New technology

It’s typically much quicker to acquire rather than build your own solution. When it comes to technology, acquiring can help you leapfrong or accelerate  large parts of your research and development cycle. We are able to support your organisation aquire  new techologhy.  Our networks mean we can quickly support your strategy and ideitfy options from the experimental and often new to market   to tried and tested  technology. 

Organisations  often acquire tech startups for a number of reasons including:

• Talented employees – Often you’ll see the engineering team being folded into the firm’s existing divisions.

• Stamp out the competition – Not only will the buyer prevent the startup from drawing away its own customers, an acquisition also prevents a larger competitor from purchasing the startup.

• Instantaneously gain access to new technology – Knowledge is power and an acquisition allow the buyer to gain it immediately.

• Rapidly gain market share – Facebook purchased Instagram in a large part to gain access to its growing user base. Facebook’s audience at the time was declining so they turned to Instagram.

• Pick a winner – The first tech solution to market isn’t always the winner. Think about Betamax vs. VHS. VHS became the dominant player. Think about MySpace, which came out earlier than Facebook, losing out to other social networking sites. Acquiring lets you pick the winning technology.

While you might not be a huge tech company these same reasons may still resonate. If technology is a critical component to your growth plan, consider if an acquisition rather than developing your own solution makes sense.