Notable transactions representing M&A targets and buyers include:

• Able AI in its sale to Moody’s
• Anaplan in its acquisition of Mintigo and subsequent $10 billion sale to Thoma Bravo
• Anduril Industries in numerous acquisitions (including in connection with its autonomous submarines and aircraft, air and missile defense and ballistics programs)
• Asahi Kasei in its $2.2 billion acquisition of the energy storage business of Polypore International and $1 billion sale of Polypore’s separations media business to 3M*
• Bolt Financial in its proposed and subsequently terminated $1.5 billion acquisition of Wyre
• Coupa in its acquisitions of Pana Industries and Yapta
• Consumer device company in a strategic investment with value in excess of $10 billion*
• DemandBase in its acquisitions of DemandMatrix and Engagio
• Flywire in its acquisitions of Sertifi for $330 million and Simplificare
• Foresight Sports in its $474 million sale to Vista Outdoors
• Gateway Genomics in its sale to Myriad Genetics for up to $100 million
• Headspin in its sale to PartnerOne
• Hims & Hers in its combination with a SPAC and numerous acquisitions (including in connection with its GLP-1 compounding, peptide manufacturing, lab and pharmacy and dermatology services and offerings)
• Incode in its acquisition of MetaMap
• Petal in its sale to Empower Finance
• Promise Advanced Imagination in its acquisition of Curious Refuge
• QuinStreet in its acquisition of Modernize
• Replicon in its sale to Deltek
• Ripple in its $1.25 billion agreement to acquire Hidden Road and $250 million acquisition of Metaco
• Samooha in its sale to Snowflake
• Sentieo in its sale to AlphaSense
• Synacor in its sale to Centre Lane Partners
• Utmost in its sale to Beeline
• Vale in its $2.5 billion sale of its fertilizers business to The Mosaic Company*
• Western Digital in its $19 billion acquisition of Sandisk*
• Zap Viva Real Group in its $640 million sale to OLX

* Representations denoted by * were prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer.