M&A Deal Summary

Benchling Acquires Overwatch Research

On February 24, 2022, Benchling acquired software company Overwatch Research

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Benchling’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Benchling’s 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-02-24
Target Overwatch Research
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Benchling
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Overwatch Research

Belfast, Ireland
Overwatch Research is a Belfast-based startup creating software to accelerate in vivo research. Overwatch's configurable, end-to-end study management and execution system broadens the capabilities of Benchling's R&D Cloud, which serves as a single source of truth for biotech R&D. Overwatch Research was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Buyer

Benchling

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2012
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Benchling is a software company which provides a platform for life sciences R&D. Benchling’s software is used by scientists around the world in academic labs at Harvard, Stanford and MIT as well as at companies like regeneron pharmaceuticals, zoetis, and zymergen, Benchling was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2022 M&A 1 of 1