o’neill media

Tech M&A is having a great year this year. In the first nine months of 2005 there have been:

159 Tech Deals; and

$8.6 billion in total transaction value

This is astonishing considering 2002 (many consider the bottom of last cycle) had the following transaction stats:

178 Tech Deals; and

$4.8 billion in total transaction value

Amazing, that means that deal value in the past three years have
almost doubled (~$27MM in 2002 vs. ~$55MM in 2005). My opinion is that
not only are acquirers hungrier for deals, but the currency of most of
the acquirers have risen, and the business models of most of the
targets have definitely matured.

from Venture One via Forbes