Tracked deals
43
43 tracked deals across 2015-2025.
Tracked deals
43
43 tracked deals across 2015-2025.
Buyer mix
Strategic-led
36 strategic · 15 pe
Top trend
Volume peaked in 2023
8 tracked deals announced in 2023.
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| Buyer | # Deals | Focus | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 424 Capital | 1 | Growth capital investor focused on lower middle market te... | PE |
| Ansys | 1 | Global engineering simulation software company providing ... | Strategic |
| Aptean | 1 | Provider of industry-specific enterprise software (ERP, C... | Strategic |
| Arreva | 1 | Provider of cloud-based fundraising and donor relationshi... | Strategic |
| Arrow International, Inc. | 1 | Manufacturer and distributor of charitable gaming product... | Strategic |
| Assembly | 1 | Connected e‑commerce software and data platform serving m... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| B2Gnow | 1 | Provider of supplier diversity, prevailing wage labor com... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Becklar | 1 | Parent company of Freeus and AvantGuard delivering person... | Strategic (PE-backed) |
| Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III | 1 | Carlyle fund focused on European technology, media and te... | PE |
| Carlyle U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund II L.P. | 1 | Carlyle U.S. middle market fund targeting U.S. buyout inv... | PE |
Last 8 years
Supporting Data
a360inc has acquired Notary Hub, a digital notarization and signing platform, to expand its digital signing and remote online notarization capabilities and integrate the technology into its CloseClear notary management platform. Notary Hub will continue operating while its technology and vendor network are folded into a360inc's offerings, enhancing automation, document controls, and signing capabilities for clients across title, legal, lending, and professional services markets.
UJET has acquired Spiral, a conversational analytics and AI company, to accelerate its AI roadmap and add a standalone customer intelligence product to its CCaaS platform. The deal integrates Spiral's conversation- and feedback-analysis capabilities into UJET's AI-first contact center offering while allowing Spiral to continue operating as a standalone product under the name Spiral by UJET.
Treasury4, a Spokane-based, data-first treasury platform, has acquired TreasuryGo, a Redmond-based treasury SaaS built by former Microsoft treasurers. The acquisition integrates TreasuryGo’s bank account management, workflow, and debt management capabilities into Treasury4’s platform and brings TreasuryGo co-founder George Zinn onto Treasury4 as Chief Strategy Officer to accelerate enterprise-grade offerings.
MoxiWorks has sold its back-office accounting solution, MoxiBalance, to Vero — a newly formed operating unit of Upfront. The divestiture lets MoxiWorks concentrate on its core sales and marketing platform while Upfront expands its real-estate-focused financial and back-office offerings; terms were not disclosed and MoxiBalance will be rebranded to Vero.
OrderPort, a Bellevue-based provider of point-of-sale and direct-to-consumer software for wineries, has received a strategic growth investment from funds managed by Performant Capital. The capital will be used to invest behind the product and expand the OrderPort platform's capabilities to better serve family-owned and enterprise wineries.
VeraScore, an AI-enabled financial health SaaS platform based in San Francisco, has acquired Seattle-based Vala AI in an equity deal. Vala AI's applied-AI software dependency and technical-debt management tools will be integrated into VeraScore's platform; Vala AI co-founder and CEO Christian Hammer will join VeraScore's board to support the integration and product expansion.
TDV Capital Partners acquired GrowFlow from Dama Technology on August 30, 2024, in a transaction completed with GrowFlow's management team. GrowFlow is a Seattle-based provider of seed-to-sale inventory management, POS, e-commerce and payments software for cannabis retailers and wholesalers; TDV intends to support the company's expansion across the rapidly growing cannabis market.
B2Gnow, a Polaris Partners-backed provider of supplier diversity and compliance software, has acquired eComply Solutions, a prevailing wage labor compliance software firm. The acquisition integrates eComply’s Davis-Bacon and related certified payroll capabilities into B2Gnow’s platform to broaden compliance functionality for government agencies and contractors.
