Recent Acquisitions in Massachusetts

Acquisition Volume in in Massachusetts by Year

Last 5 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 5 years for Recent Acquisitions in Massachusetts. 315 2022 199 2023 253 2024 250 2025 ~237 est. 61 2026
Actual Full-year estimate
  • Buyer
    Totalis Program Underwriters
    Target
    ShoreOne Insurance Managers, Inc.
    Industry
    Insurance
    Type
    Buyout

    Totalis Program Underwriters acquired ShoreOne Insurance Managers. ShoreOne will continue to operate as an independent business unit within Totalis, with Cameron Rhodes succeeding Nick Steffey as CEO.

  • Buyer
    Cambridge Innovation Institute (CII)
    Target
    Neurotech Reports
    Type
    Buyout

    Cambridge Innovation Institute (CII) announced it has acquired Neurotech Reports, a neurotechnology publication and conference series. CII said the deal expands its healthcare portfolio within its Cambridge VIP division, with the first joint event being the Bioelectronic Medicine Forum on April 14 in New York City.

  • Buyer
    Fort Point Capital
    Target
    Boston Green Company
    Seller
    Boston Green Company founders and management team

    Fort Point Capital has completed a recapitalization of Boston Green Company in partnership with Boston Green’s founders and management team. The investment is intended to accelerate growth and expand the company’s geographic footprint, workforce, and specialized fleet in the New England and Mid-Atlantic environmental services markets.

  • Buyer
    Premier Fence
    Target
    SecurityWorks
    Type
    Addon

    Premier Fence, a fencing and access control services provider and a portfolio company of Harkness Capital Partners, acquired SecurityWorks to expand Premier Fence’s perimeter security capabilities and New England presence. SecurityWorks, led by founder and CEO John McGovern, will continue operating under its existing leadership as part of the Premier Fence platform.

  • Buyer
    NerdWallet, Inc.
    Target
    College Finance Company LLC
    Seller
    Candidly
    Industry
    Data & Analytics

    NerdWallet, Inc. acquired College Finance Company LLC, a private student loan marketplace operated as a subsidiary of Candidly. Mesirow served as Candidly’s exclusive financial advisor on the transaction.

  • Buyer
    EchoStor Technologies
    Target
    Pennant Networks
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Buyout

    EchoStor Technologies announced it has acquired Pennant Networks, a life sciences-focused technology consulting and managed services firm. The deal strengthens EchoStor’s managed services capabilities and expands its presence in highly regulated life sciences IT markets, with Pennant continuing to operate through its existing teams and service model.

  • Buyer
    ACA Group
    Target
    FX Transparency
    Type
    Buyout

    ACA Group, a governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor to financial services firms, announced it has acquired FX Transparency (FXT), a provider of foreign exchange (FX) transaction cost analysis (TCA) and best execution analytics. The deal builds on ACA’s 2025 acquisition of Global Trading Analytics (GTA) and is intended to deepen ACA’s FX capabilities within a cross-asset TCA platform.

  • Buyer
    Resurgens Technology Partners
    Target
    Breezeway
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS

    Breezeway, an operations platform for vacation rentals, announced a strategic growth investment led by software-focused private equity firm Resurgens Technology Partners. The investment is intended to broaden Breezeway’s product platform, accelerate AI capabilities, and expand its global footprint.

  • Buyer
    Savant Wealth Management
    Target
    Heritage Financial
    Type
    Buyout

    Savant Wealth Management partnered with Heritage Financial, a Massachusetts-based wealth management firm with $3.9 billion in AUM. The majority employee-owned firms’ teams joined Savant, including 15 Heritage employees who became member-owners, and the partnership closed on February 27, 2026.

  • Buyer
    Livechain, Inc.
    Target
    Sociometric Solutions, Inc. (d/b/a Humanyze)
    Seller
    Remus Capital
    Type
    Buyout

    Livechain, Inc. (a subsidiary of Vyome Holdings) executed a debt purchase agreement with Remus Capital to acquire the senior, secured convertible note of Sociometric Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Humanyze in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $325,000. Livechain initiated a default and asset transfer to assume Humanyze's business assets, including intellectual property, and to take direct control of daily operations as it expands into AI-enabled HR analytics.

  • Buyer
    TÜV Rheinland in North America (TÜV Rheinland)
    Target
    Quality Support Group Inc. (QSG)
    Type
    Addon

    TÜV Rheinland in North America announced the integration of Quality Support Group Inc. (QSG), a U.S.-based consulting and training organization. The deal is positioned as a strategic step to expand TÜV Rheinland’s training, consulting, and customer-support capabilities across the United States and North America.

