Unosquare Acquires Catalyst UX

Ridgemont Equity Partners Recapitalizes Unosquare

June 12, 2025

IT Services

Ridgemont Equity Partners has led a recapitalization of Unosquare, a nearshore AI-enabled digital engineering and data & analytics solutions provider. The transaction will partner Ridgemont with Unosquare’s founder and management (who remain significantly invested) to accelerate growth, expand capabilities—particularly in data and AI—and pursue targeted acquisitions; debt financing was provided by Crescent Direct Lending, Barings, and Reinsurance Group of America.

Ascendion Acquires UXReactor

April 24, 2025

Consulting

Ascendion has acquired UXReactor, an award-winning user experience strategy and design firm headquartered in Pleasanton, California, to strengthen its AI-driven experience design and end-to-end digital solutions. The deal integrates UXReactor's experience strategy, UX research, and design capabilities with Ascendion's AI-powered software engineering platform to accelerate client digital transformations and product launches.

Catalyst Clinical Research Acquires Aptus Clinical

May 4, 2022

Healthcare Services

Catalyst Clinical Research, a portfolio company of NovaQuest Capital Management, has acquired U.K.-based Aptus Clinical to accelerate Catalyst's European expansion and broaden its oncology and early-phase clinical services. The deal creates a multi-region CRO operating across North America and Europe, increases Catalyst's patient reach by nearly 600 and lifts combined headcount to more than 800.

Trivest Partners Invests in Unosquare

October 20, 2020

IT Services

Trivest Partners has made a platform investment in Unosquare, a Portland-based provider of outsourced software development and staff augmentation services. The partnership will support Unosquare’s growth—expanding global delivery centers, broadening its customer base across financial services, healthcare, and technology, and pursuing add-on opportunities.

Xenon Partners Acquires UXPin

June 9, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Xenon Partners, a SaaS-focused private equity firm, has acquired UXPin, a collaborative design and prototyping SaaS platform. Xenon said it will leverage its growth and operating expertise to expand UXPin’s product, reach and go-to-market capabilities for design and development teams.

Unosquare Acquires Airship (Birmingham, Alabama)

December 12, 2022

IT Services

Unosquare, a global digital engineering firm, has acquired Airship, a Birmingham-based custom software and mobile app development firm, to expand its onshore delivery capabilities and vertical specialization. The deal bolsters Unosquare’s U.S. delivery footprint as it continues scaling its nearshore and onshore engineering services.