Ness Digital Engineering Acquires Risk Focus

KKR Acquires Ness Digital Engineering

October 27, 2022

IT Services

KKR has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100% of Ness Digital Engineering from The Rohatyn Group. Ness, a Teaneck, New Jersey–headquartered full-lifecycle digital engineering and transformation firm with more than 4,000 employees globally, will be supported by KKR to scale its digital platform and pursue global growth; financial terms were not disclosed.

Ness Digital Engineering Acquires Niyuj

January 18, 2022

IT Services

Ness Digital Engineering has acquired Niyuj, a Pune-based software product engineering firm with roughly 200 engineers, to strengthen Ness’s product engineering and digital infrastructure capabilities across networking, security, storage and cloud solutions. The acquisition expands Ness’s Technology and ISV vertical capabilities and adds engineering capacity for building software products for startups and Fortune 500 clients.

Ness Digital Engineering Acquires Raja Software Labs

December 4, 2024

IT Services

Ness Digital Engineering has acquired Raja Software Labs (RSL), a Silicon Valley–based product engineering firm specializing in high-volume mobile, web and IoT applications, to strengthen Ness's product engineering and TMT capabilities. RSL's management team, led by CEO Raja Venkataraman, will join Ness; Avendus Capital acted as exclusive financial adviser to RSL. Ness is a portfolio company of KKR, which supports its M&A strategy.

Ness Digital Engineering Acquires Intricity

May 8, 2024

Data & Analytics

Ness Digital Engineering has acquired Intricity, a New York–based provider of data strategy, governance, modernization, and monetization solutions. The deal deepens Ness’s data strategy and advisory capabilities (including Intricity’s Snowflake and Databricks alliances) and will allow Ness, a KKR-backed platform, to accelerate data and AI offerings for large enterprise clients.

Spectrum Science Acquires Return on Focus

September 30, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Spectrum Science has acquired Return on Focus, a strategic marketing consultancy that provides evidence-based brand positioning and strategic services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The acquisition strengthens Spectrum’s strategic and commercial capabilities—bringing Return on Focus’ data-driven positioning expertise into Spectrum’s integrated healthcare marketing platform; Dan Reinhardt and Abby Manning will continue to lead the ROF team.

CDW Corporation Acquires Focal Point Data Risk

August 3, 2021

Cybersecurity

CDW Corporation acquired Focal Point Data Risk from Norwest Equity Partners, with the transaction closing on July 30, 2021. Focal Point, a Tampa-based cybersecurity and data risk management services firm with ~235 employees, will expand CDW's professional and managed security services capabilities.