ANALYSIS: Silicon Valley M&A, Investments Climbed Higher in 2021

Last year was another stellar year for mergers and acquisitions and investment activity in Silicon Valley. Google still reigns as top buyer, and software is still the top destination for Silicon Valley firms’ dollars. But will the market let this year finish strong?

New Heights Reached During 2021 Boom

The number of M&A and investment deals involving the 150 largest publicly traded tech and life science firms in Silicon Valley (ranked by 2021 revenue) on the 2022 Fenwick–Bloomberg Law SV 150 List climbed even higher than in the pandemic-defying, record-setting year of 2020. A total of 389 transactions involving SV ...