Tracked deals
314
314 tracked deals across 2005-2026.
Software Buyers & Acquisitions in California
Buyer mix
Strategic-led
264 strategic · 91 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2022
55 tracked deals announced in 2022.
Primary Insight
What Stands Out
- Autodesk, Inc. agreed to acquire MaintainX to expand its operations platform and connect real-world operational data with AI-driven insights across the asset lifecycle.
- Sonar acquired Gitar to extend SonarQube’s code verification with AI-powered code review, integrating AI review from code writing through deployment.
- KatRisk acquired RED to broaden multi-peril catastrophe modeling, including accelerating a high-fidelity U.S. earthquake model and integrating a European earthquake platform.
- Enterprise platform expansion shows up repeatedly: Rootstock Software (backed by Gryphon Investors) acquired Ascent Solutions to deepen Salesforce-native ERP and operational capabilities for manufacturers and distributors.
- Geographic framing remains consistent: recent deals are tied to California, United States locations in the announcements.
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| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insightful Science | 5 | Operator of a portfolio of scientific research and data s... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Francisco Partners | 4 | Global private equity firm specializing in investments in... | PE |
| Banneker Partners | 3 | Enterprise-software focused private equity firm that inve... | PE |
| Planview | 3 | Provider of an end-to-end platform for Strategic Portfoli... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Silver Lake | 3 | Technology-focused investment firm that acquires and scal... | PE |
| Thoma Bravo | 3 | Private equity firm focused on software and technology-en... | PE |
| Accel-KKR | 2 | Technology-focused private equity firm investing in middl... | PE |
| Affinity Partners | 2 | Private investment firm participating in the consortium-l... | PE |
| Appfire | 2 | Enterprise collaboration software provider that acquires ... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Aptean | 2 | Global provider of mission-critical, industry-specific ER... | Strategic |
Acquisition Volume in Software in California by Year
Last 10 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- Renesas Electronics Corporation
- Target
- Pictorus
- Seller
- Chris Sullivan (Founder and CEO of Pictorus)
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Renesas Electronics announced that a Renesas subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Pictorus, a cloud-based behavioral modeling software developer based in Oakland, California. The deal is intended to enhance Renesas 365 by combining architectural modeling with behavioral modeling and simulation to speed up embedded application development.
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- Buyer
- Hg Capital
- Target
- Rightsline
- Seller
- Klass Capital, Salem Partners, Management team
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Hg Capital has agreed to acquire Rightsline, a Los Angeles–based rights and royalties management software provider, in a deal valued at around $500 million including debt. The investment is intended to accelerate Rightsline’s AI roadmap and support global expansion, with existing investors (including Klass Capital, Salem Partners, and management) reinvesting alongside Hg.
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- Buyer
- Sonar
- Target
- Gitar
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sonar announced it has acquired Gitar, an AI-native code review platform, to expand SonarQube’s code verification capabilities with AI-powered code review. The combined platform will integrate Gitar with SonarQube so AI agents can be reviewed and validated from the moment they start writing code through deployment.
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- Buyer
- KatRisk
- Target
- RED
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
KatRisk, a provider of catastrophic risk modeling software for insurers and financial services, announced it has acquired RED, a specialist provider of catastrophe models. The deal expands KatRisk’s multi-peril modeling portfolio, accelerates development of a high-fidelity U.S. earthquake model, and integrates RED’s European earthquake platform into KatRisk’s SpatialKat in the near term.
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March 23, 2026
- Buyer
- Rootstock Software, Gryphon Investors
- Target
- Ascent Solutions
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Rootstock Software, backed by Gryphon Investors, announced its acquisition of Ascent Solutions, a provider of Salesforce-native ERP and operational applications. The deal is intended to deepen Rootstock’s Salesforce-native ERP and operational capabilities for manufacturers and distributors, expanding “end-to-end operational execution” across sales, service, and finance.
