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January 14, 2022
The pros and cons of three types of sale transactions
Fifth Third Securities' Joseph Carson, Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corp.'s (retired) John Ballun, Oswald's Jeff Schwab and Provariant Equity Partners' Murad Beg explore the pros and cons of different types of sell-side transactions....
By Adam Burroughs
January 13, 2022
MRI Software Acquires LeaseEagle
Global PropTech leader MRI Software has acquired LeaseEagle, an Australian-based leader in commercial property lease management solutions for tenants in corporate, retail, healthcare and other sectors....
By Adam Burroughs
January 12, 2022
Preformed Line Products Acquires Maxxweld Conectores Elétricos Ltda
Preformed Line Products Company has acquired Maxxweld Conectores Elétricos Ltda....
By Adam Burroughs
January 11, 2022
Bullhorn Acquires Able
Bullhorn, the cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, has acquired Able...
By Adam Burroughs
January 10, 2022
Biosynthetic Technologies Acquires Innoleo
Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC has acquired Innoleo, LLC, a privately-held distributor of quality castor derivatives for grease, lubricants, metal-working fluids, coatings and personal care applications. ...
By Adam Burroughs
January 5, 2022
Quickbase Acquires MCF Technology Solutions
Quickbase, the provider of software that helps organizations see, connect and control every element of complex projects, has acquired MCF Technology Solutions...
By Adam Burroughs
January 5, 2022
ABC Technologies to Acquire dlhBOWLES From MPE Partners
ABC Technologies Holdings Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire dlhBOWLES, Inc. from MPE Partners for approximately $255 million....
By Adam Burroughs
January 5, 2022
Brand Castle Acquired by Traub Capital Partners’ Signature Brands
Signature Brands, the leading North American manufacturer of dessert decorating products, has acquired Brand Castle into its expanding portfolio of products....
By Adam Burroughs
January 5, 2022
Harbour Group's Stainless Hose Fittings Acquires OmegaOne
SHF, Inc., a Harbour Group company, has acquired AMFM, Inc., which does business as OmegaOne. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
By Adam Burroughs
January 3, 2022
Altra Completes Acquisition of Nook Industries
Altra Industrial Motion Corp. (Nasdaq: AIMC), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of motion control, power transmission and automation products, has acquired Cleveland-based Nook Industries LLC...
By Adam Burroughs
January 1, 2022
Platte River Equity Acquires Turf Care Supply
Platte River Equity has made a majority investment in Turf Care Supply, LLC in partnership with the management team, which made a significant investment alongside Platte River. ...
By Adam Burroughs
December 16, 2021
Citymark Capital founder Daniel Walsh on launching the company
Daniel Walsh talks about launching Citymark Capital, building funds, creating value and the special place Austin holds in the company’s plans....
By Adam Burroughs
December 15, 2021
The J.M. Smucker Co. to Divest Natural Beverages and Grains Businesses
The J.M. Smucker Co. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its natural and organic beverage and grains businesses to Nexus Capital Management LP in a cash transaction valued at approximately $110 million....
By Adam Burroughs
December 15, 2021
KKR Completes Acquisition of Bettcher Industries
Bettcher Industries and KKR announced the completion of KKR’s acquisition of Bettcher from MPE Partners....
By Adam Burroughs
December 9, 2021
High Street Capital Acquires Koch Knight
High Street Capital has acquired Knight Material Technologies (KMT), formerly Koch Knight, LLC, a Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) company and subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. ...
By Adam Burroughs
December 7, 2021
Tomorrow.io to Go Public Through Merger With Pine Technology Acquisition Corp.
The Tomorrow Companies Inc., developer of a leading platform for global weather and climate security, and Pine Technology Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, have entered into a definitive merger agreement that would result in Tomorrow.io becoming a public company. ...
By Adam Burroughs
December 7, 2021
MyndVR Acquires Immersive Cure
MyndVR, a provider of virtual reality solutions for older adults in the United States, has acquired virtual reality therapy company Immersive Cure....