  • February 23, 2026
    Buyer
    Experian
    Target
    AtData
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Type
    Buyout

    Experian, a global data and technology company, announced it has acquired AtData, an email identity and real-time data intelligence provider. The deal adds more than 10 billion email addresses and integrates AtData’s real-time email signals into Experian’s data and identity/fraud-prevention and AI capabilities.

  • Buyer
    RF Investment Partners, Prairie Capital
    Target
    NSG Life Safety, Inc., Norel Service Company, Inc.

    RF Investment Partners partnered with Prairie Capital to support the recapitalization of NSG Life Safety and Norel Service Company (together, NSG-Norel), a fire, life safety, and security solutions provider across New England. The investment is intended to position NSG-Norel for its next phase of growth through continued investment in people, technology, new service lines, and geographic expansion.

  • Buyer
    Salesforce
    Target
    Cimulate
    Type
    Buyout

    Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cimulate, an AI-powered product discovery startup for retail. Salesforce plans to integrate Cimulate’s intent-aware technology into its Agentforce Commerce platform to improve search and product discovery for retailers, with the transaction expected to close in the first quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2027.

  • Buyer
    Spectrum Networks (Charter Communications)
    Target
    New England Cable News (NECN)
    Seller
    New England Cable News, NBCUniversal

    Spectrum Networks, a division of Charter Communications, agreed to acquire substantially all assets of New England Cable News (NECN) from NECN and NBCUniversal. The deal will fold NECN into Spectrum News, expand Spectrum's regional footprint across New England, and consolidate NECN's distribution agreements under Spectrum News NECN based in Massachusetts.

  • Buyer
    BlueWater Marinas, Bain Capital Real Estate
    Target
    Bayside Marine
    Seller
    Kent family
    Industry
    Transportation
    Type
    Addon

    BlueWater Marinas, backed by Bain Capital Real Estate, acquired Bayside Marine, a full-service marina in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The deal is the fifth marina acquisition by the BlueWater and Bain Capital Real Estate joint venture and supports their strategy of building a Class A portfolio of coastal marina assets along the East Coast.

  • Buyer
    Gemspring Capital, FORM (GoSpotCheck / FORM OpX)
    Target
    Trax Ltd. Image Recognition business (non-China)
    Seller
    Trax Ltd.

    Trax Ltd. has divested its non-China Image Recognition (IR) business to an affiliate of Gemspring Capital. The acquired unit will be merged with FORM (creators of GoSpotCheck and FORM OpX) to form a combined company focused on retail execution and shelf intelligence, while Trax Ltd. retains Shopkick, Survey and LenzTech and pursues a more focused portfolio strategy.

  • Buyer
    Careerminds
    Target
    Keystone Partners
    Seller
    Silver Oak Services Partners, LLC
    Industry
    Staffing & HR
    Type
    Buyout

    Careerminds has acquired Keystone Partners, a Boston-based provider of outplacement, career management, executive coaching and leadership development services, from Silver Oak Services Partners. Silver Oak had owned Keystone since 2018 and supported the company through five add-on acquisitions and development of a proprietary technology platform to scale its talent solutions business.

  • Buyer
    Province Inc.
    Target
    StoneTurn
    Seller
    MML Capital Partners
    Type
    Buyout

    Province announced the strategic acquisition of StoneTurn, integrating StoneTurn’s disputes, investigations, and risk advisory expertise with Province’s restructuring, interim management, capital markets, and litigation support services. The combined firm is intended to provide a more continuous, coordinated advisory platform for clients facing interconnected financial, legal, and regulatory risks.

  • Buyer
    Hudson Valley Property Group
    Target
    Boston Bay, Hope Bay
    Industry
    Real Estate
    Type
    Buyout

    Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG) acquired two adjacent affordable multifamily properties — Boston Bay and Hope Bay — in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, adding 133 family units to its New England portfolio. The approximately $52.5 million preservation project is financed with a Fannie Mae loan provided by KeyBank and includes roughly $6.4 million in planned renovations and HUD Project-Based Section 8 contracts that preserve affordability for decades.

