M&A activities are gaining widespread popularity in the corporate environment. In the past few years, corporate players from leading industries have witnessed a pragmatic rise in deals, with global M&A transactions increasing on average by 24% year-on-year between 2020 and 2021. M&A are critical tools for corporate executives in achieving their short- and long-term strategic objectives. M&A project transactions were primarily driven by megadeals deals, which are higher than US$10 billion in size. According to Refinitiv data, the total value of pending and completed deals announced in 2021 has already touched US$3.6 trillion year-to-date, surpassing the full-year tally of US$3.59 trillion in 2020. During 2020-2021, more than ten prominent corporate players made acquisition deals of over US$10 billion.
BRAINLOOP AG, CAPLINKED, ETHOS DATA, IDEALS SOLUTIONS GROUP, INTRALINKS – PROMINENT MARKET PARTICIPANTS IN VIRTUAL DATA ROOM MARKET
The US market dominated the global scenario, with 25 megadeal transactions worth US$358.6 billion in 2021 Q2, targeting US-based companies. For instance, with the enterprise value of the new combined company standing at more than US$120 billion, the merger between AT&T’s Warner Media and Discovery is the biggest deal of 2021 so far. Brainloop AG, CapLinked, EthosData, iDeals Solutions Group, and Intralinks, Inc., are some of the key market players operating in the global carbide tools market. The listing of key players is derived by considering multiple factors such as overall revenue, product portfolio, geographical reach, new product launches, market initiatives, and investment in technology upgradation, partnerships, and other market related activities. In addition to these players, there are several other important players operating in the virtual data room ecosystems which were studies analyzed during the course of this market research study, such as, Ansarada Group Limited, BMC Group, Inc., Datasite, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), and Thomson Reuters, among others. Further, in 2021, Brainloop AG launched a major investment in the company’s proprietary product roadmap as well as in the corresponding state-of-the-art BSI C5 certifications of its security infrastructure. Brainloop aims to invest in its existing BDRS flagship platform to provide our customers with a superior product experience while enhancing the development of IX MeetingSuite.
Most of the market initiatives were observed in Asia Pacific (APAC) region, which have a high potential of market-related products, solutions, and services. Few of the important market initiatives from the industry are mentioned below:
| Year | Development | Region |
| 2021 | Ansarada signed an agreement to acquire 100% shares in TriLine GRC, a market leader in governance, risk, and compliance. Through this acquisition, Ansarada aims to provide a single end to end software solution with dashboard and live reporting covering GRC and ESG activities across the organization. | Global |
| 2021 | CapLinked, Inc. announced the inclusion of new municipal and county government clients using its platform. The City of Brea, the City of Huntington Beach, the City of Newport Beach, and the Orange County Sanitation District are now a part of the growing list of organizations worldwide using CapLinked’s software to manage the exchange of sensitive information. | North America |
