- With 147 deals by software companies (excluding venture capital), transaction activity in Germany, Austria and Switzerland remains at a record level
- Almost 60% of DACH software companies were taken over by international buyers. This increasing trend underlines the importance of a structured approach to a company sale in order to find the ideal candidate with the highest price willingness
- Private equity contributes almost 55% to transaction activity (as an anchor or add-on) and has become an integral part of the DACH software market
- The central Aareon/TPG ERP software transaction supports our observation that “mature” enterprise software companies can break the 20x EBITDA threshold

Cubeware becomes part of insightsoftware
GHz Partners advises insightsoftware on its acquisition of Cubeware