MergerLinks - Ken Kumayama

AcquisitionPrivateMajority

Security Equipment

AcquisitionPrivate

target

Webroot

bidder

Carbonite

£477m

19 dealmakers

Bermuda

Electrical Components

target

Marvell Group (wifi And Bluetooth Connectivity Assets)

bidder

Nxp Semiconductors

£1,421m

19 dealmakers

MergerAcquisitionPublicMajorityDomestic

Pharmaceuticals

target

Array Biopharma

bidder

Pfizer

£9,049m

51 dealmakers

United Kingdom

Payments / Commerce

Private EquityAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Transaction Services Group

bidder

Advent International Corporation

value n/a

38 dealmakers

Taiwan

AcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

Leanteq Co

bidder

Enpro

£250m

12 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajority

E-commerce

target

Caviar

bidder

DOORDASH

£337m

13 dealmakers

Tender OfferAcquisitionMajorityPublic

target

Carbonite

bidder

OPENTEXT

£1,110m

47 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Honey Science Corporation

bidder

Paypal Holdings

£3,097m

29 dealmakers

MajorityPublicMergerAcquisitionDomesticPrivate Equity

Semiconductors

target

Xperi Corporation

bidder

Tivo Corporation

£2,291m

66 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionMergerPrivateDomesticDisposalPrivate Equity

target

Shape Security

bidder

F5 Networks

£767m

50 dealmakers

Cross BorderVenture CapitalPrivateAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

target

Plaid

bidder

Visa

£4,075m

89 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

MinorityAcquisitionPrivate

target

EDMUNDS

bidder

CARMAX

£38m

23 dealmakers

Private EquityDomesticPrivateAcquisitionMajority

Consumer Lending

target

Credit Karma

bidder

Intuit

£5,475m

122 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisition

target

Intel (home Gateway Platform Division)

bidder

Maxlinear

£122m

24 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivate

target

PODCASTONE

bidder

Livexlive Media

£14m

11 dealmakers

MajorityMergerPrivateAcquisitionDomesticPrivate Equity

Health Care Services

target

Livongo Health

bidder

Teladoc Health

£14,165m

48 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateMajorityPrivate EquityAcquisition

target

Netrix

bidder

Oceansound Partners

value n/a

17 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityCross Border

Biotechnology

target

Cersci Therapeutics

bidder

Acadia Pharmaceuticals

£717m

20 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionMajorityPublic

Biotechnology

target

Akcea Therapeutics

bidder

Ionis Pharmaceuticals

£334m

36 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionPrivate EquityMajorityDomestic

Data Centers and Hosting

target

ZCOLO

bidder

Databank

value n/a

27 dealmakers

MajorityPublicAcquisitionDomestic

target

Xilinx

bidder

Advanced Micro Devices

£26,870m

76 dealmakers

DisposalDomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

Credit Karma Tax

bidder

Block

£37m

6 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityMergerDomesticPublicPrivate Equity

target

Coherent

bidder

Ii-vi

£5,032m

144 dealmakers

Cyprus

AcquisitionPrivateCross BorderMajorityMergerDe-SPACPrivate EquityReverse Takeover

target

Nexters Global

bidder

Kismet Acquisition

£1,386m

34 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityAcquisitionPrivate

target

Intelligent Fiber Network

bidder

Zayo Group Holdings

value n/a

18 dealmakers

Private EquityDomesticAcquisitionPublicPrivatisationMajority

target

Proofpoint

bidder

Thoma Bravo

£8,860m

41 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionDomesticPrivateMajority

target

BOOMI

bidder

Tpg Capital

£2,893m

33 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomestic

target

LIGHTSTEP

bidder

SERVICENOW

value n/a

18 dealmakers

Household Equipment and Products

PrivateDomesticMinorityAcquisitionPrivate Equity

target

Homewerks Worldwide

bidder

Hig Capital

value n/a

11 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionMajorityDomesticPublicPrivatisation

