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The software sector saw a record number of $100M+ funding rounds and a massive increase in M&A volume led by a few large deals: IBM acquisition of Red Hat ($33.4B), SAP acquisition of Qualtrics ($8B) and Adobe acquisition of Marketo ($4.75B)

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Sector Report: Software January 2019

Contact: Joshua Wepman, Paul DiNardo, Rupert Sadler, Chris Gough, Glen Kruger, Saif Malik

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