January Midmarket M&A Summary

January was a busy month for M&A in the middle market, especially in tech M&A (including, but not limited to, AI and data management), according to Mergers & Acquisitions. Read more here.

Treating Data as an Asset in Midmarket Organizations

Forbes on how to use data as an asset to grow your midmarket company's valuation.

Middle Market PE Fundraising Flat in 2018

Pitchbook reports that "investors closed on 130 middle market PE funds in 2018" (on $110B), representing a 22% drop in the number of funds (and a 6% drop in the dollars). That said, 2018 represented the 4th-highest annual total in the last decade.

Midmarket Firms Showing Signs of Pessimism

According to a recent Barlow Research Economic Pulse report,  middle-market firms have started to show pessimism following the recent government shutdown -- concerns include reduced sales forecasts to go along with worries of a recession beginning in 2019 or 2020. For more information, visit the BusinessWire summary here.

6 Attitudes of Successful Midmarket Leaders

SAP sponsored an IDC research report on 'Becoming a Better-Run Midsize Company'. SAP's Global Partner Marketing Head, Meaghan Sullivan, posted part 1 of a 6-part series based on that research in Digitalist Magazine. In this first post, she writes about the 6 attitudes that successful midmarket leaders need; it's a good read.