Acquisition stories

ServiceNow bolsters cyber security push with Armis buyout, adding real-time asset visibility and deepening its platform after Veza.

Pinewood boosts annual revenue and EBITDA as testing begins at Lithia's US dealerships, with cash rising and medium-term growth targets intact.

Wasabi lands USD $250 million Bain-led credit line to fund cloud storage expansion, AI-ready infrastructure and overseas growth.

Prometheus Group turns to procurement with Tamarack deal, linking asset management software to supplier agreements for mining and heavy industry.

Payward to build US derivatives foothold with Bitnomial acquisition after decade-long licence drive gives it exchange, clearing and brokerage access.

ExecOnline buys Teamraderie to link professor-led leadership courses with team sessions that help firms turn AI training into measurable workflow change.

Aryza buys Toronto-based Umbrella Tech to add voice AI, speech analytics and autonomous agents to its collections and recoveries software.

Vertiv snaps up BMarko Structures to bring structural fabrication in-house, as AI-driven demand pushes faster and more custom data centre builds.

Dynatrace agrees to buy Bindplane to expand telemetry pipelines, aiming to cut ingest costs and give customers greater control over observability data.

Celerity adds IBM automation specialist Ranger4 as BGF-backed group deepens AI and cost-efficiency offer across hybrid IT.

Gresham renames acquired enterprise data platform Opus EDM, keeping it separate from Prime EDM and planning AI features for 2026.

Abacus unveils a single global brand after its merger with Medicus IT, uniting financial and healthcare cybersecurity under one banner.

AppViewX acquires AI identity start-up Eos and appoints its co-founder Archit Lohokare as Chief Executive, targeting non-human identity security.

Mastercard to acquire stablecoin platform BVNK in a deal worth up to USD $1.8 billion, deepening its push into on-chain payments.

US fintech Ramp is buying Stockholm-based Billhop to plug its AI finance platform into Billhop's European payments rails and licences.

Komerz snaps up Glassbox in move valuing the group at USD $330m, bolstering its Creative Commerce offer across global markets.

Stake raises USD $8m and buys UMoveFree and Lighthouse to build an AI-driven renter network spanning search, leasing, rewards and banking.

Syndigo has snapped up Taggstar, folding its real-time social proof messaging into a wider product data cloud for retailers and brands.

Delinea acquires StrongDM to fuse privileged access management with JIT runtime controls, targeting AI-era human and machine identities.

Delinea acquires StrongDM to create a unified, just-in-time identity security control plane for AI-driven and hybrid cloud environments.