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December M&A Roundup: Digital learning, caregiver support and cybersecurity


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Boston saw a number of big mergers and acquisitions in December.
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Here are the mergers and acquisitions that everyone was talking about in Boston in December.

Newburyport-based UFP Technologies Inc., a designer and custom manufacturer of components, subassemblies, products, and packaging for the medical market, announced the acquisition of DAS Medical Inc.

Tempo Software, a Boston company developing team time management and productivity-enhancing software, acquired ALM Works, another local company building a project and portfolio management tool.

Aware, a Bedford-based provider of biometrics software products, solutions and services, announced that it has acquired Fortress Identity, a Miami-based provider of digital ID verification and biometric authentication.

Boston-based corporate digital learning firm Skillsoft has agreed to acquire Codecademy, a online learning platform for technical skills. 

Wellesley-based Ampersand Capital Partners completed the sale of its portfolio company Adaptas Solutions to IMI plc for $271M in cash. Adaptas is a provider of mission-critical components for complex laboratory instruments in the life sciences, diagnostics and lab automation markets.

Mediafly, a Chicago-based sales enablement and content management technology platform, agreed to acquire InsightSquared, a Boston revenue intelligence, forecasting and analytics company.

LifeSpeak, a Toronto-based software-as-a-service platform provider of mental health and total wellbeing education, acquired Burlington-based Torchlight, a digital-first caregiver support platform.

HealthEdge, a Burlington-based company building SaaS applications for insurance companies, acquired Wellframe, a Boston digital health management company.

Numerated, a Boston-based loan origination technology firm, acquired local fintech startup Fincura.

Recently crowned cybersecurity unicorn Aqua Security, which has its U.S. headquarters in Burlington, acquired Tel Aviv firm Argon.


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