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

Deal of the Week

9/29/25 Gamers Stunned: Saudi-Backed Consortium Snaps Up EA in Record $55B Deal

A consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), with private equity firm Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, will take Electronic Arts (EA) private in an all-cash transaction valuing the company at roughly $55 billion. EA shareholders get $210 per share – about a 25% premium to the pre-announcement stock price. Including debt, it is the largest leveraged buyout of a public tech company on record (well above the prior $32B Texas utilities deal). The deal was approved by EA’s board and is expected to close in Q1 FY2027, pending regulatory and shareholder approval. CEO Andrew Wilson will remain at the helm and EA will stay headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Tech Space 2.0

10/3/25 NTT DATA buys Salesforce firm EXAH to boost AI services

NTT DATA announced its acquisition of EXAH, a Salesforce Consulting Partner and AI specialist. The deal, announced on 3 October 2025, significantly strengthens NTT DATA's ability to provide end-to-end Salesforce and AI delivery for clients across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region.

The move adds EXAH’s technical skills and history of customer-focused Salesforce projects to NTT DATA’s established presence. This strategy directly addresses the company's objective of expanding cloud-based customer engagement capabilities within the Salesforce ecosystem across the MEA region.

Salesforce represents a central part of NTT DATA's strategy. It gives clients a consolidated view of customer data, enabling tailored customer experiences and efficient service. Integrating AI with Salesforce further aids business operations by automating routines, predicting customer actions, and informing better decisions.

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10/2/25 RapidWorks expands into waste management with CRO Software acquisition

RapidWorks, a Boston-based software provider for heavy equipment service providers, has acquired waste and recycling industry software provider, CRO Software Solutions, headquartered in Calgary.

Founded in 2013, CRO now serves 300 customers across North America, including Dumpster Guys LLC, Performance Waste Management and more. The acquisition will expand RapidWorks’ footprint into the waste management industry and provide CRO with the resources for rapid scaling.

Waste Today

10/1/25 Fiserv to acquire StoneCastle to boost bank funding solutions

US banking and payments tech software heavyweight Fiserv has singed a definitive agreement to acquire StoneCastle Cash Management.

Established in 2009 and based in New York, StoneCastle operates a platform which allocates deposits from high-value clients across a network of over 1,000 FDIC-insured community banks and credit unions. The platform offers clients up to $100 million in federal insurance protection across multiple rates.

FinTech Futures

9/30/25 Naver, Dunamu rally as acquisition talks gain steam

Shares of South Korean tech heavyweight Naver and crypto giant Dunamu surged on Tuesday, backed by expectations of a potential acquisition deal.

The rally follows reports from last week that Naver is considering acquiring Dunamu, operator of Upbit -- Korea’s biggest crypto exchange and the world’s fourth-largest by trading volume -- in a comprehensive share swap through its finance affiliate Naver Financial.

The Korea Herald

9/30/25 Meta plans to buy chip startup Rivos to boost semiconductor efforts

Meta intends to acquire the chip startup Rivos to bolster its in-house semiconductor efforts, the social media company said on Tuesday.

The Santa Clara, California-based startup, which is backed by Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, is focused on designing chips based on the RISC-V architecture, an open-source alternative to the architectures made by Arm, Intel and AMD.

Reuters

9/22/25 Mews Adds Housekeeping Tech To Platform With Acquisition Of Flexkeeping

Hospitality technology specialist Mews has acquired Flexkeeping, a platform which automates housekeeping processes, for an undisclosed amount.

The acquisition brings housekeeping and team collaboration tools into the Mews ecosystem to help hoteliers manage the guest journey from check-in to check-out.

PhocusWire

9/30/25 Accenture to Acquire Aidemy After Completing Tender Offer

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is set to acquire Aidemy Inc. (President: Akihiko Ishikawa, Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market, Securities Code: 5577), after completing a tender offer. Integrating Aidemy into Accenture will further strengthen LearnVantage,

Accenture’s learning and reskilling service, which is helping clients around the world to identify and fill skill gaps in their businesses, and train their people in areas like generative AI which are essential for promoting enterprise reinvention utilizing advanced technologies.

Accenture

9/29/25 Hitachi agrees to acquire German data and AI services firm, synvert

Hitachi is advancing the realisation of a “Harmonised Society” where environment, wellbeing and economic growth coexist in balance. As One Hitachi, the company is strengthening its portfolio to harness domain expertise and accelerate AI-driven innovations that transform social infrastructure. The Hitachi Group has agreed to acquire synvert, a company, headquartered in Germany, as a wholly owned subsidiary of its U.S. subsidiary GlobalLogic from Maxburg, a private equity fund focusing on founder-led technology companies in the German-speaking region.

IoT Now

9/29/25 Harness Purchases Qwiet AI to Strengthen AppSec Offerings

Harness purchased a vulnerability detection and reachability analysis startup led by Cylance's former CEO to fill a critical gap around pre-runtime application security testing.

Harness said its purchase of San Jose, California-based Qwiet AI aligns with the San Francisco-based company's long-term strategy of embedding security into the DevOps lifecycle. The primary value of Qwiet AI lies in its code property graph-based static analysis and high true-positive detection capabilities, which address key developer pain points like vulnerability fatigue and tool sprawl.

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