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FT Partners Quarterly Sponsor FinTech Insights

FT Partners is the only data source for comprehensive, global FinTech private equity deal activity.

FT Partners’ Sponsor FinTech Insights Reports are published on a quarterly basis. FinTech Sponsor Activity is defined as transactions in which a private equity sponsor, growth equity firm, or another control-oriented investor is involved in the following transaction types: take-privates, majority recapitalizations, significant minority recapitalizations, or other selected financings. All information included in the reports is sourced from FT Partners’ Proprietary Transaction Database, which is compiled by the FT Partners Research Team through primary research and data analysis.

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2023 Sponsor FinTech Almanac

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Report Features:

  • 2023 and historical Sponsor-led FinTech deal volume and count statistics
  • Recent activity trends dissected by deal type, geography, sector and size
  • Analysis of recent FinTech Public-to-Private transactions
  • Selected notable Sponsor exits since 2022
  • List of most active Sponsors in FinTech over the last twelve months
  • Transaction profiles on notable deals

Key Highlights:

  • Private equity deal count declined in 2023 and remained low compared to 2021 and 2022 levels as the dealmaking environment was impacted by elevated interest rates and valuation mismatches.
  • Sponsors completed 165 FinTech transactions in 2023, representing a 28% decrease YoY.
  • Sponsor-led M&A transactions dropped 3% YoY while minority transactions declined 50%, suggesting PE firms are seeking greater control in this environment.
  • In 2023, sponsor-led deal activity totaled $52 billion across 165 transactions, including $12 billion in take-private volume, $12 billion in sponsor-to-sponsor volume, $23 billion in carve-outs and $5 billion in other minority and M&A transactions.
  • Take-private transactions stalled out in 2023, with P2P deal volume down 73% and deal count down 38% from 2022 levels.
  • Despite current headwinds facing the private equity industry and a challenging fundraising environment, several firms successfully raised large funds in 2023 including, CVC, Clayton, Dubilier, & Rice, Blackstone and Apollo.