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title: Landing Pages Industry Report Software & Services Q117
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# SOFTWARE & SERVICES

# M&A Activity Remains Robust, Largely Influenced by Private Equity

By [Christopher Park](https://intrepidib.com/author/cpark/)

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Technology M&A continued its voluminous trends through the first quarter of 2017. According to *Venturebeat*, there were 638 technology transactions in Q1’17, up from 599 in Q4’16. Additionally, technology-focused private equity firms announced more deals in Q1’17 than any opening calendar quarter since the end of the Great Recession. Contributing to this surge in private equity activity is both an increasing number of new technology-oriented financial sponsors and an overall expansion of the total pool of “dry powder” available for acquisitions. Strategic acquirers also continue to remain active; however, the once very wide gap is contracting as private equity firms continue to accelerate their transaction volume.

 

 

 

 

 

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