B
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71%
71% -- share of software m a transactions led by private equity for publicly traded software company transactions (2021-2025)
71% of publicly traded software company transactions since 2021 were led by private equity firms.
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Value
71%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2021-2025
Entity
Sample Size
41
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B
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75
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60
Citation Chain
20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Agile Growth Labs
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Analysis of publicly traded software company M&A transactions since 2021
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publicly traded software company transactions: 71% share of software m a transactions led by private equity. Source: Agile Growth Labs (2021-2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/pe-led-software-ma-transactions-2021
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/pe-led-software-ma-transactions-2021" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>71%</strong> -- share of software m a transactions led by private equity for publicly traded software company transactions<br><small>Source: Agile Growth Labs (2021-2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/pe-led-software-ma-transactions-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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