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Niall Chantrill

FROM TRENDS TO TOMORROW: HEALTHTECH

“Whilst the challenging economic climate has impacted M&A volumes overall, HealthTech M&A activity has remained stable in 2023, demonstrating the sector’s attractiveness to both financial investors and strategic acquirers."

Loren Docksey

SAAS M&A SNAPSHOT: H1-23 UPDATE

An improved macroeconomic outlook and overall investor optimism for growth businesses has contributed to a solid first half of 2023 for publicliy traded b2b SaaS companies.

Ade Cheatham

TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED CARE IN THE HOME

At-home care is seeing a surge in demand due to the pandemic. As a result, technological advancements which support the sector, such as telehealth devices, apps and systems are also seeing a rush of investment.

Andy Parker

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY M&A SNAPSHOT

Valuations are generally dropping from a high watermark seen at the back end of 2021, particularly in software and digital health markets.

Loren Docksey

SaaS M&A SNAPSHOT

Despite valuation metrics cooling from record highs, demands for mission-critical software solutions remains robust.

Ben Rookes

HCM SOFTWARE SNAPSHOT

HCM Software continues to attract investment as underlying demand drivers remain robust.

Andy Parker

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE SNAPSHOT

Specialist care in particular is a buoyant market, proving resilient through challenging market conditions.

Andy Parker

FINTECH KEY TRENDS

Fintech businesses are continuing to drive the financial services M&A market through disruption and innovation.

Loren Docksey

SaaS: M&A TRENDS & ANALYSIS

Widespread digitisation across sector verticals and high technical capabilities amongst SMEs is driving record levels of SaaS M&A activity.

Ben Rookes

IT MANAGED SERVICES M&A SNAPSHOT

Demand for assets with a strong recurring revenue base and growth dynamics has risen considerably in the last twelve months.

Ben Rookes

CYBER SECURITY M&A SNAPSHOT

Increasing numbers of companies are using applications deployed on the cloud. Combined with more sophisticated ransomware attacks and publicised security incidents on the rise, demand for cloud security and next-gen cyber software is sky-rocketing.

Ben Rookes

EDTECH M&A SUMMARY

Investors are looking to create groups of companies and roll up platforms which provide schools with a full suite offering including administration, finance, HR, teaching, property, location data management and distance education.

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