Plume Acquires Sweepr

ThoughtExchange Acquires Sparrow Connected

January 15, 2025

Software

ThoughtExchange has acquired Sparrow Connected, integrating Sparrow’s AI-powered omnichannel employee communications platform into ThoughtExchange’s engagement and survey SaaS. The deal expands ThoughtExchange’s capabilities—combining engagement insights with multi-channel communications—to better serve K-12, enterprise, and public sector customers.

SAP SE Acquires SwoopTalent Intellectual Property

August 16, 2021

AI & Machine Learning

SAP SE has acquired the intellectual property of SwoopTalent in an asset acquisition to embed SwoopTalent's talent data intelligence and machine learning technology into SAP SuccessFactors. Several SwoopTalent engineering employees will join SAP; financial terms were not disclosed.

Anaplan Acquires Syrup Tech

September 9, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Anaplan has acquired Syrup Tech, an AI-native supply chain and retail forecasting platform, to integrate Syrup's neural-network forecasting and inventory optimization capabilities into Anaplan's AI-driven scenario planning platform. All Syrup employees will join Anaplan and Syrup co-founders James Theuerkauf and Ferdinand Stockmann will take on leadership roles; terms were not disclosed.

Skillsoft Acquires Pluma

June 30, 2021

Education

Skillsoft Corp. announced it has acquired Pluma, Inc., a digital executive-quality coaching platform, for approximately $22 million in cash. The purchase expands Skillsoft’s leadership development offerings by adding personalized coaching delivered via Pluma’s scalable SaaS platform and integrating it into Skillsoft’s Percipio learning platform.

Appfire Acquires Flow from Pluralsight

February 5, 2025

Software

Appfire has acquired Flow, Pluralsight’s Software Engineering Intelligence (SEI) platform, expanding Appfire’s product portfolio into engineering productivity and analytics. The acquisition transfers Flow from Pluralsight to Appfire and enables Appfire to offer data-driven developer productivity insights alongside its existing Atlassian/Microsoft/monday.com integrations.

Datadog Acquires Sqreen

February 11, 2021

Cybersecurity

Datadog, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Sqreen, a SaaS application security platform that provides runtime application self-protection (RASP) and in-app WAF capabilities. The acquisition extends Datadog’s cloud security and application protection capabilities, enabling unified observability and security for development, operations and security teams; the deal was announced Feb 11, 2021 and expected to close in Q2 2021.