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Overview USD25.4bn of investments and acquisitions tracked in Q1 2012, down 2% from USD26bn in Q1 2011 930 deals tracked from public sources in Q1 2012, up from 342 deals in Q1 2011 All sectors and regions have experienced growth in the number of deals Average deal value for investments has significantly fallen to USD8.6m in Q1 2012, down from USD27.2m in Q1 2011 Average deal value for acquisitions has fallen to USD379m in Q1 2012, down from USD412.5m in Q1 2011 Deals by region Europe leads all regions with an average deal value of USD65m. North America comes second at USD42m with Asia/Pacific further behind at USD20m. Average deal values in other regions are less than USD5m Average deal values have fallen in all regions except Europe and South America. The average deal value in North America in Q1 2012 was USD42.3m, significantly down from USD115m in Q1 2011 North America was responsible for USD3.5bn of deals compared with Europe at USD536m and Asia/Pacific at USD465m Average deal values for investments was highest in Asia/Pacific at USD13.3m. North America comes second at USD8.9 with Europe at 6.2m Average deal values for acquisitions was highest in Europe at USD799.4m. North America comes second at USD363m Deals by sector The number of deals involving Hardware & Infrastructure businesses increased by 491% in Q1 2012 compared with Q1 2011. This was followed by Ecommerce businesses at 335% and Transactions businesses at 213% Games businesses experienced deal value growth of 521%. This was followed by Hardware & Infrastructure businesses at 310% and Mobile & Apps businesses at 113% Average deal value of investments has fallen in all sectors except Hardware and Infrastructure where there was no change. The average deal value of investments in Media businesses was USD7.6m in Q1 2012, down from USD67m in Q1 2011 Average deal value of acquisitions increased for Games businesses to USD139.5m in Q1 2012. It also increased for Hardware & Infrastructure businesses to USD839.6m in Q1 2012
Key Statistics
Description Number of deals Total deal value Average deal value Total investment value Total acquisition value
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Q1 2011
Q1 2012
$65 $42 $0 $3 $4 $4 $12 $20 $5 Asia/Pacic Q1 2012 North America Europe $36
Africa
South America
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Average deal value growth by region and deal type Q1 2011 - Q1 2012
1400% 1200% 1000% 800% 600% 400% 200% 0% -200% -56% Middle East -72% -85% Asia/Pacic Investments -31% -66% North America Acquisitions -78% Europe 0% 1307%
Average deal value growth by sector and deal type Q1 2011 - Q1 2012
1400% 1200% 1000% 800% 600% 400% 200% 0% 11% 0% -200% -93% -92% Transactions -43% -78% -40% -56% Software & Services -30% -51% Ecommerce -33% Hardware & Mobile & Apps Infrastructure Acquisitions -89% Media -40% Games 52% 1186%
113%
Marketing
Investments
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