A Dramatic Slowdown In Tech M&A

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		Home Tech/Media Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Thursday, November 1, 2012 A Dramatic Slowdown In Tech M&A If things are feeling slow in the tech deal space, it's not in your head. Deal volume is stagnant and deal values are way down from 2010 and 2011. According to a new survey of Silicon Valley dealmakers by 451 Research and Morrison & Foerster, a prominent San Francisco-based law firm, there are two primary reasons: Economic uncertainty, including prospects for US growth, Europe's fiscal crisis, and America's "fiscal cliff" High prices demanded by acquisition targets So this year, big, splashy deals like Facebook's $715 million purchase of Instagram have been the exception, not the rule. Even with SoftBank's $20 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Sprint, which will boost fourth-quarter deal numbers, it seems likely that M&A activity in 2012 will finish out the year at levels close to 2009. Follow the Chart Of The Day on Twitter: @chartoftheday Read » Also On SAI Today: There's A $195,000 Sports Car Parked Outside Zynga And No One Knows How It Got There LIVE: LinkedIn Blows Away Estimates In Third-Quarter Earnings Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's Exploding Capital Expenditures CHART OF THE DAY: Disney 'Interactive' Has Lost Money For 18 Consecutive Quarters CHART OF THE DAY: Where Apple's Revenue Comes From Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the SAI RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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