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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2024 Sponsor Almanac
Report Features:
- 2024 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 deal count rebounded in 2024 from the lows of 2023 as steady/falling interest rates provided increased stability alongside a positive equity market backdrop.
- Q4 2024 announced transaction volume of $6 billion was largely driven by Francisco Partners’ $1.1 billion acquisition of AdvancedMD and Silver Lake and GIC’s $1.7 billion take private of Zuora.
- In 2024, sponsor-led deal activity totaled $95 billion across 233 transactions, including $37 billion in sponsor-to-sponsor volume, $36 billion in take-private volume, $11 billion in corporate carve-outs, $7 billion in minority volume, and $4 billion in other M&A transactions.
- Take-private transactions increased in 2024, with public-to-private deal volume increasing almost 200% and deal count 100% from 2023 levels.
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