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March 11, 2026
- Buyer
- Oak-Eagle AcquireCo, Inc., The Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, Affinity Partners
- Target
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Oak-Eagle AcquireCo, Inc. (formed by a consortium of The Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners) announced tender offers and consent solicitations tied to its pending acquisition of Electronic Arts Inc. The merger is governed by an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated September 28, 2025, and the tender/consent processes are conditioned on closing the acquisition.
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- Buyer
- Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, Affinity Partners
- Target
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Electronic Arts (EA) announced a definitive all-cash agreement to be acquired by an investor consortium led by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) along with Silver Lake and Affinity Partners, valuing EA at approximately $55 billion (about $210 per share). The transaction is expected to close in Q1 FY27, subject to customary conditions including regulatory approvals and EA stockholder approval, with EA expected to remain headquartered in Redwood City under CEO Andrew Wilson.
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February 15, 2026
- Buyer
- Keycard
- Target
- Anchor.dev
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Keycard, an identity and access platform for AI agents, has acquired Anchor.dev, a stealth developer-infrastructure startup focused on automatic certificate issuance and validation. The acquisition brings Anchor.dev’s team and tooling into Keycard to extend runtime, application-layer governance for autonomous coding agents and strengthen agent identity and certificate management capabilities.
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February 9, 2026
- Buyer
- Pendo
- Target
- Chisel Labs
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Pendo has acquired Chisel Labs, an AI-powered product management platform, to accelerate development of agentic AI for product teams and to bring Chisel’s engineering talent in-house. The deal establishes Pune, India as a new R&D hub for Pendo (in addition to Chisel’s San Francisco presence) and will help Pendo scale specialized AI frameworks and autonomous product agents.
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February 2, 2026
- Buyer
- Banyan Software
- Target
- Indee.TV
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Banyan Software has completed a majority investment in Indee.TV, a secure video distribution platform used by studios, streamers, and guilds. Indee will continue operating independently under its existing management while Banyan provides long-term support to accelerate growth and preserve product and cultural integrity.
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January 19, 2026
- Buyer
- Arteris
- Target
- Cycuity
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Arteris has completed its acquisition of Cycuity, integrating Cycuity’s silicon hardware security assurance technology into Arteris’s network-on-chip IP and SoC integration software portfolio. The deal expands Arteris’s capabilities to help chipmakers identify and mitigate silicon-level vulnerabilities while maintaining performance and development schedules.
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January 16, 2026
- Buyer
- Aptean
- Target
- OpsVeda
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Aptean has acquired OpsVeda, an AI-powered operations command center, to add agentic execution and real-time orchestration to its Logility supply chain planning and execution platform. The acquisition integrates OpsVeda's real-time operational intelligence and composable architecture with Logility's planning and optimization capabilities to close the planning-to-execution gap; deal terms were not disclosed.
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January 16, 2026
- Buyer
- Prometheus Group
- Target
- Webalo
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Prometheus Group, an AI-enhanced enterprise asset management (EAM) software provider, has acquired Webalo, an AI-enabled connected worker platform. The deal integrates Webalo's frontline data-capture and AI workflow capabilities into Prometheus's EAM platform to create a closed-loop digital execution solution; financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Buyer
- TechnoMile, Capitol Meridian Partners
- Target
- SIMS Software
- Seller
- K1 Investment Management
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
TechnoMile has acquired SIMS Software to add facility security, clearance tracking, and post-award compliance capabilities to its AI-enabled contract management platform. The deal is backed by Capitol Meridian Partners, which will take a majority stake in the combined company in a PE-backed add-on transaction; K1 Investment Management exits its stake in TechnoMile.
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December 30, 2025
- Buyer
- Cvent
- Target
- ON24
- Seller
- ON24 shareholders
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Cvent completed its acquisition of ON24, an AI-driven intelligent engagement and webinar platform for B2B enterprise sales and marketing. The deal expands Cvent’s event management portfolio by unifying in-person, hybrid, and virtual experiences into a connected Total Event Program and adding ON24’s enterprise-grade webinar and digital engagement capabilities.
