Software M&A Blog
Timid corporate executives
McKinsey & Company recently published the results of a survey indicating that large companies are overly biased against making strategic investments such as acquisitions, product development, and... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by MarkJohnson, Director on 03 February 2012
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Highlights from the World Economic Forum in Davos
The World Economic Forum, just down the road from us in Davos, began last week with a blast... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by TanyaFroehlich, Branch Manager on 01 February 2012
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Mobile 2012 - Trend and directions
Here's a list of trends and directions for the Mobile market. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by PeterAndrews, Regional Director on 30 January 2012
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Big Private Equity spending in 2011
In Corum’s Forecast 2012: Global Tech M&A - Review and Predictions webinar we discussed the dramatic increase of private equity activity in 2011. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AmberStoner, Senior Analyst on 25 January 2012
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2012 Consumer Electronics Show
Last week I attended CES for the first time in many years. When the video game industry started showing at CES decades ago, I was there with a booth, right next to a Sony booth, rumored to be introducing the original PlayStation. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JimPerkins, Regional Director, Digital Media Specialist on 18 January 2012
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Top 50 Venture Funded Companies of 2011
In early March 2011, the Wall Street Journal published their "Top 50 Venture Funded Start-Ups" article. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AlinaSoltys, Analyst on 16 January 2012
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Growth in Social – It’s coming from some interesting places…
Where are some of opportunities going to come from in Social? [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 13 January 2012
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People outlive corporations – Is innovation the key?
I recently read that only a tiny fraction of corporations reach the age of 40. A couple of professors concluded this after studying more than 6 million firms. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 10 January 2012
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A walk down memory lane
Reading Steve Jobs’ bio while on vacation a few weeks ago caused me to reflect on how technology has emerged over the years, and also how many parallels exist between the evolution of mobile in the current era vs the PC in the late '70s-early '80s. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by WardCarter, Chairman on 06 January 2012
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Hardware to Software trend to continue in 2012
In August, ’11 Marc Andreessen put forward his thesis on software “eating the world”. Essentially, his belief is that due to pervasive broadband and the high growth of smart phones (5bn by 2020!) software has reached a tipping point of distribution capacity at minimal startup costs, impacting our economies at large. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by MarkJohnson, Director on 03 January 2012
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A new way to raise capital – Crowdfunding
Raising capital can be one of the most challenging and aggravating processes a startup ever faces, from the “one perfect angel” goose-chase to swallowing painful terms with a VC to suffering exorbitant legal fees, to name a few. What if startups could ignore the prohibition on general solicitation... [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by GeoffreySechter, Data Analyst on 30 December 2011
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Israel spotlight: Perion
One of the guest speakers for our December webinar was Josef Mandelbaum of Perion, an Israel-based tech company that focuses on bringing high tech to what he called the “second wave” of adopters, those who may actually use devices like smartphones more, but who won't be the first to buy them. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by DanielHolland, Sr. Marketing Coordinator on 28 December 2011
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Yandex
We're all very familiar with the big players in US tech, but there are plenty of up and coming brands internationally that you may not be as familiar with. If you're not yet aware of Yandex, you will be soon, and you should start now. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AlinaSoltys, Analyst on 23 December 2011
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Soocial
We were fortunate enough to have Stefan Fountain, Founder and CEO of Soocial which was recently acquired by Viadeo, join us for our December webinar. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by TomokiYasuda, Senior Analyst on 21 December 2011
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2012 Mergers & Acquisitions Survey assessment
Last week the national law firm, Dykema, released its seventh annual “Mergers & Acquisitions Survey,” compiled from a polling of 299 deal makers among leading company executives and investment firms in the U.S. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by robschram, Director on 16 December 2011
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Video Game Software IPO nail biters
More IPO's are expected this week than in any other week in the last three quarters. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JimPerkins, Regional Director, Digital Media Specialist on 15 December 2011
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Israel rising
For such a small country, Israel often gets more than its share of headlines, and what not everyone knows is that it also has more than its fair share of software technology companies. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JohnMelotte, Regional Director on 14 December 2011
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From London: US software industry has nothing to fear from European entrepreneur
Earlier this week, I chaired the World Financial Symposiums’ Growth & Exit Strategies conference in London. We had over 100 registrants from 16 countries. The 20 speakers were the best in European tech... [Click on title to read more..]
Posted by MiroParizek, Managing Director on 09 December 2011
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It's a good time to be a SaaS Company in the Cloud
Following in the steps of Oracle’s acquisition of RightNow Technologies in October, SAP announced their own acquisition of SuccessFactors just the other day at 10.7x revenue multiple. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AlinaSoltys, Analyst on 06 December 2011
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Getting ready for Buyer discovery
It’s only natural that buyers want to learn as much as they can about your company before they acquire it. This discovery is essential to their valuation, risk analysis, the terms of agreement and integration. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JeffBrown, Vice President on 01 December 2011
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Value of preparation for Due Diligence
For years in our Selling Up Selling Out M&A conference for software and tech executives, we’ve stressed the value of preparing in advance for an M&A event. This point has been driven home recently as I sat for two days in a hotel with our client and a team of 5 people from the buyer’s side. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by WardCarter, Chairman on 28 November 2011
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Attitude of gratitude
It is rightly said that the most important things in life aren’t things. These times of economic uncertainty may cause us to fixate on our litany of concerns and lose sight of what is fundamentally important - health, family, friends and hope for the future. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by robschram, Director on 23 November 2011
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Sovereign cash
Part of the astounding cash flood we can see in the market today is the staggering amount of sovereign wealth that is available, about $4.7 trillion in assets in the top ten nations for sovereign wealth. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by MarkJohnson, Director on 21 November 2011
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Japan Buys
Japan's buying habits were one of the highlights of November's M&A webinar, and as I had recently returned from Tokyo, I was able to address these trends. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by TomokiYasuda, Senior Analyst on 18 November 2011
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Mobile madness
I started out in mobile computing way back in the '80s, so it has been fascinating to watch the mobile wave take place. The past year has been a watershed one for mobile as an industry at large, as America catches up to Europe by abandoning landlines altogether. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JonScott, Vice President on 14 November 2011
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Next multi-billion $$ space
The file transferring and sharing space is in a massive land grab mode as the industry starts to rise into the next multi-billion dollar realm. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by AlinaSoltys, Analyst on 09 November 2011
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Runaway success
Buyers often explore OEM agreements as an alternative to taking on the risk and expense of acquisition. Usually it takes only a couple of negotiating sessions to reach the conclusion that OEM will be cumbersome, risky and expensive. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by NatBurgess, President on 04 November 2011
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What is driving the current M&A market
What is driving the current Software and IT service M&A market? An answer in one word: Cash. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by JohnMelotte, Regional Director on 01 November 2011
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Branding and the importance of event sponsorship
There are some extraordinary opportunities. I just returned from the HOCR – Head of the Charles River Regatta. [Click on title to read more.]
Posted by BruceDMilne, Founder on 28 October 2011
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