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Global Technology IPO Review Q2 2015

Technology Institute

A quarterly look at global trends in the technology IPO market August 2015

Global Technology IPO Review – Q2 2015 2

Table of contents

1. A resilient first half of 2015* 3 2. Executive summary 4

Number of offerings rise, but average proceeds declined 4 Chinese technology IPOs lead second quarter listings globally 5 Innovation in mobile commerce and software-defined value drives investment in Internet Software & Services subsector

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3. Global technology IPO trends 7 4. Top 10 technology IPOs – Q2 2015 8 5. Geographic IPO trends – Q2 2015 9

United States 12 China 13 Europe 14 All other geographies 15

6. Stock exchange distribution –Q2 2015 16 7. Cross-border IPOs – Q2 2015 20 8. Subsector distribution – Q2 2015 21 9. Key financials – Q2 2015 22 10. Technology IPOs valuation metrics – Q2 2015 27 11. Top three subsectors – Q2 2015 29

Internet Software & Services 29 Software 33 Computers & Peripherals 37

12. Methodology 41 13. For more information 43


A resilient first half of 2015*

Raman Chitkara Partner and Global Technology Industry Leader PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP [email protected]

Welcome to the second quarter 2015 issue of PwC’s Global Technology IPO Review. Strength in the global technology IPO market continued in the second quarter with 36 IPOs and total proceeds of US$6.2 billion. Looking back over second quarter performance to 2010, only the second quarter of 2014 posted more technology IPOs than 2015 with 40 IPOs. While the number of technology IPOs grew 57% sequentially from the first to the second quarter of 2015, proceeds advanced only 2% due to the lack of billion dollar offerings. Compared to the second quarter of 2014, the amount of proceeds raised dropped by 49% from US$12.1 billion to US$6.2 billion and the number of deals declined by 10%.

It seems many successful startups are delaying their IPOs due to the availability of late-stage funding from not just venture capital funds, but hedge funds, mutual funds, sovereign wealth funds and corporate venture arms. Globally in the second quarter, 21 unicorns — technology companies with billion-dollar valuations — raised US$7.8 billion compared with the US$6.2 billion across 36 IPOs.1

Global geographic participation also remained strong in the second quarter with 11 countries participating. In terms of proceeds, the US led the way with US$2.8 billion across 11 offerings and the largest technology IPO of the quarter, followed by Europe with US$ 1.3 billion and three of the top 10 offerings. Rest of World, with six technology IPOs, and the second largest of the quarter, posted US$1.1 billion. With the highest number of offerings (14), China posted US$1.0 billion in total proceeds. This was the first time in the past seven quarters there were no Chinese technology companies in the top 10.

Chinese exchanges had a strong presence with 12 of the 14 Chinese technology IPOs listing in China and two listing with NASDAQ. With the new registration-based system, it was expected that the majority of Chinese technology companies would list on domestic exchanges.

The US recorded 11 offerings and US$2.8 billion in proceeds, bouncing back from a surprisingly modest first quarter of just four technology IPOs that raised US$1.4 billion. The largest technology IPO of the quarter was a wearables company, Fitbit Inc (US$841 million). Europe continues to deliver consistent technology IPO activity, with five IPOs totaling US$1.3 billion in proceeds in the second quarter.

Looking forward to the remainder of 2015, listings on Chinese exchanges will likely decline as the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) recently announced a six-month suspension of IPOs due to recent fluctuations in their capital markets.

Please reach out to me or any member of our global technology team listed at the back of this document if you would like to discuss how these findings may impact your business.

Sincerely,

* Issue size greater than US$40 million (includes overallotment) and based on trade date

1. Crunchbase.com and Dow Jones VentureSource and The Wall Street Journal, “The Billion Dollar Startup Club,” published 18 Feb., 2015 and updated regularly.


