Check out the 11 mergers and acquisitions of tech and life sciences companies we reported on in April.
Waltham-based Imprivata, a digital identity management company, closed its acquisition of SecureLink. Terms of the deal were not provided.
Backlight, a media technology company, launched with more than $200M in funding led by PSG. The Lexington company also announced it had acquired media software businesses ftrack, Celtx, iconik, Wildmoka and Zype. Terms were not provided.
The Boston-based software company Appfire acquired Comalatech and its suite of document-management apps. Comalatech has offices in British Columbia, Canada, and Bilbao, Spain. Appfire said it plans to keep both offices and grow its headcount. Other terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The Somerville software company SmartBear entered into an agreement with DiUS, an Australian technology consultancy, to acquire its global contract testing-collaboration platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
A New York drugmaker is set to acquire cancer-focused Checkmate Pharmaceuticals Inc. for about $250 million in cash. The Cambridge biotech has several mid-stage clinical trials in progress for melanoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and non-melanoma skin cancers, each of them based on a biotechnology that directs the body's own immune cells against the cancers.
Boston's PTC Inc. agreed to buy Intland Software for $280 million, coming from cash on hand and amounts borrowed under PTC's existing credit facility.
Cambridge-based Devo Technology, a cloud-native logging and security analytics company, announced its acquisition of Kognos. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Boston-based software company Dispatch has acquired Youreka, a mobile forms product built on the Salesforce platform. Terms were not disclosed.
Boston-based Iterative Scopes announced the acquisition of Clinical Research Strategy Group LLC and Precision Research, two clinical trial companies focused on the drug development process for inflammatory bowel disease. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
A Woburn-based solar energy company that has installed solar panels for the Boston Red Sox has been acquired by Phoenix-based SinglePoint Inc. Terms were not disclosed.
Tufin Software Technologies Ltd., an Israeli-Boston security firm that went public in 2019, is set to go private again due to a pending acquisition by a software-focused private equity firm. The all-cash transaction values Tufin at $570 million, a 67% increase from its market capitalization before the deal was announced.
