Operating Company Software

IRIS Software Group

Slough, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Business software and services provider delivering integrated solutions for accountancy, payroll, HR (HCM), and education—helping organisations reduce administration and run mission-critical business processes across multiple industries and countries.

Focus Areas
Accounting software, Payroll software, HR / HCM software
Website
www.iris.co.uk

Tracked deals

10

10 tracked deals across 2019-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

9 buyout · 1 divestiture

IRIS Software Group Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 6 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 6 years for IRIS Software Group. 1 2019 1 2020 4 2021 1 2022 1 2023 2 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    Dext Software Ltd (Dext)
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group announced a definitive agreement to acquire Dext Software Ltd, a bookkeeping automation platform. The deal combines Dext’s AI-driven bookkeeping automation with IRIS Elements’ accountancy practice management and compliance capabilities to deliver an integrated end-to-end solution for accountants and businesses globally.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    Swipeclock
    Seller
    Inverness Graham
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group has acquired Swipeclock, a U.S.-based provider of cloud workforce management and HCM solutions, to accelerate Swipeclock's product roadmap and expand IRIS' integrated HCM offerings for the US SMB market. The seller was Inverness Graham; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    Apex HCM
    Seller
    Serent Capital
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group has acquired Apex HCM, a cloud-native HCM and payroll software provider for payroll service bureaus and CPA firms. The acquisition, previously backed by Serent Capital, expands IRIS's footprint in the Americas and broadens its payroll and HCM capabilities for PSBs, CPA firms and SMBs.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    myPay Solutions (Thomson Reuters myPay Solutions)
    Seller
    Thomson Reuters
    Industry
    Accounting & Tax

    IRIS Software Group has acquired Thomson Reuters myPay Solutions to expand its CPA-focused payroll and tax services in the Americas. The deal adds outsourced payroll processing, banking and tax reporting capabilities—serving CPA firms and their SMB clients across the United States—to IRIS' existing accountancy and payroll portfolio.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    AccountantsWorld
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group has acquired AccountantsWorld, a New York–based provider of cloud accounting, payroll and practice-management solutions for CPA firms, to expand IRIS's footprint in North America. The deal integrates AccountantsWorld's suite into IRIS's accountancy portfolio to accelerate Client Accounting Services (CAS) offerings and broaden capabilities for North American accounting firms.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    Conarc
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group, a privately held UK accounting and practice-management software provider, has acquired Conarc, the US document management and workflow software maker behind iChannel, to deepen its practice management offering and expand its North American footprint. The acquisition strengthens IRIS’s portfolio for CPA firms by adding Conarc’s document management and workflow automation capabilities.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    Senta
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    On January 14, 2021 IRIS Software Group acquired Senta, a UK-based cloud practice management software for accountants and bookkeepers. The acquisition will integrate Senta into IRIS Elements to accelerate IRIS's cloud practice management capabilities and support accounting firms moving to the cloud ahead of Making Tax Digital.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    Staffology
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group has acquired Staffology, a UK-based cloud payroll application founded by Duane Jackson. The acquisition expands IRIS’s cloud payroll and API-driven payroll capabilities to accelerate integration, automation and SaaS payroll offerings for small and mid-sized businesses and accounting bureaus.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    iSAMS
    Industry
    Education
    Location
    Berkshire, United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group acquired iSAMS, a cloud-based school management (MIS/SIS) provider, on 20 October 2020. The acquisition expands IRIS’s education portfolio and brings iSAMS’s web-based MIS (used by hundreds of UK and international schools) into IRIS’s suite of school software and cloud services.

  • Buyer
    IRIS Software Group
    Target
    FMP Global
    Seller
    Tenzing
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    IRIS Software Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FMP Global from Tenzing. FMP Global is a provider of international and UK payroll and HR services supporting over 1,750 businesses in 135 countries; IRIS says the deal expands its international footprint (including the US) and strengthens its UK payroll and HR capabilities.

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