Quarterly M&A Deals in PE
Q1 2025: Deal activity dips as uncertainties rise
PE Hub has reported on the lull in dealmaking since January, and the first quarter data proves the point. However, some of the biggest deals that closed during the first quarter of the year were in the TMT sector: Silver Lake bought Endeavor for about $10bn; IBM bought HashiCorp for $8.1bn; Blackstone and Vista bought Smartsheet for $7.9bn.
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Q4 2024 deals: Industrials and TMT led dealmaking
Every quarter in 2024 was better than the last. M&A ended the year on a strong, positive note, with the industrials and TMT sectors representing a bulk of the dealmaking.
