Operating Company Software

SmartBear

Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

SmartBear delivers application integrity for modern tech stacks—deep test automation, API lifecycle management, and observability—helping software teams ensure applications work as intended with governance at AI speed.

Focus Areas
Application integrity, Software testing & test automation, API lifecycle management
Website
smartbear.com

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2021-2024.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

4 buyout

SmartBear Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 4 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 4 years for SmartBear. 1 2021 1 2022 1 2023 1 2024

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • December 3, 2024
    Buyer
    SmartBear
    Target
    QMetry
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    Gujarat, India
    Type
    Buyout

    SmartBear has acquired QMetry, an AI-enabled digital quality and test management platform, to expand SmartBear Test Hub's capabilities and accelerate AI-driven test management. The acquisition strengthens SmartBear's reach into regulated end markets (healthcare, finance, government) and deepens its AI and test-management product offerings.

  • Buyer
    SmartBear, Vista Equity Partners
    Target
    Stoplight
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    SmartBear has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stoplight, a SaaS API design-first company based in Austin, Texas. The deal combines Stoplight's governance, mocking, and visual/no-code editing capabilities with SmartBear's API design, documentation, and portal offerings to create a more comprehensive API development platform.

  • Buyer
    SmartBear
    Target
    Pactflow
    Seller
    DiUS
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Buyout

    SmartBear announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Pactflow, a global contract testing collaboration platform, to enhance SmartBear’s next-generation API development platform. The addition of Pactflow and its open source project Pact is intended to support contract testing and standardization across the API lifecycle for cloud-native and microservices environments.

  • Buyer
    SmartBear
    Target
    Bugsnag
    Industry
    Software
    Type
    Buyout

    SmartBear announced a definitive agreement to acquire Bugsnag, adding enterprise-grade application stability and error monitoring to its portfolio of software quality tools. Bugsnag, a San Francisco–based provider of full‑stack stability and error monitoring used by over 6,000 organizations, will join SmartBear’s offerings to strengthen its DevOps and production monitoring capabilities.

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