{"id":26753,"date":"2021-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/nordic-software-report-for-q2-2021\/"},"modified":"2022-06-30T11:14:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T11:14:23","slug":"nordic-software-report-for-q2-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/nl\/nordic-software-report-for-q2-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Nordic software report for Q2 2021: another record quarter by number of deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>49 software transactions in Q2 2021 mark another record quarter measured in number of deals in the Nordic software space since we started counting (one higher than previous quarter). The H1 2021 volume alone is now higher than the 4 quarters Q3 19 \u2013 Q2 20 combined.\u00a0Whilst the appetite from investors for recurring revenue seems to be never ending, we do observe a levelling of valuation multiples. We also observe higher scrutiny among investors in assessing the quality of recurring revenue and calibrating sales multiples with growth and earnings.<\/p><p>Our top-ranking Nordic software team is led by Anders Strand and Juha Raunio.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/Team\/anders-strand\/\">Anders Strand<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/Team\/juha-raunio\/\">Juha Raunio<\/a><\/p><p>Read the report here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairfield.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Q2-2021-Nordic-software-report-Clairfield-International.pdf\">Q2 2021 Nordic Software Report.<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>49 software transactions in Q2 2021 mark another record quarter measured in number of deals in the Nordic software space since we started counting (one higher than previous quarter). 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