5.2 Billion $ invested in IT companies in USA

04/06/2013
Diego Gutiérrez
5.2 Billion $ invested in IT companies in USA

According to Pitchbook, during the first quarter of 2013, 5,200 MM$ were invested in the US in a total of 46 deals in the IT sector, a decrease of 36% in the number of deals and 67% in the total amount invested.

Taxation and valuations: barriers to closing deals

«Los expertos americanos achacan la mala actividad del primer cuarto a la incertidumbre generada por el «fiscal cliff» y por la falta de definición sobre la fiscalidad de las ganancias de capital.También hacen referencia al pico de operaciones que hubo al final del 2012 que hizo canibalizar a muchas operaciones que se debieran haber cerrado este año» señala Diego Gutierrez (ABRA INVEST) expert in SME corporate finance.

«También las valoraciones altas están retrayendo a los inversores. Las buenas operaciones son difíciles de encontrar, por lo que se encuentran con multitud de candidatos inversores que provoca un incremento en los precios.

Details of operations

El sector software sigue dominando las operaciones del sector conmás de la mitad de las operaciones. Algunas de las areas donde el software tiene el máxima potencial son el «data mining», seguros y analitíca en el sector de educación y salud.

The size of deals has decreased dramatically. Despite all these numbers, the IT sector still accounts for 83 percent of all private equity deals.

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