Top Ten Tech M&A Transactions This Week by Ascento

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Deal of the Week

1/22/26 Capital One strikes $5.15 billion Brex deal, quarterly profit rises on interest income boost

Capital One Financial said on Thursday it will acquire fintech firm Brex in a cash and stock deal valued at $5.15 billion and reported a rise in quarterly profit on the back of higher interest income from its credit card debt.

Shares of the consumer lender were down more than 2% after the bell. The move comes as dealmakers prepare for another strong year in 2026, with a record slate of transactions expected as executives pursue scale to navigate rising economic and geopolitical uncertainties.

The deal, which is expected to close in mid‑2026, will be carried out on an approximate 50-50 cash-stock basis, Capital One said.

Global Banking & Finance

1/22/26 BigBear.ai Acquires CargoSeer Assets to Expand AI-Driven Cargo Inspection, Trade Risk Capabilities

BigBear.ai has acquired key technology assets from CargoSeer, an artificial intelligence software firm focused on cargo inspection and trade risk management. The transaction, announced by BigBear.ai on Wednesday, covers CargoSeer’s automated capabilities for customs enforcement agencies worldwide. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The acquired assets include the AI Shipment Inspection Platform, designed to enhance non-intrusive inspection operations by combining automated image analysis, computer vision, and machine learning with trade and cargo data. With the platform, customs operators could identify high-risk shipments more quickly, flag anomalies in cargo flows and improve inspection efficiency across ports of entry.

GovCon Wire

1/21/26 Brogent Acquires Flyover to Propel International Expansion

Brogent Technologies has reached an agreement to acquire Flyover Attractions from Pursuit Attractions, with the transaction expected to close in Spring 2026, aimed at enhancing Flyover's operational, creative, and technological capabilities to drive international growth.

This acquisition will enable Flyover and Brogent to achieve a higher level of vertical integration in the global immersive entertainment market, facilitating closer alignment of technology development, content production, and guest experience delivery to support scalable attraction deployment.

Intellectia.AI

1/21/26 Copeland Advances AI and Digital Strategy with Acquisition of Bueno Analytics

Copeland, a global provider of compression technologies and controls solutions, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bueno Analytics (“Bueno”), an Australia-based company specializing in SaaS solutions that leverage embedded AI and machine learning to deliver building analytics, energy management and operational efficiency across commercial buildings and the cold chain. Bueno’s platform is deployed across several thousand customer sites worldwide, providing broad connectivity, full portfolio visibility and critical operational insights.

Business Wire

1/21/26 Minitab Expanding Real-Time Manufacturing Analytics With Scytec Acquisition

Minitab, a leader in data management, predictive analytics, and process improvement solutions, announced today the acquisition of Scytec, a manufacturing technology company specializing in real-time machine data collection, machine monitoring, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) software. This acquisition enhances Minitab’s end-to-end solutions for manufacturers by expanding data collection from the shop floor and enabling deeper operational insights from real-time data gathered directly from manufacturing equipment.

Metrology News

1/20/26 Fintech Airwallex buys South Korea's Paynuri in Asia expansion

Airwallex has acquired South Korea's Paynuri Co Ltd, securing local payments licences and a foreign-exchange business registration that will allow it to operate directly in the country as the Australia-founded fintech expands in Asia.

The deal follows a December funding round that valued Airwallex at $8 billion. Airwallex said on Wednesday that the acquisition gave it Paynuri's Payment Gateway and Prepaid Electronic Payment Instrument licences, as well as a Foreign Exchange Business registration. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Reuters

1/20/26 Serve Robotics Inc., a developer of sidewalk delivery robots, today said it is acquiring Diligent Robotics Inc. for $29 million.

Serve Robotics Inc., a developer of sidewalk delivery robots, today said it is acquiring Diligent Robotics Inc. for $29 million. Diligent is the company behind Moxi, a mobile robot that navigates hospitals to deliver medical supplies.

The companies said acquisition will open up new opportunities. Redwood City, Calif.-based Serve, which has deployed more than 2,000 sidewalk delivery robots in the U.S., last year raised more than $100 million and acquired the assets of Voysysand Vayu Robotics.

The Robot Report

1/20/26 Fintech Payoneer acquires Dublin start-up Boundless

US fintech Payoneer has acquired Dublin-based start-up and employee record-keeping platform Boundless. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Boundless enables businesses to handle cross-border payroll, taxes, benefits and compliance. The start-up aims to simplify complexities surrounding international employment, making it easier for companies to hire and support talent globally.

Silicon Republic

1/20/26 Ooredoo Group announces Syntys acquisition of Q Data facilities in Qatar

Ooredoo Group and Syntys announced today that Syntys has acquired Q Data QFZ LLC, which operates hyperscale data centre facilities in Qatar serving leading cloud and AI customers, with 5MW live and 7.5MW under development.

The transaction transfers ownership of two Tier III‑certified, carrier‑neutral facilities within the Qatar Free Zones and brings Syntys' total live IT capacity in the country to 26MW. The seller is Doha Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Qatar Free Zones Authority.

Yahoo Finance

1/18/26 Snowflake (SNOW) Eyes AI Data Cloud Expansion with Strategic Acquisition of Observe

On January 8, 2026, Snowflake Inc. (NYSE:SNOW) announced its acquisition of Observe, a leader in AI-powered observability. The move marks a strategic expansion of the company’s AI Data Cloud, enabling enterprises to combine telemetry and business data and apply analytics and agentic AI to troubleshoot systems up to ten times faster. Observe helps companies detect anomalies early and fix production issues efficiently, thanks to its AI Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), which integrates logs, metrics, and traces into a unified context graph.

Furthermore, the platform is built on open standards like Apache Iceberg and OpenTelemetry. This feature allows the platform to support large-scale, cost-effective retention of telemetry data, addressing a growing need as AI-driven applications generate unprecedented data volumes. Management hailed the move, citing the $51.7 billion IT operations management market that it plans to address.

Yahoo Finance