Discusses the significant volume of AI acquihires in 2025, and how and why these are mutually attractive to both big tech and early stage start-ups, as well as why this should only increase in the coming years.

PE Takes Another Rule of 40 SaaS Vendor Private at 6x. We’ve Analyzed the Last 8 SaaS Take Privates, and Predicted Who’s Next!

With Q2 behind us, we have pulled Pitchbook data covering the last five years, encompassing 84,000 US-based transactions. Some trends were expected, others pleasantly surprising.

$330b of 4 year + old dry powder coupled with rate cuts to boost M&A demand starting in Q3 2024

$3 trillion of 5 year + old portfolio companies coupled $300 billion in loan maturities to drive sellers starting in Q3 2024