Falvey Partners latest technology private capital market update covers the environment for both tech private equity and venture capital investing and fundraising. The update also covers trends in tech portfolio exits via the IPO and strategic M&A markets.
1. Technology Private Capital Market Update
Q3 2013
Peter Falvey
Managing Director
peter.falvey@falveypartners.com
P. 1.617.598.0437
TECHNOLOGY
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Jeffrey Cook
Vice President
jeffrey.cook@falveypartners.com
P. 1.617.598.0439
Jeffrey Monk
Analyst
jeffrey.monk@falveypartners.com
P. 1.617.598.0445
FOCUS. BROAD REACH. OPTIMAL RESULTS.
10. Recent High-Profile Technology Transactions
Robust demand and activity in SaaS, e-learning and social media sectors
Interest from PE and strategic buyers driving valuations higher
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Dell bidding war between Silver Lake and Icahn Enterprises
Quest bidding war between Dell and Insight Venture Partners
PRIVATE EQUITY
STRATEGIC
Devices & Services
Business
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
October 2013
May 2013
May 2013
December 2012
Has been
acquired by
Has received an
investment from
August 2012
Has been
acquired by
September 2012
Has been
acquired by
May 2012
10
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
September 2013
June 2013
June 2013
June 2013
Has been formed by
portfolio companies of
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
August 2012
August 2012
June 2013
May 2013
January 2013
November 2012
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
April 2012
January 2012
December 2011
July 2012
June 2012
Has been
acquired by
Has been
acquired by
August 2012
Has been
acquired by
May 2012
12. Overall Venture Capital Investing Continues to Rise…
Venture capital investing has continued at its steady incline through 2013. The $7.8B
invested in Q3 represents the largest quarterly outflow of VC since Q2 2011
QUARTERLY VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTING ACTIVITY
($B)
$9.0
1,200
1,081
1,023
$8.0
1,015
941
886
$7.0
910
1,034
991
956
937
904
1,005
979
1,000
906
876
821
762
765
800
681
$5.0
600
$8.2
$4.0
$7.5
$7.1
$6.5
$3.0
$5.1
$2.0
$7.4
$5.4
$5.9
$5.4
$5.1
$7.8
$7.4
$6.6
$6.3
$7.0
$6.8
400
$6.0
$5.7
$3.8
200
$1.0
$0.0
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
2009
Q1
Q2
Q3
2010
Q4
Q1
Q2
Source: NVCA, PWC MoneyTree
Q4
Q1
2011
Amount Invested ($B)
12
Q3
Q2
Q3
2012
Deal Count
Q4
Q1
Q2
2013
Q3
Deal Count
Amount Invested
$6.0
13. …as Early-Stage Deals Continue to Gain Momentum
Early-stage deals continue to gain momentum, rising sharply after a weak Q1 and
outpacing both expansion and later-stage deals in the previous two quarters
QUARTERLY VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTING ACTIVITY
($B)
$3.0
$2.5
$2.0
$1.5
$1.0
$0.5
$0.0
3Q'11
4Q'11
1Q'12
2Q'12
Seed
13
Source: NVCA, PWC MoneyTree
Early Stage
3Q'12
Expansion
4Q'12
Later Stage
1Q'13
2Q'13
3Q'13
14. VC Fundraising Still Lagging
$11.6B has been raised by VCs YTD in 2013, significantly below levels seen for the
same period in recent years
QUARTERLY VC FUNDRAISING
NOTABLE RECENT FUNDS
($B)
$18.0
$3,500M
$16.4
$16.0
$2,700M
$14.0
$12.9
$11.6
$12.0
$2,600M
$10.0
$8.1
$2,000M
$8.0
$6.3
$6.1
$6.0
$4.8
$4.0
$5.2
$4.3
$3.4
$2.7
$1,250M
$4.1
$3.2
$2.1
$900M
$2.0
$0.0
1Q'11 2Q'11 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13
14
Source: NVCA, PWC MoneyTree
YTD YTD YTD
2011 2012 2013
$750M
15. VC Overhang Continues to Dwindle Amid Smaller Funds
At the current investing rate it will take ~8 quarters for VC firms to wipe out the
current amount of VC ‘dry powder’
Average VC fund size has been cut in half since peaking in 2011
Stable investing during slower recent fundraising quarters contributing to decrease in dry
powder
AVERAGE VC FUND SIZE
VC CAPITAL OVERHANG
($MM)
$350
($B)
$90
$301
$300
$250
Cumulative Overhang
$53B
$80
$270
$70
$215
$200
$60
$201
$191
$178
$50
$149
$150
$40
$30
$100
$20
$50
$10
$0
$0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013*
