CatCap Corporate Finance and Tenzing Partners published a report about the European Internet Industry 2014 with a focus on Commerce and Snapshot IPOs 2014.

Regarding the results, it’s clear that the Internet Industry drives a significant portion of today’s growth. A growth driven by private consumption and advertising.

Market trends

While the European Internet Industry is coming of age there are still plenty of young, game-changing companies. Start-up hubs such as London, Paris, Berlin and Stockholm are able to attract young entrepreneurs and to produce companies with innovative concepts and cutting edge technology. In Europe, Internet Industry is mature but has still a huge development potential.

• The E-Commerce slowdown
• Cross-linking of online & offline business – technology enabled the emergence of new marketplaces & elimination of middlemen
• Fintech is the place to be with start-ups springing up all over
• Internet industry is increasingly concentrated in a few start-up hubs
• Germany and the UK were the most active M&A markets followed by France, the Nordics and Spain
  M&A trends France/Belux 2015
• Accounting for almost one fifth of all transactions in the French and BeLux markets, ad-tech companies continue to whet the appetite of investors. Advertisers understand the potential from cross- channel campaigns and measurements. Moreover, Criteo or Teads (whose IPO is scheduled in 2015) pave the way for continuous consolidation.
• In 2013, Ingenico’s acquisition of Ogone hit the headlines. Last year, Fintech sector M&A kept its momentum and we expect it to accelerate given PSPs maturity

Luxembourg on the map

“Two years ago, rumor has it that Infosys was ready to put €400m on the table to buy Clear2Pay NV until negotiations broke up. Eventually, in 2014, FIS Inc. acquired the company and its state-of-the-art technologies for about €375m. European Fintech benefits from the harmonized payment system requirements which bolster innovation. Although London is undoubtedly Europe’s Fintech hub, major deals are expected in other countries mainly at banks’ initiative,” said Daniel Schneider, Partner at Tenzing Partners Luxembourg.

 

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