Management Consulting

target

RPX

bidder

Hggc

£403m

17 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateCross Border

Biotechnology

target

VISTERRA

bidder

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory

£324m

25 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionPrivateDomesticPrivate Equity

target

Contegix (managed It Services Business)

bidder

Netrix

value n/a

14 dealmakers

Private EquityAcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomestic

Internet

target

Lumen Technologies (latin American Business)

bidder

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners

£1,962m

59 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate

target

Threat Stack

bidder

F5 Networks

£49m

15 dealmakers

PrivateMajorityDomesticAcquisition

target

The Roald Dahl Story Company

bidder

Netflix

value n/a

20 dealmakers

MergerPrivate EquityMajorityAcquisitionDomesticPrivateDe-SPACReverse Takeover

target

Tempo Automation

bidder

Ace Convergence Acquisition Corp

£669m

37 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate

target

Gsn Games

bidder

SCOPELY

£726m

32 dealmakers

DomesticPrivateMajorityAcquisition

target

APPNETA

bidder

Broadcom

value n/a

16 dealmakers

Online and Social Platforms

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionDomestic

target

DREAM

bidder

Playboy Enterprises

£21m

11 dealmakers

DomesticAcquisitionPublicMajority

Specialty Chemicals

target

Cmc Materials

bidder

Entegris

£4,899m

39 dealmakers

PublicPrivatisationDomesticAcquisitionMajorityPrivate Equity

Payments / Commerce

target

BOTTOMLINE

bidder

Thoma Bravo

£1,956m

30 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPublic

Mobile

target

Vocera Communications

bidder

Stryker Corporation

£2,280m

50 dealmakers

PublicMajorityDomesticAcquisition

target

Activision Blizzard

bidder

Microsoft Corp

£50,263m

59 dealmakers

DomesticPrivate EquityMajorityPrivateAcquisition

Security Services

target

Btb Security

bidder

Oceansound Partners

value n/a

15 dealmakers

Argentina

Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivatePrivate Equity

target

EDRANS

bidder

Netrix

value n/a

24 dealmakers

Israel

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMajority

target

Granulate Cloud Solutions

bidder

Intel Corporation

£537m

40 dealmakers

CanadaUnited States

MajorityPrivateAcquisitionCross Border

target

Crystal Dynamics

bidder

Embracer Group

£238m

17 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityPrivateDomesticPrivate Equity

Aerospace

target

ADAMWORKS

bidder

Communications & Power Industries

value n/a

16 dealmakers

Australia

MajorityAcquisitionCross BorderPrivate

target

Animal Logic

bidder

Netflix

value n/a

25 dealmakers

Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate

target

LOCKSTEP

bidder

The Sage Group

value n/a

29 dealmakers

AcquisitionMajorityCross BorderPrivate

target

Middle-earth Enterprises

bidder

Embracer Group

value n/a

17 dealmakers

Mexico

Alternative Fuels

Cross BorderAcquisitionMajorityPrivate EquityPrivate

target

Scout Clean Energy

bidder

Brookfield Renewable Partners

£931m

33 dealmakers

DomesticMajorityPublicMergerAcquisition

Auto Parts

target

Velodyne Lidar

bidder

Ouster

£351m

29 dealmakers

Production Technology Equipment

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajorityReverse TakeoverDe-SPACMerger

target

Force Pressure Control

bidder

Stratim Cloud Acquisition

£196m

13 dealmakers

Cross BorderPrivate EquityAcquisitionPrivateMajority

target

SCOPELY

bidder

Public Investment Fund

£3,929m

37 dealmakers

United Kingdom

MajorityDe-SPACCross BorderMergerPrivateAcquisition

target

Opsec Security Group

bidder

Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I

£342m

29 dealmakers

China

Education Services

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajorityMergerPrivate Equity

target

ELMTREE

bidder

Gravitas Education Holdings

£605m

57 dealmakers

Canada

Freight Forwarding

AcquisitionCross BorderMajorityPrivate

target

Shopify (logistics Assets)

bidder

FLEXPORT

value n/a

14 dealmakers

AcquisitionCross BorderPrivateMajority

Real Estate Services

target

6 River Systems

bidder

Ocado Group

value n/a

16 dealmakers

MajorityCross BorderPrivateAcquisition

Specialty Chemicals

target

Entegris (electronic Chemicals Business)

bidder

Fujifilm Holdings Corp

£554m

24 dealmakers

Colombia

Investment Banking

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

Citibank (consumer And Small And Medium Enterprise Operations)

bidder

SCOTIABANK

value n/a

24 dealmakers

Brazil

Cross BorderMajorityAcquisitionPrivate

target

PISMO

bidder

Visa

£785m

21 dealmakers

PrivateAcquisitionDomesticMajority

target

Lilac Cloud

bidder

F5 Networks

value n/a

15 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPublic

target

Splunk

bidder

Cisco Systems

£24,243m

77 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticPrivateMajorityJoint Venture

Machinery: Agricultural

target

Trimble / Agco Joint Venture

bidder

TRIMBLE

£1,647m

65 dealmakers

AcquisitionDomesticMajorityPrivate EquityPublic

target

ENGAGESMART

bidder

Vista Equity Partners

£3,288m

48 dealmakers