nGAGE Talent Acquires Science Solutions Recruitment Limited

Energage Acquires TalentQuest to Expand Employee Experience Suite

March 25, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Energage, the HR technology and SaaS company behind the Top Workplaces program, has acquired TalentQuest, a provider of personalized talent management solutions. The acquisition combines Energage’s engagement insights with TalentQuest’s talent development tools to create an integrated employee experience offering for organizations seeking to attract, develop, and retain talent.

Gladstone Investment and Xyresic Capital Acquire Smart Chemical Solutions

May 19, 2025

Oil & Gas

Gladstone Investment Corporation (Nasdaq: GAIN), alongside co-investor Xyresic Capital, has acquired Smart Chemical Solutions, LLC, a Midland, Texas–based provider of production chemicals to onshore oil and gas operators. Gladstone provided equity and senior secured debt to complete the transaction; Palo Duro Capital was the seller according to advisor announcements.

NewTide Development Acquires Talentr Solutions to Launch AI Business for Fuels and Convenience Retail

January 16, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

NewTide Development, Inc. has acquired innovation lab Talentr Solutions and is launching NewTide as an enterprise agentic AI company focused on the fuels and convenience retail industry. Vlad Collak (former Talentr founder/CEO) will assume the CEO role at NewTide as the company commercializes AI agents and related services for supply, trading, logistics, procurement, accounting, merchandising and retail operations.

n2 Group Acquires BioTeam

August 2, 2024

IT Services

n2 Group, the parent company of NAG, has acquired BioTeam, a life sciences and healthcare scientific computing consultancy. BioTeam will operate as an independent business within n2 Group, maintaining its brand while gaining access to group-level support and collaboration with other n2 companies to expand computing capabilities for biotech, pharma, government and academic clients.

Nscale Acquires Future-tech

December 15, 2025

Engineering Services

Nscale has acquired Future-tech, a European data‑centre engineering consultancy of roughly 60 employees, to strengthen its AI infrastructure design, project delivery and operations capabilities across Europe and North America. The deal brings Future-tech’s specialist engineering, design and management team into Nscale as the company scales execution of AI‑ready data centres globally.

SAP to Acquire SmartRecruiters

August 1, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

SAP has entered into an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a talent acquisition (TA) software provider. The deal is intended to strengthen SAP’s SuccessFactors human capital management (HCM) suite by integrating SmartRecruiters’ high-volume recruiting and AI-enabled candidate engagement capabilities. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to customary regulatory approvals; financial terms were not disclosed.