North American M&A Report

The latest edition of PitchBook's M&A Report highlights trends shaping 2Q, focusing exclusively on North American M&A, with the European edition to follow. North American M&A has so far retained momentum from a lively 2018, closing 4,754 deals worth $849.7 billion in 1H. This edition spotlights buy-side activity by VC-backed companies as they pursue growth through external investments, as well as software M&A as companies pressured to go digital look to acquisitions as a solution.