In the global technology industry, there were 215 private equity deals announced in Q2 2024, worth a total value of $50.5bn, according to GlobalData’s Deals Database. The $9.2bn investment by DigitalBridge Group and Silver Lake Technology Management in Vantage Data Centers Management was the industry’s largest disclosed deal. A thorough analysis of the disruptive themes and the Private Equity deal activity are included in GlobalData’s Tech, Media and Telecom (TMT) Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Deals by Top Themes report. Buy the report here.
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In value terms, private equity deal activity increased by 64% in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter’s total of $30.8bn and rose by 147% as compared to Q2 2023. Related deal volume increased by 19% in Q2 2024 versus the previous quarter and was 9% lower than in Q2 2023.
Notably, cloud -related deals accounted for a 45% share of the global technology industry’s private equity deal activity in Q2 2024, up 47% over the previous quarter.
The top-ranked financial advisors supporting these private equity deals in H1 2024 were Evercore; WBC Holdings; Houlihan Lokey with 14, 14, 13 deals respectively.
The top-ranked legal advisors supporting these private equity deals in H1 2024 were Kirkland & Ellis; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Ropes & Gray with 38, 13, 10 deals respectively.
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GlobalData’s Deals Database tracks global deal activity, including mergers, acquisitions, capital raising, strategic alliances, and licensing agreements. Proprietary analysis is used to group deals into key thematic areas and granular sectors across the world’s largest industries.
This analysis considers only announced and completed deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Deal type includes Buyouts and Direct Investments done by Private Equity firms.