Prometheus Group has acquired MobilOps, the integrated plant management and field operations software owned by Turner Industries Group. Prometheus will integrate MobilOps into its enterprise asset management suite to expand capabilities, product footprint, and customer reach in industrial maintenance and field operations.
Kontron America, Inc., a unit of Kontron AG, agreed to acquire Bsquare Corporation in an all-cash tender offer at $1.90 per share, implying an equity value of approximately $38 million. The acquisition aims to strengthen Kontron’s software development, marketing and integration capabilities in North America and to combine Bsquare’s IoT software (SquareOne) with Kontron’s hardware and susietec software family.
Indianapolis-based digital retail platform Overfuel has acquired Washington state-based 321 Ignition, a mobile-first car-buying website platform. The acquisition (closed Aug. 17) adds roughly 15 employees and expands Overfuel's customer base to over 100 dealers while supporting faster product development; Overfuel also raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by Elevate Ventures to support growth.
Sloane Street Partners has acquired FileOnQ, a Seattle-based provider of no-code software solutions for public safety and justice agencies. The founder, Kim Webley, will remain with the company to focus on partnerships, acquisitions and key customer relationships as Sloane Street supports scaling the platform and service offerings.
Mainsail Partners has made a $32 million growth investment in ProShop ERP to accelerate product development and scale the company's manufacturing-focused ERP, MES and QMS software. ProShop will use the capital to expedite product development and expand services for small- and medium-sized precision manufacturers in regulated industries such as aerospace, defense and medical devices.
KEV Group, a Serent Capital–backed provider of K-12 activity fund management software, has acquired Washington-based InTouch Receipting. The deal expands KEV Group's payments and receipting capabilities for school districts across North America and brings the InTouch founders into senior leadership roles at KEV; terms were not disclosed.
North Highland, an Atlanta-based change and transformation consultancy, has acquired UMT360, a Bellevue, Washington provider of strategic portfolio management (SPM) software and related consulting services. The deal expands North Highland's enterprise transformation and business agility capabilities and extends its footprint in North America and Europe.
Tempo Software acquired LiquidPlanner, a Seattle-based project management platform known for its predictive scheduling engine, to add adaptive scheduling and capacity-planning capabilities to Tempo’s Strategic Portfolio Management suite and Atlassian Marketplace offerings. The transaction furthers Tempo’s product capability expansion as it builds on momentum after surpassing $100M ARR; D.A. Davidson served as LiquidPlanner’s exclusive financial advisor.
An affiliate of Peak Rock Capital has completed the acquisition of Seagull Scientific, the Bellevue, Washington–based developer of the BarTender labeling, barcode and RFID software platform. Peak Rock said it will support Seagull’s growth plan by accelerating the product roadmap and pursuing strategic acquisitions to expand the company’s capabilities and market reach.
Environ Energy has acquired Scope 5, a Seattle-based carbon tracking and sustainability analytics platform, to expand its energy management and ESG service offerings. The acquisition was completed with support from growth capital investor 424 Capital; Scope 5 will operate as a division within Environ and continue to provide its carbon-tracking platform to enterprise clients.
N. Harris Computer Corporation (Harris) has acquired The CLM Group, Inc., which does business as MealTime, a provider of K-12 school nutrition and cafeteria management software. MealTime will join Harris School Solutions to expand Harris's school nutrition offerings and customer support for school districts and charter networks across North America.
OurFamilyWizard acquired Cozi from Dotdash Meredith to expand its family-focused product suite and reach more users. The transaction, terms undisclosed, brings Cozi’s more-than-20-million registered-user base and family-organizing features into the PE-backed OurFamilyWizard platform, which previously received a growth investment from Spectrum Equity.
Northwest Registered Agent has acquired Washington-based pre-startup AAEusocial Interweb Technologies to form a new SkiveTime division. The acquisition brings AAEusocial’s self-supervised learning and no-code bot creation work into Northwest to expand its automation and workplace-leisure tooling and capabilities.
