Smile Acquires Alter Way from Econocom

Smile Group Acquires creativestyle GmbH

June 9, 2022

IT Services

Smile Group has acquired Munich-based e‑commerce agency creativestyle GmbH, with the transaction supported by Smile's shareholders Keensight Capital and Eurazeo. The deal brings creativestyle's ~85 digital experts and Polish delivery capabilities into Smile's 2,000‑person open‑source digital platform to accelerate Smile's expansion into the German and German‑speaking markets and strengthen its e‑commerce offerings.

Smile Group Acquires UX-Republic

April 27, 2021

IT Services

Smile Group has acquired UX-Republic, the French user-experience design specialist, which will continue to operate under its own brand while leveraging Smile's open-source capabilities and international presence. The deal is supported by Smile's shareholders Keensight Capital and Eurazeo PME and is intended to strengthen Smile's consulting and digital-experience offering across France and Europe.

Smile Source and ACT Dental Merge

May 5, 2025

Healthcare Services

Smile Source and ACT Dental have merged to create a combined platform supporting independent dental practices across the United States. The union combines ACT Dental's coaching and education services with Smile Source's national network and practice-management resources to expand capabilities, resources, and peer support for private practice dentists.

ConnectWise Acquires SmileBack

December 1, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

ConnectWise has acquired SmileBack, a customer experience and feedback SaaS provider focused on MSPs, and will integrate SmileBack's surveying and reporting capabilities into the ConnectWise Asio platform. The acquisition aims to give ConnectWise partners improved customer insights to boost satisfaction, retention and operational efficiency.

Ideagen Acquires DevonWay

September 28, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Ideagen plc has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DevonWay, a provider of compliance and operations management software serving energy, utilities, advanced manufacturing, nuclear power and US national laboratories. The acquisition will expand Ideagen’s solutions for regulated and high‑compliance industries and support DevonWay’s global growth; the deal was expected to close on 29 September 2023 and is subject to customary US regulatory review.

Cinven to acquire majority stake in Euro Techno Com Group from Carlyle

June 3, 2022

Telecommunications

Cinven has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Euro Techno Com Group (ETC Group), a France‑headquartered distributor of telecom and technology infrastructure products, from Carlyle. Founder and CEO Cédric Varasteh would retain a significant stake and Carlyle will reinvest as a minority shareholder; the Group has around 1,100 employees and generates more than €1 billion in annual revenues.