Winning Technology Investment Opportunities in 2014

Parthenon’s Perspective on Persistent Private Equity Technology Investment Trends from 2013

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6

9

12

-6ALL DEALS

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14TECH DEALS

15

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Growth in U.S. PE Deals (2012-2013)

These businesses havenot traditionally been tracked as “IT Investments”

KEY SEGMENTS TO WATCH

B2B Growth

Growth in SaaS

Vertically Focused Software

Growth of Tech-EnabledBusinesses

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38

28

21

B2B still accountsfor majority of IT investments at 75%

SaaS was the leading theme of B2B softwareinvesting overall

Financial services and healthcarewere particularly active

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Source: Parthenon Analysis

This document was created before Parthenon joined Ernst & Young LLP on August 29, 2014, and has not been updated to reflect the combination.