AppDirect Acquires IT Asset Management Platform Firstbase

AppDirect Acquires Builtfirst

May 9, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

AppDirect has acquired Builtfirst, a self-service, low-code/no-code partner marketplace platform, to expand its marketplace and subscription commerce capabilities. The acquisition will integrate Builtfirst’s marketplace technology into AppDirect’s digital commerce suite while preserving the Builtfirst brand in the near term and providing Builtfirst customers a pathway to AppDirect’s broader commerce functionality.

Harbor Compliance Acquires Firstbase

December 10, 2025

Legal Services

Harbor Compliance has acquired Firstbase (Firstbase.io), integrating Firstbase's business-formation technology into Harbor Compliance's nationwide compliance platform. The deal brings Firstbase's incorporation and compliance tools and customer base into Harbor Compliance to expand capabilities and better serve entrepreneurs — including international founders forming U.S. entities.

Mainstreet Acquires Capbase

October 1, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Mainstreet has acquired Capbase, a platform for entity formation, cap table management, and corporate governance, to integrate those capabilities into Mainstreet’s small-business operating system. The deal expands Mainstreet’s product suite for founders and early-stage companies and establishes a preferred-partner relationship with Deel for hiring and compliance.

Infobase Acquires Firsthand

January 12, 2021

Education

Infobase has acquired Firsthand, a career mentoring and alumni engagement platform, and will merge it into its Vault brand to create an integrated employer-branding and career-readiness offering. Infobase — a portfolio company of Centre Lane Partners — expects the combination to fuse Vault's career content and rankings with Firsthand's engagement tools to expand capabilities for students, alumni and employers.

AppDirect Acquires TBI

February 1, 2023

IT Services

AppDirect has acquired TBI, a North American technology services aggregator and advisor enablement business. The deal brings TBI’s advisor network, training programs and back‑office engineering support onto the AppDirect marketplace to expand its advisor base, broaden its catalog of technology solutions and enhance enablement and operational support for advisors and end customers.

FinTech Automation Acquires DevBase

December 20, 2021

Staffing & HR

FinTech Automation, a fintech Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform, has acquired DevBase, a U.S.-based nearshore staff augmentation firm that provides hiring, training and management of software engineers. The deal expands FTA's development capabilities and UX/UI resources to accelerate product development for financial institutions and fintech customers; FinTech Automation is a portfolio company of a merchant bank fund managed by Austin Capital General Partner.