Canada’s technology industry saw a drop of 21.13% in overall deal activity during January 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Accel, Backbone Angels, ICONIQ Growth, Lightspeed Management Company, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Reynolds , Scarlett Johansson and Tiger Global Management’s $620m venture financing of AgileBits, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 56 deals worth $1.3bn were announced in January 2022, compared with the 12-month average of 71 deals.

venture financing was the leading category in the month in terms of volume with 30 deals, which accounted for 53.6% of all deals.

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In second place was M&A with 24 deals, followed by private equity with two transactions, respectively accounting for 42.9% and 3.6% of overall deal activity in the Canada’s technology industry during the month.

In terms of value of deals, venture financing was the leading deal category in Canada’s technology industry with total deals worth $921.53m, while private equity and M&A deals totalled $350m and $19.99m respectively.

Canada technology industry deals in January 2022: Top deals

The top five technology industry deals accounted for 85.3% of the overall value during January 2022.

The combined value of the top five technology deals stood at $1.1bn, against the overall value of $1.3bn recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry deals of January 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Accel,Backbone Angels,ICONIQ Growth,Lightspeed Management Company,Robert Downey Jr.,Ryan Reynolds ,Scarlett Johansson and Tiger Global Management $620m venture financing deal with AgileBits

2) The $350m private equity of Assent ComplianceCanada by Vista Equity Partners

3) F-Prime,iNovia Capital and TCV VII $50.05m venture financing deal with BenchSci Analytics

4) The $46.95m venture financing of Vosker by Stephan Cretier

5) Boost VC,BoxOne Ventures,Broadhaven Capital Partners,Dan Debow,Farhan Thawar,Golden Venture Partners,Henri Machalani,Jevon MacDonald,Mark Macleod and Mike Murchison $35.2m venture financing deal with Shakepay