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December 23, 2025
- Buyer
- ClickUp
- Target
- Codegen
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
ClickUp has acquired Codegen, an AI-powered code generation and agentic AI platform, bringing Codegen's technology and team into ClickUp to accelerate development of its Super Agents. The deal integrates Codegen founder Jay Hack into ClickUp as Head of AI and aims to expand ClickUp's AI capabilities for autonomous, enterprise-grade workflow and software generation.
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December 22, 2025
- Buyer
- Olo
- Target
- Spendgo
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Olo has completed the acquisition of Spendgo, a loyalty and guest engagement platform, to integrate loyalty capabilities into Olo's restaurant technology suite. Spendgo's leadership will join Olo and the combined offering will enable unified guest profiles, deeper personalization, and expanded loyalty functionality for restaurant brands.
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December 18, 2025
- Buyer
- Filevine
- Target
- Pincites
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Filevine has acquired Pincites, an AI-powered contract drafting and redlining tool built natively for Microsoft Word, bringing the full Pincites team into Filevine to create "LOIS for Word." The acquisition expands Filevine's Legal Operating Intelligence System (LOIS) into Word-native drafting and redlining capabilities and strengthens its push into corporate/transactional legal workflows.
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December 16, 2025
- Target
- Ontraport
- Seller
- Boathouse Capital
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
Boathouse Capital announced it has realized (exited) its investment in Ontraport, a marketing automation, sales, and CRM software provider for small and medium businesses. Boathouse partnered with Ontraport founder and CEO Landon Ray during a period of growth and profitability; the firm said the exit represents a successful realization from its third fund.
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December 15, 2025
- Buyer
- CentralSquare Technologies
- Target
- FirstTwo
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CentralSquare Technologies has acquired FirstTwo, a Tiburon-based provider of real-time, map-based situational intelligence for first responders. The acquisition will integrate FirstTwo's location-based intelligence into CentralSquare's cloud-based Public Safety Suite and AI capabilities to deliver enhanced, vendor-agnostic situational awareness to public safety agencies.
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December 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Teal
- Target
- Ramped
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Teal, the career development and job search platform, has acquired Ramped, an AI-powered automation platform that automates job applications and tailors resumes and cover letters. The acquisition will integrate Ramped’s Autopilot application automation into Teal’s suite to deepen end-to-end job search capabilities; terms were not disclosed.
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December 9, 2025
- Buyer
- Shore Rock Partners, Carlson Private Capital Partners, BellTower Partners
- Target
- AMAG Technology
- Seller
- Allied Universal
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Shore Rock Partners acquired a controlling stake in AMAG Technology, a Hawthorne, California–based provider of physical access control, identity and video management solutions, in a deal completed with co-investment and support from Carlson Private Capital Partners and BellTower Partners. Allied Universal retains a significant minority interest and AMAG’s management will continue leading the business as the new ownership group supports increased product investment and growth focused on mission-critical end markets such as data centers, healthcare, and education.
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December 7, 2025
- Buyer
- Anthropic
- Target
- Bun
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Anthropic has acquired Bun, the high-performance JavaScript runtime founded by Jarred Sumner, to deepen integration with its Claude Code developer platform. The Bun codebase will remain open source under the MIT license while Anthropic plans to invest in Bun’s capabilities to improve Claude Code performance and developer workflows after Claude Code reached a $1 billion run-rate.
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November 17, 2025
- Buyer
- Valsoft Corporation Inc.
- Target
- Variphy, Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Montreal-based Valsoft Corporation has acquired Variphy, Inc., a California-based provider of unified communications analytics, reporting, and management solutions. Variphy will operate autonomously and join Valsoft's Lighthouse Software Group to accelerate product development and expand its customer reach.