  • Buyer
    Bluespring Wealth Partners
    Target
    SHP Financial
    Type
    Addon

    Bluespring Wealth Partners has acquired Plymouth, Massachusetts-based financial planning firm SHP Financial, which oversees approximately $2.3 billion in assets. The deal brings SHP's ~50-person team and three Massachusetts offices into Bluespring's advisor platform, expanding the buyer's presence in New England.

  • Buyer
    Eli Lilly and Company
    Target
    Orna Therapeutics
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    Eli Lilly and Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Orna Therapeutics, valuing the deal at up to $2.4 billion. The acquisition is intended to expand Lilly’s genetic medicine and in vivo cell engineering capabilities, particularly for advancing in vivo CAR-T therapies using Orna’s circular RNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platform.

  • Buyer
    Waters Corporation
    Target
    BD Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions business
    Seller
    Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD)
    Type
    Buyout

    Waters Corporation completed its previously announced combination of BD’s Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions business with a wholly owned Waters subsidiary, creating a global life sciences and diagnostics leader focused on high-volume testing in regulated applications. BD spun off the business and received Waters equity, with BD receiving $4 billion in cash in connection with the transaction.

  • Buyer
    XOMA Royalty Corporation
    Target
    Generation Bio Co. (Generation Bio)
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    XOMA Royalty Corporation completed its previously announced tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Generation Bio common stock for $4.2913 per share in cash, plus one non-tradeable contingent value right (CVR). Following the tender offer, a subsidiary (XRA 7 Corp.) merged with and into Generation Bio, making Generation Bio a wholly owned subsidiary of XOMA Royalty.

  • Buyer
    Hanscom Federal Credit Union
    Target
    Alden Credit Union
    Type
    Buyout

    Hanscom Federal Credit Union and Alden Credit Union announced a strategic partnership and merger plan in which Hanscom will serve as the combined organization post-completion. The merger is expected to expand financial wellness resources, digital banking, lending capacity, and member services for Alden members, pending regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.

  • February 3, 2026
    Buyer
    Veritiv Operating Company
    Target
    Pack4, LLC
    Seller
    Jim Barenboim (owner of Pack4)
    Industry
    Packaging
    Type
    Buyout

    Veritiv Operating Company has acquired Pack4, LLC, a Boston-area distributor and fabricator of custom protective packaging products. The acquisition expands Veritiv's presence in New England and adds custom protective packaging capabilities to better serve healthcare, electronics, and food & beverage customers.

  • Buyer
    Konovo
    Target
    Rare Patient Voice (RPV)
    Seller
    Wes Michael (Founder and President of Rare Patient Voice)
    Type
    Buyout

    Konovo, a technology-first healthcare intelligence company, announced it has acquired Rare Patient Voice (RPV), a patient recruitment company with 200,000+ registered patients and family caregivers. The acquisition combines RPV’s patient community and recruitment expertise with Konovo’s intelligent platform and global HCP access to help researchers engage both patients and healthcare providers with speed and reliability.

  • Buyer
    Goldman Sachs Alternatives (Sustainable Investing business at Goldman Sachs Asset Management)
    Target
    LearnWell
    Industry
    Education

    LearnWell, a U.S.-based provider of K-12 academic continuity and mental/behavioral health services, received a growth investment from the Sustainable Investing business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives to accelerate growth and expand its service footprint. The capital will support scaling LearnWell’s integrated in-school and virtual offerings; the company serves thousands of school districts through a team of educators and therapists and was previously backed by 424 Capital.

  • Buyer
    Eclipse Bioinnovations (Eclipsebio)
    Target
    Terrain Bio
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    Eclipse Bioinnovations (Eclipsebio) has acquired Terrain Bio to integrate Terrain's AI/ML RNA design models and R&D-scale mRNA manufacturing analytics into Eclipsebio's sequencing-based validation platforms. The deal creates an end-to-end Design, Make, Test platform intended to accelerate RNA therapeutic development by connecting computational design directly to experimental feedback.

  • Buyer
    Intentsify
    Target
    Salutary Data
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Type
    Buyout

    Intentsify has acquired Salutary Data, a U.S. provider of curated B2B contact and company intelligence, to strengthen its identity layer by pairing intent signals with verified human identity. The acquisition enhances Intentsify's data validation and identity resolution capabilities and expands its unified data ecosystem for advertising, sales, and marketing activation.

  • Buyer
    Net at Work
    Target
    BHE Consulting
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Buyout

    Net at Work, a North American technology advisor, acquired Boston-based BHE Consulting to strengthen its Sage and Acumatica ERP capabilities and expand delivery capacity across construction, manufacturing, and wholesale distribution verticals. BHE co-founders Greg Archambault and Russ Carey will remain with Net at Work to support client continuity and integration of BHE's solutions.

