Tech M&A Tracker - Aussie Broadband, 11:11 Systems, First Focus and more

Our Tech M&A Tracker rounds up all the mergers and acquisition activity within both the local and international technology industry this past fortnight. Send your M&A news to editors@techpartner.news

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Aussie Broadband looks to strengthen SME capability with Nexgen acquisition

The deal is for an upfront cash consideration of $44.1 million, payable at completion, plus an additional earn-out of up to $5.9 million subject to Nexgen meeting EBITDA targets in FY26 or FY27

11:11 Systems buys Brisbane-based MSP Digital Sense

The acquisition of Digital Sense marks 11:11’s seventh purchase of a former VMware CSP and tenth acquisition overall.

First Focus acquires NZ-based MSP CNX

First Focus has operated in Auckland for more than a decade, primarily supporting its Australian clients with operations in New Zealand. The acquisition of CNX now establishes the foundation of a national platform, strengthening First Focus’ long term commitment to the NZ market.

NZ’s Bastion deepens Australian presence with Astralas acquisition

This is Bastion’s fourth Australian acquisition, following MSPs Cythera in 2024 and Seamless Intelligence in 2025, and professional services provider Phronesis Security in January 2026. 

New Zealand-based MSP Securecom acquired by Sharp NZ

Securecom, which has operated in New Zealand for over 20 years and manages the IT infrastructure of over 250 NZ based clients, is primarily aimed at the mid-market of around 150-500 seats.

IPscape acquires VoxHero to drive AI voice customer experience

Along with software, the acquisition brings an established customer base across to IPscape, with proven agentic AI deployments in APAC environments, including in healthcare, education and professional training, marketing and retail.

IFS acquires warehouse management software provider Softeon

IFS Softeon will aim to combine industrial domain knowledge, robotics orchestration and warehouse execution into a single offering, processing millions of orders per month and managing warehouse operations across 30 countries, including Australia.

Pure Storage rebrands to Everpure, announces acquisition of 1touch

By integrating storage with 1touch’s ability to discover, classify, contextualise, and enrich data across all datasets and any environment - from SaaS to the edge - Everpure will aim to ensure enterprise data is inherently AI-ready at the source. 

Nuix to acquire Linkurious, a graph-powered AI decision platform

Founded in 2013 and based in Paris, France, Linkurious provides technology that allows customers to visually explore and investigate graph data, to detect patterns of interest and investigate alerts. 

The acquisition of Linkurious, which is an existing Nuix Neo technology partner, builds on Nuix’s innovation roadmap through the incorporation of graph technology and data visualisation. 

Linkurious has customers across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, including some joint customers with Nuix. Linkurious recorded positive EBITDA and operating cash flow for the full year to 31 December 2024.

Combining the Nuix and Linkurious teams creates growth opportunities through both sales and distribution scale, knowledge graph and workflow expertise and new Nuix Neo use cases, according to Nuix.

Credo acquires CoMira Solutions

Credo Technology Group, a company specialising in delivering high-speed, energy-efficient connectivity solutions powering AI, cloud computing, and hyperscale networks, has acquired high-speed connectivity IP company CoMira Solutions.

The acquisition of CoMira brings specialised link layer, error correction (ECC) and security semiconductor IP to support the development of new and advanced system-level solutions for scale-up and scale-out AI architectures.

CoMira has a track record of success partnering with leading semiconductor companies, delivering custom IP to develop cutting-edge connectivity products. Its link layer, ECC, and security IPs enable enhancements to Credo’s existing scale-out products such as ZeroFlap (ZF) AECs, ZF Optics, and ALCs as well as OmniConnect solutions.

The CoMira team of designers and engineers will enable upcoming features in support of Credo’s scale-up and scale-out AI products across multiple protocols including Ethernet, ESUN, UALink and PCIe.

Avalara acquires Versori to accelerate AI-native, enterprise-grade integration

Avalara, an agentic tax and compliance company, has acquired Versori, an integration platform company specialising in automated connector development powered by agentic AI workflows. 

The acquisition strengthens Avalara's ability to scale integrations across thousands of systems while advancing its long-term strategy to deliver real-time, always-on, audit-ready compliance as part of every transaction worldwide.

Versori brings an automation-first approach to integration, enabling faster deployment, simplified maintenance, and global scalability across enterprise systems, including ERPs, ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, and financial applications.

Versori also accelerates how Avalara builds and scales integrations across its global platform. Its automation-first, agentic AI approach enables faster deployment, continuous maintenance, and global scale while preserving the integrity and reliability required for regulatory compliance.

