Luna Innovations Acquires Silixa

Luna Innovations Acquires LIOS Sensing from NKT Photonics

March 14, 2022

Manufacturing

Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA) has acquired LIOS Sensing, a division of NKT Photonics, for €20 million in cash. The acquisition adds LIOS's distributed fiber-optic temperature and strain sensing technology and international customers to Luna's portfolio, expanding Luna's sensing capabilities and global presence.

Luna Innovations Acquires New Ridge Technologies

November 2, 2020

Telecommunications

Luna Innovations Inc. acquired Maryland-based New Ridge Technologies LLC on November 2, 2020, adding advanced fiber-optic test and measurement equipment and optical subsystems to Luna's communications test portfolio. Founder and CEO Dr. Henry Yaffe will join Luna as Vice President of Technology for the Communications Test business unit, supporting Luna's capability expansion into polarization control, polarimetry and optical spectral analysis for telecom, 5G and datacenter customers.

Luna Innovations Acquires General Photonics

March 4, 2019

Telecommunications

Luna Innovations Incorporated acquired General Photonics Corporation, a Chino, California-based provider of polarization management components, modules and optical test equipment, for $20 million (including up to $1 million earnout). The purchase expands Luna's Lightwave division and strengthens its communications test product portfolio by adding complementary measurement and polarization control capabilities and vertical integration synergies.

ChrysCapital-backed Infogain Acquires Silicus Technologies

October 1, 2019

IT Services

Infogain, a ChrysCapital-backed software platform engineering firm headquartered in Los Gatos, has acquired Silicus Technologies, a Houston-based Microsoft Azure-focused cloud transformation and managed services provider. The deal expands Infogain's Azure, IoT, data and AI capabilities and adds Silicus' customer relationships and delivery capacity across the US and India.

Sentrics Acquires Luna Lights

September 22, 2020

Healthcare Services

Sentrics Holdings announced the acquisition of Luna Lights, a maker of automated, motion‑activated lighting and sleep/behavior monitoring for senior living communities. Luna Lights' technology will be integrated into Sentrics' Ensure360/Enrich360 platform to expand fall‑prevention and resident-monitoring capabilities; the founders will assist with product integration.

Microsoft Acquires Lumenisity

December 15, 2022

Telecommunications

Microsoft has acquired Lumenisity, a U.K. pioneer in hollow-core optical fiber (NANF) technology, following Lumenisity's completion of a new hollow-core fiber manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom. The acquisition is intended to accelerate Microsoft's efforts to reduce latency and increase data throughput across its cloud and distributed computing infrastructure, with potential applications across telecom, finance and healthcare.