Second Quarter 2016 Report

Executive Summary
Overview

USD41.6bn of deals tracked in Q2 2016, a 39.4% increase from USD30.0bn in Q2 2015.

1,342 deals tracked from public sources in Q2 2016, an increase from 1,040 in Q2 2015.
The average deal value for investments has increased to USD27.3m in Q2 2016, from USD23.7m in Q2 2015.
The average deal value for acquisitions has increased to USD619.1bn in Q2 2016, from USD469.2m in Q2 2015.

Deals by region

Asia/Pacific leads all regions with an average deal value of USD61.3m. North America comes second at USD55.1m.
Average deal values have increased in regions of Middle East, North America, Asia/Pacific and Europe. However, the
average deal values in Rest of World and South America have decreased significantly.
Asia/Pacific leads the world in average deal values for investments at USD55.5m.

Deals by sector

The number of deals has increased in all sectors. The Media sector had the most increase at 92.7%.
Total deal values have increased significantly in Software and Services (107.9%). Total deal values also increased in the
sectors of Marketing (32.0%), Hardware and Infrastructure (39.9%), Transactions (43.3%), and Mobile and Applications
(37.4%). Conversely, total deal values decreased in Games (46.2%), Ecommerce (37.1%), and Media (20.8%) sectors.
The average deal values for acquisitions have increased significantly in Marketing (306.6%), Software and Services
(121.1%) and Ecommerce (21.3%). Conversely, all other sectors saw a decline in average deal values.

Key Statistics

Description

Q2 2015

Q2 2016

1,040

1,342

Deals disclosed

834

872

Total deal value

$30,047,953,079

$41,583,347,283

$36,028,721

$47,687,324

Total investment value

$19,256,892,984

$23,011,454,174

Total acquisition value

$10,791,060,095

$18,571,893,109

Number of deals

Average deal value

Note: this report exludes Microsofts acquisition of LinkedIn for USD26.2bn on 13 June 2016 and Vista Equity Partners acquisition of Marketo for USD1.8bn on 31
May 2016.

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Deal value growth by sector Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

120%

108%

100%
80%
60%
32%

40%

40%

37%

43%

20%
0%
-20%
-21%

-40%
-60%

-37%

-46%
Games

Ecommerce

Media

Marketing

Mobile & Hardware & Transactions

Apps
Infrastructure

Software &
Services

Deal value growth by region Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

50%

43%

43%

North A merica

Europe

45%

40%
30%
20%

10%
0%
-10%
-20%
-30%
-40%
-50%

-43%
Rest of W orld

Asia/Pac

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Deal number growth by sector Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

100%

93%

90%
80%
70%
60%
50%

42%

40%

29%

30%

19%

20%
10%

46%

6%

2%

11%

0%
Ecommerce

Mobile &
Apps

Transactions Hardware &

Infrastructure

Games

Marketing

Software &
Services

Media

Deal number growth by region Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

160%

148%

140%
120%
100%
76%

80%
60%
40%
20%

19%
6%

0%
Asia/Pac

North A merica

Europe

Rest of W orld

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Average deal value by sector Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

$300
$243

$250

Millions

$200
$137

$150
$100

$61
$50
$4
$0

$3

Games

$15 $21

Marketing

$39

$29

$19 $26

$45

Hardware & Mobile & A pps Ecommerce

Infrastructure
2015

$32

$48

$47

Transactions

$26

Software &
Services

Media

2016

Average deal value by region Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

$80

$73

$70

$61

Millions

$60

$55

$50

$45
$36

$40
$30
$20

$20

$22

$23

$10

$0
Rest of W orld

Europe

North A merica

2015

Asia/Pac

2016

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Average deal value growth by sector Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

350%
307%
300%

250%

200%

150%
121%
100%

100%

50%

32%

21%

18%

0%

0%
-18%
-50%

-25%

-23%

-28%
-61%

-69%
-100%

12%

0%

-90%

-150%
Transactions

Mobile & A pps

Media

Games

Investments

Hardware &
Infrastructure

Ecommerce

Software &
Services

Marketing

Acquisitions

Average deal value growth by region Q2 2015 - Q2 2016

100%

87%

80%

63%

62%

60%
40%

20%

20%

0%
-20%
-23%

-40%
-42%

-60%
-80%
-100%

-66%
-93%

-120%
Rest of W orld

Asia/Pac

North A merica

Investments

Europe

Acquisitions

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