Next Gear Solutions, developer of DASH, the market-leading restoration management software, is acquiring MICA. This acquisition brings the leading mitigation software to the Next Gear Solutions product suite, continuing their commitment to offer the best management solutions to the restoration industry.

“We are excited to add MICA to the Next Gear product suite. Next Gear has long been a champion of bringing systems to market that reduce inefficiencies in the restoration process and MICA’s product line is doing exactly that,” said Garret Gray, CEO of Next Gear Solutions. “I am also pleased to welcome Raj Goswami, Founder and CEO of MICA Software, and his entire team to the Next Gear family.”

“I am thrilled to join the Next Gear team and combine forces,” said Raj Goswami, Next Gear’s new Vice President of Strategic Solutions. “I believe the merger of our technologies and industry perspectives will transform the way mitigation claims are managed in a big way.”

About Next Gear Solutions

Next Gear Solutions, based in Oxford, MS, was formed in 2008 with a mission to take restoration companies paperless, automate their workflow, and bring efficiency to the entire business operation. Since 2009, Next Gear’s software suite has grown to include solutions for managed repair networks, franchisors, and other insurance solutions. Next Gear is the leading technology solution for the restoration contractor space with the largest footprint of subscribers in 5 countries.

About MICA

MICA is a subsidiary of BuildFusion, Inc., which is a software development company that provides IT consulting services and builds software solutions and applications for the insurance restoration industry. In 2010, MICA was introduced to manage and track moisture mitigation claims in a better way. Recognized as the leading mitigation management solution, the MICA technology has been adopted by carriers, managed repair networks, franchisors, and restoration contractors nationally.