Top Ten Tech M&A Transactions This Week by Ascento Capital Invest

Deal of the Week

9/2/25 OpenAI buys software testing startup Statsig for $1.1B and creates a new role for its CEO

OpenAI said today it’s buying Statsig Inc. in a $1.1 billion deal that’s just as much of an acquihire as it is about bringing the product testing startup’s technology into its fold.

As part of the deal, Statsig founder and Chief Executive Vijaye Raji (pictured), who previously worked as a software engineer at Meta Platforms Inc., will join OpenAI as its new chief technology officer of applications, a new role for the company. He will report directly to OpenAI’s CEO of Applications Fidji Simo, who joined the company from Instacart earlier this year.

Silicon Angle

9/4/25 Bain Capital rolls up HealthEdge and UST HealthProof to combine payer-focused AI tech

Bain Capital has rolled up two payer tech companies to combine software, artificial-intelligence-powered applications and tech-enabled services.

The private equity firm bought software company HealthEdge from Blackstone earlier this year in a deal valued at $2.6 billion, including debt, the Financial Times reported. That deal closed in June.

Bain Capital has now acquired UST HealthProof from UST to merge the two companies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Fierce Healthcare

9/4/25 Atlassian to buy Arc developer The Browser Company for $610M

Productivity software maker Atlassian has agreed to acquire The Browser Company, which makes the Arc and Dia browsers, for $610 million in cash.

“Today’s browsers weren’t built for work; they were built for browsing. This deal is a bold step forward in reimagining the browser for knowledge work in the AI era,” Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s CEO and co-founder, said in a statement.

“Together, we’ll create an AI-powered browser optimized for the many SaaS applications living in tabs – one that knowledge workers will love to use every day,” he added.

TechCrunch

9/3/25 SeqOne acquires Congenica to create a global leader in AI-powered genomic medicine

France-based SeqOne, a European provider of AI-powered software for next-generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis, is paying an undisclosed amount to acquire Congenica, the UK company spun out of the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

The acquisition creates the largest global ‘software pure player’ in the genomics space, uniting SeqOne’s AI-powered platform for NGS analysis with Congenica’s clinical decision support technology and clinical interpretation services. The combination will serve over 160 labs in more than 30 countries.

Investors in Healthcare

9/3/25 Cato Networks Expands Into AI Security With First-Ever Startup Acquisition

Cato Networks announced its first-ever M&A deal Wednesday with its acquisition of Aim Security, a move that will enable the SASE vendor to expand into the fast-growing AI security segment.

Terms of the deal for Aim Security — which is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, as is Cato — were not disclosed. The startup has nearly 50 employees, Cato told CRN.

CRN

9/3/25 Aonic acquires research tech firm Prime Insights for $250m+

Aonic — a multiplatform gaming group comprised several studios worldwide — has acquired research technology firm Prime Insights for "in excess" of $250 million.

Aonic states the acquisition will support the company's "tech vertical," with Prime Insights set to work closely with Exmox, which in turn works with companies like Playrix, Zynga, and Paxie Games. Aonic calls the deal its largest acquisition to date.

Founder Benjamin Ritzka will continue to lead Prime Insights as CEO, and has "reinvested a significant amount of the transaction proceeds into Aonic" to become one of the group's largest shareholders. Prime Insights currently employs 120 people across 17 countries.

Games Industry

9/3/25 CoreWeave to Acquire OpenPipe, Leader in Reinforcement Learning

OpenPipe has created advanced machine learning techniques that have become a preferred developer framework to train agents. Its technology democratizes RL for developers at AI labs to post-train on a builder’s own unique workflows. Agents are then able to learn from experience, increasing in accuracy, performance, and reliability over time.

“Reinforcement learning is emerging as a pivotal force to strengthen model performance on agentic and reasoning tasks,” said Brian Venturo, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, CoreWeave. “By combining OpenPipe’s advanced self-learning tools with CoreWeave’s high-performance AI cloud, we’re expanding our platform to give developers at AI labs and beyond an important advantage in building scalable intelligent systems.”

Stock Titan

9/2/25 Nasdaq-Listed Crypto Exchange Group Coincheck Buys Regulated Prime Broker Aplo

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, whose Netherlands-based holding company listed the trading platform on the Nasdaq last year (CNCK), has acquired Aplo, a digital asset prime brokerage firm regulated in France by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF).

The acquisition will help Coincheck, a popular exchange in Japan, expand into Europe, the companies said on Tuesday. The financial terms of the deal were not revealed.

Coin Desk

9/2/25 SS&C Technologies' Strategic Acquisition of Curo Fund Services: A Catalyst for Fintech Dominance

SS&C Technologies’ acquisition of Curo Fund Services in 2025 marks a pivotal moment in its quest to dominate the fintech sector. By securing a leading South African fund administration firm that manages R3 trillion (USD 170.4 billion) in assets, SS&C has not only expanded its regional footprint but also reinforced its global capabilities in a high-growth industry. This move aligns with SS&C’s broader strategy of leveraging scale, technology, and strategic acquisitions to outpace competitors in the fragmented fund administration market.

AInvest

9/2/25 Caterpillar’s $1.12 Billion RPMGlobal Acquisition Reshapes Mining Technology

Caterpillar, the world's leading mining equipment manufacturer, has made a strategic move in the mining technology sector with a non-binding acquisition offer for RPMGlobal. This bid values the mining software provider at approximately A$1.12 billion (A$5 per share), representing a 32.6% premium over RPMGlobal's previous closing price. The Caterpillar acquisition of RPMGlobal signals a fundamental shift in how major equipment manufacturers view software integration within their business models.

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