Expert views on valuations of companies in various IT sectors Not all big M&A deals come from the US, David Riemenschneider (below), senior director at M&A experts Hampleton told the European Software and Solutions Summit last month in London. In his presentation entitled “The Exit Process: What to Expect, How to Add & Keep Value”, he took those attending through the various IT sectors such as E-commerce, digital marketing (where he warned of some saturation, but no need to despair), IT Services, Enterprise Software and Automotive technologies indicating the multiples, total values, median transaction values and likely buyers.
And while the US had a lot of cash to invest, he also pointed up the buyers coming from Europe. 61% of European deals went to buy European companies, so the home-grown M&A sector is important.
Looking at the Transaction Process, he then looked at the steps in the business sale process from deciding to go to market through to closing, with a special emphasis on ideas on how to achieve the best valuation for your company through a process.