Europe’s financial services industry saw a drop of 54.55% in cross border deal activity during August 2022, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by Alantra Partners’ $24.47m acquisition of 24.5% stake in Access Capital Partners, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

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A total of 20 financial services industry cross border deals worth $46.9m were announced for the region in August 2022, against the 12-month average of 44 deals.

Of all the deal types, M&A saw most activity in August 2022 with 13 transactions, representing a 65% share for the region.

In second place was venture financing with seven deals capturing a 35% share of the overall cross border deal activity for the month.

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In terms of value of cross border deals, M&A was the leading category in Europe’s financial services industry with $24.47m, followed by venture financing deals totalled $22.42m.

Europe financial services industry cross border deals in August 2022: Top deals

The top five financial services cross border deals accounted for 95.6% of the overall value during August 2022.

The combined value of the top five financial services cross border deals stood at $44.84m, against the overall value of $46.9m recorded for the month.

The top five financial services industry cross border deals of August 2022 tracked by GlobalData were:

1) Alantra Partners $24.47m acquisition deal for 24.5% stake in Access Capital Partners

2) The $12.8m venture financing of ultimate.ai by Anagram, Backed, Discovery Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures, Lightspeed Management Company, Rockaway Blockchain Fund and SpeedInvest

3) Everstake, GSR Markets, Portico Ventures and Serum $2.6m venture financing deal with Everlend Finance

4) The $2.5m venture financing of Zeti by Powerhouse Ventures

5) Communitas Capital Partners and Third Prime Capital $2.47m venture financing deal with AbbeyX