2007
Average Fund Size ($M)
Source: PitchBook
15
2008
2009
2010
Cumulative Overhang
* As of 6/30/13
Source: PitchBook
2011
2012
16. Stable VC Investing Overshadowing Decreased Fundraising
While VCs continue to put capital to work from prior funds, capital inflows are well
below 2011 highs and are still tracking lower
QUARTERLY VC INFLOWS / OUTFLOWS
($B)
$9.0
Capital
Outflows
$8.0
$7.0
$6.0
$5.0
$4.0
$3.0
$2.0
Capital
Inflows
$1.0
$0.0
1Q'09 2Q'09 3Q'09 4Q'09 1Q'10 2Q'10 3Q'10 4Q'10 1Q'11 2Q'11 3Q'11 4Q'11 1Q'12 2Q'12 3Q'12 4Q'12 1Q'13 2Q'13 3Q'13
16
Source: NVCA, PWC MoneyTree
17. Software Companies Continue to be Most Attractive Targets for VCs
VC ALLOCATED
TO
SOFTWARE
$3.6B invested in software companies in Q3 represents 46 percent of all VC invested
dollars. Later-stage raisings continue to attract majority of software VC
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
46% of all VC dollars
invested in Q3 went to
software companies
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
2010
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
2011
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Qtr 1
2012
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
2013
SOFTWARE VC INVESTING
($MM)
$4,000
$3,500
$3,000
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,000
$500
$0
$2,939
$851
$195
Qtr 1
$1,270
$966
$184
Qtr 2
$336
Qtr 3
2010
$1,350
$1,208
$1,186
$287
$338
$464
Qtr 4
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
$1,735
$502
Qtr 3
$1,827
$359
Qtr 4
2011
First Sequence Financing ($MM)
17
Source: NVCA, PWC MoneyTree
$2,124
$1,399
$347
Qtr 1
$445
Qtr 2
$1,509
$510
Qtr 3
2012
All Other Stages ($MM)
$1,684
$1,786
$1,819
$563
$524
$468
$627
Qtr 4
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
2013
18. Corporate VCs Post Record Quarter of Investing
Corporate VCs invested $909M in Q2 2013, the highest level in over 4 years and a 23%
increase over the high seen in Q2 2011
QUARTERLY CORPORATE VC INVESTING ACTIVITY
($MM)
$1,000
$909
$900
$800
$742
$700
$686
$665
$600
$554
$500
$463
$400
$441
$437
Q3
Q4
$572
$533
$514
$494
$461
$473
$371
$359
$296
$300
$223
$200
$100
$0
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
2009
18
Source: NVCA, PWC MoneyTree
Q1
Q2
2010
Q1
Q2
Q3
2011
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
2012
Q4
Q1
Q2
2013
19. Falvey Partners Snapshot
We are an entrepreneurial investment banking firm focused exclusively on capital
raising and M&A for leading software companies
Founded in 2012 by Peter Falvey and key members of the Morgan Keegan / Revolution Partners team
Falvey Partners professionals have closed dozens of software transactions representing billions of
dollars in transaction value
FOCUS
SERVICES
Sell-side or buy-side M&A
Growth capital raising
Board and corporate advisory
SELECT, RELEVANT TRANSACTION EXPERIENCE
Project
Leaf
Project
Bay
Project
Port
Project
Swift
Project
Anthem
Retail
Marketing
Software
Cloud Accounting
Software Provider
Ecommerce
Software Provider
Content
Management
Software Provider
Enterprise
Mobility Software
Provider
Web Infrastructure
Software Provider
Strategic Minority
Investment
Placement Agent
Sell-Side Advisor
Sell-Side Advisor
Sell-Side Advisor
Placement Agent
December 2012
Has been
acquired by
Has acquired
Series D
Convertible
Preferred Stock
led by
Has been acquired
by a portfolio
company of
Has been
acquired by
July 2012
December 2011
September 2011
July 2011
July 2011
Series C
Convertible
Preferred Stock
Led by
Has been
recapitalized by
August 2010
August 2004
SECTOR
Software / SaaS
Has been
acquired by
Tech-enabled business services
A portfolio company of
IT services
Internet / digital media
September 2012
COMPANY TYPE
$50M - $250M in enterprise value
Profitable or near-term path to profitability
A portfolio company of
Growth equity
investment from
PGI Notify and Send
platforms acquired by
Growing, with established scale
Has been
acquired by
19
April 2011
February 2011
Has received an
investment from
November 2010
October 2010