We tracked 8 startup acquisitions announced between 25–31 May 2026, across 4 regions. Only 4 disclosed a price, adding up to $5.29bn; the rest kept terms private, which is normal for venture-backed exits.
The largest was Autodesk’s $3.6bn purchase of MaintainX, which had raised $254m. Eli Lilly paid $1.5bn for Curevo.
Healthtech & bio accounted for 2 deals and North America for 5.
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Photo: Syced / Wikimedia Commons, CC0Enterprise software · North AmericaAutodesk to buy maintenance software startup MaintainX for $3.6 billion in cashAutodesk's largest acquisition came less than a year after MaintainX raised money at a $2.5 billion valuation, and gives the design software company a foothold in running factories and facilities.
Photo: Crew crew / Wikimedia Commons, CC0AI · North AmericaAsana buys no-code AI agent builder StackAI for a reported $75 millionThe Y Combinator-backed startup had raised just under $20 million; it keeps its own brand inside Asana, which is betting on software where people and AI agents share the work.Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Photo: Submer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Cybersecurity · North AmericaSnowflake buys AI agent governance startup Natoma for about $110 millionNatoma, founded in 2024 and backed by a $7 million seed round, sold mostly for Snowflake shares; the deal closed a week after it was announced.
Photo: Zvi Roger / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0Mobility & logistics · IsraelElbit Systems' FUSE unit buys Israeli off-road autonomy startup BluewhiteBluewhite began by turning orchard tractors in California into driverless machines; Elbit's autonomy unit FUSE bought all of its shares to take the technology into defense ground vehicles.Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Photo: Chlaborewan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Healthtech & bio · North AmericaEli Lilly agrees to buy shingles vaccine developer Curevo for up to $1.5 billionIn a Phase 2 trial against the current standard of care, Curevo's amezosvatein matched the immune response while cutting side effects such as fatigue, chills and injection-site pain by more than half.
Photo: Infrogmation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Healthtech & bio · North AmericaSwoop acquires Nimble, a prescription platform for independent pharmacies, to reach patientsHealthcare marketer Swoop is buying a platform that 16 million patients use to fill and pay for prescriptions at independent pharmacies, so it can track whether its campaigns turn into filled scripts.