M&A activity has seen a steady increase across the globe over the past decade, especially in London. Startups and technology companies have become very popular with private equity firms, strategic buyers and even family offices.
In this blog post, we are taking a closer look at 43 acquisitions that took place in London .
Acquisition amount:
$13,765,515
Announcement:
26 October 2021
A variety of services are offered to corporate customers and stakeholders by the corporate advisors and multi-service stockbroker Arden.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Banking, Finance, Financial Services
In addition to providing customers with legal services, Ince Group Plc also offers accounting, financial services, consultancy, and pensions advice.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$20,000,000
Announcement:
13 September 2016
The top programmatic native ad exchange for mobile publishers is called Avocarrot.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Marketing, Mobile
Glispa is a mobile ad tech business committed to providing our partners with complex solutions that are easy to use.
Headquarter:
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$1,246,494
Announcement:
28 April 2022
For millions of customers, Best Response Media's eCommerce agency offers distinctive shopping experiences.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Digital Marketing, E-Commerce, Internet
The network for cloud-based video distribution and monetization is called Rightster.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$77,283,531
Announcement:
22 May 2012
BigHand creates speech productivity software for businesses in the legal, medical, real estate, and finance industries.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Information Technology, Software
Bridgepoint is a global alternative asset fund management company that provides solutions for private debt and private equity funding.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$33,519,591
Announcement:
16 May 2019
The Omnichannel Era of Digital Transformation. Agile. Customer service that is scalable
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Analytics, Brand Marketing, Customer Service, SaaS, Social Media, Software
For enterprises, NICE Systems offers intent-based systems that record and examine customer interactions and transactions.
Headquarter:
Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$7,541,717
Announcement:
8 January 2015
Users of the online video service blinkbox may view and download both movies and TV shows.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Advertising, Content, Publishing, Video
TalkTalk is a provider of fixed and mobile telephone as well as broadband services to customers.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$4,015,266
Announcement:
31 August 2022
NTT DOCOMO's international payments division facilitates mobile commerce for digital companies.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Financial Services, Mobile, Mobile Payments
Leading international retailers choose Bango as their go-to platform to make mobile payments available to everyone.
Headquarter:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$17,500,000
Announcement:
6 February 1998
A supplier of accelerated Java-compatible virtual machine technology is Insignia Solutions.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Management Consulting, Service Industry, Software, Virtual Reality
In order to protect, administer, and monitor many technologies in complicated cloud environments, Citrix provides a single platform.
Headquarter:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$14,681,898
Announcement:
19 December 2022
Providing medical services, London Doctors Clinic is a private general practitioner office that is accessible and reasonably priced.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Health Care, Medical
A hospital network called Spire Healthcare offers primary care, diagnostics, and inpatient and outpatient treatment.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$20,000,000
Announcement:
11 January 2022
Looop LMS: Assurance of performance at the pace, size, and caliber required by your company.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Corporate Training, E-Learning, Software, Training
To help businesses unleash learning based on pooled expertise, 360Learning creates a collaborative learning solution.
Headquarter:
New York, New York, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$19,735,738
Announcement:
10 December 2013
Data owner and business intelligence company Matrix Solutions.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Analytics, Data Visualization, Market Research
A provider of real-time data feeds and risk analytics solutions for institutional clients, FactSet is a financial research organization.
Headquarter:
Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$4,509,421
Announcement:
6 December 2021
The best oat-based goods, including oatmeal and oat drinks, are available from MOMA Foods.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Food and Beverage, Food Processing
A.G. Barr is a producer of soft drinks.
Headquarter:
Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$65,000,000
Announcement:
21 December 2012
For small and medium-sized businesses, MWB Business Exchange offers serviced office spaces, conference spaces, and virtual offices.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Information Technology, Office Administration, Real Estate
Office outsourcing services are offered across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by IWG Plc and its subsidiaries.
Headquarter:
Zug, Zug, Switzerland
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$19,000,000
Announcement:
17 March 2017
For decades, Panmure Gordon & Co. has helped firms get the funding they need to expand.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Banking, Consulting, Legal, Venture Capital
Bob Diamond, a veteran of the global financial industry with more than 30 years of expertise, launched Atlas Merchant Capital LLC ("Atlas") in 2013.
