Big M&A: Avaya Rumors, Evolve IP, Private Equity Trend

Private equity firms love the channel right now.

Out of our nine M&A stories from the last two months, almost half involve investment companies buying an IT or telecommunications company. A publicly traded holding company bought master agent Colotraq, Suse gained its independence thanks to EQT Partners buying it, and Avaya fielded a buyout offer from another firm.

As MartinWolf’s Seth Collins describes it later on in this gallery, there’s a perfect storm brewing for the marriage of private equity and B2B technology.

Scroll through the gallery below to see various 10-figure deals that could have enormous channel impact. The acquired companies plan to expand their partner and customer bases as a result of new funding and resources.

Missed the previous recap? Check out the February M&A roundup.