PDFTron Systems Acquires Windward Studios

FTV Capital Acquires Maritime AI Leader Windward

March 18, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

FTV Capital has completed a take-private acquisition of Windward, the maritime AI and analytics platform, delisting the company from the London Stock Exchange and establishing it as a privately held U.S. company. FTV will support Windward's product development and U.S. go-to-market expansion, and has joined the company's board to accelerate growth in government and commercial end markets.

PDFTron Systems Acquires iText Group NV

April 5, 2022

Software

PDFTron Systems Inc. has acquired iText Group NV, the leading open-source PDF technology company, combining complementary PDF libraries and server-side processing capabilities to create a larger document processing technology platform. The deal (announced April 5, 2022) follows PDFTron's strategic growth investment from Thoma Bravo and Silversmith Capital Partners and brings the combined organization to more than 315 employees serving thousands of enterprise customers.

PDFTron Acquires Solid Documents

August 26, 2021

Software

PDFTron Systems Inc., a Thoma Bravo–backed provider of digital content SDKs, has acquired Solid Documents, a New Zealand–based developer of PDF-to-Office conversion and document reconstruction technology. The acquisition adds Solid Documents' enterprise-grade SDKs and conversion accuracy to PDFTron's end-to-end digital content platform, expanding PDFTron's document conversion and archiving capabilities.

Thoma Bravo Makes Strategic Growth Investment in PDFTron

May 21, 2021

Software

Thoma Bravo has made a strategic growth investment in PDFTron Systems Inc., a Vancouver-based provider of document processing SDKs, to accelerate product innovation and growth. Existing investor Silversmith Capital Partners and PDFTron management will remain significant shareholders; the transaction was expected to close by the end of May 2021 subject to customary conditions.

PDFTron Acquires PDF3D

March 30, 2021

Software

PDFTron Systems Inc. has acquired PDF3D, a UK-based leader in 3D PDF conversion and collaboration technologies, and integrated the PDF3D SDK into the PDFTron platform. The acquisition expands PDFTron's document-processing capabilities for developers and enterprise customers, bringing 3D PDF conversion, viewing and collaboration features to its SDK offering.

PDFTron Systems Acquires ActivePDF

June 23, 2020

Software

PDFTron Systems Inc., a Vancouver-based provider of document processing SDKs, has acquired ActivePDF, a California-based provider of high-volume, server-side PDF automation components used by many enterprise customers. The acquisition expands PDFTron’s end-to-end document technology platform by combining client-side SDKs with ActivePDF’s scalable server-side automation capabilities to accelerate digital transformation for enterprise clients.