Total technology industry cross border M&A deals worth $226.3m were announced in Europe in July 2022, led by Xperi’s $109m acquisition of Vewd Software, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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The value marked a decrease of 79.4% over the previous month of $1.1bn and a drop of 95.3% when compared with the last 12-month average of $4.8bn.

Europe held a 37.92% share of the global technology industry cross border M&A deal value that totalled $596.67m in July 2022. With an 18.27% share and deals worth $109m, Norway was the top country in Europe’s cross border M&A deal value across technology industry.

In terms of cross border M&A deal activity, Europe recorded 68 deals during July 2022, marking a decrease of 41.38% over the previous month and a drop of 46.46% over the 12-month average. The UK recorded 16 deals during the month.

Europe technology industry cross border M&A deals in July 2022: Top deals

The top five technology industry cross border M&A deals accounted for 95% of the overall value during July 2022.

The combined value of the top five technology cross border deals stood at $214.89m, against the overall value of $226.3m recorded for the month.

The top five technology industry cross border M&A deals of July 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Xperi $109m acquisition deal with Vewd Software

2) The $52.5m acquisition of 67% stake in Coolabi by Talenthouse

3) Vinted $30.8m acquisition deal with Rebelle

4) The $12.9m acquisition of Formatec Holding by Nano Dimension

5) Azkoyen $9.7m acquisition deal with Vendon