Executive summary

Number of offerings rise but average proceeds declined in the face of volatile markets and lofty private valuations The second quarter of 2015 observed 36 technology companies go public across 11 countries, with US$6.2 billion raised. In terms of number of IPOs, this represents a 57% rise over the first quarter of 2015, but the aggregate amount raised remained flat in Q2 resulting in average proceeds declining 35%. The decrease in proceeds was due to a lack of big-ticket IPOs this quarter. The largest technology IPO of the quarter and year to date (YTD) was FitBit Inc, a US wearables company that raised US$841 million. In contrast, in the second quarter of 2014, there were three IPOs with proceeds of US$1 billion or more (IMS Health Holdings Inc, JD.com, Markit Ltd). Over the last six years, Q3 2014 recorded the highest proceeds ever of US$24.8 billion, due to the US$21.8 billion Alibaba IPO. The lack of big-ticket IPOs can be attributed to market volatility and the increasing number of start-ups with billion dollar valuations.

The most commonly cited gauge of investor fear, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), has moved above and below its January 1, 2015 value of 17.76, ending June 30 at 18.23 (high volatility), but then moderating in July and closing today (August 18th) at 13.79 (low volatility). Investor sentiment globally

has been, and will likely remain, cautious in view of ongoing volatile market conditions.

Figure 1: Global technology IPO trends

Source: S&P Capital IQ with analysis by PwC

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“The strong second quarter results are impressive in the face of volatile capital markets and high levels of liquidity available to late stage pre-IPO companies from a growing list of VCs, sovereign wealth funds, and hedge funds. Looking forward, the suspension of IPOs in China suggests a less active third quarter but likely more cross-border activity.”

— Raman Chitkara Global Technology Industry Leader, PwC


Chinese technology IPOs lead second quarter listings globally There were 14 Chinese companies that completed IPOs with total proceeds of US$1.0 billion, a 75% increase in IPOs quarter over quarter. Despite the increase in IPOs, the amount raised declined both sequentially and from the prior year. Year-over-year proceeds decreased by 73% from US$3.7 billion to US$1.0 billion though the number of IPOs was almost identical.

Technology IPOs on Chinese exchanges are expected to decline in the second half of 2015 as Chinese regulators have suspended IPOs for the next six months while they work to shore up the two main share markets (Shenzhen and Shanghai). In addition to an increase in cross-border deals, it is anticipated we will see increasing alternative financing on the part of private equity firms, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds.

Figure 2: Q2 2014-Q2 2015 Chinese technology IPOs


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Innovation in mobile commerce and software-defined value drives investment in Internet Software & Services subsector The Internet Software & Services subsector remained at the top this quarter with 16 IPOs, representing 44% of the total number of IPOs. Total proceeds were US$2.3 billion. Software came in second with six IPOs (17% of total number of IPOs) with US$1.8 billion. Continued innovation in mobile commerce, social networks and software-defined value is driving investor interest and activity.

The recent surge in Computers & Peripherals IPOs continued with five companies completing their IPOs and raising U$1.1 billion in Q2 2015.

Figure 3: Subsector proceeds Q2 2014-Q2 2015


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Global technology IPO trends

The second quarter of 2015 posted the strongest second quarter since Q2 2014 with 36 technology IPOs raising US$6.2 billion. In terms of number of IPOs, this was a 57% increase quarter over quarter, but year over year; this represented a 10% dip. In terms of proceeds raised, it was relatively flat with a marginal increase of 2% quarter over quarter, but a sharp drop of 49% year over year.

Figure 4: Second quarter global tech IPO trends


The largest Q2 2015 IPO was Fitbit Inc, one of the first significant private wearables companies to go public. Consistent with Q1 2015, there was strong global participation in Q2, with 11 countries represented. Overall, 36 companies were listed across 13 exchanges.

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Top 10 technology IPOs – Q2 2015

Internet Software & Services and the Software subsectors again dominated the top 10 technology IPOs with four each; but in terms of proceeds raised, Software led with US$1.7 billion. In contrast, in Q1 2015 there was one Software company in the top 10. Furthermore, Chinese companies and exchanges were conspicuously missing from the top 10 list, something that had not occurred for the past seven quarters. Europe continues to show strong technology IPO activity with three IPOs in the top ten.

The top 10 IPOs constituted 67% of total Q2 proceeds compared to 82% last quarter and 70% in Q2 2014 when there were one and three US$1 billion dollar offerings, respectively.

Table 1: Q2 2015 IPO summary – Top 10 listings

Company Subsector Proceeds (in US$ millions)

Primary exchange

Domicile nation

Fitbit Inc Computer Storage & Peripherals 841 New York United States

MYOB Group Ltd Software 668 Australia Australia

Sophos Group Plc Internet Software & Services 554 London United Kingdom

Black Knight Financial Svcs Software 507 New York United States

Siltronic AG Semiconductors 374 Frankfurt Germany

Etsy, Inc. Internet Software & Services 306 NASDAQ United States

Press Ganey Holdings Inc Software 256 New York United States

Evolent Health Software 225 New York United States

windeln.de AG Internet Software & Services 205

Frankfurt Prime Germany

Teladoc Inc Internet Software & Services 180 New York United States



Geographic IPO trends – Q2 2015

In Q2 2015, the geographic distribution was across 11 countries. In terms of proceeds the US led with US$2.8 billion and 11 IPOs, followed by Europe with five IPOs and US$1.3 billion of proceeds. China came in at US$1.0 billion with 14 offerings, while Canada and the Rest of the World raised US$265 million (2) and US$859 million (4), respectively. Rest of World countries included Australia, with the second largest IPO of the quarter (MYOB Group Ltd, US$668 million), Israel, Taiwan and Japan with one IPO each.

US technology IPOs bounced back from a slow first quarter with growth of 95% and 175% in terms of total proceeds and number of IPOs, respectively. However, year-over-year results lagged Q1 2014, down 32% in proceeds and 21% in number of IPOs. Europe had five IPOs with proceeds of US$1.3 billion. Compared to the first quarter, total proceeds declined by 58% in Europe, and though the total number of global technology IPOs declined only marginally year over year (36 versus 40), proceeds dropped by 49% due to a lack of billion dollar offerings.

Source: S&P Capital IQ with analysis by PwC .

Figure 5: Q2 2015 Geographic distribution of technology IPOs

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Year-over-year comparison for Q2 2015

The US experienced a significant decline of 21% in year-over-year technology IPO volume and 32% in proceeds. In China, IPO volume increased marginally year over year, but the proceeds declined by 73%. Regulatory pressure on Chinese companies to price offerings at the middle- to low end of the range contributed to the decline in proceeds. In Europe, the lack of billion-dollar offerings drove the significant decline in proceeds. A strong showing from other parts of Asia, notably Australia, with the second largest technology IPO of the quarter, led to an increase in both number and value of IPOs in Q2 over Q1 2015.

Figure 6: Year-over-year comparison by geography


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Regional comparison

North America led with US$3 billion in proceeds; but in terms of number of IPOs, Asia led with 18 IPOs. In North America, the number of IPOs also increased sharply sequentially from four to 13 (225%). Europe reported a 58% decline in proceeds quarter over quarter to US$1.3 billion from US$3.1 billion with no change in the number of IPOs.

Figure 7: Q2 2015 regional analysis – Proceeds

Figure 8: Q2 2015 regional analysis - Number of listings

Figures 7 and 8 source: S&P Capital IQ with analysis by PwC

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United States The US recorded a strong second quarter with 11 IPOs and proceeds of US$2.8 billion, on the heels of a lackluster first quarter impacted by market volatility and high private valuations. The second quarter saw the highest number of technology IPOs in the last three quarters, with only a year ago reporting a higher number of IPOs (14) and proceeds raised (US$4.04 billion).

Despite this increase, the total number of deals and proceeds in the first half of 2015 was significantly down from the first half of last year due in large part to late-stage financing options now available. Many technology companies are increasingly choosing to delay their IPOs and instead raise money via private equity to avoid stringent post-IPO required compliance and financial reporting regulations or to allow for more freedom in running the business. Furthermore, with private capital competing for the most sought after private companies, the dearth of billion dollar IPOs is likely to continue.