PDQ.com, a provider of IT asset management software, has acquired SmartDeploy, a Bellevue-based endpoint management and imaging solutions provider. The acquisition expands PDQ's device lifecycle capabilities and adds SmartDeploy's ~3,800 customers and imaging technology to PDQ's product lineup.
Arrow International, Inc., a Cleveland-based manufacturer and distributor of charitable gaming products, acquired the assets of Tab Wizard Inc., a provider of pull tab and food & beverage point-of-sale management software. The deal brings Tab Wizard's POS and reporting capabilities into Arrow's portfolio to expand its end-to-end offerings for charitable gaming customers; Tab Wizard founder Rob Perry sold the assets and will remain with Arrow.
Assembly, the Los Angeles‑based e‑commerce software and data platform, has acquired Pacvue, an enterprise marketplace advertising, sales and intelligence platform. The deal strengthens Assembly’s product capabilities to serve merchants at all stages — adding enterprise-grade marketplace advertising and retail media intelligence to its suite; financial terms were not disclosed.
TPG Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Nintex, the Bellevue, Washington–based provider of digital process automation software. Existing majority investor Thoma Bravo will make a new equity investment and retain a significant minority stake; the transaction is expected to close by the end of 2021 and aims to accelerate Nintex's product R&D and go-to-market expansion.
Becklar, the parent company of Freeus and AvantGuard Monitoring Centers and a portfolio company of BV Investment Partners, has acquired FallSafety, a developer of mobile personal- and workforce-safety apps. FallSafety founder Philip Carmichael joins Freeus as the FallSafety app suite is integrated into Freeus’s personal safety and monitored solutions to expand capabilities and revenue opportunities.
Ansys announced a definitive agreement to acquire Zemax, a leader in optical imaging and photonics simulation software, from EQT Private Equity. The acquisition expands Ansys' optics and photonics simulation capabilities by adding Zemax's OpticStudio and related technologies; the deal was expected to close in Q4 2021 pending customary approvals.
Limeade (ASX: LME) has acquired Seattle-based employee listening SaaS provider TINYpulse (Tiny HR, Inc.) for $8.8 million in cash plus potential earnouts tied to CARR growth. The acquisition, which brings TINYpulse's listening capabilities and its customer base of over 500 businesses into Limeade's employee well‑being platform, is intended to expand Limeade's product capabilities for mid-market and enterprise customers.
DaySmart Software has acquired Dash Platform, a Bellevue/Seattle-based provider of sports facility and recreation management SaaS, to expand its vertically-tailored business management and payments solutions into sports, parks and recreation, and fitness markets. Dash Platform serves more than 425 locations across the U.S. and Canada and its Dash Member mobile app is used by millions; DaySmart said the acquisition will accelerate product development and customer success for these new verticals.
Dental Intelligence, a Utah-based dental analytics and workflow automation platform, has acquired Modento, a patient engagement and practice management software. The acquisition expands Dental Intelligence's product suite and customer-facing capabilities; Modento's CEO Karol Jasik and team will join DI. The transaction is supported by Dental Intelligence's shareholders PSG, Blue Star Innovation Partners, and K1 Investment Management; financial terms were not disclosed.
Nintex has completed its acquisition of K2 Software, Inc., a provider of digital process automation (DPA) and workflow software. The deal expands Nintex's product portfolio and capabilities in process automation, boosting its position as a leading privately held process automation software vendor while broadening reach into K2's enterprise and European customer base.
Compass has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Modus, a Seattle-based title and escrow software startup. The acquisition brings Modus's technology and its 60+ person product, engineering and operations team into Compass's end-to-end real estate platform to accelerate closing capabilities and product development.
Progress (NASDAQ: PRGS) agreed to acquire Chef, a leader in DevOps and DevSecOps infrastructure automation, for $220 million in cash. The acquisition (expected to close Oct 2020) expands Progress' application development and compliance automation offerings by adding Chef's products, community and a reported $70M+ in annual recurring revenue.
