March was a busy month for public company results, painting a solid picture overall.  Nonetheless, there were notable exceptions as share prices and public company valuations remained stagnant. Looking at deal flow, a superficial analysis of the data suggests that activity levels in March mirrored those of January and February – and were notably lower than the levels achieved in Q1 2023. While this observation holds true, it overlooks some crucial underlying trends, the most striking of which is the significant surge in private equity activity, with deals up 2.5 times from March 2023. Similarly, although M&A deal statistics were generally lacklustre, this masks some really interesting M&A activity in the software sector, particularly in fintech. Venture capital fundraising rebounded after an exceptionally poor February, with fintech deals also playing a significant role. Skip to: News Analysis 04m 55s Capital Markets 12m 47s Private Equity 15m 07s Venture & Growth Capital 20m 25s M&A 23m 59s