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March 31, 2021
Tami Longaberger on being on the other side of the investing table
Tami Longaberger talks about her time as an operator informs her approach as an investor, what she’s seeing in the secure data ecosystem space, and the future of the Longaberger Co. brand....
By Adam Burroughs
March 25, 2021
Huntington, TCF Shareholders Approve Merger
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated and TCF Financial Corporation have approved the proposed merger of TCF into Huntington....
By Adam Burroughs
March 24, 2021
Discount Drainage Supplies Acquired By Winsupply
Winsupply Inc. has completed the purchase of Discount Drainage Supplies, a waterworks distributor with three locations in Ohio....
By Adam Burroughs
March 17, 2021
Riverside Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell ARCOS
The Riverside Company has signed a definitive agreement with Vista Equity Partners (Vista) to sell ARCOS....
By Adam Burroughs
March 16, 2021
IGS Energy Acquires JadeTrack
IGS Energy has acquired Columbus-based JadeTrack, a software provider that helps businesses manage energy usage and improve sustainability program performance....
By Adam Burroughs
March 5, 2021
For Bill Lee, approachability is key when investing
Bill Lee, serial entrepreneur and investor, on what he’s learned over his years of buying, selling and investing....
By Adam Burroughs
March 2, 2021
CompManagement and CareWorks Comp in Ohio merge to become Sedgwick
Sedgwick, a provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, announced that Ohio-based CompManagement and CareWorks Comp have merged and become Sedgwick....
By Adam Burroughs
March 2, 2021
Beam Dental Raises $80M Series E Round
Beam Dental, a Columbus, a digital-first dental insurer, has raised $80 millin in Series E funding....
By Adam Burroughs
February 25, 2021
Stewart Information Services Corp. Acquires Signature Closers
Stewart Information Services Corporation has acquired Signature Closers, LLC...
By Adam Burroughs
February 22, 2021
eFuse raises $6M from investors
Esports social media startup eFuse has raised $6m in post-seed capital funding...
By Adam Burroughs
February 16, 2021
American Family Insurance Wraps Up Bold Penguin Acquisition
American Family Insurance has closed its acquisition of digital exchange Bold Penguin...
By Adam Burroughs
February 5, 2021
Pam Springer warns against “generals” when investing
Serial entrepreneur and investor Pam Springer on how to be an effective investor....
By Adam Burroughs
February 1, 2021
Worthington Industries Acquires General Tools & Instruments Co.
Worthington Industries, Inc. is set to acquire General Tools & Instruments Company LLC, a provider of over 1,200 specialized tools....
By Adam Burroughs
January 25, 2021
Rocky Brands To Buy Honeywell Lifestyle And Performance Footwear Business
Honeywell has signed an agreement to sell its performance and lifestyle footwear business to Rocky Brands for approximately $230 million....
By Adam Burroughs
January 22, 2021
GigCapital2 Raises $285M For Business Combination With UpHealth Holdings and Cloudbreak Health
GigCapital2, Inc. has raised $285 million for its business combinations with UpHealth Holdings, Inc. and Cloudbreak....
By Adam Burroughs
January 8, 2021
Dealmaker Conversations: Hugh Cathey
ChromoCare CEO Hugh Cathey shares his insights on the M&A market and his outlook for future dealmaking....
By Adam Burroughs
January 8, 2021
CareDx To Acquire TransChart
CareDx Inc. has agreed to acquire OSU spinout TransChart, a Columbus-based provider of electronic health record software supporting the needs of US transplant centers....
By Adam Burroughs
January 8, 2021
EverCommerce Acquires Updox
EverCommerce has completed the acquisition of Updox, a health care communication platform for in-person and virtual care....
By Adam Burroughs
January 5, 2021
A-1 Preferred Sources Acquires On The Mark Services
A-1 Preferred Sources has acquired On The Mark Services Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
December 11, 2020
Carlton D. Dean III on how the pandemic reshaped deal priorities
Carlton D. Dean III talks about how the pandemic has affected both the state of the market, and the state of his M&A thinking....
