E29: SaaS M&A Market Report - July '25 ft. Verisk & Descartes

SummaryIn this episode of the Inorganic Podcast, Christian Hassold discusses five notable acquisitions in SaaS, specifically those where larger companies acquired smaller or earlier-stage companies. As a part of this discussion, Christian highlights deal values (announced and speculated), the industrial logic of acquirers, and other key details surrounding the acquisitions.Acquisitions CoveredVanta + Risky on July 17, 2025Rokt + Canal on July 17, 2025Darktrace + Mira Security on July 21, 2025Verisk + AccuLynx on July 30, 2025 Descartes + Finale Inventory on August 4, 2025Chapters00:00 Introduction03:17 Preview of the Five SaaS Acquisitions04:17 Descartes Acquires Finale Inventory08:41 Verisk Acquires AccuLynx for $2.35B12:14 Darktrace Acquires Mira Security15:20 Rokt Acquires Canal19:31 Vanta Acquires Riskey (Acquihire?)23:49 Takeaways and M&A ThemesConnect with Christian and AyeletAyelet’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayelet-shipley-b16330149/Christian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassold/Web: https://www.inorganicpodcast.coIn/organic on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@InorganicPodcast/featured Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.