If you want to understand the themes that drive an industry, simply look at the list of recent mergers and acquisitions (M&A). This report analyzes the disruptive themes that drove M&A activity across the technology, media, and telecoms (TMT) industry in the first six months of 2021.
Key Highlights
Scope
Reasons to Buy
Key Highlights
- In the first six months of 2021, M&A deal value in the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) sector totaled $555bn, up 169% from the same period of the previous year. The number of deals recorded by the publisher was also up sharply from H1 2020, increasing by 93% to 481.
- The software and services sector accounted for 58% of overall TMT M&A deal volume in H1 2021, amounting to 278 deals. The sector also accounted for half of the overall deal value, with deals worth a combined $278bn announced during the six-month period.
Scope
- This report provides an overview of merger and acquisition activity in the global TMT market in H1 2021.
- It identifies the M&A deals announced in the TMT market between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 and provides comprehensive sector-by-sector analysis of the themes driving this activity.
Reasons to Buy
- This report offers a unique perspective on M&A activity in the TMT sector by focusing on the themes driving deals. This allows for a deeper understanding of the themes that are shaping the industry.
- It provides analysis of M&A activity in major georgraphic regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
- It looks at the rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and highlights their role in driving M&A deal activity.
- It evaluates the M&A deals announced by the leading technology companies (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft), identifying the five themes on which are focusing.
Table of Contents
- Executive summary
- Review of the TMT M&A market, H1 2021
- Themes driving TMT M&A deals, H1 2021
- Deal selection methodology
- Glossary
- Further reading
- Thematic methodology
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- AT&T
4iG Nyrt
- Aakash Educational Services
- Abaco Systems
- Acies Acquisition
- ACL Services
- Adjust
- Advanced Info Service Public
- Afimilk
- Airspan Networks
- Airtel Africa
- Ajax
- Alight Solutions
- Alkuri Global Acquisition (Ark Global)
- Allianz Capital
- Allocate Software
- Altimeter Capital
- Amazon.com
- American Tower
- AMETEK
- Apigee
- Apollo Global
- Apple
- AppLovin
- Arm
- Asaii
- Ascendant Digital Acquisition
- Astound Broadband
- ATC Europe
- Atlantic Broadband
- Auth0
- Autodesk
- AutoStore
- Babylon Healthcare Services
- Ballys Corporation
- Beacon Street
- Bentley Systems
- Bharti Airtel
- Bharti Telemedia
- Big Hit America (formerly Big Hit Entertainment )
- Bill.com
- BitGo
- Blackstone Capital
- Blink home
- Blue Yonder
- BluJay Solutions
- Body labs
- Boingo Wireless
- Boomi
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Boston Scientific
- Broadridge Financial Solutions
- Brunswick
- BTG Pactual
- Buzzfeed
- ByteDance
- CA Healthcare
- Cable One
- Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)
- Calypso Technology
- Careismatic Brands (formerly Strategic Partners)
- carsales.com
- Cazoo
- CCC Information Services
- Cegid Group
- Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization
- Cellnex Telecom
- Cerberus Telecom Acquisition
- Change Healthcare
- Churchill Capital
- Citrix Systems
- Clarivate
- Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition (CRIS)
- CloudEndure
- Cloudera
- Cloudyn Software Ltd
- CM Life Sciences
- CNH Industrial
- CNP Assurances
- Coherent
- Comtech
- CoreLogic
- Cornershop Global
- CTRL-labs
- Cubic
- CyberX
- Depop
- Dialog
- Dialog Semiconductor
- Digital Colony Management
- Digital Edge
- Digital Turbine
- Diligent
- Discovery
- DivvyPay
- DMY Technology
- DNS:NET Internet Service
- Dotmatics
- Dragoneer SPAC
- Drizly
- DuPont de Nemours
- E2open
- E8 Storage
- Easybrain
- Eaton Corporation
- EDF Invest
- eero
- Ekata
- Elastifile
- Electronic Arts
- Embracer Group
- eToro Group
- Etsy