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November 10, 2025
- Buyer
- Palabra AI
- Target
- Talo
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Palabra AI has acquired Talo and will integrate Talo’s team and interface technology to launch a suite of five real-time multilingual communication products for video calls, webinars, streams, events, and developer APIs. The acquisition expands Palabra’s offering from infrastructure into consumer- and user-facing products while preserving the Talo brand temporarily during the transition.
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November 5, 2025
- Buyer
- Silo Technologies, Banneker Partners
- Target
- Pet Tiger
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Silo Technologies has acquired Pet Tiger, a Fresno-based agricultural labor and field-cost tracking software provider, to integrate labor management capabilities into Silo’s produce-focused ERP, payments, and analytics platform. The deal is a strategic add-on aimed at accelerating product roadmap, expanding workforce-management functionality, and delivering a unified cloud platform for growers, packer-shippers, and distributors.
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October 27, 2025
- Buyer
- LegitScript
- Target
- Kompliant
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
LegitScript has acquired Kompliant, a compliance orchestration platform for banks and financial services, combining LegitScript’s risk intelligence and monitoring with Kompliant’s automated underwriting and KYC/KYB workflow technology. The deal creates a unified, AI-driven platform to streamline merchant onboarding, automate underwriting decisions, and expand LegitScript’s merchant risk and compliance capabilities globally.
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October 24, 2025
- Buyer
- OpenAI
- Target
- Software Applications Incorporated
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
OpenAI has acquired Software Applications Incorporated, the developer of Sky — a natural language interface for macOS that understands screen context and takes actions across apps. The Sky team will join OpenAI as the company integrates Sky’s deep macOS capabilities into ChatGPT to bring more context-aware, desktop-focused AI assistance to users.
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October 24, 2025
- Buyer
- Centerbridge Partners, L.P., Silversmith Capital Partners
- Target
- MeridianLink, Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Centerbridge Partners completed its acquisition of MeridianLink, a software platform provider for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies. MeridianLink shareholders received $20.00 in cash per share and the company delisted from the NYSE, with Silversmith Capital Partners making a minority investment alongside the transaction.
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October 20, 2025
- Buyer
- Main Capital Partners
- Target
- TrustArc
- Seller
- Bregal Sagemount
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Main Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in The Hague, has acquired TrustArc, a Walnut Creek, California–based privacy compliance and data protection software provider, from Bregal Sagemount. Financial terms were not disclosed; TrustArc (founded 1997) serves over 1,200 customers, employs more than 300 people, and Main Capital said it will accelerate product innovation and expand TrustArc's presence in Europe and India.
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September 10, 2025
- Buyer
- Resolve
- Target
- Espressive
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Resolve has acquired Espressive to integrate Espressive's conversational AI and enterprise-optimized LLM capabilities into Resolve's agentic automation and orchestration platform. The acquisition is intended to accelerate Resolve's 'Zero Ticket IT' vision by improving natural language understanding, increasing autonomous ticket resolution, and reducing ticket volume and mean time to resolution for enterprise ITSM.
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August 20, 2025
- Buyer
- StackGen
- Target
- OpsVerse
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
StackGen has acquired OpsVerse in an asset purchase, integrating OpsVerse's Aiden DevOps Copilot and ObserveNow observability into StackGen's Autonomous Infrastructure Platform. Key OpsVerse engineering personnel will join StackGen to accelerate the company's autonomous infrastructure and AI agent capabilities while continuing support for existing OpsVerse customers.
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August 19, 2025
- Buyer
- Kinective
- Target
- ESQ Data Solutions
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Kinective has acquired ESQ Data Solutions to add enterprise-grade ATM and self-service device management to its Banking Operations Platform. The deal integrates ESQ’s real‑time device analytics and monitoring capabilities—used to manage nearly 1 million devices globally—into Kinective’s platform to give financial institutions unified visibility and control over cash devices from branch teller recyclers to ATMs and ITMs.
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- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
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July 31, 2025
- Buyer
- PartnerOne
- Target
- Monster Government Solutions
- Seller
- CareerBuilder + Monster
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
PartnerOne announced and then successfully closed its acquisition of Monster Government Solutions (MonsterGov), a workforce technology and federal/state/local talent acquisition provider for the public sector. The deal gives MonsterGov a “forever-home” with dedicated resources and ongoing investment to expand secure, compliant hiring and workforce solutions for government agencies.
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- Buyer
- EQT X (EQT), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments)
- Target
- NEOGOV
- Seller
- Funds managed by Warburg Pincus, Carlyle
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
EQT’s EQT X fund and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) have agreed to acquire NEOGOV, a provider of HR and compliance software for U.S. public-sector agencies. The deal is signed to be completed in the coming months and will bring NEOGOV’s cloud-native employee lifecycle and compliance platform to a new private ownership phase.
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July 15, 2025
- Buyer
- Amplitude, Inc.
- Target
- Kraftful
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Amplitude, Inc. has acquired Kraftful, an AI-native Voice of Customer (VoC) startup, to embed qualitative feedback analysis into Amplitude’s product analytics platform. The deal integrates Kraftful’s proprietary LLM-based feedback analysis to give customers a 360-degree view of user behavior and sentiment, accelerating Amplitude’s AI strategy and product capabilities.
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July 15, 2025
- Buyer
- Move, Inc. (operator of Realtor.com)
- Target
- Zenlist
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Move, Inc., the operator of Realtor.com, has acquired Zenlist, a mobile-first real estate collaboration and search platform used by agents and their clients. The acquisition will integrate Zenlist's collaboration tools into Realtor.com's offerings to give agents, MLSs and brokerages improved communication, search and productivity capabilities; terms were not disclosed.
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July 14, 2025
- Buyer
- Bending Spoons
- Target
- MileIQ Inc
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Italian app developer Bending Spoons has acquired California-based MileIQ Inc, a provider of automatic mileage-tracking and expense reporting services for self-employed users and enterprise customers. Bending Spoons retained JP Morgan and Willkie Farr & Gallagher as advisors and reportedly secured financing support (led by Silver Point with participation from Blackstone and others) for the transaction.
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July 1, 2025
- Buyer
- CLO Virtual Fashion
- Target
- swatchbook
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CLO Virtual Fashion has acquired swatchbook, a California-based digital materials solutions provider, integrating swatchbook’s extensive digital fabric library and applications into CLO’s materials division. The deal strengthens CLO’s content and AI capabilities for 3D garment design and visualization, expanding value for brands, vendors, and suppliers across CLO’s global product ecosystem.
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July 1, 2025
- Buyer
- Grammarly
- Target
- Superhuman
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Grammarly has acquired email client Superhuman to integrate Superhuman’s AI-powered email capabilities into Grammarly’s productivity suite; financial terms were not disclosed. Superhuman’s founders and employees will join Grammarly as the company seeks to build AI agents for email and expand its product footprint in professional communication.
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June 3, 2025
- Buyer
- Sandvik AB
- Target
- Verisurf Software Inc.
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sandvik AB has completed the acquisition of Verisurf Software Inc., a US-based 3D metrology software solutions provider. Verisurf will be reported as a separate business unit within Sandvik’s Machining and Intelligent Manufacturing business area; the company is headquartered in Anaheim, California with 44 employees and reported ~SEK 130 million (USD 12 million) revenue in 2024.
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May 30, 2025
- Buyer
- IGEL
- Target
- Stratodesk
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
IGEL has completed the acquisition of Stratodesk, a provider of endpoint OS software and management solutions, bringing Stratodesk's customers and endpoint expertise onto the IGEL OS platform. The deal expands IGEL's customer base and strengthens its capabilities in endpoint operating systems, endpoint security, and end-user computing (EUC) as customers are migrated to IGEL's secure endpoint OS.
