Total Specific Solutions in the United Kingdom has acquired DiffusionData Ltd.

Jul 08, 2026 United Kingdom
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Total Specific Solutions (“TSS”) has acquired DiffusionData, a software company offering a real-time data platform for mission-critical solutions. This acquisition marks the 12th company to join TSS in the United Kingdom and Ireland region.

The solution Diffusion optimizes message delivery between data sources and client applications, reducing latency and costs while improving reliability. It provides efficient, secure real-time updates. In the financial sector, Diffusion enhances trading platforms and mobile banking experiences. In other sectors, its solution enables rapid response to changing odds before and during events.

Pascal Bakker, General Manager at TSS, stated: “We are very pleased to welcome DiffusionData to TSS. This is our first software company in the United Kingdom and Ireland to offer a real-time data platform. DiffusionData’s software can be used across many verticals, and the company offers specific solutions for the financial and other verticals. In the financial sector, Diffusion enhances trading platforms and mobile banking experiences. For the iGaming industry, the solution enables rapid response to changing data before and during events. Diffusion’s power is in updating data continuously, instantly and efficiently – delivering only what has changed, exactly when it changes, moving both fast and intelligently. The focus on creating vertical-specific software is very much in line with our TSS practices.

I would like to thank the former Chairman and board member John Pocock for taking DiffusionData to this point and for trusting TSS as its next and permanent home. We look forward to supporting the company, its clients, and colleagues in the next phase of the company’s journey.”

John Pocock, Chairman and board member, stated: “As private equity investors, we help companies grow and prepare for their next stage within a set timeframe. We believe DiffusionData is ready for new ownership, and we are pleased to have found TSS, which follows a buy-and-hold approach. TSS specializes in vertical market software and recognizes the value of DiffusionData’s real-time data platform, which delivers efficiency and optimization for clients.

I look forward to seeing DiffusionData’s future as an independent business unit within TSS. I am confident that TSS’s culture of sharing best practices will support DiffusionData’s continued success.”

DiffusionData

DiffusionData’s vision is to create a platform that enables efficient development and operation of real-time applications. The company supports businesses worldwide in bringing mission-critical, real-time applications to market rapidly and cost-effectively. Diffusion delivers reliable real-time updates to web, mobile, and enterprise clients without requiring modifications to backend systems. The platform operates both on-premise and in the cloud. DiffusionData was founded in December 2006 and is headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom.

If you are an owner of a Vertical Market Software company in the UK & Ireland and you would like to know more about joining TSS, please contact:

Sapna Sandher
Head of M&A UK & Ireland
Telephone: +44 7800 682 898
Email: s.sandher@tss-vms.com www.diffusiondata.com Share: