M&A Deal Summary

IBM Acquires WebMethods

On December 18, 2023, IBM acquired software company WebMethods from Software

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is IBM’s 108th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is IBM’s 139th transaction in the United States.
  • This is IBM’s 5th transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2023-12-18
Target WebMethods
Sector Software
Buyer(s) IBM
Sellers(s) Software
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

WebMethods

Fairfax, Virginia, United States
WebMethods is a business integration and optimization software company. WebMethods is based in Fairfax, Virginia.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

IBM

Armonk, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1911
Sector Information Technology
Employees282,200
Revenue 61.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to IBM's corporate headquarters in Armonk, New York.
Entrance to IBM's corporate headquarters in Armonk, New York.

IBM is a global provider of information technology products and services. IBM's products and services include IT infrastructure and business process services, cloud computing, business analytics, and enterprise software. IBM was formed in 1911 and is based in Armonk, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 195 of 198
Sector (Software) 108 of 109
Type (Divestiture) 19 of 19
State (Virginia) 5 of 5
Country (United States) 139 of 142
Year (2023) 5 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-18 StreamSets

San Francisco, California, United States

StreamSets provides an innovative data operations platform that reinvents how enterprises deliver timely and trustworthy data to their critical applications. StreamSets Data Collector is an open source software for the development of any-to-any dataflows. StreamSets Dataflow Performance Manager provides a comprehensive control panel for managing the day-to-day operation of complex dataflow topologies. StreamSets was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-24 HashiCorp

San Francisco, California, United States

HashiCorp provides multi-cloud infrastructure automation solutions worldwide. The company offers Terraform, an infrastructure provisioning product that applies an Infrastructure-as-Code approach, where processes and configuration required to support applications are codified and automated instead of being manual and ticket-based; and Vault, a secrets management and data protection product, which enables security teams to apply policies based on application and user identity to govern access to credentials and secure sensitive data. HashiCorp was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Buy $6.4B

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Software

Darmstadt, Germany

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Software
Employees4,707
Revenue 958M EUR (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Software is a provider of infrastructure software. The company conducts its operations through two business divisions: enterprise Transaction Systems and webmethods. Software was founded in 1969 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Software) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2023) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-12-18 StreamSets

San Francisco, California, United States

StreamSets provides an innovative data operations platform that reinvents how enterprises deliver timely and trustworthy data to their critical applications. StreamSets Data Collector is an open source software for the development of any-to-any dataflows. StreamSets Dataflow Performance Manager provides a comprehensive control panel for managing the day-to-day operation of complex dataflow topologies. StreamSets was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-18 TrendMiner

Hasselt, Belgium

TrendMiner is an industrial analytics company providing visual data analytics for manufacturing and processing industries. The company software is based on a high-performance analytics engine for processing data captured in time series. TrendMiner was founded in 2008 and is based in Hasselt, Belgium.

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