

The top five technology deals accounted for 90.2% of the overall value during May 2021.

The combined value of the top five technology deals stood at $1.22bn, against the overall value of $1.4bn recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry deals of May 2021 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Alan Howard, Christian Angermayer, Founders Fund, Galaxy Digital, Louis Bacon, Nomura, Richard Li Tzar Kai and Thiel Capital’s $300m venture financing of Block.one

2) The $300m venture financing deal with Quinto Andar Servicos Imobiliarios by Alta Park Capital, Innovation Fund Insurances, Kaszek Ventures, Kevin Efrusy, LTS, Maverik, Qualcomm Ventures and Ribbit Capital

3) IHS Holding’s $299m acquisition of FiberCo Solucoes de Infraestrutura

4) The $190m venture financing of CloudWalk by Coatue Management, DST Global Solutions, Fisk Ventures, The Hive Brasil and Valor Capital Group

5) Banco BTG Pactual’s acquisition of Universa Group for $132m.