Third Quarter 2016 Report

Executive Summary
Overview:

USD88.0bn of deals tracked in Q3 2016, a 204.0% increase from USD28.9bn in Q3 2015.

1,415 deals tracked from public sources in Q3 2016, an increase from 920 in Q3 2015.
The average deal value for investments has decreased to USD21.8m in Q3 2016, from USD34.7m in Q3 2015.
The average deal value for acquisitions has increased to USD1.4bn in Q3 2016, from USD330.2m in Q3 2015.

Deals by region:

Europe leads all regions with an average deal value of USD271.1m. North America comes second at USD67.8m.
Average deal values have increased in regions of Europe, South America and North America. However, the average deal
values in Asia/Pacific, Rest of World and Middle East have decreased.
Asia/Pacific leads the world in average deal values for investments at USD50.3m.

Deals by sector:

The number of deals has increased in all sectors. The Games sector had the most increase at 137.5%.
Total deal values have very large increase in Hardware & Infrastructure (3346.1%) and Software & Services (420.8%).
Total deal values also increased in the sectors of Marketing (190.0%), Ecommerce (65.6%), Media (26.6%) and Mobile &
Apps (13.0%). Conversely, total deal values decreased in Transactions (42.7%) and Games (14.2%) sectors.
The average deal values for acquisitions have increased significantly in Mobile & Apps (428.5%), Software & Services
(287.3%), and Marketing (234.2%). All other sectors saw a decline in average deal values for acquisitions.

Key Statistics:

Description

Q3 2015

Q3 2016

Number of deals

920

1415

Deals disclosed

738

910

Total deal value

$28,874,551,054

$87,986,132,460

Average deal value

$39,125,407

$96,688,057

Total investment value

$25,242,251,054

$18,718,002,868

Total acquisition value

$3,632,300,000

$69,268,129,592

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Deal value growth by sector Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

4000%

3346%

3500%
3000%
2500%
2000%
1500%
1000%
500%

0%
-500%

-43%

-14%

Transactions

Games

190%

13%

27%

66%

Mobile &
Apps

Media

Ecommerce

Marketing

421%

Software & Hardware &

Services Infrastructure

Deal value growth by region Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

2500%

2321%

2000%
1500%
1000%
500%
0%

94%

142%

North America

Rest of World

-11%

-500%
Asia/Pac

Europe

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Deal number growth by sector Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

160%

138%

140%
120%

111%

100%

84%

80%
62%
60%

44%

40%
20%

67%

28%
7%

0%
Mobile &
Apps

Ecommerce Transactions Software &

Services

Marketing

Media

Hardware &
Infrastructure

Games

Deal number growth by region Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

350%
314%
300%
250%
200%
150%
109%
87%

100%
50%

25%

0%
North America

Asia/Pac

Europe

Rest of World

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Average deal value by sector Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

$700

$581

$600

Millions

$500
$400
$300
$200
$100

$18 $21

$42 $25

Mobile & Apps

Games

$66

$31

$74

$14 $33

$66

$99
$24

$63

$104
$33

$0
Transactions

Marketing

2015

Media

Software &
Services

Ecommerce

Hardware &
Infrastructure

2016

Average deal value by region Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

$300

$271

$250

Millions

$200
$150
$87

$100

$68

$51

$50

$15

$36
$17

$9

$0
Rest of World

Asia/Pac

North America

2015

Europe

2016

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Average deal value growth by sector Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

500%

428%
400%

287%

300%
234%
200%

100%

0%

0%

0%

-3%
-47%

-58% -64%

5%

0%
-1%

-6%

-9%

-37%

-47%

-100%
Transactions

Media

Ecommerce

Games
Investments

Hardware &
Infrastructure

Marketing

Software &
Services

Mobile & Apps

Acquisitions

Average deal value growth by region Q3 2015 - Q3 2016

18000%

15942%

16000%
14000%

12000%
10000%
8000%
6000%
4000%
2000%
0%

3%

191%

33%

0%
-37%

-2000%
Rest of World

-43%

North America

Investments

Asia/Pac

-35%
Europe

Acquisitions

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