Architect Partners closely analyzes M&A activity within the internet, mobile and digital media sectors. Our AP M&A Snapshot, which highlights the state of the M&A market, is presented below. Key highlights include:
1. Transaction activity and tone have steadily improved over the course of the past several quarters.
2. Several high profile transactions were announced in Q4 2009, feeding increasing levels of optimism.
3. The mobile sector has finally seen a breakout successful M&A exit with Google’s purchase of Admob for $750mm.
4. Cisco and Google’s very public enthusiasm for M&A has begun to creep into a broader zeitgeist.
We’ve summarized some of the key data in the table below. More details will follow in subsequent posts.