Headquarter:
New York, New York, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$81,398,170
Announcement:
10 October 2011
To fulfill the demands of a market that is continually changing, Sala International offers physical record storage and digital information storage solutions.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Consulting, Document Management, Information Technology, Warehousing
For businesses and government agencies, EDM Group offers information management solutions.
Headquarter:
Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$8,818,681
Announcement:
24 October 2022
Second Home is the owner and operator of an office building for freelancers and small enterprises.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Coworking, Recreation, Social Entrepreneurship
Private equity investor Global Asset Capital has a variety of interests in venture capital, structured finance, and real estate.
Headquarter:
Palo Alto, California, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$40,000,000
Announcement:
13 July 2022
The AI-driven marketing personalization tool Graphyte was created especially for the gaming and betting sectors.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Machine Learning, Software
Optimove's CRM Marketing Hub autonomously converts customer data into actionable insights thanks to an actionable CDP at its heart.
Headquarter:
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$100,000,000
Announcement:
1 December 2021
A crowdfunding and investment platform located in the UK is called Seedrs.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Crowdfunding, Finance, Financial Services, Funding Platform, Venture Capital
Republic selects high-growth potential private investment opportunities in startups, gaming, real estate, and cryptocurrency.
Headquarter:
New York, New York, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$30,000,000
Announcement:
28 November 2019
Our multi-award-winning developer was established in 2008. Over 150 different titles have been produced by us together.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Video Games
For a global audience on various gaming platforms, Codemasters develops and publishes interactive entertainment goods.
Headquarter:
Southam, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$67,017,345
Announcement:
14 January 2022
A premier digital product agency, Somo is a member of the CI&T family (NYSE: CINT) that delivers digital goals at speed and scale.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Innovation Management, Mobile, Product Design, Software
A partner in end-to-end digital transformation, CI&T is a digital expert.
Headquarter:
Campinas, Goias, Brazil
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$56,000,000
Announcement:
13 April 2022
Tictrac is a linked health platform that uses user data to include users in their health.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Data Visualization, Health Care, Internet of Things, Predictive Analytics
Dialogue is a healthcare organization that offers telemedicine and virtual care for the treatment of chronic illnesses.
Headquarter:
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$75,860,274
Announcement:
9 May 2022
Edmund Truell and Danny Truell established Tungsten Corporation in February 2012.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Business Development, Financial Services, FinTech, Market Research
Through a single link to our cloud-based network, digitalize and simplify your entire purchase-to-pay and order-to-cash operations.
Headquarter:
Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$59,035,595
Announcement:
13 April 2022
High-density, low-latency data center in the heart of London, close to Silicon Roundabout
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Data Center, Location Based Services
A managed investment trust called Digital Infrastructure makes investments in social housing, energy, and digital infrastructure.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$18,815,796
Announcement:
13 March 2012
In the UK, Walker Crips Asset Managers offers financial services.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Finance, Financial Services, Wealth Management
A specialized fund management firm is Liontrust Asset Management PLC.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$1,957,306
Announcement:
21 October 2016
In order to get out and Live Your City, YPlan identifies the greatest events daily.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
E-Commerce, Mobile, Ticketing
Leading worldwide media and entertainment company Time Out
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$6,450,000
Announcement:
12 December 2022
Acrotrend Solutions is a London-based provider of information technology and information services.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Business Information Systems, Information Services, Information Technology
Vertical Intelligence (VI) software and services provider NowVertical Group combines industry-specific technology and knowledge.
Headquarter:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$3,455,911
Announcement:
23 May 2022
A website where you may get Mexican food is called Chilango.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Restaurants
A series of informal Mexican restaurants is called Tortilla Mexican Grill.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$41,500,000
Announcement:
15 August 2022
A peer-to-peer rental marketplace called Fat Llama enables users to rent out extra stuff to close neighbors in an assured manner.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Marketplace, Peer to Peer, Rental, Rental Property
In Sweden, a peer-to-peer renting business called Hygglo lets users utilize one other's possessions.
Headquarter:
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$56,784,360
Announcement:
10 January 2008
Leading provider of licensed software and processing services for prepaid and debit cards is Nomad Payments.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Credit Cards, Payments, Software
For enterprises and financial services organizations throughout the world, Metavante Systems creates banking and payments technologies.