Built on a modern, cloud-native foundation, Versori further advances Avalara's move toward AI-native, always-on compliance without compromising platform integrity.

The acquisition includes both Versori's technology and its team. Versori's co-founders, along with additional team members, are joining Avalara and will continue advancing integration and agentic AI capabilities across the Avalara platform. Versori will operate as Versori, by Avalara, extending Avalara's integration capabilities across its global compliance platform.

Deal terms were not disclosed.

Delinea completes StrongDM acquisition

Delinea, a provider of solutions for securing human and machine identities through centralised authorisation, has completed its acquisition of StrongDM, a universal access management company purpose-built for modern engineering, DevOps, and AI-driven environments. 

By combining Delinea’s leadership in enterprise privileged access management (PAM) with StrongDM’s just-in-time (JIT) runtime authorisation, organisations can discover every identity, reduce risk where it matters, and enforce least-privilege access at the moment of action, making Zero Standing Privilege (ZSP) achievable in practice.   

The combined Delinea and StrongDM platform brings together enterprise PAM and runtime authorisation into a unified identity security control plane powered by Delinea Iris AI, enabling real-time policy evaluation and governance of privileged actions taken by both human and non-human identities across modern infrastructure.  

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.  

Quantum Computing Inc. completes acquisition of NuCrypt

Quantum Computing Inc. (QCi), a quantum optics and integrated photonics technology company, has completed  its acquisition of NuCrypt, LLC, a quantum communications technology company, in a transaction valued at $5 million, to be paid in a combination of cash and shares of QCi common stock.

The acquisition helps establish quantum communications as an important commercialisation vertical within QCi's broader quantum technology strategy. By integrating NuCrypt's suite of quantum communications systems and products, QCi expects to advance its technology roadmap while extending its portfolio of quantum communications and quantum photonics solutions.

Founded in 2003, NuCrypt was an early developer of commercial quantum communications technology. NuCrypt is a member of the Chicago Quantum Exchange, a U.S. quantum ecosystem, as well as the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) and has in the past collaborated with other Chicago-area institutions such as Fermilab, Argonne National Laboratory, and Northwestern University.

Its technologies have been used by organizations including NASA, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, major research universities and customers across Australia, Canada, and Europe.

NuCrypt's patent portfolio spans quantum optics, RF-photonics, and photonic signal processing, further adding to QCi's intellectual property position and expanding its technology depth in secure communications and advanced computing applications.

Through the integration of QCi's thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) technology, the combined company expects to further advance NuCrypt's product portfolio by reducing device footprint, improving robustness, enhancing performance, and improving the path toward scalable, high-volume manufacturing.

Under the terms of the agreement, NuCrypt will initially operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of QCi.

Finovifi acquires Turner Software Technologies, Inc.

Finovifi, a provider of AI-driven fraud prevention, compliance technology and core processing solutions for community financial institutions, has acquired Turner Software Technologies, Inc., the developer of the Teller21 teller automation platform.

The acquisition brings more than 50 community bank clients into the Finovifi ecosystem and advances the company’s strategy to embed real-time fraud detection directly into teller operations.

Turner Software founder and president Jerry Turner will join Finovifi as SVP of engineering, partnering with Finovifi CTO Terry Ray to lead product development and platform innovation.

Teller21 has been tightly integrated with the MBS by Finovifi core platform for many years, supporting streamlined teller workflows and transaction processing for community banks. Following the acquisition, Finovifi will further enhance that integration by embedding its flagship check fraud detection engine, FraudSentry, directly into the teller workflow.

Amadeus acquires SkyLink to accelerate the deployment of AI in travel
 
Amadeus, a provider of advanced technology solutions to the global travel industry, has acquired SkyLink, an AI-first, New York headquartered technology company specialising in orchestration and conversational automation.

Founded to improve the corporate travel experience, SkyLink has built a proprietary AI architecture and multilayer orchestration engine designed to integrate into chat platforms.

One benefit of this deal to the traveler is SkyLink’s complementary technology to support the evolving needs of the Travel Management Company (TMC) world, according to Amadeus. This will enhance and extend Amadeus’ solution capabilities for corporate travel, particularly expanding Amadeus’ existing customer base in North America.

Over time, Amadeus will be expanding these AI-driven conversational capabilities beyond corporate travel, across airlines, airports and hospitality, and the wider travel ecosystem.