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A strategic start to 2024
Tech Trends

A strategic start to 2024

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Brenon Daly

Buoyed by a pair of blockbuster prints, tech M&A spending in January rebounded to its highest monthly level in a year and a half. The…

Tech M&A Outlook Survey: A historic bust-to-boom reversal in 2024?
Business Trends

Tech M&A Outlook Survey: A historic bust-to-boom reversal in 2024?

Posted on February 22, 2024February 21, 2024 by Brenon Daly

As painful as the post-pandemic tech M&A slump has been, the market has found the bottom and is set to rebound sharply in 2024. That’s…

Influencer marketing platforms are key to creator economy
Customer Experience

Influencer marketing platforms are key to creator economy

Posted on January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 by Soon Chen Kang

The rise of the creator economy has indelibly transformed marketing. Brands are tapping into influencer marketing platforms (IMPs) to discover and collaborate with influencers. M&A…

Big Tech’s M&A faces scrutiny from activists
Tech Trends

Big Tech’s M&A faces scrutiny from activists

Posted on April 3, 2023April 21, 2023 by Iuri Struta

There are many things that make a company vulnerable to shareholder activism, but it all boils down to one metric: stock price performance. For years,…

M&A Outlook: What if tech isn’t so special?; Telcos hanging up on infosec?
Cybersecurity

M&A Outlook: What if tech isn’t so special?; Telcos hanging up on infosec?

Posted on February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 by Brenon Daly

What if tech isn’t all that special? What if companies aren’t automatically worth the inflated birthright premiums lavished on certain markets? What if the recent…

AI and climate change drive record BI dealmaking
AI

AI and climate change drive record BI dealmaking

Posted on December 29, 2022March 14, 2023 by Iuri Struta

M&A in the business intelligence sector recently surpassed 2021’s record, spurred by artificial intelligence adoption and environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Growing demand from…

Cybersecurity M&A maintains pace, but valuations and PE activity trend lower
Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity M&A maintains pace, but valuations and PE activity trend lower

Posted on September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 by Garret Bekker

2021 was a record-smashing year for overall cybersecurity M&A, and the first quarter of 2022 started off on a similar – albeit slightly less eye-popping…

The race for fast fulfillment
eCommerce

The race for fast fulfillment

Posted on August 25, 2022August 4, 2022 by Melissa Incera

As e-commerce giants invest billions to expand options for faster delivery, pressure is mounting on smaller merchants to keep pace. Now, e-commerce fulfillment has become…

Video could trigger the next wave of communications PaaS consolidation
Business Trends

Video could trigger the next wave of communications PaaS consolidation

Posted on August 17, 2022August 2, 2022 by Raul Castanon-Martinez

Communications platform as a services (CPaaS) – a market composed of vendors that provide APIs, software developer kits (SDKs), and libraries intended to allow developers…

As self-driving cars become a reality, the crowded light-sensor market braces for M&A
Automotive

As self-driving cars become a reality, the crowded light-sensor market braces for M&A

Posted on August 10, 2022July 15, 2022 by Mark Fontecchio

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors are set to become increasingly common on consumer and commercial vehicles in the years ahead, as assisted driving features…

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