M&A Deal Summary

Instem Acquires RockStep Solutions

On July 28, 2025, Instem acquired software company RockStep Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Instem’s 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Instem’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Instem’s 1st transaction in Maine.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-07-28
Target RockStep Solutions
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Instem
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

RockStep Solutions

Portland, Maine, United States
RockStep Solutions is a software company that provides Climb, a cloud-based software solution for non-GLP preclinical study management. The company partners with Microsoft to integrate advanced technologies in the Azure cloud into our industry-leading Climb software. RockStep Solutions was formed in 2013 and is based in Portland, Maine.

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Buyer

Instem

Stone, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Information Technology
Employees480
Revenue 28M GBP (2020)
DESCRIPTION

Instem is a provider of IT applications to the early development healthcare market delivering compelling solutions for data collection, management and analysis across the R&D continuum. Instem was founded in 1969 and is based in Stone, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 11
Sector: Software M&A 5 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 11
State: Maine M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 5 of 5
Year: 2025 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-20 Strong Tower Solutions

Downingtown, Pennsylvania, United States

Strong Tower Solutions provides technology solutions and services to life sciences customers proceeding through clinical trials. Strong Tower Solutions was founded in 2018 and is based in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

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