Check out today’s featured companies who have recently completed an M&A deal, and be sure to check out the full list of past healthcare IT M&A.
Elation Health Acquires Aster to Expand Agentic Capabilities in Primary Care
AI Technology Platform Co-Founded by Digital Health Leaders Bringing Experience from Meta, Y Combinator, and the UK’s NHS
Elation Health, the clinical-first technology platform for modern primary care success, today announced the acquisition of Aster, an AI-native EHR focused on women’s health. The acquisition brings expertise in autonomous AI agents and accelerates Elation’s development of the first agentic operating system for primary care: software that handles work on behalf of clinicians, not just assists them. This is Elation’s second acquisition, following the purchase of Lightning MD in 2023.
“The Aster team impressed us with their vision and creative inventions to support independent practices,” said Kyna Fong, Co-Founder and CEO at Elation Health. “Like Elation, Aster was founded by siblings with a personal mission to fix healthcare. That shared north star means they understand what we’re building and why it matters. It was clear right away they would significantly add to our capabilities.”
Aster’s team, including Co-Founders Fifi Kara and Dr. Lailah Kara-Newton and Chief Technology Officer Nacho Vazquez, are joining Elation. The team built Atlas, a voice agent that automates front-office tasks for healthcare practices. Founded in 2023, Aster raised $2.8 million from Zeal Capital Partners, Cornerstone Ventures, Octopus Ventures, and others.
Fifi Kara is a 2x founder, Y Combinator alum, and Fulbright Scholar who previously led design for Meta’s Health & Fitness organization. Dr Lailah Kara-Newton earned her MBBS from Barts and The London School of Medicine and has practiced Medicine, including Obstetrics and Gynecology for more than seven years, publishing research with the World Health Organization and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Nacho Vazquez architected Aster’s full-stack technology and AI capabilities.
“We’re joining forces with Elation Health at a moment of extraordinary change and opportunity in healthcare,” said Fifi Kara…
Full release here, originally announced June 2nd, 2026.
Vizient Acquires Empierus to Expand IT Spend Management and Cost Optimization Capabilities
Vizient today announced it has acquired Empierus, a healthcare-focused advisory firm specializing in information technology (IT) contracting, healthcare technology management, and cost optimization. The acquisition builds on Vizient’s continued investment in specialized expertise across indirect spend categories as healthcare organizations face mounting financial and operational pressures across all areas of non-labor spend, including technology-related categories.
As technology investments expand across areas such as cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation, healthcare organizations need greater visibility, contracting discipline, and proactive management of IT spend. With healthcare organizations spending more than $55 billion annually on IT, the acquisition strengthens Vizient’s ability to help clients bring more technology-related spend under contract, reduce avoidable costs, and manage a growing area of operational and financial pressure.
Through an established partnership with Vizient, Empierus helped deliver more than $36 million in savings for Vizient clients in 2025. Empierus employees will join more than 250 experts across indirect spend and purchased services categories to help healthcare organizations optimize spending across a broad range of non-labor areas.
“IT is one of the fastest-growing areas of spend, with much of it unmanaged and off contract,” said Simrit Sandhu, President, Spend Management at Vizient…
Full release here, originally announced June 11th, 2026.
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