Francisco Partners Acquires The Weather Company from IBM

Vaisala Acquires Maxar Intelligence's WeatherDesk Business

December 9, 2024

Data & Analytics

Vaisala Corporation has acquired the WeatherDesk business assets from US-based Maxar Intelligence for USD 70 million to accelerate growth of its Xweather unit and expand AI-led weather forecasting capabilities. The deal, financed mainly with interest-bearing debt, transfers 34 professionals to Vaisala; WeatherDesk reported USD 13 million in recurring net sales in 2023.

AEM Acquires WeatherWorks

September 3, 2024

Environmental Services

AEM has acquired WeatherWorks, a nearly 40-year provider of meteorological consulting, forecast services, and the Certified Snowfall Totals® product, to expand AEM’s multi-hazard resiliency and weather-data capabilities. The transaction — announced with involvement from Union Park Capital — brings WeatherWorks’ forecasting, historical climate database, and forensic weather services into AEM’s suite of environmental insights solutions.

Francisco Partners Acquires IBM's Healthcare Data & Analytics Assets to Launch Merative

June 30, 2022

Data & Analytics

Francisco Partners completed the acquisition of healthcare data and analytics assets from IBM's Watson Health business and launched the standalone company Merative, headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. True Wind Capital and Sixth Street are investing alongside Francisco Partners; IBM sold the assets as part of the carve-out to enable Merative to pursue organic and inorganic growth across life sciences, providers, payers and government health sectors.

GovExec Acquires Forecast International

January 18, 2022

Data & Analytics

GovExec acquired Forecast International, a subscription-based provider of defense and aerospace market intelligence and forecasting, in a deal completed with financial support from Growth Catalyst Partners. Forecast International will be integrated into GovExec's growing defense portfolio to expand the company's intelligence, forecasting and consulting capabilities for government agencies and defense contractors.

IBM Acquires Meteorix, a Leading Workday Services Partner

September 28, 2015

IT Services

IBM announced plans to acquire Meteorix LLC, a premier Workday implementation and services partner, to expand its Workday consulting, implementation and analytics capabilities. The acquisition is intended to deepen IBM's ability to help clients deploy Workday for finance and HR and accelerate IBM's cloud-delivered workforce transformation services.

IBM Acquires Bowstreet Inc.

December 20, 2005

Software

IBM has acquired Bowstreet Inc., a Tewksbury, Massachusetts-based portal tools and application development company, to integrate Bowstreet's tooling into its WebSphere portal offerings. The deal — which closed on Friday — will keep Bowstreet’s ~75 employees and accelerate IBM’s portal and SOA capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.