Figure 9: US technology IPO trends


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“US technology IPOs rebounded in the second quarter after a slow start to the year. While the active venture capital market and a strong private company environment have contributed to a slight reduction in pace over last year, we continue to see a significant level of demand in the investment community for tech IPOs. That paired with a number of strong candidates in the pipeline bodes well for sustained activity through the end of the year.” – Alan Jones Deals Partner, PwC US


China In Q2 2015 China had 14 IPOs with US$1.0 billion in proceeds. In terms of number of IPOs, this represents a 75% growth sequentially, but proceeds are flat. Year over year, the number of IPOs increased by one, but the amount raised decreased by 73% from US$3.7 billion to US$1.0 billion. Of the 14 Chinese technology companies that went public, only two listed outside of China. In the past year we have seen more listings on China's Shenzhen exchange, where previously it was known for smaller offerings. A more streamlined and transparent listing procedure for IPOs has made domestic exchanges a more attractive option.

Due to the recent capital market challenges in China the Chinese government has moved to halt new company listings on its stock markets for six months or more. This move provides an opportunity for private equity firms, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds to fill private companies' funding needs, and potentially may also pave the way for more M&A activity.

Figure 10: Chinese technology IPO trends


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“With the ramp up of China’s stock market for the first half of 2015 and the increase in domestic IPOs, tech IPOs built momentum to reach a new high in Q2 2015. However, tech listings on domestic exchanges are anticipated to slow down in the second half of 2015 given the temporary IPO freeze by the Chinese regulatory body to cope with the recent significant capital market fluctuation. In the long run, we still anticipate significant growth of tech listings on domestic exchanges as a result of the introduction of the new board of Strategic Emerging Market for the Shanghai Stock Exchange ("SSE") and the new registration-based system.” – Jianbin Gao, Technology Industry Leader, PwC China


Europe This quarter, Europe maintained its level of activity with five technology IPOs, but raised just US$1.3 billion in proceeds. In terms of proceeds, it was a 58% drop sequentially and a 68% drop year over year.

Germany led the way with two IPOs (US$579 million) followed by the UK (US$554 million), Sweden (US$59 million) and Poland (US$79 million) with one IPO each. The Sophos Group from the UK was the largest European IPO with US$554 million of proceeds, followed by Siltronics AG from Germany with proceeds of US$374 million.

The European region raised the second most IPO proceeds this quarter, but like other markets, total proceeds dropped significantly from last quarter. Increasing speculation and risk regarding Greece’s capacity to repay its debt obligations and its ability to remain in the Eurozone led to volatile equity markets throughout the region during the second quarter.

Figure 11: European technology IPO trends


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All other geographies (excluding the US, China and Europe) All other geographies had six IPOs with US$1.1 billion raised. This was a 96% increase in proceeds versus Q1 2015, but the number of IPOs remained at six. Technology IPO proceeds increased by 249% year over year, from US$322 million to US$1.1 billion.

In the last five quarters, only Q4 2014 had higher proceeds (US$2.1 billion), led by Samsung SDS Co Ltd, which was a billion-dollar IPO from South Korea.

The second quarter witnessed technology IPOs from Australia, Canada, Israel, Taiwan and Japan. The Australian company, MYOB Group Ltd, was the second largest technology IPO during the quarter with proceeds of US$668 million.

Figure 12: Technology IPO trends – all other geographies (excluding the US, China and Europe)


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“Following a modest number of Canadian Tech IPOs over the last couple years, two strong IPOs in one quarter is encouraging news. Several Canadian tech companies are well positioned to IPO over the next year which is overdue considering Canada's deep ecosystem of talented and innovative tech leaders. Let's hope this activity is infectious." – Chris Dulny Technology Industry Leader, PwC Canada


Stock exchange distribution – Q2 2015

In terms of proceeds, the NYSE led with US$2.2 billion, representing 36% of total proceeds, followed by NASDAQ with 14%. Sequentially, the proceeds increased by 202% and the number of IPOs also increased by 133% for the NYSE. The rest of the major stock exchanges (NASDAQ, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hong Kong and London) experienced declines in proceeds quarter over quarter. The number of IPOs increased for NASDAQ, Shenzhen and LSE by 133%, 100% and 100%, respectively. US stock exchanges listed 39% of the total number of technology IPOs, followed by the Chinese exchanges with 33%. Year over year, Shenzhen led the way with 383% growth in proceeds and 900% growth in number of IPOs.

