After 13.6 bn euro of m&a deals in the last 5 years, tech&IT sector is still much fragmented in Italy with 200 SMEs at least as potential targets, Alix Partners says

With 133 m&a deals for a total value of 2.975 billion euros in 2021 and a total of 495 deals for 13.6 billions in the last 5 years, the software and IT services sector is one of the hottest in Italy and attracts a a large number of investors including private equity funds and industrial entities, which often are portfolio companies of private equity funds. And this is because private equity firms in recent years have made an important contrib