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You don’t need to be an AI company to attract these acquirers. 👇 Some of the biggest names in capital are backing a new wave of buyers. General Catalyst, Thrive Capital, and Bessemer Venture Partners are among them. Their bet: → Acquire established companies and run them better with AI. They’re already moving, vertical by vertical, across Europe. Property management, tax, and freight in Germany. Legal, accounting, and property in the UK. Contact centers, property, and freight in France. Property management and accounting in Switzerland. Dwelly. Buena. Lawhive. And 60+ more, mapped below. What these acquirers are paying for is position. The embedded customer relationships, the distribution, the workflows. The exact things you’ve spent years building. You’re more relevant to this wave of buyers than you probably think. If a buyer came calling tomorrow, would you know how to articulate why your position matters? Happy to talk it through, just DM. ____________ 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 i5invest: We are a corporate development firm with access to 150K+ top decision-makers in Strategy, Business Development, and M&A. We provide innovative tech founders with insights, expertise, and access to our network to take their companies to the next level. #AI #startup #AIrollup #merger #acquisition #scaleup

Many of Iberia's family offices operate at the intersection of emerging technologies and traditional industries. That creates opportunities for tech founders beyond capital. A family office may help you build credibility in a new market, connect with potential customers, introduce industry partners, participate in future funding rounds, and make the right strategic introductions as your company grows. This is particularly relevant for startups dealing with sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, energy, retail, real estate, and food. But it's crucial to approach the right family office for the right reason. We created a list of more than 50 family offices across Spain, Portugal, and Andorra. Each profile includes: - Links to their website, LinkedIn, and Dealroom.co profile - Selected portfolio companies - Typical ticket size - Investment stage - Sector focus - Location Will drop it below. Hopefully it saves you time. ____________ 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 i5invest: We are a corporate development firm with access to 150K+ top decision-makers in Strategy, Business Development, and M&A. We provide innovative tech founders with insights, expertise, and access to our network to take their companies to the next level. #AI #startup #tech #merger #acquisition #scaleup

Hotels are still running on too many disconnected systems: PMS, RMS, CRS, guest messaging, check-in, payments, finance. In 2026, the platforms are trying to collapse that complexity. Mews raised $300M and launched revenue management, guest messaging, automations, and finance inside one AI-native operating system. It also brought distribution natively into the platform through SiteMinder. Cloudbeds is expanding across revenue, operations, data intelligence, direct bookings, and AI. Oracle Hospitality is embedding AI into OPERA Cloud workflows at no extra cost. But this is not a simple consolidation story. SiteMinder, IDeaS Revenue Solutions, Duetto, Canary Technologies, and Aven Hospitality show that best-in-class specialists still matter. That changes the strategic question for every startup in the industry. You are competing with point solutions and with the platform roadmap. So where can you win? Being too important to replace. Being too specialised to rebuild. Or becoming the layer the platform needs to own. ____________ Who is i5invest: We are a corporate development firm with access to 150K+ top decision-makers in Strategy, Business Development, and M&A. We provide innovative tech founders with insights, expertise, and access to our network to take their companies to the next level. #AI #startup #tech #merger #acquisition #scaleup

PE and VC-backed scaleups are hunting for legacy or traditional, cash-flowing foundations to turn into AI powerhouses. Where they often look: Professional services Vertical software Industrial automation Owners of these targeted companies often look at a standard valuation grid (e.g., 6x-8x EBITDA) and think that is a fair price. The buyer, on the other hand, is looking at the post-AI-transformation metrics. They see a business that, with their tech injection, will soon see margins expand significantly. If you don't understand your strategic value before an exit opportunity appears, you risk letting the buyer define it for you. And it doesn't stop at knowing your strategic value. The best outcomes come from having a framework to identify, communicate, and strengthen that value long before the right buyer comes knocking. ____________ Who is i5invest: We are a corporate development firm with access to 150K+ top decision-makers in Strategy, Business Development, and M&A. We provide innovative tech founders with insights, expertise, and access to our network to take their companies to the next level. #AI #startup #tech #merger #acquisition #scaleup

After researching 200 founders from the top $1B+ companies, The Endeavor Insight team released a study that revealed: ▶ In the US, 55% were immigrants or second-generation immigrants. I suspect diverse perspectives and resilience made them effective founders. ▶ 61% majored in a science or engineering field. A technical background in the founding team can go a long way (even in the AI era). ▶ The average founder had 10 years of work experience. Unicorns harness years of learning from failures and successes. ▶ 80% previously worked at an enterprise or founded one. Having first-hand experience is nearly a must to build a unicorn. ▶ Only 32% studied at an elite university. Elite universities can have their benefits, but they’re not a requirement. _______________ i5growth / i5invest: Investment Fund, global tech M&A arm, team of 100+, offices in San Francisco, Vienna, Madrid, Berlin, Frankfurt; 200+ exits & strategic partnerships with tech leaders such as Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Qualcomm, Samsung, Nvidia, Naspers, NBC, … #growth #founders #venturecapital #startups #i5invest

Out of 318 MarTech / AdTech companies we mapped, 15 got acquired. Acquisitions in this space show that: 1/ AI-era consolidation favors speed over thoroughness. → Cursor's Koala deal closed in weeks and took only the talent. → Pencil and The Brandtech Group co-built an enterprise product together over six months before the acquisition even closed. Compare this to the 6+ month closes on Intuit Mailchimp or Segment (acquired by Twilio). 2/ Adjacent acquisitions beat category acquisitions. → Intuit (finance) bought Mailchimp (marketing) → The Brandtech Group (marketing services holdco) bought Pencil (genAI creative SaaS) → Mastercard (payments) bought Mastercard Dynamic Yield (personalization) via McDonald’s 3/ Bootstrapping may be a premium. → Mailchimp sold for $12B as one of the biggest acquisitions of a bootstrapped startup, ever. → Pencil exited to The Brandtech Group on roughly $4M in total funding raised. Clean cap tables give founders optionality at exit. 📌 We keep updating the map. Feel free to drop your company in the comments, or tag the MarTech / AdTech company you think should be on the list. ____________ 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 i5invest: We are a corporate development firm with access to 150K+ top decision-makers in Strategy, Business Development, and M&A. We provide innovative tech founders with insights, expertise, and access to our network to take their companies to the next level. Considering M&A? Feel free to reach out: https://t2m.io/i5invest #martech #adtech #artificialintelligence #merger #acquisition