Third Quarter 2015 Report

Executive Summary
Overview

USD28.9bn of deals tracked in Q3 2015, a 39.2% decrease from USD47.5bn in Q3 2014.

925 deals tracked from public sources in Q3 2015, a decrease from 1,133 in Q3 2014.
The average deal value for investments has increased to USD34.6m in Q3 2015, from USD16.4m in Q3 2014.
The average deal value for acquisitions has decreased to USD330.2m in Q3 2015, from USD668.5m in Q3 2014.

Deals by region:

Asia/Pacific leads all regions with an average deal value of USD85.1m. North America comes second at USD35.7m.
Asia/Pacific leads the world in average deal values for investments at USD87.1m, up from USD23.3m in Q3 2014.
Average deal values have increased in regions of Asia/Pacific, North America, Middle East, and Europe. However, the
average deal values in Rest of World and South America have decreased.

Deals by sector:

The number of deals have fallen in all sectors except in Media and Transactions where the number of deals increased
by 19.1% and 10.4%, respectively.
The total deal values have increased in Media 672.2%, Transactions 74.4%, and Ecommerce 24.6%. Conversely, the total
deal values in all of the other sectors have decreased, with Hardware and Infrastructure 95.1% and Games 87.8%
recording the highest decline rates.
The Media sector recorded a 933.1% increase in average deal value for acquisitions compared to Q3 2014. This was
followed by a 280.5% increase for acquisitions in the Software and Services sector. The average deal value for
acquisitions in all other sectors have decreased.
The Games, Media and Transactions sectors have all increased their average deal value of investments, rising 372.3%,
240.2% and 211.8% since Q3 2014.

Key Statistics
Description

Q3 2015

Q3 2014

Number of deals

1,133

925

Deals disclosed

904

743

Total deal value

$47,459,435,616

$28,946,186,854

$52,499,376

$38,958,529

Total investment value

$14,036,819,862

$25,313,886,854

Total acquisition value

$33,422,615,754

$3,632,300,000

Average deal value

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Deal value growth by sector Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

800%
672%

700%
600%
500%
400%
300%
200%
100%

25%

74%

0%
-100%
-200%

-95%

-88%

Hardware &
Infrastructure

Games

-61%

-45%

Marketing

Mobile &
Apps

-18%

Software &
Services

Ecommerce Transactions

Media

Deal value growth by region Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

250%

188%

200%
150%

100%
50%
0%
-4%

-50%
-100%

-97%

-88%

Rest of World

Europe

-150%
North America

Asia/Pac

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Deal number growth by sector Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

30%
19%

20%
10%

10%
0%

-4%

-10%
-11%

-20%
-30%
-40%

-31%

-29%

-28%

Mobile &
Apps

Software &
Services

-39%

-50%
Hardware & Marketing
Infrastructure

Games

Ecommerce Transactions

Media

Deal number growth by region Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

0%

0%
-10%
-15%

-20%

-20%

-30%
-40%
-50%
-60%

-55%
Rest of World

North America

Europe

Asia/Pac

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Average deal value by sector Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

$400

$359

$350

$299

$300

Millions

$250
$200
$150
$100
$50

$27

$14

$42

$33

$23 $18

$21 $23

Mobile & Apps

Software &
Services

$51

$63

$40

$74

$66
$12

$0
Marketing

Hardware &
Infrastructure
2014

Games

Ecommerce

Transactions

Media

2015

Average deal value by region Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

$250

$224

Millions

$200

$150

$121

$100

$85

$50
$15

$30

$17

$36

$28

$0
Rest of World

Europe

North America

2014

Asia/Pac

2015

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Average deal value growth by sector Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

1000%
933%

800%

600%

372%

400%

281%
240%

212%
200%
103%
65%

39%

25%

0%

38%
0%

0%

0%

-41%
-93%

-79%

-200%
Mobile & Apps

Marketing

Transactions

Ecommerce
Investments

Games

Hardware &
Infrastructure

Software &
Services

Media

Acquisitions

Average deal value growth by region Q3 2014 - Q3 2015

300%

274%

250%

200%
150%

120%
80%

100%
50%
0%

27%

5%

-50%
-100%
-150%

-99%
Rest of World

-84%

-98%
Europe

Asia/Pac

Investments

North America

Acquisitions

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