- In 2021 Digital Commerce M&A market deal volumes grew 34 per cent 12 months on 12 months
- $400 billion in disclosed transaction worth for 2021
- Traders and acquirers favouring e-commerce software program; media, social and gaming; meals supply; and the ‘round economic system’
London, UK – 25 January 2022. Hampleton Partners’ Digital Commerce M&A report reveals that sector M&A progress is at all-time excessive. The sector signed over 2,317 offers in 2021, a 34 per cent improve on the 1,725 offers closed in 2020, and a 65 per cent improve on 2019 figures.
Hampleton’s report additionally highlights $400 billion in disclosed transaction worth throughout the sector in 2021, together with $140 billion within the second half of 2021 – 21 per cent of which could be attributed to the take-private of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) options supplier Afterpay by funds firm Sq. for round $30 billion.
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The trailing 30-month median digital commerce deal quantity reached a excessive $27 million, a bounce from the $22 million determine seen in 2020.
Ralph Hübner, sector principal, mentioned: “We predict a white-hot first half of 2022 in digital commerce M&A, as many transactions have been in preparation since final 12 months.
“M&A and fundraising exercise throughout all segments of the digital commerce area continues to be propelled by the good shift online, with elevated urge for food from monetary sponsors, be it from the VC or the PE/progress area. Traders are desperate to again digital commerce software program and infrastructure and assist fund the mammoth enterprise of e-commerce manufacturers.”
Hampleton Companions’ Digital Commerce M&A Market report highlights how the boundaries between sector segments are persevering with to blur and analyses market tendencies, success tales, fundraising and M&A offers to offer a practical portrayal of Digital Commerce M&A in a post-Covid world, with a spotlight on the second half of 2021. It covers the intersection of web providers & portals; online retail; media, social & gaming; businesses & service suppliers and digital commerce software program; plus e-food and the round economic system.
Download the report https://www.hampletonpartners.com/reports/digital-commerce-report/
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Hampleton Companions’ Digital Commerce M&A Report makes use of information and knowledge from the 451 Analysis database (www.451research.com), and S&P CapitalQ. Sources cited embody Bloomberg, McKinsey & Firm, TechCrunch, and MarketplacePulse.
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