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May 23, 2025
- Buyer
- Alchemy
- Target
- HeyMint
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Web3 developer platform Alchemy has acquired HeyMint, a California‑based no‑code NFT launchpad, for an undisclosed amount. HeyMint’s infrastructure and co‑founder/CTO Flor Ronsmans De Vry will join Alchemy as the company embeds HeyMint’s tools to enhance smart wallet infrastructure and simplify user onboarding for Web3 applications.
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May 19, 2025
- Buyer
- Weave
- Target
- TrueLark
- Seller
- Elevate Capital
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Weave (NYSE: WEAV) has completed the acquisition of TrueLark, an AI-powered virtual receptionist and front-desk automation platform headquartered in Palo Alto, California. TrueLark was a portfolio company of Elevate Capital; the deal strengthens Weave’s AI-powered front-office automation capabilities and accelerates its product roadmap for healthcare, beauty, and wellness customers.
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May 14, 2025
- Buyer
- CapitalSoft Inc.
- Target
- Laru Technologies
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CapitalSoft Inc. has acquired the assets of Laru Technologies and will integrate Laru’s fraud detection and risk management software into its ebpIQ payments platform. The acquisition brings Laru’s transaction-level ACH and wire-fraud analytics into CapitalSoft’s product suite to strengthen payment security and expand ebpIQ’s capabilities for banks, fintechs and enterprise payment teams.
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May 6, 2025
- Buyer
- BrowserStack
- Target
- Requestly
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
BrowserStack has acquired Requestly, the open-source HTTP interception and API mocking tool and YCombinator graduate, to strengthen developer productivity and testing workflows. Requestly will remain open-source and continue to serve its large developer community while BrowserStack integrates and accelerates its roadmap to add advanced interception, mocking, and debugging capabilities to its testing platform.
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May 6, 2025
- Buyer
- Sentry
- Target
- Emerge Tools
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Sentry, the developer-focused application monitoring platform, has acquired Emerge Tools, a provider of mobile app performance, size optimization, and visual regression tooling. The acquisition integrates Emerge's mobile-focused products into Sentry’s platform to expand mobile monitoring and optimization capabilities for Sentry’s developer customers.
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April 22, 2025
- Buyer
- Apptegy
- Target
- AlwaysOn
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Apptegy has acquired AlwaysOn, an AI-powered K‑12 chatbot startup, to integrate multilingual, 24/7 chatbot capabilities and analytics into its K‑12 communications platform. The deal expands Apptegy’s AI capabilities and enables districts to gather community insights while automating family-facing support.
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April 14, 2025
- Buyer
- Itility Group
- Target
- Seamgen
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Itility Group acquired a majority stake in Seamgen on April 14, 2025. The deal pairs Seamgen's San Diego–based custom application and UX development capabilities with Itility's data, AI and cloud expertise to scale application development, maintenance and data-driven services for enterprise and startup clients.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which software acquisitions in California are highlighted most recently?
Recent highlighted deals include Renesas Electronics Corporation acquiring Pictorus, Autodesk, Inc. acquiring MaintainX, Sonar acquiring Gitar, KatRisk acquiring RED, and Rootstock Software (with Gryphon Investors) acquiring Ascent Solutions.
What kinds of capabilities do these California software acquisitions focus on?
Themes include AI-enhanced development and verification (Sonar/Gitar), connecting operational data with AI insights (Autodesk/MaintainX), expanding catastrophe modeling (KatRisk/RED), and strengthening domain or platform workflows such as Salesforce-native ERP (Rootstock Software/Ascent Solutions).
Are all of the acquisitions in California AI-related?
No. While many deals reference AI-enabled or AI-driven capabilities, some focus on other software domains—such as embedded application development support, enterprise asset management workflow integration, and silicon hardware security assurance.
Where are these deals located?
The recent events highlighted here list the location as California, United States.
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