Arreva has acquired MaestroSoft, a provider of auction, event management, mobile bidding (Text2Bid) and text-based giving (Text2Fund) software, to expand its virtual fundraising and donor engagement capabilities. MaestroSoft will continue to operate as a stand-alone Arreva company with its Seattle/Bellevue team retained, broadening Arreva’s ExceedFurther platform offerings for nonprofit clients.
insightsoftware, a global provider of financial reporting and enterprise performance management software, has acquired Event 1 Software, an Excel-based reporting solution provider focused on construction and real estate ERPs. The acquisition expands insightsoftware's real-time financial reporting capabilities and deepens its offerings for customers using Sage and Viewpoint platforms; terms were not disclosed.
Rockton Software has acquired Olympic Systems, an ISV known for its Olympic Project Cost project-costing solution for Microsoft Dynamics GP. The deal combines Olympic's project costing capabilities with Rockton's broader Microsoft Dynamics add-on portfolio to expand product functionality and reach more Dynamics GP customers.
Vector Capital made a meaningful growth equity investment in MoxiWorks, a real estate technology platform, with Software Equity Group serving as exclusive advisor. The capital will be used to accelerate product development, scale sales and marketing, and selectively pursue acquisitions; existing shareholder-customers Windermere Real Estate, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, and Long & Foster Real Estate will leverage the platform to support growth.
Pluralsight, Inc. agreed to acquire GitPrime, a developer productivity analytics platform, for $170 million in cash. The deal (expected to close the week of May 6) will integrate GitPrime's developer productivity insights into Pluralsight's technology skills and learning platform to give enterprise customers visibility into developer performance and outcomes.
TELEO Capital Management completed the acquisition of UMT360, a Bellevue, Washington-based provider of Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software and consulting services. TELEO said it will provide operational expertise and capital to scale UMT360’s software and services offerings and accelerate growth and market share; Cascadia Capital served as financial advisor to UMT360.
StoneCalibre has completed the acquisition of Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) and merged the business into XMedius Solutions Inc. The combination brings together AVST's unified communications software with XMedius's secure file-exchange capabilities to create an integrated enterprise communications offering.
The Carlyle Group has signed a binding agreement to acquire NetMotion Wireless, a Seattle-based provider of mobile performance management software, from Clearlake Capital Group. NetMotion — which employs about 114 people and serves more than 3,500 organizations across utilities, healthcare, telecommunications, government and other sectors — will be scaled internationally with equity provided by two Carlyle funds.
J M Smith Corporation has acquired the products, services and staff of Integra and will operate them as a subsidiary, Integra LTC Solutions, LLC. The deal brings Integra's pharmacy workflow management products (DocuTrack, DeliveryTrack and Logix) into J M Smith's portfolio to strengthen its capabilities in the long-term care and institutional pharmacy market.
Aptean acquired Verdiem, a Seattle-based provider of IT energy management software, to integrate Verdiem’s power-management and analytics capabilities into Aptean’s enterprise software offerings. The acquisition expands Aptean’s service and support portfolio by adding tools that help customers reduce energy consumption and operating costs across distributed IT devices.
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The listed deals span digital notarization and signing workflows, AI contact-center analytics, enterprise treasury SaaS, POS and e-commerce tooling, inventory management, and compliance software for government and contractors.
Recurring names in the page include Environ Energy, 424 Capital, J M Smith Corporation, The Carlyle Group, Carlyle Europe Technology Partners III, Carlyle U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund II L.P., TPG Capital, and Thoma Bravo.
Often, yes. For example, a360inc folds Notary Hub capabilities into CloseClear, and Treasury4 integrates TreasuryGo’s bank account, workflow, and debt management into its platform.
Yes. UJET acquired Spiral while allowing Spiral to continue operating as a standalone product under the name Spiral by UJET.