SmartBear Acquires Stoplight

Lightspeed Systems Acquires STOPit Solutions

February 27, 2025

Education

Lightspeed Systems, supported by funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners and Genstar Capital, has acquired STOPit Solutions to integrate anonymous reporting and crisis management with its student safety monitoring and web-filtering tools. The acquisition expands Lightspeed’s capabilities to provide unified case management, 24/7 human review, and enhanced visibility for K–12 schools to detect and prevent safety risks earlier.

Tricentis Acquires SeaLights

July 17, 2024

Software

Tricentis, the Austin-based leader in AI-powered continuous testing, has acquired Israeli SaaS quality-intelligence provider SeaLights (deal estimated at around $150 million). The acquisition extends Tricentis' quality intelligence capabilities across the CI/CD pipeline, and SeaLights' team and technology will be integrated into Tricentis' platform; SeaLights co-founder Eran Sher joins Tricentis as EVP and General Manager, Quality Intelligence.

SmartBear Acquires Pactflow to Advance API Development Platform

April 5, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

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.

Jacobs Acquires Mobility Analytics Leader StreetLight Data

February 7, 2022

Data & Analytics

Jacobs has acquired StreetLight Data, a provider of mobility analytics and the StreetLight InSight SaaS platform, to expand its digital solutions and data capabilities in transportation and infrastructure. The acquisition adds a high-growth, recurring-revenue software business that supports transportation agencies, engineering firms and private mobility customers with multimodal travel analytics.

SmartBear Acquires Bugsnag

April 28, 2021

Software

SmartBear announced a definitive agreement to acquire Bugsnag, adding enterprise-grade application stability and error monitoring to its portfolio of software quality tools. Bugsnag, a San Francisco–based provider of full‑stack stability and error monitoring used by over 6,000 organizations, will join SmartBear’s offerings to strengthen its DevOps and production monitoring capabilities.

Vista Equity Partners Invests in SmartBear; Francisco Partners Remains Co-Owner

October 21, 2020

Software

SmartBear announced that Vista Equity Partners has made a significant investment and will join Francisco Partners as equal owners of the company. The capital infusion is intended to help SmartBear broaden and strengthen its DevOps and software quality solutions and to pursue continued organic and inorganic growth. SmartBear is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts and serves millions of developers across thousands of organizations.