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October M&A deal roundup: Influencers, medtech and 'endless RNA'


Stephanie Kaplan Lewis
Stephanie Kaplan Lewis started Her Campus Media with co-founders Annie Wang and Windsor Hanger Western in 2009, after winning Harvard University's business plan competition.
Her Campus Media LLC

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Check out the 12 mergers and acquisitions of tech and life sciences companies BostInno reported on in October.

  • Her Campus Media LLC has acquired Zfluence, an influencer marketing platform started in 2019. This is the Boston-based media company’s sixth acquisition in over a decade of existence.
  • Rise In, a Boston-based web3 edtech company, is acquiring BlockBeam, which was founded in 2022 by two Northeastern University students.
  • EngageSmart Inc., a customer engagement and payment software provider that went public two years ago, agreed to be bought by an affiliate of Vista Equity Partners for $4 billion.
  • Flagship Pioneering's "endless RNA" startup, Laronde, will merge with Senda Biosciences, another Flagship-backed firm, to form a new company.
  • Boston-based Clockworks Analytics acquired the technological property assets of Animated Insights Inc.
  • Boston's Haemonetics Corp. agreed to buy Canadian medtech firm OpSens Inc. for $253 million.
  • PTC has acquired pure-systems, a provider of product and software variant management solutions. 
  • Boston-based airSlate announced its acquisition of Instapage, a company that helps marketers create personalized landing pages.
  • Sharp, a commercial pharmaceutical packaging and clinical trial supply services company, is acquiring Lee-based Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing.
  • Kyowa Kirin Company Ltd. is buying Orchard Therapeutics plc, a London biotech with U.S. headquarters in the Seaport District.
  • Boston fintech Origin has acquired NYC-based MyAdvocate, which provides a step-by-step tool to create a full estate plan.
  • Boston-based Clade Therapeutics is acquiring Gadeta B.V., a cell therapy company.

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Correction/Clarification
A previous version of this story included the incorrect founding year for Her Campus Media.

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