Bentley Systems Acquires Talon Aerolytics and Pointivo Technology

Bentley Systems (iTwin Ventures) Acquires Blyncsy

August 14, 2023

Transportation

Bentley Systems' corporate venture arm, iTwin Ventures, has acquired Blyncsy, a Salt Lake City–based provider of AI and computer-vision services for transportation operations and roadway asset analytics. Blyncsy will adopt Bentley's iTwin Platform and its AI roadway analytics will be incorporated into Bentley's mobility and infrastructure digital twin offerings to accelerate asset analytics for departments of transportation and other infrastructure owners.

Palo Alto Networks Acquires Talon Cyber Security

December 28, 2023

Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks completed the acquisition of Talon Cyber Security to integrate Talon’s enterprise browser technology into its Prisma SASE offering. The deal extends Palo Alto’s SASE capabilities by protecting managed and unmanaged devices and will make Talon’s Enterprise Browser available to qualified SASE AI customers at no additional cost.

Bentley Systems Acquires Cesium

September 6, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Bentley Systems has acquired Cesium, the open platform provider of 3D geospatial tools and the Cesium ion SaaS platform, to integrate Cesium's visualization and 3D Tiles standard with Bentley's iTwin digital twin offerings. Patrick Cozzi, Cesium's CEO, will join Bentley as chief platform officer to lead the combined platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

Bentley Systems Acquires Power Line Systems from TA Associates for ~$700M

November 16, 2021

Software

Bentley Systems agreed to acquire Power Line Systems, a Madison, Wisconsin–headquartered leader in transmission-line engineering software, from private equity firm TA Associates for approximately $700 million. The acquisition expands Bentley's grid integration and digital twin offerings by adding transmission-grade PLS products to its portfolio and will operate within Bentley's new Grid Integration Group upon closing.

Bentley Systems Acquires INRO

April 19, 2021

Software

Bentley Systems has acquired INRO, a Montreal-based developer of multimodal transportation planning, traffic simulation (Dynameq) and mobility visualization (CityPhi) software, including the Emme planning system. Terms were not disclosed; the acquisition strengthens Bentley's transportation and mobility simulation capabilities and supports its goal of delivering multimodal mobility digital twins.

Bentley Systems Acquires Seequent

June 21, 2021

Software

Bentley Systems completed the acquisition of Seequent Holdings Limited for approximately $900 million in cash plus 3,141,342 BSY Class B shares, adding Seequent's 3D geological modelling and cloud geodata capabilities to Bentley's infrastructure engineering software portfolio. The deal was a purchase of the majority stake previously held by Accel-KKR and is intended to expand Bentley's subsurface and geoscience capabilities across infrastructure, energy, and natural resources markets.