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Valsoft Acquires Alessa

On June 24, 2025, Valsoft acquired information technology company Alessa from Tier1 Financial Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Valsoft’s 6th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Valsoft’s 7th transaction in Canada.
  • This is Valsoft’s 3rd transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2025-06-24
Target Alessa
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Valsoft
Sellers(s) Tier1 Financial Solutions
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Alessa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alessa is a provider of AML compliance, controls monitoring, and fraud prevention solutions for banking, insurance, fintech, gaming, manufacturing, retail, and more. With deployments around the world, Alessa allows organizations to quickly detect suspicious transactions, identify high-risk customers and vendors, and decrease fraud risks that reduce profitability and increases costs. Alessa was founded in 2006 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Buyer

Valsoft

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Category Company
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Valsoft is an acquirer of vertical software businesses. Valsoft targets businesses that provide mission-critical solutions in their respective niche or market. Valsoft is based in Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 46 of 59
Sector: Information Technology M&A 6 of 9
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 4 of 8
State: Ontario M&A 3 of 4
Country: Canada M&A 7 of 13
Year: 2025 M&A 11 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-05-01 MonkeyMedia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

MonkeyMedia provides integrated catering management software solutions for restaurant chains. MonkeyMedia was founded in 2002 and is based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-06-27 collectionHQ

Glasgow, United Kingdom

collectionHQ was introduced to the public library market as a solution to help librarians integrate the Evidence Based Stock Management (EBSM®) methodology into their workflows. collectionHQ was founded in 2008 and is based in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Tier1 Financial Solutions

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 2008
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Tier1 Financial Solutions is a provider of CRM and customer engagement SaaS solutions to sell-side and buy-side financial services clients spanning sales and trading desks, investment banks and investment managers. Major global financial institutions leverage the Tier1 platform to efficiently and more profitably manage client relationships, improve internal transparency and collaboration, manage deal-related activities, and comply with MiFID II regulatory requirements. Tier1 Financial Solutions was founded in 2008 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Information Technology M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: Ontario M&A 2 of 2
Country: Canada M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-08-23 Tier1 CRM Business

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tier1 CRM Business is a CRM solution, empowering clients to optimize customer engagement and increase operational efficiency. The business delivers workflow-optimized experiences, prompted insights, and a centralized view of client interactions that drive revenue-generating engagements. Serving the unique needs of Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Investment Management, and corporate professionals, it advances client relationships and workflows with data-driven insights across desktop and mobile devices, empowering compliance, collaboration, transparency, and communication.

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