By Adam Burroughs
December 7, 2020
Basking Biosciences, Inc. Completes $5.4M Seed Financing
Basking Biosciences, Inc., a privately-held biopharmaceutical company, announced an initial closing of a $5.4M Seed Series financing....
By Adam Burroughs
December 3, 2020
Olive Acquires Verata Health
Olive is set to acquire Verata Health, a health care AI company....
By Adam Burroughs
November 26, 2020
ascena retail group Signs Asset Purchase Agreement with Sycamore Partners, $540m deal includes Lane Bryant
ascena retail group, inc. and certain of its subsidiaries has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Premium Apparel LLC, an affiliate of Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm specializing in consumer, retail and distribution investments, to sell ascena’s Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lane Bryant and Lou & Grey brands....
By Adam Burroughs
November 23, 2020
GigCapital2 To Combine With UpHealth and Cloudbreak to Form Combined Company to List on the NYSE
GigCapital2, a Technology, Media and Telecom Private-to-Public Equity corporation, has entered into two separate definitive business combination agreements with each of UpHealth Holdings, Inc. and Cloudbreak Health, LLC, to form a combined entity....
By Adam Burroughs
October 30, 2020
Brock Leonti on the importance of intellectual capital
Perscribe FIT's Brock Leonti on what it’s like to be a startup during a pandemic, and how funders factor in to the company’s success during turbulent times....
By Adam Burroughs
October 28, 2020
Matic gets investment from Franklin Madison
Matic has received a strategic investment and partnership with Franklin Madison as part of it Series B funding round....
By Adam Burroughs
October 26, 2020
Credit Union of Ohio acquires First Choice Community Credit Union
First Choice Community Credit Union in Niles, Ohio, has agreed to merge into Credit Union of Ohio in Hillard....
By Adam Burroughs
October 2, 2020
Kassel Equity Group's Brett Motherwell on balancing dealmaking opportunity and risk
Kassel Equity Group Managing Partner Brett Motherwell talks dealmaking during the pandemic and the importance of careful deal structures to mitigate M&A risks....
By Adam Burroughs
September 30, 2020
Hilo Nutrition to be acquired by Highlander Partners
Highlander Partners, L.P., a middle-market private equity firm based in Dallas, Texas, has acquired Hilo Nutrition Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
September 29, 2020
Asset Strategies Group acquires Chute Gerdeman
Asset Strategies Group has acquired environmental design agency Chute Gerdeman....
By Adam Burroughs
September 28, 2020
ScriptDrop Raises $15M Series A
ScriptDrop received a $15 million Series A round led by the Ohio Innovation Fund....
By Adam Burroughs
August 7, 2020
Don’t overreact to short-term disruption, says COhatch CEO Matt Davis
COhatch CEO Matt Davis on his company's response to the pandemic and why long-term decisions shouldn’t be made in a crisis....
By Adam Burroughs
August 3, 2020
FocusCFO Raises Angel Funding
FocusCFO, a Columbus-based provider of CFO-level financial and management services for small and middle-market companies, recently raised $285,000 of convertible debt financing from undisclosed investors....
By Michael Marzec
August 3, 2020
7-Eleven set to acquire Speedway
As part of the agreement, 7-Eleven will acquire approximately 3,900 Speedway stores located in 35 states, for $21 billion in cash....
By Adam Burroughs
August 3, 2020
Kennedy Cottrell Richards and Rea & Associates set to merge
Rea & Associates Inc., a regional accounting and business consulting firm, is set to merge with Gahanna, Ohio-based firm, Kennedy Cottrell Richards....
By Adam Burroughs
July 30, 2020
Branch Secures $24 Million Series A
Branch, a technology-driven home and auto insurance company, has closed a $24 million Series A funding round co-led by Greycroft and HSCM Bermuda....
