“Also notable is the increase in the worth of the companies being acquired,” said Andrew Brown, Executive Director of the IoT Strategies Service. While vendors are still acquiring companies for $50, $100 and $200 million (US dollars), billion dollar acquisitions, such as Cisco’s $1.4 billion purchase of Jasper Technologies IoT services’ platform in February and even multi-billion deals – are no longer rarities.
Strategy Analytics M&A Report indicates the most desirable acquisition targets are companies whose core competencies revolve around analytics, security, connectivity platform capabilities and services. And within those product categories IoT vendors are especially eager to acquire companies in hot vertical segments including: Automotive, Consumer wearables, Healthcare, Industrial IoT (IIoT), Manufacturing, Retail, Smart Home, Transportation and Weather.
The Strategy Analytics M&A Report concludes that well targeted and executed IoT M&As will provide vendors with immediate tactical and strategic opportunities to gain market share, increase their customer base, boost revenues and advance IoT goals and increase influence. A focused M&A has the added benefit of consolidating the industry and reducing the number of competitors.
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