Where's the smart money going in ICT?

1 June 2010

Despite the travails of the UK economy over the last year, most ICT businesses have continued to perform robustly, responding swiftly to any need to downsize their teams or evolving their business models in order to deal with a changing environment.  The experiences of the dot com crash at the turn of this century had given many of them valuable precedents for dealing with sudden change.  Drawing on the findings of a survey of 40 private equity practitioners,combined with our day-to-day experiences in the market, the following elements need to come together to make an ICT business an attractive investment proposition for private equity players.

The message for UK technology companies is that investment in their sector is expected to increase over the next 12–18 months. If you are an ICT company looking to grow aggressively and needing external funding to deliver that growth, or you are considering exiting in the short to medium term, then this report will assist you to evaluate whether private equity is likely to be an option for you. For those without this short-term agenda, this will also be a useful guide on how to evolve your strategy so that when the time comes, your business is an attractive target for private equity.

Click here to view the report.