Figure 13: Q2 2015 stock exchange distribution


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6/30/2015 Teladoc Inc Internet Software & Services 180 NYSE United States

6/25/2015 Alarm.com Holdings Inc Internet Software & Services 113 NASDAQ United States

6/25/2015 AppFolio Inc Internet Software & Services 86 NASDAQ United States

6/25/2015 Xactly Corp Internet Software & Services 65 NYSE United States

6/18/2015 MINDBODY Inc Internet Software & Services 100 NASDAQ United States

6/17/2015 Fitbit Inc Computers & Peripherals 841 NYSE United States

6/4/2015 Evolent Health Software 225 NYSE United States

5/21/2015 Baozun Inc Internet Software & Services 110 NASDAQ China

5/21/2015 Press Ganey Holdings Inc Software 256 NYSE United States

5/20/2015 Shopify Inc Internet Software & Services 151 NYSE Canada

5/19/2015 Black Knight Financial Svcs Software 507 NYSE United States

4/23/2015 Apigee Corp Internet Software & Services 87 NASDAQ United States

4/16/2015 Etsy Inc Internet Software & Services 306 NASDAQ United States

4/8/2015 Wowo Ltd Internet Software & Services 40 NASDAQ China

*IPOs have been classified based on the exchange where capital was raised.


Table 2: Q2 2015 IPOs by region – North America (NASDAQ, NYSE)*


Table 3: Q2 2015 IPOs by region – Asia including Australia (Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Taiwan Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Australian Stock Exchange)*



6/16/2015 Beijing Transtrue Technology IT Consulting & Services 42 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

6/15/2015 Vital Mobile Holdings Limited Computers & Peripherals 68 Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK) China

6/5/2015 General Interface Solutions Computers & Peripherals 64 Taiwan Stock Exchange Taiwan

6/1/2015 Shenzhen Soling Industrial Co Electronics 57 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

5/29/2015 Victory Giant Tech(Huizhou) Computers & Peripherals 95 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

5/29/2014 Navtech Inc (China) Electronics 48 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

5/18/2015 Global Infotech IT Consulting & Services 62 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

5/15/2015 Sichuan Xun You Network Technology Co Ltd Software 55 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

5/14/2015 Shenzhen Forms Syntron Info Software 77 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

5/4/2015 MYOB Group Ltd Software 668 Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Australia

5/4/2015 All Winner Semiconductors 83 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

4/30/2015 GuangDong Failong Crystal Tech Semiconductors 44 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

4/25/2014 Beijing Hanbang Technology Corp Electronics 51 Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) China

4/19/2012 Hunan Aihua Group Co Ltd Electronics 170 Shanghai Stock Exchange (SHSE) China

4/17/2015 Gunosy Inc Internet Software & Services 87 Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Japan




Table 4: Q2 2015 IPOs by region– Europe (London, Frankfurt SE, Warsaw SE, Nordic Exchange Stockholm)



6/26/2015 Sophos Group Plc Internet Software & Services 554 London SE United Kingdom

6/10/2015 Siltronic AG Semiconductors 374 Frankfurt SE Germany

6/5/2015 Adgorithms LTD Internet Software & Services 41 London SE AIM Market Israel

4/28/2015 Wirtualna Polska Holding SA Internet Software & Services 79 Warsaw SE Poland

4/23/2015 windeln.de AG Internet Software & Services 205 Frankfurt Prime SE Germany

4/13/2015 Tobii AB (publ) Computers & Peripherals 59 OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm Sweden




Cross-border technology IPOs – Q2 2015

There were four cross-border offerings (11%) this quarter compared to three offerings (13%) in the last quarter. On a percentage basis, the last three quarters have been fairly consistent with cross-border deals making up between 9% and 13% of total listings. This is in contrast to the second and third quarters of 2014 when cross-border deals made up 28% and 33% of the total technology IPOs, respectively. Only two Chinese companies had cross-border listings this quarter. Israel and Canada had one cross-border IPO each. The largest cross-border deal was Shopify Inc, a Canadian technology company that listed on the New York Stock Exchange and raised US$150.4 billion, considerably less than the value of some of the big-ticket cross-border IPOs seen in 2014.

Figure 14: Q2 2015 cross-border IPOs


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Subsector distribution – Q2 2015

Consistent with the past few quarters, Internet Software & Services again recorded the most offerings: 16 IPOs and US$2.3 billion in proceeds. It was followed by the Software sector with six IPOs and US$1.8 billion in proceeds. Computers & Peripherals came in third with five IPOs and US$1.1 billion raised.

