Slator’s 2024 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report is the go-to industry report for in-depth analysis of the language industry’s mergers, acquisitions, and funding.

This 55-page report enables investors and industry analysts to access key data from language industry transactions across a range of verticals and geographies, giving valuable insight into the trends in deal-making in the era of AI.

Crucially, the report includes analysis from Slator on recent M&A and funding activity, and gives readers insight into Slator’s outlook for deal-making in 2025.

The report also presents detailed insights from investors, which has been collected and summarized from Slator’s in-person conferences and on-going coverage throughout the year.

Report buyers and Slator Pro and Enterprise subscribers will be invited to join a complimentary briefing about the report’s key findings on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 5pm CET / 11am EST / 8am PST.

Slator 2024 Language Industry M&A and Funding Report

This 55-page report provides an in-depth analysis of mergers, acquisitions, and funding in the language services industry in 2024.

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We showcase the latest private equity investment firms that have invested in the industry, those that have exited, as well as a detailed profile of each language service provider that has active private equity investment.

The report dissects M&A activity in the industry — including 43 trade sales — and presents key information regarding the strategic rationale of these deals, and the types of companies being acquired.

While the number of disclosed purchase prices and transaction valuations remained low in 2024, the report includes insight into EBITDA multiples and revenue multiples that buyers and sellers can expect when negotiating a deal.

Investors, analysts and business owners will also value the report’s in-depth analysis of funding and growth investments in startups that are both core to the language services industry, or relevant to it.

This year was a record year for language industry funding. We show a summary of all funding rounds core to the industry in 2024, as well as an analysis of the top five funded companies for the year.

This report is a must-use reference for senior leadership and corporate development professionals at language service providers, investment banking and private equity professionals, as well as corporate strategy and finance advisers, and anyone else interested in the rapidly evolving competitive landscape of the language industry.