By Adam Burroughs
December 6, 2021
Cook & Boardman Acquires Bass Security
The Cook & Boardman Group LLC, the leading specialty distributor of commercial door entry solutions and systems integration services has announced the acquisition of Bedford Heights, OH-based Bass Security Services, Inc. ...
By Adam Burroughs
December 2, 2021
Transaction Readiness in a Post-COVID World
Mike Baird, John Mastrantoni, Floyd Trouten and David Black assess ways to strengthen the core of your business by addressing common challenges faced by middle market companies....
By Adam Burroughs
December 1, 2021
Pexco LLC Acquires Performance Elastomers Corporation
Pexco LLC, a specialty plastics extruder, has acquired Performance Elastomers Corporation. ...
By Adam Burroughs
December 1, 2021
Blue Point Makes Platform Investment in Brimar Industries
Cleveland-based Blue Point Capital Partners has acquired Brimar Industries, a vertically integrated manufacturer and purveyor of safety signs, pipe markers, valve tags and parking and traffic signs....
By Adam Burroughs
December 1, 2021
National Safety Apparel Buys Illinois-Based Enespro
Cleveland-based National Safety Apparel has acquired Illinois-based Enespro. Enespro President & CEO Mike Enright will join National Safety Apparel as President....
By Adam Burroughs
December 1, 2021
Radial Equity To Partner With Clark-Reliance
Radial Equity Partners has formed a partnership with Clark-Reliance Corp., a designer and manufacturer of highly engineered instrumentation and filtration products. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed....
By Adam Burroughs
November 23, 2021
MiddleGround Capital Acquires Mentor's Race Winning Brands
MiddleGround Capital, a private equity firm that makes control investments in North American middle market B2B industrial and specialty distribution companies, has acquired Mentor-based Race Winning...
By Adam Burroughs
November 17, 2021
Estate planning tips for family business owners
Wholesale Supplies Plus Founder and Retired CEO Deb May along with Capital Anesthesia Solutions’ Chris Copley and UBS’ William Murphy talk about family businesses, estate planning pre- and post-liquidity event, as well as how to pick the right estate planning adviser....
By Adam Burroughs
November 16, 2021
Anthem Sports & Entertainment Acquires Gravitas Ventures from Red Arrow Studios
Anthem Sports & Entertainment, Inc., a global multi-platform media company, has acquired worldwide narrative film and documentary distributor Gravitas Ventures from Red Arrow Studios, the content production and distribution arm of German company ProSiebenSat.1 Group....
By Adam Burroughs
November 15, 2021
Sequoia Financial Group to Acquire NCA Financial Planners
Sequoia Financial Group, LLC, a financial planning, wealth management, and asset management firm with $8 billion in client assets, has entered into an agreement to acquire Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based NCA Financial Planners....
By Adam Burroughs
November 11, 2021
Spotify To Acquire Findaway
Spotify Technology S.A. (has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Findaway, a global leader in digital audiobook distribution. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
By Adam Burroughs
November 10, 2021
CI Financial Makes Strategic Investment in GLASfunds
CI Financial Corp. has made a strategic investment in GLAS Funds, LLC, a turnkey alternative investment platform and alternative asset management firm based in Cleveland....
By Adam Burroughs
November 9, 2021
Relation Insurance Services Acquires the Assets of Consultative Insurance Group
Relation Insurance Services, Inc., a national insurance agencies, has acquired the assets of Ohio-based Consultative Insurance Group, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
November 8, 2021
First Advantage Acquires Corporate Screening
First Advantage Corporation has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Corporate Screening Services, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
November 5, 2021
MiddleGround Acquires Lindsay Precast
MiddleGround Capital, an operationally focused private equity firm, has acquired Lindsay Precast...
