Microsoft buying speech recognition firm Nuance in $16B deal
The acquisition will get Microsoft deeper into hospitals and the health care industry through Nuance’s widely used medical dictation and transcription tools.
The acquisition will get Microsoft deeper into hospitals and the health care industry through Nuance’s widely used medical dictation and transcription tools.
Protective Insurance Corp. soon will disappear from Indiana’s public company rolls, and part of the reason is Steve Shapiro, a guy you probably have never heard of.
PactSafe Inc., an Indianapolis-based tech firm that offers clients a cloud-based contracting platform, was founded in 2012 and has 40 employees.
Boulder, Colorado-based Zayo Group Holdings Inc. expects to close the transaction during the second half of 2021. IFN officials say they are confident the deal will grow the firm’s presence here.
The Manchester, New Hampshire-based college said Kenzie will operate as a not-for-profit division of the private university, offering online, accelerated training programs.
Atlanta-based Terminus Software Inc. entered the Indianapolis market in December 2019 with the acquisition of email-marketing software firm Sigstr.
Fishers-based Behavior Analysis Center for Autism, which provides therapy to individuals with autism and other related developmental disabilities, has been sold to Baltimore-based Learn Behavioral Partners, the companies announced.
Indianapolis-based KSM Consulting, one of city’s largest and fastest-growing tech consulting firms, has a new majority owner, the company announced Monday.
Insurance giant Progressive is purchasing Protective in a stock deal worth $338 million. Protective, known as Baldwin & Lyons Insurance until 2018, is the Indianapolis-area’s 12th largest public company in terms of annual revenue.
The acquisition, announced Tuesday, was the 11th for Indianapolis-based Dickinson since 2017.
The benefits administrator, DirectPath LLC, offers a variety of technology-driven services for employees and employers.
Local aviation company Aero Management Group has acquired the leasehold rights to Indianapolis Regional Airport in Greenfield and is planning numerous capital improvements and the addition of charter service.
Salesforce.com Inc.’s December announcement that it was buying Slack Technologies Inc. for $25 billion—the largest software deal of the year—could spur other companies to revisit their wish lists, advisers said.
Here are notable Indianapolis-area mergers and acquisitions that closed in 2020 for which financial details were not available.
Since the pandemic has shifted many of these interactions online, local dealmakers say they feel the loss of assessing non-verbal cues and interactions among members of a management team as they decide whether to acquire companies or invest in startups.
Novus Capital Corp II, a SPAC targeting businesses enabling smart technology evolution, filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $250 million in an initial public offering.
Private equity firms are simply head over heels for service firms such as plumbing and heating and air-conditioning companies.
Dickinson has about 1,000 employees overall, including 200 in Indianapolis. It operates 18 nationwide service centers and a fleet of more than 700 mobile repair units.
Like Delta, Kraus USA makes sinks, faucets and other accessories for kitchens and bathrooms. Delta also was attracted by Kraus’ strong online retail presence.
Chicago-based JLL Income Property Trust closed on the purchase of the 440,000-square-foot and 280,000-square-foot buildings on Dec. 11.