Lantern Acquires Freyda to Build End-to-End Data Assurance Platform for Private Markets

Malar Group Acquires Freeda

July 28, 2026

Media & Entertainment

Malar Group, an investment firm led by founder and CEO Sayan Navaratnam, acquired Freeda, a social-first media brand for Millennial and Gen Z women. The deal gives Malar Group worldwide ownership of the Freeda brand, including its Italian and Spanish social platforms and the freedamedia.com domain, with plans to relaunch and invest in the brand’s community and partnerships.

Cyera Acquires Ryft to Extend its Agentic AI Security Platform

April 23, 2026

Cybersecurity

Cyera, an AI security platform for the age of agents, announced its acquisition of Ryft, a secure and automated data lake built for AI agents. The deal is intended to accelerate Cyera’s roadmap for instantly traceable, secure data access for agentic AI at scale by extending capabilities into the data lake layer.

Cyderes Acquires Lucidum

December 16, 2025

Cybersecurity

Cyderes, a global managed cybersecurity services provider, has acquired Lucidum, a security data fabric and entity intelligence platform. The acquisition brings identity-aware data fabric capabilities into Cyderes’ portfolio to strengthen IAM, exposure management, and MDR offerings and accelerate AI-driven remediation and SaaS offerings.

Liongard Acquires DarkLight's Cyio Platform

June 6, 2025

Cybersecurity

Liongard has acquired the DarkLight Cyio platform, an AI-powered vulnerability prioritization and cyber risk solution, to enhance its Attack Surface Management capabilities. The acquisition expands Liongard's platform with real-time threat intelligence, contextual risk scoring, and business-aligned vulnerability insights to better serve MSP and MSSP partners.

Litera Acquires Office & Dragons

November 29, 2024

Software

Litera has acquired Office & Dragons, a London-based document drafting and editing startup that uses generative AI to streamline legal document workflows. The acquisition brings Office & Dragons' mass-editing and document-generation capabilities into Litera's legal technology suite to enhance drafting, automation, and integrations across Litera products.

Luminar Technologies Acquires Freedom Photonics

March 21, 2022

Industrial Services

Luminar (Nasdaq: LAZR) announced it is acquiring Freedom Photonics, a high-performance laser chip and photonics components company used for lidar and other optical sensing applications. The all-stock deal follows years of collaboration and is expected to close in the second quarter, with Freedom Photonics’ leadership continuing to run and expand the business after closing.