IT Hardware M&A Report:
Private Equity is accelerating consolidation in IoT

Q1 2024 – M&A trends, valuation multiples and transactions in the IT Hardware sector

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Personal Note: After a turbulent 2023, the IoT market enters 2024 with a positive outlook

The last 12 months showed ups and downs. Due to limited demand, many US tech companies executed significant layoffs in 2023, including Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. In Germany, we have experienced such in the beginning of 2024, e.g. by SAP and Bosch. On the other hand, stock market valuations of large IT companies have developed very well. We saw strong demand for computing applications, while demand for connectivity applications was poor. Where will the market go? The recently published Eclipse Foundation global 2023 IoT survey gave a promising outlook: “64% of respondents are now deploying IoT solutions, up from 53% in 2022. Rising investments indicate a transition from proof-of-concept to ROI-focused deployments”. For IoT, the market outlook continues to be strong. This is the main reason for the high number of IoT-related transactions.

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Arno Pätzold

Managing Partner ARTHOS
Expert in Sensors, Automation, Semiconductor & Photonics

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