Siemens Acquires Dotmatics for $5.1 Billion

Siemens Industry Software Acquires Altair Engineering

March 26, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Altair Engineering Inc. for $113 per share in cash, valuing the deal at about USD 10 billion. The transaction will combine Altair’s simulation, HPC, data science and AI capabilities with Siemens Xcelerator to create a more comprehensive AI-powered industrial software and digital twin portfolio.

Dotmatics Acquires Virscidian

September 25, 2024

Software

Dotmatics has acquired Virscidian, a provider of analytical chemistry solutions and automated chromatography and mass spectrometry data processing, to enhance its laboratory informatics and analytics capabilities. The deal expands Dotmatics' Luma Scientific Intelligence Platform with Virscidian's Analytical Studio, strengthening support for high-throughput experimental design and small-molecule R&D workflows.

Dotmatics Acquires M-Star to Expand CFD Capabilities in Bioprocessing and Materials

January 4, 2024

Software

Dotmatics has acquired M-Star, a GPU-accelerated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software company headquartered near Baltimore, Maryland, to extend its R&D scientific software platform into bioprocessing and chemicals & materials markets. The deal — the 13th acquisition for Dotmatics — will keep M-Star as a standalone business within Dotmatics and aims to accelerate product capabilities and market reach for modeling fluid dynamics in life sciences and industrial applications.

SCIO Automation Acquires Fabmatics GmbH

December 27, 2023

Industrial Services

SCIO Automation GmbH completed the acquisition of Fabmatics GmbH (agreement announced Oct 30, 2023; deal closed Dec 27, 2023). Fabmatics, a Dresden-based specialist in material-flow and handling automation for semiconductor cleanrooms, will strengthen SCIO’s cleanroom/intralogistics capabilities and support the group’s global expansion. The transaction is an add-on to SCIO’s automation platform, which is PE-backed by Quadriga Capital.

Dotmatics Acquires SoftGenetics to Expand Genetic Analysis Capabilities

June 12, 2023

Software

Dotmatics has acquired SoftGenetics, a bioinformatics software company that provides genetic analysis tools for research, clinical, and forensic applications. The acquisition expands Dotmatics' R&D scientific software portfolio by adding SoftGenetics' suite of sequencing and genotyping products while allowing SoftGenetics to operate as a standalone business within Dotmatics.

Insightful Science Acquires Dotmatics

March 22, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Insightful Science, a PE-backed life sciences software company, has entered into a transaction to acquire Dotmatics, a cloud-first scientific R&D data management and informatics SaaS provider. The combined company will create an end-to-end, cloud-first scientific research platform aimed at improving lab efficiency and accelerating discovery across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemicals and materials industries.