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Quarter 2016 Report

Executive summary
Overview
USD20.6bn of deals tracked in Q1 2016, a 12.5% increase from USD18.3bn in Q1 2015.
1,013 deals tracked from public sources in Q1 2016, an increase from 881 in Q1 2015.
The average deal value for investments has decreased to USD20.0m in Q1 2016, from USD23.9m in Q1 2015.
The average deal value for acquisitions has increased to USD229.9m in Q1 2016, from USD133.2m in Q1 2015.

Deals by region:
North America leads all regions with an average deal value of USD33.0m. Asia/Pacific comes second at USD29.8m.
Average deal values have increased in regions of North America and South America. However, the average deal values
in Europe, Asia/Pacific, Middle East, and Rest of World have decreased significantly.
Asia/Pacific leads the world in average deal values for investments at USD30.6m.

Deals by sector:

The number of deals have increased in all sectors except in Mobile & Apps and Hardware & Infrastructure, where the
number of deals decreased 10.8% and 12.5% respectively.
The total deal values have increased in Games (2040.5%), Software & Services (53.2%) and Mobile & Apps (18.6%).
Conversely, the total deal values decreased in all other sectors.
The average deal values for acquisitions have increased significantly in Mobile & Apps (2947.6%), Ecommerce
(1082.4%), Marketing (240.7%) and Software & Services (56.1%). Conversely, there was a decrease in Transactions
(75.7%).

Key statistics

Description

Q1 2015

Q1 2016

Number of deals

881

1,013

Deals disclosed

679

736

Total deal value

$18,295,505,977

$20,591,275,907

$26,944,780

$27,977,277

Total investment value

$15,763,826,817

$14,154,387,807

Total acquisition value

$2,531,679,160

$6,436,888,100

Average deal value

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Deal value growth by sector Q1 2015 - Q1 2016

2500%
2040%
2000%
1500%
1000%
500%
0%
-34%

-38%

-10%

-4%

Marketing

Ecommerce

-22%

19%

53%

Mobile &
Apps

Software &
Services

-500%
Media

Hardware & Transactions

Infrastructure

Games

Deal value growth by region Q1 2015 - Q1 2016

30%
23%
20%
10%

10%
2%
0%
-10%
-20%
-23%
-30%
Europe

Asia/Pac

Rest of W orld

North A merica

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Deal number growth by sector Q1 2015 - Q1 2016

56%

60%
50%
40%

33%

30%
16%

20%
7%

9%

Games

Ecommerce

10%
0%

0%
-10%

-20%

-13%

-11%

Hardware &
Infrastructure

Mobile &
Apps

Marketing

Software & Transactions

Services

Media

Deal number growth by region Q1 2015 - Q1 2016

100%
89%

90%

93%

80%
70%
60%

50%
40%
30%
20%
10%

2%

7%

0%
North A merica

Europe

Rest of W orld

Asia/Pac

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Average deal value by region Q1 2015 - Q1 2016

$60
$49

$50

Millions

$40

$35

$33

$30

$30

$25
$21

$20

$14

$17

$10
$0
Europe

Rest of W orld
2015

Asia/Pac

North A merica

2016

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* There were zero acquisitions with a known deal value in Q1 2015, in Q1 2016 this increased to three acquisitions with known deal values.
** There were zero acquisitions with a known deal value in Q1 2015, in Q1 2016 this increased to one acquisition with a known deal value.

Average deal value growth by region Q1 2015 - Q1 2016

200%
161%
150%
100%
50%

17%

0%
-9%
-50%

-29%

-39%

-31%

-60%
-100%

-80%
Rest of W orld

Asia/Pac

Europe

Investments

North A merica

Acquisitions

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