Emerson Acquires Fluxa

FluidAI Medical Acquires Emmetros Limited (SparxConnect)

November 26, 2025

Healthcare Services

FluidAI Medical acquired Emmetros Limited, the developer of the SparxConnect patient engagement platform, to integrate its capabilities into FluidAI's Stream Inara offering. The deal strengthens FluidAI's RISE surgical recovery suite by expanding patient education, continuous engagement, and post-discharge monitoring to support earlier discharge and improved recovery outcomes.

Illumina Acquires Fluent BioSciences

July 9, 2024

Biotechnology

Illumina, Inc. has acquired Fluent BioSciences to integrate Fluent's PIPseq single-cell technology into Illumina's product portfolio and accelerate its multiomics capabilities. The acquisition, which closed July 9, 2024 and was funded with cash on hand, brings Fluent's accessible, scalable single-cell chemistry and the Fluent team into Illumina to expand end-to-end single-cell solutions for research and applied customers.

Cell Microsystems Acquires Fluxion Biosciences

August 23, 2023

Medical Devices

Durham-based Cell Microsystems has acquired Fluxion Biosciences, adding Fluxion's IonFlux, BioFlux and IsoFlux instruments and services to its CellRaft-based product portfolio. The deal is supported by a concurrent Series B financing led by Telegraph Hill Partners to provide growth capital and accelerate product and service integration for cellular analysis and electrophysiology workflows.

BlueCrest (Platinum Equity Portfolio) Acquires Fluence Automation

November 1, 2021

Industrial Services

Danbury, Connecticut-based BlueCrest, a Platinum Equity portfolio company, has acquired Arlington Heights, Illinois-based Fluence Automation. The acquisition brings Fluence's sortation, material handling and postal automation hardware and software into BlueCrest's solution stack to expand capabilities in e-commerce fulfillment and parcel/postal sortation markets.

Emerson Acquires Fluxa (after earlier equity investment)

February 25, 2021

Software

Emerson (NYSE: EMR) initially made an equity investment in Fluxa in February 2021 to accelerate the development and commercialization of Fluxa’s Process & Knowledge Management (PKM) life‑sciences software. Emerson later completed a full acquisition of Fluxa (announced June 30, 2022) to integrate Fluxa’s PKM capabilities with Emerson’s life‑sciences automation and execution systems.

Emerson Acquires Locus Traxx and PakSense to Expand Cold-Chain Monitoring

August 30, 2016

Transportation

Emerson acquired Locus Traxx (Jupiter, Florida) and PakSense (Boise, Idaho) to expand its cargo- and cold-chain monitoring capabilities for fresh food and temperature-sensitive shipments. The deals add real-time temperature loggers and cloud-based analytics to Emerson's portfolio, strengthening its offering to growers, shippers, retailers and other cold-chain participants.