The Year in Review
2025 was a landmark year for U.S. dealmaking, with record megadeals, soaring M&A value, and a clear shift toward high-quality, strategic assets. Our full report breaks down the trends, sectors, and players driving this rebound, giving you a front-row seat to the deals shaping the market today—and setting the stage for 2026.
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EMEA Deals Market 2025 Recap
About the Report
2025 has been a year of paradox: while deal counts hit a 5-year low, average deal sizes surged by 25%. From the "Sovereign AI" movement in France to the massive take-private wave in UK Cybersecurity, the landscape of European Private Equity has been fundamentally rewritten.
Download our 2025 EMEA Market Overview to access the definitive breakdown of the sectors, funds, and valuations defining the next era of B2B tech.
APAC Deals Market 2025 Recap
About the Report
A recap of the key deals, sectors, and trends that shaped the US private markets in 2025. The report highlights the biggest transactions of the year, from the megadeal surge in tech and AI infrastructure to blockbuster take-privates in healthcare, construction, and energy, and the rise of strategic consolidation across the country.
Discover which sectors attracted the most investment, how deal values soared even as deal counts remained flat, and where PE and VC firms focused their capital on larger, high-quality, value-driven opportunities.