Historically, 5% to 8% of U.S. private equity platform acquisitions are made by PE firms outside the U.S.
2019 was the peak for this metric at 7.8%. That is, in 2019, 187 U.S.-based companies were acquired as new platform investments by international PE firms. (Add-on investments include a much larger number of acquisitions by international PE firms.)
The most targeted sectors by international private equity firms in 2021 were: Software, Healthcare, Technology, Data Analytics, and Food & Beverage (in that order).
The trending private equity investment sectors for March 2021 were Software, Cybersecurity, Food & Beverage, and Health & Wellness. Sample transactions are highlighted below.
Private equity investments in apparel companies has declined in recent years, although this trend is not too dissimilar from PE investment trends overall.
The graph below shows private equity platform investments in Apparel companies over the past 5 years.
