Library Market Merges with LibraryIQ and OrangeBoy

OCLC Acquires cloudLibrary from Bibliotheca

April 2, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

OCLC has acquired cloudLibrary, the digital lending platform and assets of Bibliotheca’s Digital Solutions Group, to expand its digital content services for public libraries. The transaction transfers cloudLibrary staff to OCLC and is intended to strengthen OCLC’s infrastructure and service offerings for libraries worldwide.

diacriTech Acquires Flexpub and oLibrary.org

March 19, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

diacriTech has purchased Flexpub and the oLibrary.org portal to expand its SaaS publishing capabilities and distribution reach. The deal integrates Flexpub's browser-based eBook rendering, marketing and direct-to-reader sales tools and oLibrary's open-access distribution portal into diacriTech's XEditPro platform to create a more complete end-to-end publishing solution.

insightsoftware Acquires Vizlib

August 29, 2023

Software

insightsoftware, a provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions, has acquired Vizlib, a UK-based maker of value-added visualization and write-back extensions for Qlik Sense. The acquisition extends insightsoftware's write-back and visual planning capabilities to Qlik users and complements its prior acquisition of Power ON to strengthen planning, reporting, and analytics offerings for finance and operations teams.

Smartly.io Acquires Ad-Lib.io to Expand into Google Ecosystem

January 5, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Helsinki-based ad-tech SaaS company Smartly.io has acquired London-based creative optimization platform Ad-Lib.io for more than $100 million. The deal expands Smartly.io’s capabilities from paid social into Google’s advertising ecosystem (YouTube, DV360, Google Ads), strengthening its cross-channel creative and programmatic offering while leveraging Ad-Lib.io’s enterprise creative tools.

Argosy Private Equity Exits Library Systems & Services

July 13, 2021

Government & Public Sector

Argosy Private Equity has exited its investment in Library Systems & Services, LLC (LS&S). LS&S, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland with a corporate location in Riverside, California, is an outsourced provider of services to public and government libraries across the United States and during Argosy's ownership expanded its service offering and developed the LibraryIQ analytics product. Argosy acquired LS&S in January 2015 and implemented its Value Acceleration Methodology; the buyer was not disclosed in the announcement.

FactSet Acquires LiquidityBook

February 7, 2025

Software

FactSet acquired LiquidityBook for a gross purchase price of $246.5 million in cash, closing on February 7, 2025. The acquisition adds LiquidityBook's cloud-native OMS, IBOR and FIX network capabilities to FactSet's portfolio to better connect front- and middle-office workflows for asset managers, hedge funds and sell-side clients.