- Evergreen Coast
- EVgo Services
- Falcon Capital Acquisition (FCAC)
- FiberCo Solucoes de Infraestrutura
- FinTech Acquisition
- Fitbit
- FLIR Systems
- Foley Trasimene Acquisition
- Franchise Group
- Francisco Partners
- Fyber
- Galaxy Digital
- Gamesys Group
- Gearbox
- GI Partners
- GIC
- Gilat Satellite Networks
- Giphy
- Gliimpse
- Global Payments
- GlobalLogic
- GlobeNet Brasil Telecom
- Glu Mobile
- Grab Holdings
- Graphiq
- Gray Television
- Gulf Energy Development
- GVC Holdings
- Hargray Acquisition
- Hargray Communications
- Helios Towers
- Hennessy Capital
- Hensoldt
- HighCape Capital
- Hippo Enterprises
- Hitachi
- Hivory
- HomeToGo
- Horizon Acquisition
- Hudson Executive
- Hyperconnect
- IDG Communications
- IHS Holding
- IHS Markit
- II-VI
- Indosat Ooredoo
- InfraCo
- Innovyze
- InPost
- Insight Partners
- Insightful Science
- Inteliquent
- International Business Machines
- ION Acquisition
- IonQ
- ironSource
- Ithaca Holdings
- Itiviti Group
- Janus Henderson Group
- Khosla Ventures Acquisition
- KKR & Co
- KORE Wireless Group
- Kustomer
- La Banque des Territoires
- Laird Performance Materials
- Lakestar SPAC I
- Lattice Data
- Leonardo
- Liberty IT Solutions
- Lifesci Acquisition
- Live Oak Acquisition
- Livestock Improvement
- Local Media Group
- LogMeIn London Ltd
- Lombarda China
- Looker
- Lucid Motors
- Lumentum Holdings
- LumiraDx
- M3bi
- Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA)
- Madison Square Garden Entertainment
- Magnachip Semiconductor
- Magnite
- Maluuba
- Mastercard
- Match Group
- McAfee
- McGraw Hill Companies
- Message4U (MessageMedia)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- MGM
- Microsoft
- Mondial Relay
- MSG Networks
- Navico Holding
- Navitas Semiconductor
- Nebula Caravel Acquisition
- Nerdy
- New Beginnings Acquisition
- NIC
- Northleaf Capital
- Nuance
- Nuance Communications
- NUVIA
- Nvidia
- OCC Corporation
- OfferPad
- Okta
- Omantel
- OptumInsight
- Orange Concessions
- ORBCOMM
- Orbitera Inc
- Panasonic
- Partners Group
- Peakon
- Pershing Square Tontine
- Perspecta
- Pet Supplies Plus US
- Pillpack
- Platinum Equity
- Playstudios
- Plex Systems
- Plus (PlusAI)
- Pointy
- PowerbyProxi
- Preventice
- Proofpoint
- ProQuest
- Prosus
- PT EPID Menara AssetCo
- PT Indointernet (Indonet)
- PullString
- QTS Realty Trust
- Qualcomm
- Quantum-Si
- Quickline Communications
- Quincy Media (formerly Quincy Newspapers)
- Raven Industries
- Redfin
- Reinvent Technology
- Renesas Electronics
- RentPath
- RideNow
- Ring
- Riot Blockchain
- RLDatix
- Rockwell Automation
- Rogers Communications
- Rotor Acquisition
- Rover.com
- RumbleON
- S&P Global
- Santa Cruz Works
- SAP
- Sarcos Robotics
- Science 37
- Seequent
- Sema4
- Semantic Machines
- Shanghai Mutong Technology
- Sharecare
- Shaw Communications
- Shazam Entertainment
- Siemens
- Signa Sports United (SSU)
- Signavio
- Silicon Labs
- Sinch
- Sino-Rock
- Sitel Group
- Skyworks Solutions
- Smart Telecom
- Social Capital Hedosophia
- Social Finance (SoFi)
- SoftBank Group
- Souq.com
- South Dearborn
- Spacecom Satellite Communications
- SpotX
- Stack Exchange
- Stone Point Capital
- Supermarket Grocery Supplies (Big Basket)
- Supernova Partners Acquisition
- Superpod
- SupplyFrame
- SYKES
- Symphony Technology
- Syniverse Technologies
- SYNNEX
- Tabcorp
- Taboola
- Talend
- Talkspace (Groop Internet Platform)
- Tata Digital
- tbh
- Tech Data
- Teledyne Technologies
- Telefonica Chile
- Telxius Telecom
- Texture
- The Blackstone Group
- Therapy Brands
- Think and Learn
- Thoma Bravo Advantage
- Tim Crown
- Tink
- TouchType (SwiftKey)
- TPG Capital
- TPG Pace Tech Opportunities
- Trader Interactive
- Tripp Lite
- Turbonomic
- Turi
- TWC Tech
- Twilio
- Tyler Technologies
- Uber Technologies
- Universal Music Group
- Valo Health
- Veritas (Peraton)
- Veritas Capital
- Verizon Media
- Visa
- Vivid Seats
- Vocus Group
- Warner Media
- Whinstone US
- Whole Foods
- Wideopenwest (WOW! Internet)
- Wondery
- Workday
- Wrike
- Xnor.ai
- Yandex
- Yango Financial
- Yucaipa Acquisition
- Zego (formerly CasaiQ)
- Zensar Technologies
- Zipwhip
