Silverpeak publishes its latest report on the state of the market for growth rounds in European tech companies showing a healthy environment for Series B & C rounds and a trend towards larger deal sizes. Silverpeak State of the Market for Growth Rounds
Pietro Strada spoke at ScaleIT in Milan on “European and Italian Tech Investments – A close look at B-rounds.” ScaleIT connects the Top Scaleups in the digital and software space from Italy and Southeast Europe with International Investors to raise growth capital (3-30 mil €) and scale internationally. ScaleIT
Silverpeak, the technology investment bank, acted as the exclusive financial advisor to Ticketer, the UK’s leading provider of bus ticketing technology, on its investment by Tenzing Private Equity Since entering the market in 2010, Ticketer has grown to become the UK market leader at the forefront of smart electronic ticketing technology across the bus sector. … Continued
Paddy MccGwire, Silverpeak Managing Director, spoke this morning at Selling Out vs Scaling Up hosted by ScaleUp Group at techUK. Other speakers included David Richards: CEO of £300M+ valued AIM listed WANDisco Tola Sargeant: MD of leading Technology analysts TechmarketView John O’Connell: Sold Staffware for $200M+ and Chair, ScaleUp Group Selling Out vs Scaling … Continued
Autonomous vehicle software company secures growth capital Silverpeak acted as exclusive financial adviser to Oxbotica on a £14m funding round. Three leading investors backed the round: IP Group plc, Parkwalk Advisors, and AXA XL. Silverpeak worked with Oxbotica over six months to identify and contact potential investors globally. The process created a competitive selection of … Continued
Welcome to the latest edition of the Silverpeak Benchmark report: Application Software Sector, a review of key company valuation metrics in the US, UK and European application software sectors. By reviewing sector median averages, our aim is to provide a set of software industry benchmarks against which individual company performance can be measured. Click to … Continued
The software market continues to be led by US large companies (Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Adobe, etc.) which are 64% of the publicly listed “giants”, but China is increasing its share. However, US large players are under-represented among the buyers of European software/SaaS companies. We’ve updated our review of the software/SaaS giants landscape and European M&A … Continued
The Silverpeak team were delighted to attend the 8th WCIT Enterprise Awards dinner last night to celebrate some of the most successful technology entrepreneurs in the UK & Ireland Congratulations to all the finalists & winners. Young Entrepreneur Ben Grech, Uniplaces Andrew Murkerjee, Brisqq Tim Sadler, Tessian (WINNER) Charles Taylor, Debut Imogen Wethered, Qudini (WINNER) … Continued
Welcome to the latest edition of the Silverpeak Benchmark report: Application Software Sector, a review of key company valuation metrics in the US, UK and European application software sectors. By reviewing sector median averages, our aim is to provide a set of software industry benchmarks against which individual company performance can be measured. Click to … Continued
Presentations from yesterday’s seminar co-hosted with Taylor Wessing including M&A trends and valuation metrics and how to achieve a strategic value Silverpeak – Taylor Wessing seminar 30 April 2018
About the transaction Silverpeak acted as exclusive financial adviser to Scality on a $60m funding round. This brings Scality’s total funding to $152m. The round includes all existing investors, Scality staff, and a new investor — Harbert European Growth Capital. The funding supports Scality’s technology strategy as it makes multi-cloud a reality for its customers. … Continued