Cityneon Holdings Acquires Animax Designs

Duolingo Acquires Animade to Expand Motion Design and Creative Capabilities

August 14, 2026

Education

Duolingo has acquired Animade, a London-based animation and motion design studio, to expand Duolingo’s in-house creative capabilities. Animade will join Duolingo’s Design Studio, increasing capacity across motion design, character animation, interactive experiences, and product storytelling. Financial terms were not disclosed.

maxon Group Acquires Minority Stake in Synapticon

July 16, 2025

Manufacturing

Swiss precision drive maker maxon Group has acquired a minority stake in German motion-control specialist Synapticon to form a strategic collaboration. The partnership will jointly develop high-performance drive solutions with integrated functional safety, targeting markets such as robotics, medical technology, intralogistics and industrial automation.

Nationwide Studios Acquires Pixami, Inc.

November 24, 2024

Education

Nationwide Studios Inc. has acquired Pixami, Inc., a provider of online yearbook software serving the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Pixami will operate as a separate business unit within the Nationwide family to expand software capabilities, integrate personalized photo products across Nationwide’s portfolio, and support international growth with added development, marketing and sales resources.

Avania Acquires MAXIS

February 7, 2023

Medical Devices

Avania, the Bilthoven-based MedTech-focused contract research organization (CRO), has acquired MAXIS, a medical-technology development services provider with offices in San Jose, California and Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The deal expands Avania's pre-clinical engineering, design validation, regulatory affairs, and field clinical/trial management capabilities and extends its international footprint.

Animoca Brands Takes Majority Stake in PIXELYNX

December 6, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited has acquired a majority stake in PIXELYNX, a Los Angeles–based music metaverse and gaming platform founded by deadmau5 and Richie Hawtin. The deal is intended to integrate PIXELYNX's music/gaming/Web3 capabilities into Animoca Brands' broader metaverse ecosystem to develop new music-focused gaming products and monetization formats.

Take-Two Interactive Acquires Dynamixyz

July 1, 2021

Software

Take-Two Interactive Software has acquired Dynamixyz, a France-based developer of video-based facial animation, motion capture, and 3D processing tools. Dynamixyz will operate as a division of Take-Two and work exclusively with Take-Two's publishing labels and studios; financial terms were not disclosed.