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First Quarter 2015 Report
Executive Summary Overview
USD18.3bn of deals tracked in Q1 2015, around 39.3% decrease
from USD30.1bn in Q1 2014 881 deals tracked from public sources in
Q1 2015, an increase from 856 in Q1 2014 The average deal value for
investments has increased roughly 23.6% to USD23.9m in Q1 2015,
from USD19.3m in Q1
2014 The average deal value of acquisitions has decreased
significantly from USD446.3m in Q1 2014 to USD133.2m in Q1
2015
Deals by region:
Asia/Pacific leads all other regions with an average deal value
of USD49.3m. The Middle East comes second at USD40.0m.
Asia/Pacific leads average deal values for investments at
USD50.6m Average deal values have increased in Asia/Pacific,
Europe, and the Rest of World. However, the average deal values
in
North America and the Middle East have decreased significantly
by 52.0% and 48.4% respectively.
Deals by sector:
The number of deals dropped in most of the sectors except in the
Marketing, Mobile and Apps, and Transactions sectors where the
number slightly increased.
The total deal values increased in Marketing by 23.2%, Media by
23.1%, and Transactions by 49.8%. Total deal values decreased in
all of the other sectors with the largest decreases recorded in the
Games and Hardware and Infrastructure sectors at 90.1% and 89.4%
respectively.
The average deal values of acquisitions have decreased in all
sectors except for Transactions with a 6% increase compared to Q1
2014.
Key Statistics:
Description Q1 2014* Q1 2015
Number of deals 856 881
Deals disclosed 676 679
Total deal value $30,145,728,336 $18,295,505,977
Average deal value $44,594,272 $26,944,780
Total investment value $12,293,186,534 $15,763,826,817
Total acquisition value $17,852,541,802 $2,531,679,160
Note: *Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp was excluded since it
was an outlier.
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-90% -89%
-45%-37% -36%
23% 23%
50%
-100%
-80%
-60%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
Games Hardware & Infrastructure
Software & Services
Mobile & Apps
Ecommerce Media Marketing Transactions
Deal value growth by sector Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
-50% -47%
3%
41%
-60%
-40%
-20%
0%
20%
40%
60%
North America Rest of World Europe Asia/Pac
Deal value growth by region Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
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-20%-15% -13%
-11%
-4%
6%
17%
33%
-30%
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
Ecommerce Media Games Hardware & Infrastructure
Software & Services
Marketing Transactions Mobile & Apps
Deal number growth by sector Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
-10%
0%1%
6%
-12%
-10%
-8%
-6%
-4%
-2%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
Asia/Pac Rest of World Europe North America
Deal number growth by region Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
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$43
$17$36
$50
$229
$36 $27 $29
$7$21 $21 $23 $27
$31 $31$41
$0
$50
$100
$150
$200
$250
Games Marketing Software & Services
Mobile & Apps Hardware & Infrastructure
Ecommerce Media Transactions
Millions
Average deal value by sector Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
2014 2015
$19
$52
$63
$32
$21$25
$35
$49
$0
$10
$20
$30
$40
$50
$60
$70
Europe North America Rest of World Asia/Pac
Millions
Average deal value by region Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
2014 2015
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23%
81%
-15%
29%
-78%
195%
59% 55%
-90% -89%
-48%
-22%
0% 0% 0%6%
-150%
-100%
-50%
0%
50%
100%
150%
200%
250%
Ecommerce Mobile & Apps Software & Services
Marketing Games Media Hardware & Infrastructure
Transactions
Average deal value growth by sector Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
Investments Acquisitions
111%
10%29%
21%
-78% -73%
-36%-23%
-100%
-50%
0%
50%
100%
150%
Asia/Pac North America Rest of World Europe
Average deal value growth by region Q1 2014 - Q1 2015
Investments Acquisitions
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