Bruker Corporation to Acquire Neurescence Inc.

Bruker Corporation Acquires Inscopix, Inc.

November 8, 2022

Medical Devices

Bruker Corporation has acquired Inscopix, Inc., a Mountain View–based developer of miniaturized head-mounted microscopes (miniscopes) for freely moving animal brain imaging. The acquisition integrates Inscopix’s miniscope platform and analysis pipeline with Bruker’s preclinical imaging and multiphoton microscopy capabilities to expand Bruker’s in-vivo neural functional imaging offerings; financial terms were not disclosed.

Bruker Corporation to Acquire PhenomeX Inc for $108 Million

August 17, 2023

Medical Devices

Bruker Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PhenomeX Inc in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $108 million equity value ($1.00 per share). The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023, subject to customary closing conditions, after which PhenomeX will merge into a wholly owned Bruker subsidiary.

Bruker Corporation Acquires NanoString Technologies Business

May 6, 2024

Medical Devices

Bruker Corporation has acquired substantially all assets of NanoString Technologies, Inc. through a court-supervised Chapter 11 asset sale for approximately $392.6 million in cash plus assumption of certain liabilities. The deal, announced April 2024 and closed in late April/early May 2024, brings NanoString's spatial biology and gene-expression product lines into Bruker to preserve customer access, product development, and jobs while expanding Bruker's life‑science instrumentation capabilities.

Bruker Corporation Acquires Nion

January 3, 2024

Manufacturing

Bruker Corporation has acquired Nion, a Kirkland, Washington developer and manufacturer of high-end scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM), including the UltraSTEM line and advanced EELS technology. The acquisition strengthens Bruker's materials science instrumentation portfolio and provides capabilities for electron diffraction crystallography; Nion reported approximately $8 million in revenue in 2023. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Bruker Corporation Acquires Spectral Instruments Imaging

February 6, 2024

Medical Devices

Bruker Corporation has acquired Spectral Instruments Imaging LLC, a Tucson-based maker of preclinical in‑vivo optical imaging systems, to broaden Bruker BioSpin's preclinical imaging portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed; SII generated over $10 million in revenue in 2023 and will expand Bruker's capabilities in bioluminescence, fluorescence and X‑ray preclinical imaging.

Bruker Corporation Acquires Canopy Biosciences, LLC

September 11, 2020

Biotechnology

Bruker Corporation has acquired Canopy Biosciences, LLC to strengthen its targeted multi-omics and high-plex biomarker imaging capabilities, adding Canopy's ChipCytometry platform and multi-omics services. Financial terms were not disclosed; Ampersand Capital Partners was identified as Canopy's lead investor.