The 451 M&A KnowledgeBase – the merger and acquisition database tailored to the needs of technology companies.

The 451 KnowledgeBase is a transaction database that offers precise categorization of technology-related M&A deals – combined with analysis of deal rationales and valuations for key unannounced private transactions. The KnowledgeBase incorporates insight from the more than 45 analysts of The 451 Group and its independent division, Tier1 Research.

Key Features

• Valuation Data
• Analyst-vetted proprietary estimates of deal value and trailing revenue for key transactions
• Tracking of both trailing revenue and previous-calendar-year revenue, as well as EBIT, EBITDA and balance sheet information
• Capture of 'soft' metrics such as headcount, customer count and other relevant indicators of the size of an acquired company
• Granular taxonomy to enable collection of valuation comparables for precisely defined technology niches
• All metrics reviewed and fully footnoted with linkage to full text of official press releases.
• M&A Analysis
• Linkage to analysis of key deals – from The 451 Group's TechDealmaker service and Tier1 Research
• Analysis addresses deal rationale, product strategy, valuations, impact on competitive landscape and anticipated 'me too' deals.
• Inclusion of deal rationale for all records.
• Taxonomy
• Highly accurate assignment of companies to primary and secondary categories; reviewed by our analysts
• Ongoing updating of categories to keep them in sync with fast-changing industry trends
• Ability to search on key 'themes' such as SaaS, open source, compliance-related technology and others.
• Reports
• Easy export to Excel spreadsheet
• Trend reports show M&A activity by time period and by sector
• Precise league tables identify leading financial or legal advisers by sector, geography or hundreds of other criteria.
• Usability
• Precise categorization is designed to save time normally spent screening long lists of irrelevant deals
• Ease-of-use features ensure that even occasional users can get quick results each time they use the service.

M&A KnowledgeBase Snapshot

• Scope: 17,000 global IT, communications, IT services, outsourcing and Internet transactions
• Dates: January 2002 to present
• Sectors: 600+ categories designed to represent the complex technology landscape
• Analysis: Linkage to proprietary deal analysis
• Estimates: Proprietary estimates of deal value and trailing revenue for key private deals.

Thought Leadership on Technology M&A

Media outlets frequently feature 451 analysts as forward-looking thought leaders on technology-industry M&A. Publications providing coverage of The 451 Group's M&A transaction data and analysis range from major business publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and The New York Times to trade publications such as The Deal, CFO Magazine, InformationWeek, Red Herring and many others.

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