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Staying Power: A Dive into Software M&A Trends in 2022
August 2, 2022

See what SEG’s recent survey of the top software-focused private equity investors reveals about the software M&A market.

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SEG Snapshot: 2Q22 SaaS M&A Update
July 11, 2022

Q2 posted 580 SaaS M&A transactions and amounted to one of the most active quarters on record.

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PUBLIC MARKET
SEG Snapshot: 2Q22 SaaS Public Market Update
July 11, 2022

Publicly-traded SaaS companies posted a median 7.1x EV/Revenue multiple, down 53% YOY from 2Q21’s 15.2x peak level of irrational exuberance in public equities. Yet, compared to the pre-pandemic average, public SaaS valuations are down a more modest 16%.

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SEG SaaS Index Update: April 2022
May 12, 2022

Stock market performance for publicly traded SaaS companies gradually declined in April, with the SEG SaaS Index at -31.2% YTD.

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SEG Snapshot: 1Q22 SaaS Public Market Update
April 25, 2022

EV/Revenue multiples dropped significantly for public SaaS companies, down 30% from 13.9x in 4Q21 to 9.8x in 1Q22.

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SEG Snapshot: 1Q22 SaaS M&A Update
April 25, 2022

SaaS M&A deal volume had a record high of 617 deals in 1Q22, the highest quarterly deal volume since we began tracking data in 2002.

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Industry Expert Series: Manufacturing Software Report – Part 2
April 20, 2022

The industrial asset technology sector is more attractive than it has been in decades, and manufacturing operations management (MOM) software is a key reason why.

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PUBLIC MARKET
SEG SaaS Index Update: February 2022
March 11, 2022

Alongside other major indices, the SEG SaaS Index was down in February, dipping to -18.3% YTD amidst rising geopolitical unrest and market uncertainty around rising interest rates and inflation.

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SEG SaaS Index Update: January 2022
February 11, 2022

The SEG SaaS Index was down 12.2% at the end of January, and the median EV/Revenue multiple dipped to 10.9x, down from 12.2x in December.

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