Energy Exemplar has acquired SIMONE Research Group and LIWACOM Informationstechnik, according to a source report. The two companies are the joint developers of the SIMONE software platform, which the source describes as a solution for the simulation, monitoring and optimisation of gas transmission and distribution networks.
The source states that the SIMONE platform is currently used by more than 100 network operators, though the passage is truncated at that point and no further detail on that figure is available.
Energy Exemplar is described in the source as a portfolio company of Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners. Law firm Watson Farley & Williams advised Energy Exemplar on the acquisition, according to the same source.
The financial amount of the transaction was not disclosed in the sources. No purchase price, financing structure or other terms were provided.
The source frames the deal under the heading of strategic significance in energy infrastructure, but the passage supporting that framing is cut off after the reference to more than 100 network operators, so no further rationale or stated strategy can be reported.
The deal is reported as completed. The date reported by the source is 19 September 2026.