2011 AxialMarket Technology M&A Deal Activity Summary

New York, NY, November 23, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Since January 2011, 978 advisors have researched and brought to market over 2,900 companies through the AxialMarket network. The Technology Sector Report takes a closer look at the activity within this sector on the network during that time. Industries such as telecommunications, health care technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, information technology, electronic components, and computer hardware are among the subsectors whose usage and application across multiple sectors solve a problem or perform a specific function through tangible and intangible, high and low technology solutions.

Investors on the AxialMarket network express interest in an opportunity by “Pursuing” or “Declining” it. The Pursuit Rate is the percent of Investors who have expressed interest in a deal - Pursued it - after being sent the opportunity from a seller, measuring engagement and interest.

- Computer Storage & Peripherals received the highest Pursuit Rate, yet accounted for less than 1% of the deal flow within the Technology sector, signaling a shortage of opportunities in the subsector.
- Although Advertising Technology represented 5% of the deal flow, it had a 5.8% Pursuit Rate, half the Pursuit rate of the top Tech category.
- Buyers showed a strong interest in Health Care Technology with a 10.1% Pursuit Rate, signaling high demand for a subsector that made up only 3.8% of the total opportunities.
- Internet Software & Services was the only subsector ranked in the top quartile by opportunity to also have ranked in the top half by Pursuit Rate.
- Application Software was the most active Tech subsector with 7.1% of the opportunities brought to market through Q3 2011.
- IT Consulting represented 6.7% of the Tech opportunities, yet only received a 5.6% Pursuit rate (see below), showing an oversupply of opportunities.
- Computer Hardware represented one of the least robust categories within Tech, yet Investors have demonstrated a higher level of demand compared to other industries, with an 8.9% Pursuit Rate.
- Though Biotechnology has been hot in the news for a few years now, it made up a rather insignificant portion of Tech deal flow, only 1.5% of the total.

AxialMarket is the Network for the Private Markets. Deal professionals actively engaged in acquiring, selling, lending to, or advising private companies leverage the network’s real-time profiles, datasets, and analytics to make better investment decisions, source new and productive opportunities and relationships, and manage and control their private market presence.

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