Press releases, current trends, perspectives

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Vision Technology 05/2022: In the laser industry a remarkable number of public takeovers - all by strategic buyers - were executed or at least initiated within the last 15 months. Why did this happen and what will be the consequences for the industry going forward?

This years’ global meeting of AICA members took place from 12 – 14 May 2022 in Vancouver to discuss global cross-border deals, share best practices, network, and collaborate. The ARTHOS managing partner Arne Tödt participated and contributed to the event. Read more

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Software Sector Report Q1/2022: In the past twelve months the software M&A market activity has risen significantly by more than 50% in deal value. In particular, Cybersecurity software companies enjoyed strong growth rates and high valuation ratios.

KETEK (Munich, Germany), the world’s leading manufacturer of Silicon Drift Detectors, has sold its Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) technology to Broadcom, a global technology leader in semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Digital Services Sector Report Q3/2021: The Digital Services M&A market exceeds pre-pandemic levels. We have emphasized on the sub-sector of Software Development & IT Services companies that have enjoyed attractive growth rates and high valuation ratios.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Vision Technology Q3/2021: Valuations of Vision Technology companies continued to increase, despite reaching all-time highs already in 2020. We compare developments of sub-sectors and provide insights, including underlying assumptions of analysts going forward.

ARTHOS Industry Insight – Software Sector Report 06/2021: The software M&A market is continuing its strong performance from the record levels of Q4 2020. Especially the sub-sector of marketing and CRM software companies has particularly enjoyed strong growth rates and high valuation ratios.

tacterion (Munich, Germany), the tactile sensing company, completed a Series A capital raise led by Miele and a world-renowned provider of construction technology and tools, creating the leading tactile sensing company to enable the tactile Internet of the Future.

Data Respons (Oslo, Norway) acquires 100% of the shares in Frobese (Hanover, Germany), a German team of experts specialized in software development and IT consulting for German banks and insurance companies and strengthens its position within IT consulting for financial institutions.

ARTHOS M&A-Newsletter – Vision Technology 01/2021: Publicly listed vision companies quickly recovered their previous share prices and even surpassed them. For SME’s we see right now a lot of creative earn-out solutions with catch-up formulas allowing sellers to sell without any discount.