Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) stories

Vection Technologies showcases AI and VR tools for defence, healthcare and property as CEO Gianmarco Biagi targets wider international growth.

Exclaimer plugs Workday HR records into email signatures and video meeting branding, cutting manual updates and reducing out-of-date staff details.

Azul wins a bigger enterprise foothold as FY26 bookings leap, partners expand and a Thoma Bravo-backed deal and Payara buyout widen its Java push.

Elixirr and Pilot Lite join forces to help consumer goods groups turn AI-driven market data into faster in-store decisions amid industry upheaval.

Bizzdesign launches AI-native Unify platform to bring whiteboarding, enterprise architecture and portfolio data into one shared workspace.

Aryza buys Toronto-based Umbrella Tech to add voice AI, speech analytics and autonomous agents to its collections and recoveries software.

US AI megadeals push global venture capital to a record USD $330.9 billion as OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI dominate first-quarter funding.

Tax Systems rolls out AI assistant blending company data and IBFD research to speed cross-border tax analysis for multinational in-house teams.

AppDirect deepens B2B distribution push with PartnerStack deal, adding partner-management software and a network of 138,000 businesses.

Fortra's Chief Executive Officer says acquisition success hinges on strategy and culture before price, after 19 deals since 2020.

Wasabi to take over Seagate's Lyve Cloud as David Friend's company expands enterprise storage reach and Seagate shifts back to hardware.

Synthflow names Matt Alexander Vice President of Channel and Alliances to deepen partner ties and drive international AI growth.

Remote has acquired Bravas in a move that expands its global work platform into identity and device controls for distributed teams.

Dynatrace agrees to buy Bindplane to expand telemetry pipelines, aiming to cut ingest costs and give customers greater control over observability data.

Celerity adds IBM automation specialist Ranger4 as BGF-backed group deepens AI and cost-efficiency offer across hybrid IT.

OpenAI buys TBPN, adding Silicon Valley's influential daily tech talk show to its Strategy team while pledging editorial independence.

Molex's biggest-ever acquisition adds Smiths Interconnect, boosting its reach in aerospace, defence and medical markets.

Datacom deepens New Zealand data centre push with T4 Auckland site, lifting sovereign capacity to five and backing AI-ready upgrades.

Vection strikes AU$ deal for DXLabs, adding automation firepower and local scale as the ASX group targets faster Asia-Pacific growth.

Hewlett-Packard New Zealand posts stronger FY2025 earnings, with cash flow turning positive and receivables swelling alongside modest sales growth.