SmartBear Acquires Pactflow to Advance API Development Platform
April 5, 2022
SmartBear announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pactflow, a global contract testing collaboration platform, to enhance SmartBear’s next-generation API development platform. The addition of Pactflow and its open source project Pact is intended to support contract testing and standardization across the API lifecycle for cloud-native and microservices environments.
- Buyers
- SmartBear
- Targets
- Pactflow
- Sellers
- DiUS
- Industry
- Cloud & SaaS
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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