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Verified M&A transaction data in CSV and JSON format. 39 structured fields per deal. Released quarterly for research, academia, and the M&A community. Download directly — no email, no signup, no paywall.

1,100+
Free records available
39
Fields per deal
CC BY
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Q1 2026 — Full verified dataset

All 487 verified M&A transactions from January–March 2026. Every sector, global geography. Deals from $10m EV upward. All 39 structured fields. Verified by our 9-stage pipeline.

Records
487 deals
Period
Jan–Mar 2026
Total EV
$1.04 trillion
File size
CSV 2.1MB / JSON 3.8MB
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Technology sector — 2026 YTD

All verified technology M&A from 1 January 2026 to date. Includes software, semiconductors, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and AI-related transactions. Updated monthly.

Records
214 deals
Period
Jan 2026 – present
Total EV
$312bn
Updated
Monthly
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Advisor attribution — Q1 2026

All verified financial and legal advisor credits from Q1 2026 M&A transactions. Structured by firm, role (buy/sell-side), deal count, and total value advised. The source data behind the Discoperi league tables.

Advisor records
1,840 credits
Firms covered
247 firms
Fields
12 per record
Format
CSV / JSON
CSVJSON
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Complete 2025 archive — 4,800+ deals

Full verified M&A dataset for calendar year 2025. All sectors, all geographies, all 39 fields. Available to Individual, Team, and Corporate plan subscribers. Updated with corrections as they are applied.

Records
4,847 deals
Period
Full year 2025
Total EV
~$3.8 trillion
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What's in every dataset

Each deal record contains up to 39 structured fields. Empty fields are genuinely blank — we never estimate or infer values that cannot be verified.

Acquirer name
Target name
Seller name
Deal type
Enterprise value (USD)
Equity value
Debt component
EV/EBITDA multiple
Announcement date
Close date
Primary sector
Acquirer geography
Buy-side financial advisor
Sell-side financial advisor
Buy-side legal counsel
Sell-side legal counsel
Quality score (0–1)
Source count
Discoperi deal ID
+20 more fields
Sample JSON record
{ "deal_id": "DSC-2026-00847", "acquirer": "GTCR LLC", "target": "Worldpay, Inc.", "seller": "Fidelity National Information Services", "deal_type": "Leveraged Buyout", "enterprise_value_usd": 18500000000, "close_date": "2026-02-18", "sector": "Financial Services", "acquirer_geography": "United States", "ev_ebitda": 14.2, "buy_side_financial": "Goldman Sachs; Citi", "sell_side_financial": "Morgan Stanley; BofA Securities", "quality_score": 0.96, "source_count": 6 }

Licence — Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY)

Free Discoperi datasets are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. You may use, share, and adapt the data for any purpose — including commercial use — provided you attribute Discoperi as the source. For academic citations: Discoperi OÜ (2026). Verified M&A Transaction Database. discoperi.com/free-data/

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