A total of 285 Private Equity/Venture Financing deals (pending and completed) were announced across the world, driven by Virtual and Augmented Reality, in the last twelve months resulting in a total deal value of over $7,383.3 million. In the LTM period, April 2022 turned out to be the most prolific in terms of deal size, with a total deal value of $2,650.7 million, resulting in an average deal value of $139.5 million during that month. On the other hand, the month of March 2022 was the most prolific in terms of deal volume, recording a total of 31 deals, resulting in an average deal value of $22.2 million during that month.
Of the 285 deals, the deal secured between Kirkbi AS; Sony Group Corp and Epic Games Inc, was the world's largest Private Equity/Venture Financing deal driven by Virtual and Augmented Reality, which was valued at $2,000.0 million and was completed on April 11, 2022. The second-largest deal was between Coatue Management LLC and Niantic Inc, while the third-largest deal was between Bezos Expeditions LLC; DFJ Growth Fund; EHI LLC; Future Positive Capital; Kaszek Ventures; L Catterton; Lewis Hamilton; Questlove; Roger Federer; Tiger Global Management LLC; ZOMA Lab and The Not Co SpA. The Coatue Management LLC-Niantic Inc deal and the Bezos Expeditions LLC; DFJ Growth Fund; EHI LLC; Future Positive Capital; Kaszek Ventures; L Catterton; Lewis Hamilton; Questlove; Roger Federer; Tiger Global Management LLC; ZOMA Lab-The Not Co SpA deal were valued at $300.0 million and $235.0 million, respectively. The fourth-largest deal was between Andreessen Horowitz LLC; Atomico Investment Holdings Ltd; Binance NFT Marketplace; Bond Capital Partners (UK) Limited; CMT Digital Ventures LLC; Digital Currency Group Inc; Ethereal Ventures; Forestay Capital SA; G2VP, LLC; GV Management Co LLC; Kreos Capital Group Ltd; MIRANA VENTURES LIMITED (Inactive); New Enterprise Associates Inc; NGP Capital; Schneider Electric SE; Silver Lake Partners, L.P.; SoftBank Vision Fund 2; Sony Innovation Fund; Susquehanna International Group Ltd; Swisscom Ventures AG; Tamarack Global; Warburg Pincus LLC-Genies Inc; Improbable Worlds Ltd; Naver Z Corp.; Scandit AG; Sky Mavis Inc valued at $150.0 million, whereas the deal between Coatue Management LLC; Index Ventures LLP; Madrona Venture Group LLC; Sequoia Capital US-Rec Room Inc valued at $145.0 million was the fifth-largest deal.
Cumulatively, the top five deals amounted to $2,835.0 million and accounted for nearly 38.40% of the total deals (by value) announced during the last twelve months. By region, North America accounted for 53.79% of the total Private Equity/Venture Financing deals done globally, and recorded a total deal value of $3,960.8 million, which accounted for 39.01% of the total deal size on a global scale.
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