Compared to last quarter, Internet Software & Services had a 100% increase in the number of IPOs, but the proceeds dipped by 32%. The Software sector also performed well, with a sequential increase of 200% in terms of number of IPOs and 376% in terms of proceeds. Year over year, Computers & Peripherals had a 400% increase in number of IPOs and a 44% increase in proceeds raised. In the Electronics sector, the number of IPOs increased by 100%, but proceeds dipped by 47% compared to Q2 2014.

The Semiconductors subsector had three IPOs with a year-over-year increase in proceeds of 59%, but sequentially proceeds remained flat at US$501 million. IT Consulting & Services had two IPOs with US$103 million of proceeds. The amount raised declined 61% sequentially and 95% year over year.

Figure 15: Q2 2015 IPO subsector distribution


Q2 2015 YoY comparison

Deal volume Deal value

Internet Software & Services 20% 55%

Software 45% 42%

Semiconductors 50% 59%

Computers & Peripherals 400% 44%

IT Consulting & Services 0% 95% Source: S&P Capital IQ with analysis by PwC

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Figure 16: Technology IPOs – Net income


1 Out of the 36 IPOs in Q2 2015, financials for one company were not available at the time of preparing this report. Hence, the data in the financial section is based upon results of 35 companies. The said company belonged to the Semiconductors subsector.

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The number of technology IPOs in Q2 2015 increased by 57% quarter over quarter, recording 36 deals compared to 23 in Q1 2015. The Q2 2015 activity, however, recorded a year-over-year decline of 10% from 40 IPOs in Q2 2014.

Out of the 36 IPOs in Q2 2015, 57% (20 of the 35 companies) reported a positive LTM net income. This is much lower than the 78% of technology companies with positive LTM net income in the last quarter. Companies in the Internet Software & Services subsector have been the major contributor to the negative net income; 69%, or 11 of the total 16 companies raising IPOs, had negative net income in Q2 2015.

In terms of average LTM revenue, the Computers & Peripherals subsector led the way with US$789.5 million, followed by Software with US$263.0 million and IT Consulting & Services with US$135.5 million. In terms of average LTM EBITDA and net income, Computers & Peripherals led the way with US$102.2 million and US$49.8 million, respectively. The Software subsector came in second in terms of average LTM EBITDA, with US$71.4 million. However, it was the lowest in terms of average net income among all subsectors, with an average of negative US$28.7 million. The Internet Software & Services subsector reported average LTM EBITDA of negative US$3.5 million. The remaining three subsectors (Semiconductors, IT Consulting & Services and Electronics) reported LTM EBITDA in the range of US$10 million - US$30 million.

The average LTM debt levels were the highest for the Software subsector at US$593.4 million, followed by Computers & Peripherals at a distant second with US$111.1 million. The Internet Software & Services subsector had average LTM

debt of US$71.7 million. The remaining subsectors (Semiconductors, IT Consulting & Services and Electronics) reported much lower LTM debt levels of below US$25 million.

Computers & Peripherals also had the highest average enterprise value (EV) of US$2.3 billion due to the IPO of Fitbit Inc which contributed an EV of US$8.6 billion.


Figure 17: Q2 2015 Average LTM revenue


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Technology IPOs valuation metrics – Q2 2015

The average technology sector EV/LTM revenue multiple was 5.5x in Q2 2015, which is significantly higher than 3.7x in the last quarter. The higher valuation was driven predominantly by the Chinese companies Navtech Inc and Sichuan Xun You Network Technology Co Ltd, which had multiples of 45.3x and 52.6x, respectively. Apart from these, two other Chinese companies and one US-based company reported revenue multiples of greater than 21x: Shenzhen Forms Syntron Information Ltd (listed on the Shenzhen exchange) and Wowo Ltd. (listed on NASDAQ) from China and Teladoc Inc. (listed on NYSE) from the US.

