Acuity Brands Acquires LocusLabs

Ingka Investments (Ingka Group) Acquires Locus

October 7, 2025

Logistics & Distribution

Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group (IKEA's largest retailer), has acquired Locus, an AI-powered logistics technology company headquartered in the United States. The purchase brings Locus's route-optimization, real-time tracking and TMS capabilities in-house to strengthen IKEA's home delivery, capacity management and last-mile execution while allowing Locus to remain operationally independent and continue serving other enterprise customers.

Acuity Brands Acquires The Luminaires Group

September 10, 2019

Building Products

Acuity Brands, Inc. agreed to acquire The Luminaires Group from Sentinel Capital Partners in a transaction announced September 2019; terms were not disclosed. The Luminaires Group is a North American manufacturer of specification‑grade architectural lighting fixtures; Acuity intends to expand its product portfolio and capabilities in specification-grade lighting.

Acuity Brands Acquires QSC, LLC

October 24, 2024

Manufacturing

Acuity Brands, Inc. has acquired QSC, LLC for approximately $1.215 billion, integrating QSC into Acuity's Intelligent Spaces Group to expand its audio, video, and control (AVC) capabilities. QSC's cloud-first Q-SYS platform and audio hardware (annual revenue ~$535M) will significantly boost ISG's scale and product offering, with the transaction financed through cash and a $600M delayed-draw term loan facility.

Vi Labs Acquires Motus Consumer Insights

December 12, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Vi Labs has acquired Motus Consumer Insights to combine Motus's member-acquisition analytics, site selection, and marketing BI capabilities with Vi's AI-powered member engagement and retention platform. The deal creates an end-to-end solution for digital health enterprises to identify high-value prospects, optimize site selection, and drive engagement and lifetime value.

Lucid Software Acquires airfocus to Expand Product Management and Roadmapping Capabilities

April 3, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Lucid Software has acquired airfocus, an AI-powered product management and roadmapping SaaS platform, to integrate structured product planning and prioritization into Lucid’s Visual Collaboration Suite. The acquisition deepens Lucid’s capabilities for product teams by connecting ideation in Lucidspark and diagramming in Lucidchart to prioritized execution workflows within airfocus.

Locus Robotics Acquires Waypoint Robotics

September 20, 2021

Manufacturing

Locus Robotics, a Wilmington, Massachusetts-based leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for fulfillment warehouses, has acquired Waypoint Robotics, a Nashua, New Hampshire developer and manufacturer of industrial-strength omnidirectional mobile robots. The acquisition expands Locus's product portfolio to address heavier-payload and new warehouse use cases, accelerating product development and opening new market opportunities in logistics and e-commerce fulfillment.