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December M&A deal roundup: Beauty brands, drug developers and software providers


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CarGurus completed its acquisition of CarOffer.
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Check out the 11 mergers and acquisitions of tech and life sciences companies BostInno reported on in December.

  • Westborough-based Connectbase has acquired MasterStream ERP.
  • Kadant, a supplier of technologies and engineered systems based in Westford, inked an agreement to buy Key Knife and certain of its affiliates for approximately $156 million in cash. 
  • Norwood-based technology advisory services and software provider Amplix is acquiring the assets of Go2 Communications Inc. 
  • Yellow Wood Partners LLC, a Boston-based private equity firm, will acquire Elida Beauty, a portfolio of brands from Unilever.
  • Los Angeles-based mPulse is acquiring Boston-based Decision Point Healthcare Solutions.
  • Boston SaaS company Formstack announced the acquisition of Chicago-based forms provider Formsite.
  • AbbVie Inc. is slated to spend about $8.7 billion to buy Cambridge-based Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc. 
  • Houston-based imaware, a digital health company, has acquired Boston-based binx health’s at-home consumer testing business. 
  • CarGurus completed the acquisition of CarOffer.
  • AbbVie Inc. will spend about $10.1 billion to acquire ImmunoGen Inc., a Waltham drug developer.
  • Drug giant Bristol Myers Squibb has agreed to acquire Boston drug developer Karuna Therapeutics Inc. in a deal valued at $14 billion.

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