  • Buyer
    Odgers
    Target
    Ridgeway Partners LLC
    Type
    Buyout

    Odgers (Odgers Berndtson) has acquired Ridgeway Partners LLC, a U.S.-based executive search firm focused on financial services and board advisory. The acquisition strengthens Odgers' Global Financial Services and Board Advisory practices and expands its U.S. capabilities and reach into major financial centers.

  • Buyer
    XenoTherapeutics, Inc., Xeno Acquisition Corp.
    Target
    Repare Therapeutics Inc.
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    XenoTherapeutics, Inc. and Xeno Acquisition Corp. acquired all outstanding shares of Repare Therapeutics Inc. via a statutory plan of arrangement. The deal was approved by Repare shareholders in January 2026 and the acquisition was completed with a per-share cash payment of approximately US$2.20 plus contingent value rights.

  • Buyer
    AEA Elevate
    Target
    829 Studios
    Seller
    CIVC Partners
    Type
    Buyout

    AEA Elevate, the growth buyout strategy of AEA Investors, acquired 829 Studios, an integrated technology-enabled digital marketing firm based in Boston. The deal was funded through AEA Elevate, with 829’s founder, management, and employees reinvesting; terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    AAFCPAs
    Target
    McLaren & Associates CPAs, PC
    Industry
    Accounting & Tax
    Type
    Buyout

    AAFCPAs, a Top 100 U.S. CPA and advisory firm, has acquired McLaren & Associates CPAs, PC to expand its forensic accounting, litigation support, business valuation, and tax advisory capabilities. The deal brings McLaren's team of approximately 17 professionals into AAFCPAs and reinforces the firms' shared Certified B Corporation commitments.

  • Buyer
    FGS Global
    Target
    Memetica
    Industry
    Cybersecurity
    Type
    Buyout

    FGS Global launched a new AI Advisory practice and acquired Memetica, a specialist threat intelligence consultancy founded in 2019 by Ben Decker. The purchase integrates Memetica’s AI-driven threat detection and dark‑web monitoring capabilities into FGS’s global AI and Innovation group to strengthen early‑warning, tipping‑point analysis and reputational defense offerings.

  • Buyer
    PlayVS
    Target
    Vanta Esports
    Industry
    Education
    Type
    Buyout

    PlayVS has acquired Vanta Esports, adding roughly 3,000 K–12 schools to its scholastic and collegiate gaming network and integrating Vanta’s coaching-led esports platform and events into the PlayVS ecosystem. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal strengthens PlayVS’s coaching, education-aligned programming, and presence in states including Texas and Hawaii.

  • Buyer
    Verndale
    Target
    Product Experience Division of Amp
    Seller
    Advantage Solutions

    Verndale, a Boston-based digital experience and technology company, has acquired the Product Experience Division of Amp (part of Advantage Solutions). The deal brings product design, UX, engineering, and digital marketing capabilities into Verndale to enable end-to-end digital product development and broaden its reach into tech, CPG, and healthcare verticals. Canaccord Genuity advised Advantage Solutions; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., Ltd., Santrum Hong Kong Co., Limited
    Target
    iRobot Corporation, iRobot Safe Corporation
    Type
    Buyout

    iRobot completed a court-supervised strategic transaction under its pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, through which Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., Ltd. and Santrum Hong Kong Co., Limited (collectively “Picea”) acquired 100% of iRobot’s equity. The closing follows iRobot’s restructuring and results in iRobot emerging as a privately held company wholly owned by Picea.

  • Buyer
    Harmony Healthcare IT
    Target
    Blue Elm
    Type
    Addon

    Harmony Healthcare IT, a Novacap portfolio company based in South Bend, Indiana, has acquired Blue Elm, a MEDITECH data solutions provider headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts. The add-on expands Harmony's MEDITECH EHR data extraction, migration, optimization and archiving capabilities, consolidating a single partner for hospitals' MEDITECH data lifecycle.

  • Buyer
    Lead Edge Capital
    Target
    ClearGov
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Type
    Addon

    Lead Edge Capital has acquired ClearGov and merged it with its existing portfolio company Gravity to create a unified, end-to-end modern finance platform for local governments, school districts, and state agencies. The combined business will operate under the ClearGov brand, with Tyler Davey (former Gravity CEO) leading the organization and ClearGov co-founders remaining in leadership roles.

