Cinven to Acquire TaxAct and Combine with Drake Software

Cinven Makes Significant Investment in Drake Software

February 5, 2021

Software

International private equity firm Cinven has agreed to make a significant growth investment in Drake Software, a Franklin, North Carolina–based provider of professional tax preparation software. The capital will support Drake's technology platform renewal, product enhancement, and market expansion while Jamie Stiles remains CEO; financial terms were not disclosed and the deal is subject to customary antitrust approvals.

TaxBit Acquires Digital-Asset Accounting Startup Tactic

January 17, 2023

Software

TaxBit has acquired Tactic, a New York–based digital asset accounting platform, to integrate Tactic's automated accounting subledger into TaxBit's Corporate Accounting Suite and expand its enterprise-grade crypto accounting capabilities. The acquisition will also establish a stronger TaxBit presence in New York; financial terms were not disclosed.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Acquires Vanguard Software

May 14, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has acquired Vanguard Software Corporation for approximately $110 million in cash. The acquisition adds Vanguard’s cloud-based integrated business planning and predictive supply chain planning capabilities to Wolters Kluwer’s CCH Tagetik platform, extending its corporate performance management offering into sales & operations and supply chain planning.

Cinven and Ontario Teachers' to acquire and combine group.ONE and dogado group

December 5, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

International private equity firm Cinven, alongside Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, has agreed to acquire and combine Sweden-headquartered group.ONE and Germany-headquartered dogado group to create a pan‑European provider of online presence solutions for SMEs. The combined business will offer domains, web and cloud hosting, business software and digital marketing services to a large, recurring customer base across the Nordic, Benelux and DACH regions; financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

Aiwyn Acquires Column Tax Technology to Power Aiwyn Tax

December 16, 2025

Accounting & Tax

Aiwyn has acquired Column Tax's tax technology and integrated key team members (including former Column Tax CEO Gavin Nachbar) to accelerate launch of Aiwyn Tax, a modern 1040 preparation engine. The move shortens Aiwyn's development timeline by leveraging Column Tax's proven platform (over 1M returns processed) and supports a pilot program seeking 100 accounting firms for the 2026 tax season.

Stripe Acquires TaxJar

April 27, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Stripe has entered into an agreement to acquire TaxJar, a provider of sales tax automation and compliance software for internet businesses. The acquisition integrates TaxJar’s team (about 200 employees) and tax tools into Stripe’s revenue platform to help merchants automate sales tax calculation, reporting, and filing globally.