SciShield and eLabNext Merge to Launch SciSure (Backed by Strattam Capital)

Strattam Capital Invests in SciShield

April 12, 2023

Software

Strattam Capital has made an equity investment in SciShield to accelerate product innovation and expand the company’s product, engineering, and customer success teams. SciShield, a Boston-based provider of environmental, health & safety (EHS) and chemical-inventory software for scientific laboratories, will use the capital to scale its platform and support growing customer demand across biotech, academic research institutions, and large pharmaceutical customers.

Insightful Science Acquires LabArchives

November 10, 2021

Software

Insightful Science, a portfolio company of Insight Partners, has completed the acquisition of LabArchives, a widely used electronic lab notebook (ELN) and lab informatics SaaS platform. The deal expands Insightful Science's cloud-based R&D product portfolio—adding ELN/LIMS capabilities used by academic, non-profit and commercial research organizations.

L Squared Capital Partners / GSI Group Acquires Globe Scientific

April 28, 2022

Manufacturing

L Squared Capital Partners has acquired Globe Scientific and folded it into its GSI Group Holdings platform as the platform’s third add-on. Globe Scientific, a US-based maker and distributor of laboratory plasticware, glassware and benchtop equipment, will be integrated to expand GSI Group’s product portfolio, distribution footprint and reach into biopharma, diagnostics and academic research markets.

STARLIMS Acquires Labstep

August 22, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

STARLIMS has acquired Labstep, integrating Labstep’s cloud-based Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) into STARLIMS’ enterprise informatics suite to support customers from R&D through product commercialization. The acquisition expands STARLIMS’ R&D capabilities and adds a modern, user-friendly ELN used by universities and companies worldwide.

LabVantage Solutions and Biomax Informatics Merge

October 11, 2022

Software

LabVantage Solutions and Germany-based Biomax Informatics have closed a merger agreement to combine their laboratory informatics, knowledge-management and semantic-search capabilities. The combination brings together LabVantage’s LIMS/ELN/SDMS platform with Biomax’s decision-support and knowledge-management software to expand product and service offerings for life sciences, biomanufacturing and healthcare customers.

Science Exchange Acquires HappiLabs

March 31, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Science Exchange, a life-sciences procurement and supplier management SaaS provider, has acquired HappiLabs, a Chicago-based software and services company that provides Virtual Lab Manager (VLM) procurement support for life sciences organizations. The deal brings HappiLabs' PhD-trained procurement team and lab-sourcing expertise into Science Exchange to deepen procurement capabilities, expand access to specialized lab consumables, and better serve biotech, pharma and SMB life-science customers as part of Science Exchange's growth strategy backed by Waud Capital Partners.