  • Buyer
    Kelvin Group
    Target
    JS Compliance, HCG Associates
    Type
    Addon

    Kelvin Group, a Southfield Capital portfolio company, announced the merger of JS Compliance and HCG Associates to create Sotera, an industrial refrigeration compliance platform. The combined platform delivers Process Safety Management (PSM), Risk Management Program (RMP), and Ammonia Refrigeration Management (ARM) services to regulated industrial and food processing customers across the United States.

  • Buyer
    Zydus Lifesciences Limited, Zylidac Bio LLC
    Target
    Agenus Inc.
    Seller
    Agenus Inc.
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Type
    Buyout

    Zydus Lifesciences Limited has completed purchase agreements with Agenus Inc. to acquire Agenus' biologics manufacturing facilities and operations in Emeryville and Berkeley, California, and has established a U.S. CDMO subsidiary, Zylidac Bio LLC, to operate the assets. The deal includes exclusive manufacturing arrangements for Agenus' Phase 3 immuno-oncology candidates (botensilimab and balstilimab), exclusive commercialization rights for those assets in India and Sri Lanka, and an equity investment in Agenus via Zynext Ventures; regulatory approvals including CFIUS clearance were secured.

  • Buyer
    Chief Executive Group
    Target
    CEO Roundtable
    Seller
    Scott Lewis
    Type
    Buyout

    Chief Executive Group (CEG) has acquired CEO Roundtable (CEORT), a Boston-area peer advisory organization for CEOs, bringing its members into CEG’s national Chief Executive Network. The deal preserves CEORT’s confidential peer model while expanding CEG’s presence in the Northeast and adding membership, events and research capabilities to its portfolio.

  • Buyer
    The Riverside Company, Relay Fire and Safety
    Target
    AC&M Fire Equipment
    Type
    Addon

    The Riverside Company has invested in AC&M Fire Equipment as an add-on to its Relay Fire and Safety platform. AC&M, headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, provides fire extinguisher services and product sales to commercial customers across the Boston metro and Western Massachusetts, strengthening Relay's presence and capabilities in New England.

  • Buyer
    Beacon Pointe Advisors
    Target
    The Financial Advisors
    Seller
    The Financial Advisors
    Type
    Buyout

    Beacon Pointe Advisors has acquired The Financial Advisors, a $1.2 billion AUM registered investment adviser based in Andover and Newburyport, Massachusetts, closing on January 15, 2026. The 11-person, employee‑owned firm will expand Beacon Pointe’s New England footprint and broaden delivery of its allWEALTH services platform as Beacon Pointe grows its national AUA to roughly $62 billion.

  • Buyer
    AstraZeneca
    Target
    Modella AI
    Type
    Buyout

    AstraZeneca has acquired Modella AI, a Boston-based biomedical AI company, to integrate its multimodal foundation models and agentic AI platform into AstraZeneca's global oncology R&D organization. The deal expands an existing multi-year collaboration to accelerate clinical development, improve biomarker discovery, and drive data-driven decision-making across AstraZeneca's oncology pipeline; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    The Riverside Company, Seatex
    Target
    Key Polymer
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Type
    Addon

    The Riverside Company has invested in Key Polymer, a specialty manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and coatings, as the first add-on to its Seatex platform. The acquisition expands Seatex's formulation, custom blending and manufacturing capabilities and extends the combined organization's end-market and geographic reach across industrial, automotive and aerospace segments.

  • Buyer
    The Players Impact (TPI)
    Target
    Ledgex
    Industry
    Software
    Type
    Buyout

    The Players Impact (TPI), a Boston-based venture platform for professional athletes and entrepreneurs, has acquired Ledgex, a financial technology firm that provides multi-asset portfolio management and data aggregation tools. Ledgex's platform will be integrated into TPI's TPI Pulse Pro product to expand TPI's wealth-technology capabilities and offer advanced portfolio management to its community of athletes, families, and advisors.

  • Buyer
    WSB LLC, GHK Capital Partners LP
    Target
    NEO Virtus Engineering
    Type
    Addon

    WSB LLC, a portfolio company of GHK Capital Partners, has acquired NEO Virtus Engineering, a Littleton, Massachusetts–based engineering consulting firm specializing in photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system design. The add-on expands WSB's power/energy capabilities and geographic reach as part of its national energy practice build-out.

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