By Adam Burroughs
November 5, 2021
How capital sees companies during a disruption
Marcum LLP's Greg Skoda, along with U.S. Banks’ Alan Zang, Walnut Ridge’s Michael Moran and U.S. Acute Care Solutions Executive Chairman Dominic Bagnoli, explore building unique capital stack structures to fuel growth....
By Adam Burroughs
November 4, 2021
AlgiSys Raising $45M
AlgiSys BioSciences, Inc. announced that Peakstone Securities, LLC, a lower middle market U.S. investment bank, has been retained to raise $45 million in Series B capital to fund its initial commercial plans....
By Adam Burroughs
November 3, 2021
MPE Partners to Sell Bettcher Industries to KKR
MPE Partners is signing a definitive agreement to sell Bettcher Industries to KKR....
By Adam Burroughs
November 2, 2021
Materion Completes Acquisition of H.C. Starck’s Electronic Materials Portfolio
Materion Corporation has completed its previously announced acquisition of H.C. Starck Solutions’ electronic materials business, located in Newton, Massachusetts....
By Adam Burroughs
November 2, 2021
MRI Software Acquires eSight Energy
MRI Software has acquired eSight Energy Limited, a UK-based software development company....
By Adam Burroughs
November 2, 2021
Evolution Capital Partners LLC Makes Growth Investment in LEW Corp.
Private equity firm Evolution Capital Partners LLC has made a growth investment in LEW Corporation, headquartered in Mine Hill, New Jersey....
By Adam Burroughs
November 2, 2021
Align Capital Partners’ E Source Acquires WSO
Align Capital Partners is closing its sixth strategic add-on for its utility market intelligence, data science and consulting platform, E Source with Water Systems Optimization....
By Adam Burroughs
November 2, 2021
The Riverside Co. Invests in Halski Systems
The Riverside Company, a global private investor focused on the smaller end of the middle market, has invested in Halski Systems...
By Adam Burroughs
October 29, 2021
Icahn Enterprises L.P. To Sell PSC Metals LLC For $290M
Icahn Enterprises L.P.’s has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the equity interests in PSC Metals, LLC to SA Recycling LLC, for total consideration of approximately $290 million....
By Adam Burroughs
October 28, 2021
Patriot Software Secures Undisclosed Series-A Funding Round
Patriot Software Company has raised an undisclosed amount in Series-A funding, led by RZC Investments....
By Adam Burroughs
October 25, 2021
WillScot Mobile Mini Acquires Sommer’s Mobile Leasing
WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. has closed the acquisition of Sommer’s Mobile Leasing, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
October 20, 2021
Learning the ropes: acquisitions in a family business
Taylor Burke-Gilman and Lauren Burke-Devere on how they got involved in the family business, their transition into leadership, and what they’ve learned so far about acquisitions....
By Adam Burroughs
October 18, 2021
Lucid Diagnostics Closes IPO
Lucid Diagnostics Inc. closed its initial public offering of 5,000,000 shares of common stock....
By Adam Burroughs
October 18, 2021
Drips Receives Growth Investment from the Blue Venture Fund
Drips, the founders of Conversational Texting, has secured a growth investment from the Blue Venture Fund...
By Adam Burroughs
October 18, 2021
SPR Therapeutics Closes $37M Growth Equity Financing
SPR Therapeutics has raised $37 million in an oversubscribed Series D growth equity financing. ...
By Adam Burroughs
October 13, 2021
Riverside To Sell Lexipol
The Riverside Company has signed a definitive agreement with GTCR to sell Lexipol...
By Adam Burroughs
October 11, 2021
Trescal Acquires Broadview Instrumentation Services
Trescal, the global leader in calibration services, announced the acquisition of Broadview Instrumentation Services...
By Adam Burroughs
October 11, 2021
Cleveland-Cliffs To Acquire Ferrous Processing and Trading Company
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ferrous Processing and Trading Company...
By Adam Burroughs
