Accela, a provider of cloud software for state, county, and city governments, has acquired Novotx, a company focused on infrastructure asset and work management. Accela said the deal expands its platform roadmap to support the full lifecycle of public infrastructure, spanning planning and permitting through operations, maintenance, and long-term asset stewardship.
Accela positioned the acquisition as an effort to unify traditionally separate government functions, including permitting, inspections, public works, and asset management. The company said these areas have often been handled by different systems and teams, creating fragmented workflows and limited visibility into the long-term operational consequences of development decisions.
The company argued that agencies face mounting pressure to approve development more quickly, address aging infrastructure, and meet higher community expectations with limited staff and constrained budgets. Accela said that while every permit approval can create decades of downstream infrastructure obligations, those impacts are frequently not visible at the point of decision-making, and its expanded end-to-end platform vision is intended to close that gap.
Novotx brings GIS-native capabilities for managing assets, utilities, service requests, work orders, and field operations. Accela said integrating these functions into the Accela Civic Platform will improve coordination among planning, building, engineering, and public works teams, helping agencies align development activity with operational readiness and long-term capital planning.
As part of the integration roadmap, Accela said infrastructure assets created or affected through permitting will connect to inspections, service requests, field operations, and long-term maintenance and capital planning. With shared data across planning, permitting, inspections, public works, and asset management, Accela said agencies can reduce manual handoffs, improve coordination, and support advanced analytics and AI-driven insights that are difficult to achieve with siloed systems.
Support: Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP served as legal counsel to Accela; Kunzler, Bean & Adamson served as legal counsel to Novotx; and MCG Capital Advisory served as financial advisor to Accela.
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“Local governments don’t just manage permits or work orders, they manage infrastructure across its entire lifespan. By bringing Novotx into the Accela platform, we will give agencies visibility from the moment infrastructure is approved through decades of operation and maintenance. That lifecycle perspective is essential for delivering services efficiently, supporting economic growth, and building long-term community resilience.”
Noam Reininger, Chief Executive Officer, Accela
“Novotx is a proven leader in GIS-based asset and work management and bringing our technologies into the Accela Civic Platform significantly expands Accela’s infrastructure and operational capabilities. This means greater capability across infrastructure operations, planning workflows, permitting processes, and citizen engagement, helping our customers connect services, data, and outcomes more effectively than ever before.”
Justin Gough, President, Novotx
“In addition, the acquisition strengthens Elements XS with more secure, scalable development practices while expanding its overall functionality for customers.”
Jason Horspool, Chief Executive Officer, Novotx
