Forbes October 15, 2024
Rusty Wiley is CEO of Datasite, a leading SaaS platform used by enterprises globally to execute complex, strategic projects.
Upward movement on sell-side deal flow in the first half of 2024, compared to the year before, indicates good times are ahead for the M&A market. A core segment of the M&A market spurring this optimism is the consumer sector.
Consumer deal kickoffs on Datasite, which annually facilitates nearly 15,000 new deals, shot up 17% globally in the first half of this year. Because these are deals at their inception, rather than announced, it demonstrates a positive pipeline of activity. In the second half of 2024 and the opening months of 2025, there’s likely to be an uptick in consumer M&A...