Reports

The bandwagon rolls on: why did 2019 see further record levels of Software M&A?

H1 2019 has seen a slump in M&A across all of our sub-sectors in the datacenter reflecting macro-economic pressures.

The Commercial UAV market has seen more than 300 businesses receiving $3.2bn of VC investment since 2014, but only 64 M&A deals and IPOs – we believe there is a huge backlog of M&A activity to happen in the sector.

In the next 10 to 15 years, the Industrial Internet of Things will continue to dramatically alter the transportation, automotive, industrial, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, smart cities and smart buildings sectors, accounting for almost two-thirds of the global economy.

The global semiconductor industry is evolving steadily, driven by product innovation coupled with aggressive research and development and new manufacturing technologies. Increasing digitalisation has propelled the demand for semiconductors and changed the way the industry operates.

Acuity releases our inaugural M&A Market Review of the Telecoms sector.