By Adam Burroughs
July 27, 2020
SMB Insurance Bought By Kernan Insurance Agency
Columbus-based online insurance agency SMB Insurance has been acquired by Kernan Insurance Agency of Powell. Terms were not disclosed....
By Michael Marzec
July 16, 2020
OPENonline Acquired By Universal Background Screening
Columbus-based OPENonline, a provider of employment background checks and investigative services, has been acquired by Universal Background Screening of Scottsdale, Ariz. Terms were not disclosed.v...
By Michael Marzec
July 15, 2020
Thirty-One Gifts Gets Growth Capital From Kanbrick
Thirty-One Gifts founder Cindy Monroe has taken on a growth equity partner in Kanbrick, the investment firm led by former Waren Buffett deputy Tracy Britt Cool and Brian Humphrey. Terms were not disclosed.v...
By Michael Marzec
July 9, 2020
AB Bernstein’s Kara Lewis and Heather George on the seller fatigue factor
AB Bernstein's Kara Lewis and Heather George explores the seller mindset and how that might affect deal availability for buyers....
By Adam Burroughs
July 8, 2020
Popcom Crowdfunds $2.3M
PopCom, a Columbus-based smart vending and kiosk startup, has completed its second equity crowdfunding campaign....
By Adam Burroughs
July 7, 2020
Drive Capital contributes to Immuta's $40M funding round
Drive Capital is among the investors helping Boston-based Immuta, the automated data governance company, secure $40 million in funding....
By Adam Burroughs
July 6, 2020
Bricker & Eckler acquires Ohio PACE, Energize Kentucky from The Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance
Law firm Bricker & Eckler LLP has acquired the Ohio PACE and Energize Kentucky commercial PACE programs from The Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance....
By Adam Burroughs
June 22, 2020
Installed Building Products buys Nationwide Gutter
Installed Building Products Inc., a Columbus-based national installer of insulation and complementary building products, has acquired Nationwide Gutter LLC, which expands its presence to multifamily and commercial customers throughout Texas and surrounding states....
By Jayne Gest
June 12, 2020
ChromoCare’s Hugh Cathey: It’s time for careful, creative thinking
It's a challenging business environment right now, which calls for care and out-of-the-box thinking. Hugh Cathey discusses what he’s seeing in today’s market through the lens of both business owner and investor....
By Jayne Gest
June 10, 2020
Aware raises $2.2M in venture funding
Nullable Inc., dba Aware, recently raised $2.2 million in venture funding in the form of convertible debt from undisclosed investors, bring the Columbus company’s total funds raised to date to $11.1 million through five rounds, PitchBook reports....
By Jayne Gest
June 10, 2020
Nationwide invests in Planck
Nationwide recently made a venture capital investment in Planck, which has created an artificial intelligence-driven data platform for commercial insurance. The funding, which was part of a $16 million Series B round, comes from Nationwide’s $100 million venture capital investment fund....
By Jayne Gest
June 5, 2020
BroadStreet Partners raises $100M in mezzanine financing
Penfund, an independent provider of junior capital to North American middle market companies in Toronto, recently completed a $100 million second lien debt and equity co-investment in Columbus-headquartered BroadStreet Partners Inc....
By Jayne Gest
June 3, 2020
Performance Dealerships buys Bobby Layman Cadillac GMC
The Performance Columbus Family of Dealerships including Honda Marysville, Honda Marysville Motorsports, Toyota Direct and Performance Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM (Georgesville & Delaware) has acquired Bobby Layman Cadillac GMC of Fairfield County, Ohio....
By Jayne Gest
June 3, 2020
Salon Lofts raises funds
Salon Lofts Group LLC, a Columbus-headquartered operator of a beauty parlor chain, recently received $1.06 million of development capital from undisclosed investors, according to PitchBook....
By Jayne Gest
