FT Partners Quarterly Sponsor FinTech Insights
FT Partners is the only data source for comprehensive, global FinTech private equity deal activity.
FT Partners’ Sponsor FinTech Insights Reports are published on a quarterly basis. FinTech Sponsor Activity is defined as transactions in which a private equity sponsor, growth equity firm, or another control-oriented investor is involved in the following transaction types: take-privates, majority recapitalizations, significant minority recapitalizations, or other selected financings. All information included in the reports is sourced from FT Partners’ Proprietary Transaction Database, which is compiled by the FT Partners Research Team through primary research and data analysis.
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Q3 2024 Sponsor Insights
Report Features:
- Q3 2024, LTM and historical Sponsor-led FinTech deal volume and count statistics
- Recent activity trends dissected by deal type, geography, sector and size
- Analysis of recent FinTech Public-to-Private transactions
- Selected notable Sponsor exits in 2024
- List of most active Sponsors in FinTech over the last twelve months
- Transaction profiles on notable deals
Key Highlights:
- Private equity transaction volume continues to hit all-time highs as investor sentiment has skewed positive alongside interest rate cuts and elevated levels of dry powder.
- Public-to-private deal volume in Q3 2024 totaled $21 billion, with some marquee deals getting done including Towerbrook and CD&R’s $8.9 billion acquisition of R1 RCM, and Bain and Reverence’s $4.5 billion acquisition of Envestnet.
- Transaction count was up for a third consecutive quarter and saw the highest quarterly level since Q1 2022.
- Sponsors completed 73 FinTech transactions in Q3 2024, representing an 87% increase YoY and a 26% increase QoQ.
- LTM M&A transaction count experienced a 31% increase from the prior 12-month period, while LTM financing transactions increased 30% as investors sought to deploy fresh capital.
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