M&A Deal Summary

Kofax Acquires Nuance Communications - Document Imaging Division

On November 12, 2018, Kofax acquired internet software and services company Nuance Communications - Document Imaging Division from Nuance Solutions for 400M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Kofax’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Kofax’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Kofax’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Kofax’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-11-12
Target Nuance Communications - Document Imaging Division
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Kofax
Sellers(s) Nuance Solutions
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 400M USD

Target

Nuance Communications - Document Imaging Division

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
Nuance Communications, Inc. - Document Imaging Division is a provider of conversational AI- and cloud-based solutions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Kofax

Irvine, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Information Technology
Revenue 290M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Kofax provides an intelligent automation software platform and solutions to enable organizations to digitally transform content-intensive workflows. The company supports customers in realizing faster time-to-value and increased competitiveness, growth, and profitability by combining Kofax’s cognitive capture, robotic process automation, process orchestration, analytics, and mobile capabilities while helping increase business resiliency and mitigating compliance risk. Kofax was formed in 1985 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 15
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 5 of 7
Year (2018) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-02 Aia Holding BV

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Aia Holding BV is a provider of customer communications management (CCM) software. Aia's CCM software helps organizations manage interactive and ad hoc customer correspondence both electronically and on paper, enabling them to address evolving needs faster and increase the effectiveness of their customer communications.

Buy $20M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-04 Top Image Systems

Ramat Gan, Israel

Top Image Systems Ltd. is a developer and marketer of automated data capture solutions for managing and validating content gathered from customers, trading partners, and employees.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Nuance Solutions

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Software
Employees7,100
Revenue 1.5B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Nuance's corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Nuance's corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Nuance Solutions is a provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Nuance technologies, applications and services enable users calling directory assistance, getting account information, dictating patient records, telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing documents that can be shared and searched. Nuance Solutions was formed in 1992 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2018) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-18 Voicebox Technologies

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Voicebox Technologies is a provider of natural language understanding (“NLU”), conversational AI and automated speech recognition (“ASR”) software, used across connected auto, mobile phone and IoT platforms. Voicebox Technologies was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-02-08 Saykara

Seattle, Washington, United States

Saykara, Inc. focuses on developing a mobile AI assistant to automate clinical documentation for physicians. Saykara developed a platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret conversations between physicians and patients, transform salient content into clinical notes, orders, referrals, and more, then populate both structured and narrative data directly to electronic health record systems. Saykara was founded in 2015 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Buy -