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July 10, 2025
M&A mid-market trends report 2025
Market trends: The M&A landscape is evolving rapidly. Most listed and large companies are now active in mid-market M&A and are professionalising their capabilities. Mid-market companies are becoming more active, with many new entrants recognising the attractiveness of this segment due to: 1) its large number of companies, 2) the financial and operational optimisation opportunities, and 3) the ability to participate on both the buy-side and sell-side. Demand for investment opportunities is high, and sellers can expect multiple serious buyers. Factors such as industry convergence, the demand for ESG and DEI, and economic volatility are diversifying M&A objectives and deal structures. Additionally, the rise of search funds is notable, with more entrepreneurs becoming first-time CEOs by acquiring established businesses through the ETA model, offering a quicker and less risky path to business ownership.
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February 13, 2025
Why Limiting Exposure Could Limit Your Opportunities
Imagine this: You’ve decided it’s time to sell your business. You’ve built it up over years of hard work, and now, you want to ensure that the sale process goes smoothly, with the best outcome possible. However, you might be hesitant to let your advisor take the step of uploading your business profile to a broader platform, worrying about confidentiality, control, and keeping the sale discreet. These concerns are natural—but are they limiting the potential of your sale?
January 30, 2025
Why cross-border M&A is a huge opportunity within Europe, and how to approach it
M&A professionals have an enormous opportunity in terms of mid-market cross-border deals, particularly within Europe, but networking and working towards common goals are critical to take advantage of the potential.
January 21, 2025
How the next generation of digital and AI tools will improve efficiency and slash costs for M&A professionals
M&A has traditionally been a human business, with networking and handshakes at its core. However, while the human-led aspect will always be there, digital tools including AI can be leveraged by M&A firms to grow their businesses and improve their processes.
January 9, 2025
European M&A in 2024: Recovery, Resilience, and the Road Ahead for 2025
As we step into 2025, the European M&A market finds itself at a turning point, marked by recovery, innovation, and shifting priorities. Despite persistent geopolitical tensions and economic challenges, 2024 saw deal-making bounce back with renewed energy, driven by stabilizing interest rates, falling inflation, and the urgent push for sustainability and technological transformation.
December 17, 2024
CEE M&A Market Outlook
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region has shown strong economic resilience in recent years, even during global challenges.
November 28, 2024
2024 challenges set the stage for a promising year ahead in Private Equity
The European Private Equity market is showing conservative signs of recovery after a challenging 2024. With nearly half of scheduled exits postponed in 2024, more exits and acquisitions are expected in 2025. Raising capital remains challenging, but is expected to improve.
European Private Equity Monitor 2025
The PE Monitor 2025 by Dealsuite offers insights into statistics and trends within the European Private Equity market.
October 17, 2024
The Impact of the Energy Transition on M&A is Driving Greener Deals
With net-zero targets for many companies on the rise — and showing no signs of slowing down — more and more companies are turning to mergers and acquisitions to help with their transition to greener and more sustainable energy solutions.
October 3, 2024
Valuation Disparities in the Technology Sector
When assessing a company's value, various factors come into play, and size is one of the most important.
September 26, 2024
ETAs: an increasingly popular route to business ownership
Instead of building a startup from scratch, the entrepreneurship through acquisition (ETA) model allows talented business people to raise capital and acquire firms that already have an established market positioning, offering a faster and less risky path to business ownership.
September 5, 2024
European M&A Monitor September 2024
This is the latest EU M&A Monitor. This report consolidates research performed by Dealsuite, the leading European platform for M&A transactions. It contains statistics and trends for the Western-European M&A mid-market (enterprises with a revenue between €1 million and €200 million) over the first half of 2024.
European M&A Market Surges in H1-2024
The European M&A mid-market is showing renewed strength in 2024, marking a notable shift in market dynamics, according to the latest European M&A Monitor by Dealsuite.
August 29, 2024
CEE M&A Monitor August 2024
The aim of this study is to create periodic insights that improve the CEE market’s transparency and to serve as a benchmark for M&A professionals.
CEE SME M&A Market Shows Strong Activity in H1-2024
Dealsuite produced its first M&A Monitor for Central and Eastern Europe.
M&A Monitor August 2024
This report consolidates research performed by Dealsuite, the leading UK&I and international platform for M&A transactions.
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