According to the consultancy’s annual round up of ecommerce M&A, global deals increased by USD 20 billion, while transaction volume remained flat over the past 18 months.
Other key findings:
there were 18 transactions that crack the USD 1 billion mark in 2018;
the median disclosed transaction size for the second half of 2018 was USD 21 million;
though strategic buyers accounted for 85% of transactions in H2 2018;
private equity’s share of ecommerce deals has soared since 2016, reaching 15%;
over the past 30 months, the top acquirer was ecommerce company Motorsport Network, with 17 disclosed acquisitions; Bite Squad, a holding company for online food delivery companies, also had 17 acquisitions in the past 30 months, inking all 17 deals on one day in October 2017;
Alibaba ranked fifth, completing 10 transactions.
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