Amadeus Acquires SkyLink to Accelerate AI Deployment in Travel

Advent International Leads Series C Investment in Skyone

December 5, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Advent International has made a strategic investment in Skyone, a Brazilian cloud, data and AI software company, through Advent's Latin American Private Equity Fund VII as part of Skyone's Series C (terms undisclosed). The funding will support Skyone's international expansion, scale its Skyone Studio and Autosky platforms, and accelerate R&D in AI and cloud capabilities. In connection with the transaction, Inovabra Ventures and select angel investors fully exited while founders and investors Henkan and BeWater remain significant shareholders.

Vodafone to acquire Skaylink GmbH

October 30, 2025

IT Services

Vodafone entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Skaylink GmbH for a total consideration of €175 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of March 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

OpenAI Acquires Software Applications Incorporated (maker of Sky)

October 24, 2025

Software

OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, the developer of Sky — a natural language interface for macOS that understands screen context and takes actions across apps. The Sky team will join OpenAI as the company integrates Sky’s deep macOS capabilities into ChatGPT to bring more context-aware, desktop-focused AI assistance to users.

MariaDB plc Acquires SkySQL Inc.

August 30, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

MariaDB plc has acquired SkySQL Inc., bringing the AI-powered, serverless DBaaS product and entire SkySQL team back into the MariaDB portfolio. The move integrates SkySQL’s serverless, multi‑cloud and agentic AI capabilities into MariaDB Cloud to accelerate cloud deployments and expand MariaDB’s managed database and GenAI tooling.

Amadeus Acquires Vision-Box from Keensight Capital

January 31, 2024

Software

Amadeus has agreed to acquire Vision-Box, a Portugal-based provider of biometric hardware and software for travel, border control and ID management, from Keensight Capital for an enterprise value of approximately €320 million. The deal brings biometrics hardware and end-to-end traveler orchestration software capabilities into Amadeus’s portfolio, allowing the company to extend its offering from booking through border control and boarding.

VisionTrack Inc Acquires SkyLab Solutions

July 28, 2021

Transportation

VisionTrack Inc has acquired California-based fleet telematics provider SkyLab Solutions to establish and accelerate its North American expansion. The deal brings the SkyLab team into the newly formed VisionTrack Inc to support roll-out of VisionTrack's video telematics products and Azure-hosted IoT platform in the US.