Morrison Foerster is pleased to share with our clients and friends the results of our 2023 Tech M&A Survey, published in conjunction with Mergermarket. Mergermarket surveyed 300 dealmakers from around the world in order to gain valuable insights into the future of technology-related M&A.
According to the findings:
58% of private equity (PE) firms and 38% of corporates expect aggregate tech M&A deal volumes to increase over the next 12 months.
48% of PE firms and 53% of corporates expect the value of the average tech deal to rise over the coming year.
25% of respondents point to cybersecurity and 18% point to AI/machine learning as the tech subsectors that offer the best M&A opportunities over the next 12 months.
91% of PE firms and 61% of corporate respondents expect to make use of minority investments in their tech M&A plans over the next 12 months.
81% expect antitrust scrutiny of tech M&A to become either somewhat or significantly stricter over the next three years.
Read the report to learn more about these and other deal trends.