4 on a Monday: Cadence acquires in bioscience, ESI sells some CFD (NOT OpenFOAM), MuM announces Q2, and Hexagon gets into 80s rock — not really
A quick catch-up on some recent news as we get ready for a bumper crop of earnings this week: Cadence said it would acquire OpenEye Scientific Software, maker of molecular modeling and simulation software used by pharmaceutical and biotech companies, for about $500...
5 on a Monday: Addnode & Sandvik report Q2, Cadence acquires Future Facilities, Matterport adds to its real estate offering & Siemens snaps up ZONA for aero simulation
Yes, a quick catchup blog is unusual on a Monday, but I was traveling last week and am just now digging through the inbox. A lot happened while I was away! We had a couple of early earnings releases, and things seem positive so far, with a slight drag from exiting...
3 on a Friday: Bentley exits Russia, Mastercam holds a contest and the NYT says VC funding mixed
Was it a very long week for you, too? In the US, it started horribly, but it hasn't been great in a lot of places. I hope you and yours are safe and that the sun is shining. Anyway, a few bits to send you into your weekend: Bentley announced that it's withdrawing from...
Nemetschek invests in 4th startup in 14 months
The Nemetschek Group announced that it has invested in SymTerra, a UK startup working on a construction site communications platform. Nemetschek says SymTerra’s communication platform “allows easy, instant, and intuitive communication across multiple...
5 on a Friday: celebrations, acquisitions, investments & charges
Before anything else: Canadians, happy Canada Day! Americans, get that barbecue ready and have a great 4th of July! Everybody else, have a restful weekend - or join us. We'll put a vegan hot dog on the grill for you. On to the news: First off, Altair confirmed that...
Quickie: Altair expands electronic system offering by acquiring Concept Engineering
Altair just announced that it has acquired Concept Engineering, maker of schematic generation tools, electronic circuit and wire harness visualization platforms, and electronic design debugging tools. The visualization and debug technology is available as a standalone...
Altair acquires Univ of Bath startup for additive manufacturing
Altair just announced that it has acquired Gen3D, a "startup out of the University of Bath, U.K". I wasn't aware that Gen3D but Altair characterizes the company as "implementing the implicit geometry method for describing highly complex geometries such as lattice...
2 on a Friday: Chaos buys into archviz and Modelon announces Q1 results
The beginning of the week featured Memorial Day here in the US and the week ends with the Jubilee of the Queen of England. The combo seems to have created a slow news week -- but here are two interesting things to know about: First off, Chaos, the company that makes...
Autodesk’s Q1 beats expectations, sets up for strong fiscal 2023
You know me: cynical. When I saw that Autodesk had scheduled its earnings release for the Thursday before Memorial Day weekend, in a year that's reputed to be "revenge vacation"-heavy, I expected bad news. After all, if it's good news, you want people paying...
Sandvik lays out CAM ambitions
I am seriously behind on posting earnings writeups but for now, know that most companies reported good results for the March quarter and that our corner of the IT vendor space has little exposure to Russia and Belarus, so won't see a significant revenue decline due to...