Operating Company Software

Granicus

Denver, Colorado, United States

Provider of the Citizen Experience Platform for government—cloud solutions that help governments engage residents and streamline interactions and service delivery (Government Experience Cloud).

Focus Areas
Civic engagement platforms, Constituent Relationship Management (CRM), Customer Data Platform (CDP)
Website
granicus.com

Tracked deals

9

9 tracked deals across 2018-2025.

Recent pace

1

1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

6 buyout · 2 divestiture · 1 addon

Granicus Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 7 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 7 years for Granicus. 1 2018 1 2019 1 2020 2 2021 1 2022 2 2024 1 2025

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Granicus Acquires Indigov to Add Constituent Relationship Capabilities to Government Experience Cloud
    October 22, 2025
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    Indigov
    Industry
    Government & Public Sector
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Granicus has acquired Indigov, a provider of constituent relationship management (CRM) and customer data platform (CDP) solutions for government agencies, and will integrate Indigov’s capabilities into its Government Experience Cloud (GXC). The acquisition adds a universal inbox, intelligent case routing, automated responses and CDP-driven audience intelligence to Granicus’s platform to improve constituent engagement and government service delivery.

  • Granicus Acquires Simpleview
    September 5, 2024
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    Simpleview
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    Arizona, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Granicus has acquired Simpleview, a global provider of CRM, CMS and digital marketing solutions for destination marketing organizations, convention bureaus and venues. The deal expands Granicus's public-sector product capabilities and customer reach — combining Simpleview's destination-marketing platform and client base (1,000+ destinations) with Granicus's government engagement portfolio to serve more than 7,000 organizations worldwide.

  • Granicus Acquires SmartGov from Brightly Software (a Siemens company)
    January 30, 2024
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    SmartGov
    Seller
    Brightly Software (a Siemens company)
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    North Carolina, United States
    Type
    Divestiture

    Granicus, a provider of government experience cloud solutions, has acquired SmartGov — the cloud-based permitting, compliance and licensing (PCL) solution — from Brightly Software, a Siemens company. The acquisition expands Granicus' Government Experience Cloud by adding cost-effective, cloud-based permitting and licensing capabilities to serve hundreds of U.S. cities, counties and state agencies.

  • Granicus Acquires Rock Solid Technologies
    October 13, 2022
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    Rock Solid Technologies
    Seller
    Strattam Capital
    Industry
    Government & Public Sector
    Location
    Puerto Rico, United States
    Type
    Addon

    Granicus, a Denver-based provider of cloud-delivered GovTech solutions, has acquired Rock Solid Technologies, a citizen-engagement SaaS provider with offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico and Dallas, Texas. The deal—completed in October 2022 with Strattam Capital selling Rock Solid—expands Granicus' meeting, 311 service request, and citizen engagement capabilities and broadens its footprint in Puerto Rico and Latin America.

  • Granicus Acquires GovQA
    August 26, 2021
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    GovQA
    Seller
    Frontier Growth
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Illinois, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Granicus has acquired GovQA, a leading provider of cloud-based public records and compliance workflow software, to integrate records request management into its Civic Engagement Platform. The acquisition expands Granicus' capabilities for government customers and follows a partial realization by Frontier Growth, which will retain an ownership position in Granicus; Shea & Company served as GovQA's financial advisor.

  • Granicus Acquires Bang the Table and OpenCities
    June 17, 2021
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    Bang the Table, OpenCities
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Australia
    Type
    Buyout

    Granicus, a provider of cloud-based civic engagement technologies, acquired Australian govtech companies Bang the Table and OpenCities to expand its civic engagement and digital customer journey capabilities. The deals integrate EngagementHQ and OpenCities' website/portal/forms technology into Granicus' platform to accelerate digital transformation for governments globally.

  • Granicus Acquires Calytera from BuildGroup
    October 30, 2020
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    Calytera
    Seller
    BuildGroup
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Texas, United States
    Type
    Buyout

    Granicus has acquired Calytera from BuildGroup to expand its cloud-based digital services for government agencies by integrating Calytera's Amanda permitting, compliance and licensing (PCL) and FOI capabilities. The acquisition is intended to accelerate digital transformation for public-sector customers across the US, Canada, UK and Australia; Vaquero served as financial adviser to Calytera on the deal.

  • Granicus Acquires Firmstep
    April 4, 2019
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    Firmstep
    Industry
    Government & Public Sector
    Location
    England, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    Granicus acquired London-based Firmstep to combine Firmstep's online transactions and self-service platform with Granicus' civic engagement and government communications software. The deal expands Granicus' product capabilities for digital government services and deepens its presence in the United Kingdom.

  • Granicus Purchases Accela Legislative Management Business (IQM2)
    March 13, 2018
    Buyer
    Granicus
    Target
    Accela Legislative Management (formerly IQM2)
    Seller
    Accela
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    California, United States
    Type
    Divestiture

    Granicus has acquired Accela’s Legislative Management business (formerly IQM2), taking ownership of the unit’s operations, assets and customer contracts. The deal expands Granicus’s end-to-end legislative management and citizen engagement capabilities for local government clients and brings the IQM2 team and roughly 450 customers into Granicus’s public-sector software platform.

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