Headquarter:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$55,100,000
Announcement:
20 July 2022
Since 2015, the MOKE has been the official manufacturer of MOKE automobiles, and it is still admired for its distinctive look.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Automotive, Manufacturing, Transportation
EVT was established to hasten the introduction of electric cars.
Headquarter:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$80,237,405
Announcement:
20 December 2022
Applications created by Odin Vision for endoscopic treatments use cloud AI.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Medical
The creation of client-driven solutions for the medical, life sciences, and industrial equipment sectors is Olympus's life's work.
Headquarter:
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$33,663,887
Announcement:
19 October 2020
Award-winning Continuous Performance Management and Engagement System, Clear Review.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Human Resources, Software
For private, public, and nonprofit companies, Advanced offers IT, HR, and personnel management solutions.
Headquarter:
Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$17,478,117
Announcement:
15 September 2022
Coeus Consulting is an IT consulting company with a focus on change management, digital strategy, and IT sourcing.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Architecture, Consulting, Information Technology
Consulting services for management and information systems are largely offered by Wavestone SA in France, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, and the US.
Headquarter:
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$16,300,000
Announcement:
1 May 2015
Epigeum is a provider of outstanding online courses intended to assist institutions in changing their primary operations.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Consumer, E-Learning, Education, Internet
Print and digital books are published and distributed by the Oxford University Press.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$14,000,000
Announcement:
18 August 2022
The goal of Headstart, a diversity recruitment tool, is to end the cycle of exclusion.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
College Recruiting, Human Resources, Recruiting, Software
Focused on revealing and using the underlying value of treating data as an asset, Silverback United.
Headquarter:
Fountain Hills, Arizona, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$24,200,000
Announcement:
28 January 2021
Real estate and property management are both services provided by Hunters Estate Agents.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Property Management, Real Estate
A corporation called Project One Resources engages in the purchase, exploration, and development of resources.
Headquarter:
Bourton, Dorset, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$24,232,453
Announcement:
8 March 2022
Hospitals can obtain digital pathology testing services from LDPath.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Electronic Health Record (EHR), Health Care, Information Technology, Medical
The healthcare and clinical, life science research, and biopharma businesses may all benefit from the laboratory services and goods that Source BioScience offers.
Headquarter:
Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$41,709,051
Announcement:
25 January 2022
As the leading provider of laser vision correction for aging eyes, LoVC can improve reading vision (presbyopia).
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Eyewear, Health Care, Medical
The accredited eye clinics that make up the Euroeyes International Eye Clinic are all focused on treating refractive issues.
Headquarter:
Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$35,725,788
Announcement:
9 February 2022
The Outlook tool called Mail Manager was created to help project-based enterprises get rid of their email management problems.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Information Technology, Project Management, Software
Software for compliance-based information management is offered by Ideagen.
Headquarter:
Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$21,697,099
Announcement:
25 July 2022
A reputable and client-focused financial consulting business is Mantra Capital.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Finance, Financial Services
MAF Finance Group helps companies get access to financing so they can expand.
Headquarter:
South Normanton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$46,440,286
Announcement:
21 December 2021
Praemium offers investing platforms, tools for managing and executing portfolios, CRM, and financial planning.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
CRM, Financial Services
Investors all throughout the world may get impartial investing research from Morningstar.
Headquarter:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$20,000,000
Announcement:
11 June 2018
Rplan offers financial institutions fintech software.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
FinTech, SaaS
InvestCloud is a multinational organization with a focus on digital platforms that facilitate the creation of financial solutions.
Headquarter:
West Hollywood, California, United States
Where to find them:
Website
Acquisition amount:
$44,000,000
Announcement:
24 August 2022
A technological platform called Zephr helps media firms increase their subscription income.
Headquarter:
London, England, United Kingdom
Where to find them:
Website
Industry:
Advertising, Content Delivery Network, Digital Media, Publishing, SaaS
Zuora offers subscription-based cloud software that aids in the development, management, and conversion of businesses into subscription businesses.
Headquarter:
San Mateo, California, United States
Where to find them:
Website
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