| 1/7/2010 |
Software Mergers & Acquisitions: The Year That Was, The Year Ahead, and Provocative Insights About Exit Timing
No question, the economic downturn took its toll on software industry mergers and acquisitions in 2009. The number of transactions was down sharply year-over-year and median exit valuations plunged. Buyers and sellers all retreated. The market got eerily quiet…
But now that 2009 is over, what can we expect? There was a significant flurry of software M&A activity in the final weeks of the year and valuations improved markedly. There appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel – signs of improvement in the deal ecosystem abound. For the first time in a long time, there’s good reason for optimism.
So what does this mean to you and your exit strategy?
Join us on Tuesday, January 26th at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, as featured speaker Ken Bender, founder and Managing Director of Software Equity Group, one of the software industry’s most respected boutique investment banks, provides an in-depth look at the improving M&A climate, and how sellers can begin to plan for a strong exit today. To register, please log on to http://www.softrax.com/softwareequity.
Software Mergers & Acquisitions in 2010:
The Year That Was, The Year Ahead and What You Really Need to Know About Timing Your Exit
• Specifically how did the economic downturn impact public software
company's financial performance in 2009?
• What’s happened to the valuation premium for public SaaS companies?
• What is the current state of software M&A? How did deal volumes and exit valuations fare in 2009? What’s the trajectory?
• What do buyers value in the current market? What are their M&A plans and priorities for 2010?
• Is there a significant upturn looming for software M&A in 2010?
• Why do most privately held software companies seriously mis-time their exits?
• Why conventional wisdom doesn’t work: A contrarian view of exit timing
We’ll answer these questions, wrap it all up for you, and help you make sense of it.
About Software Equity Group (SEG)
Software Equity Group is an investment bank and M&A advisory serving the software and technology sectors. Founded in 1992, the firm has counseled, represented and guided some 1,800 private software companies throughout the United States and Canada, as well as Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and Israel. SEG has advised public companies listed on the NASDAQ, NYSE, American, Toronto, London and Euronext exchanges. Software Equity Group also represents several of the world's leading private equity firms, and was recently ranked among the top ten investment banks worldwide for application software mergers and acquisitions. For additional information, please call 858-509-2800 or e-mail: info@softwareequity.com.
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