The Semiconductors subsector had the highest EV/LTM revenue multiple of 10.8x followed by the Electronics subsector with 10.2x. Software had the third highest average EV/LTM revenue multiple of 8.2x. The highest EV/LTM revenue multiple of the quarter was 52.6x, reported by Sichuan Xun You Network Technology Co Ltd in the Software subsector. The Computers & Peripherals subsector, which led in the revenue, EBITDA and net income categories, had the lowest average EV/LTM revenue multiple of 3.0x.

The IT Consulting & Services subsector reported the highest EV/EBITDA multiple of 112.9x, followed by Semiconductors at 96.5x. Computers & Peripherals had the lowest EV/EBITDA multiple of 23.0x.

Figure 22: Q2 2015 EV/LTM revenue


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Internet Software & Services

The Internet Software & Services subsector reported 16 IPOs in Q2 2015, a 100% increase from the previous quarter but a 20% year-over-year decline. In terms of average revenue, the subsector has reported successive declines in the last three quarters starting from Q4 2014. The average LTM revenue this quarter was at US$118.0 million, the lowest in the last five quarters as well as a decline of 65% quarter over quarter and 86% year over year.

The sector didn’t report any big ticket IPO this quarter. The highest proceeds came from the Sophos Group Plc IPO of US$554.2 million.

The average LTM EBITDA was negative US$3.5 million. The subsector also reported an average LTM net loss of US$19.6 million. Average EV was US$769.4 million, which again was the lowest in the last five quarters.

In terms of valuation matrix, the subsector reported a marked increase in the average EV/LTM revenue multiple of 6.5x as compared to 3.9x in the previous quarter. The average EV/LTM EBITDA multiple was immaterial as it was negative.

Figure 24: Internet Software & Services – LTM revenue


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The Software subsector marked its comeback in the top three this quarter after a dull Q1. The subsector saw a 200% quarter-over-quarter increase in the number of IPOs in Q2. However, this was still a 45% year-over-year decline from 11 deals in Q2 2014.

The Software subsector saw a 43% rise in average revenue compared to the last quarter to US$263.0 million, but declined 53% year over year. Average EBITDA also followed a similar pattern, with a quarter-over-quarter increase of 98% but a year-over-year decrease of 26% at US$71.4 million.

The highest deal value in the subsector was US$668.0 million by MYOB Group Ltd, the Australian accounting software company. The subsector featured two Chinese and three US IPOs apart from the above.

Average EV also increased by 10% quarter over quarter and was in line with the last five quarters. The EV multiples decreased from Q1 2015 despite the high revenue and EBITDA multiples of 52.6x and 135.3x, respectively, fetched by the Chinese company Sichuan Xun You Network Technology Co Ltd.

Figure 31: Software – LTM revenue


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Average EBITDA and net income displayed a similar pattern with quarter-over-quarter declines of 41% and 39%, respectively.

The subsector featured the largest deal of the quarter, which lacked any big ticket IPO deals in the overall technology sector. The Fitbit Inc IPO earned proceeds of US$841.2 million at decent revenue and EBITDA multiples of 8.8x and 35.5x, respectively.

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Methodology

The Global Technology IPO Review for Q2 2015 is based on PwC’s analysis of transaction data extracted from S&P Capital IQ. The analysis considers IPOs across all countries worldwide during the period 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015 (Q2). Financial data was also obtained from S&P Capital IQ.

The definition of the Technology sector is based on the S&P Capital IQ database industry classifications and includes the following subsectors:

Internet Software & Services

IT Consulting & Services

Professional Services (e.g., Application Software, Software Solutions)

Semiconductors

Software

Computers & Peripherals

– Computers, Computers Peripheral Equipment – Computers, Storage Device Manufacturing

Electronic Computers Manufacturing

Communications Equipment

Only IPOs with issue size greater than US$40million were included in the analysis.

All monetary amounts are in US dollars unless otherwise indicated.

LTM – Last twelve months

Figures are rounded to one decimal.


For more information

If you would like to discuss how these findings might impact your business or your future strategy, please reach out to any of our technology industry leaders listed below.

Raman Chitkara Global Technology Leader Phone: 1 408 817 3746 Email: [email protected]

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Hoonsoo Yoon – Korea Phone: 82 2 709 0201 Email: [email protected]

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Yury Pukha – Russia Phone: 7 495 223 5177 Email: [email protected]

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