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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Superloop looks to grow wholesale footprint with $165m acquisition
The acquisition of Lynham Networks, the parent company of Lightning Broadband, aims to position Superloop as a national Fibre-To-The-Premises challenger.
Corp Centre signals M&A intention, targeting MSPs and telcos
The Sydney-based company’s MD Peter Durning announced the intention to acquire or merge with another MSP or telco business, with a 'wishlist' for potential sellers (or buyers) including a customer base of 50 or more businesses, over $500,000 in annual recurring revenue and being located in the Greater Sydney region.
Australian wealth management tech company Praemium reduces IT headcount
The restructure will see a reduction of a significant number of duplicate IT development, maintenance and infrastructure roles, owing to the acquisition of Technotia Laboratories - a specialist in advanced technology and computing machinery and intelligence - last month.
Sophos acquires Arco Cyber
Sophos has acquired UK-based Arco Cyber, a cybersecurity assurance company.
The acquisition is an important step in Sophos’ strategy to help organisations strengthen cybersecurity strategy and governance across all levels of maturity, delivered through the company’s global partner ecosystem.
Sophos refers to this as Sophos CISO Advantage, a set of capabilities designed to scale the knowledge, judgment, and operating discipline of a world-class CISO to organisations with or without dedicated security leadership, combining agentic AI, integrated platforms, and trusted human expertise delivered in partnership with MSPs and MSSPs.
Arco Cyber accelerates this vision by adding capabilities that help organisations continuously validate whether security controls are effective, map controls to risk and compliance frameworks, and present clear, executive-ready insight that supports better decision-making.
Arco Cyber will join Sophos as a dedicated team to advance Sophos CISO Advantage. Its technology and expertise will be integrated into Sophos Central, the platform which delivers Sophos’ broader ecosystem including advisory services, managed detection and response (MDR), and partner-delivered services that enable MSPs and MSSPs to scale cybersecurity strategy for their customers.
Options Technology to acquire Crossvale
Options Technology, a provider of institutional-grade infrastructure, normalised market data and managed services for global financial markets, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Crossvale business, a US and EU-based company specialising in application and platform modernisation.
The proposed acquisition - terms of which were not disclosed - aims to strengthen Options’ ability to help financial services institutions modernise legacy environments, reduce technology debt, and accelerate adoption of private cloud and AI, all within a secure, compliant operating model purpose-built for regulated markets.
The acquisition also reflects strong market tailwinds, according to the company, including a growing wave of public cloud repatriation programs across the sector, as firms seek greater cost predictability, operational control, and regulatory assurance.
Crossvale brings expertise in containerisation, application modernisation, and database migration, working closely with an extensive ecosystem of technology partners, including Red Hat and VMware.
The timing of the transaction closely aligns with Options’ recent launch of PrivateMind, its data sovereign AI platform designed specifically for financial services use cases. Together, the combined capabilities intend to enable clients to modernise applications, migrate data, and deploy AI workloads on a secure private cloud foundation.
The combined company will offer an institutional-grade platform that integrates global infrastructure, comprehensive container and application modernisation, database migration, and data sovereign AI capabilities, all delivered with financial services compliance and security built in from day one.
Trane Technologies to acquire LiquidStack
Trane Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidStack, a company specialising in liquid cooling technology for data centers, headquartered in Carrollton, Texas.
LiquidStack solutions are engineered to meet the demands of generative AI and hyperscale computing. Data centers and high‑performance compute organisations use LiquidStack for high-density liquid, direct-to-chip and immersion cooling solutions that aim to improve efficiency, sustainability and performance.
Building on Trane Technologies’ minority investment in LiquidStack in 2023, this acquisition enhances Trane Technologies’ data center thermal management solutions, spanning chillers, heat rejection, controls, liquid distribution, and on‑chip cooling, and will scale LiquidStack’s pioneering technology globally.
The acquisition includes LiquidStack’s global team and manufacturing, engineering and research and development operations in Texas and Hong Kong. Upon closing, LiquidStack will operate globally within the Commercial HVAC business unit of the Trane Technologies Americas segment.
LiquidStack co-founder and CEO Joe Capes will join Trane Technologies in a leadership role and will continue to lead the LiquidStack business.
The transaction is expected to close in early 2026, subject to closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
This bolt-on acquisition follows Trane Technologies’ model of adding technologies that enhance its core businesses and scaling them; this follows the company’s recently-announced acquisition of Stellar Energy, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.
WRKR acquires PaidRight
WRKR, an Australian financial technology company providing compliance and payment software solutions, has acquired PaidRight.
PaidRight is "highly complementary" to WRKR’s compliance platform, according to the company, enabling direct employer monetisation through integrated payroll compliance moment checking and compliance tools.
It provides WRKR with a "sophisticated technology layer", via a proven real-time pay compliance engine, that immediately accelerates WRKR’s Phase 2 growth strategy beyond superannuation into payroll compliance.
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