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September 3, 2021
Will Zell sees exuberance in venture capital
Will Zell, founder of Zell Capital and Executive Chairman at Nikola Labs, offers his take on the view from the early stage....
By Adam Burroughs
August 31, 2021
Horizon Acquires Consolidated Cooperative's Commercial Fiber Business
Horizon has acquired Consolidated Cooperative's commercial fiber business to expand its Midwest footprint....
By Adam Burroughs
August 25, 2021
Safecor Health Recapitalized By Vesey Street Capital Partners
Vesey Street Capital Partners, LLC, a New York-based healthcare services private equity firm, announced that funds managed by VSCP have completed a recapitalization of Safecor Health. ...
By Adam Burroughs
August 11, 2021
Infostretch Acquires Gathi Analytics
Infostretch, a leader in digital engineering services, has acquired Gathi Analytics, LLC...
By Adam Burroughs
August 11, 2021
Carvana To Invest $126M In Root Inc.
Carvana will invest approximately $126 million in Root, Inc., subject to customary regulatory approvals....
By Adam Burroughs
August 6, 2021
Not all CEOs are enthralled by the red-hot M&A market
Vistage Columbus Chair Perry Maughmer spoke on the Smart Business Dealmakers Podcast about the CEO mindset in a time of incredible M&A activity....
By Adam Burroughs
August 4, 2021
Array To Merge with The Gnoêsis Group
Array, a litigation support partner, has merged with The Gnoêsis Group. The combined company will operate under Array's existing name, branding and website. ...
By Adam Burroughs
August 4, 2021
reAlpha Gets $6M investment from Crawford Hoying
reAlpha, a tech-powered real estate investment company, has closed on a $6 Million investment round....
By Adam Burroughs
July 21, 2021
Path Robotics Gets $100M Investment
Path Robotics has raised a $100 million Series C round....
By Adam Burroughs
July 21, 2021
Datacor Acquires INFONETICS
Datacor, Inc., a provider of process manufacturing and chemical distribution software, has acquired INFONETICS....
By Adam Burroughs
July 15, 2021
Jushi Holdings Closes OhiGrow Acquisition
Jushi Holdings Inc. has closed its previously announced acquisition of OhiGrow LLC...
By Adam Burroughs
July 9, 2021
Women and the unique challenges they face in their entrepreneurial pursuits
Linda Pringle Evans, CEO and Founder of Pringle Business Consulting, and the Director of Education at Empowering a Billion Women, discusses the state of female entrepreneurship in the U.S. ...
By Adam Burroughs
July 1, 2021
Togetherwork Acquires Acceptd
Togetherwork, the leader in integrated software and payments for managing communities, groups, and organizations, has acquired Acceptd, the premier application and audition platform for the arts....
By Adam Burroughs
July 1, 2021
Hybrid Apparel Acquires Air Waves
Hybrid Apparel has completed its acquisition of Air Waves, a market leading design and technology driven print-on-demand provider serving e-commerce and wholesale customers....
By Adam Burroughs
July 1, 2021
Numotion Acquires SpinLife
Numotion, the nation's largest provider of products and services that provide mobility, health and personal independence, has acquired SpinLife.com the market leader in online retail Durable Medical Equipment for the aging population as well as people living with disabilities. ...
By Adam Burroughs
July 1, 2021
Olive Closes $400M Round
Olive, the automation company creating the Internet of Healthcare, has closed a $400 million funding round, bringing the company to a $4 billion valuation....
By Adam Burroughs
June 11, 2021
Josh Curtis on what M&A’s busiest year means for sellers
Josh Curtis, managing director of Footprint Capital, offers his view of the market from both the sell-side and buy-side, as well as his sense of how things could play out for the balance of the year....
By Adam Burroughs
June 9, 2021
Huntington Completes Merger With TCF
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated has closed its merger with TCF Financial Corporation, creating a Top 25 U.S. bank holding company....
By Adam Burroughs
June 9, 2021
Branch Insurance Closes $50M Series B
Branch Insurance has closed a $50 million Series B fundraise to fuel its national and partner channel expansion....
By Adam Burroughs
June 3, 2021
Lenox Corporation Acquires Oneida Consumer LLC
Bristol, Pa.-based Lenox Corp., a leading supplier of tabletop, giftware and home entertaining products, has acquired Columbus-based Oneida Consumer. The deal includes all existing Oneida Consumer-branded tabletop products including flatware, dinnerware and cutlery....
By Adam Burroughs
June 1, 2021
Allstate Corp To Acquire SafeAuto
The Allstate Corporation has agreed to acquire SafeAuto...
By Adam Burroughs
May 13, 2021
Cindi Englefield offers sale perspective from both sides of the table
Cindi Englefield shares what she sees from the outside when helping business owners sell their business, as well as insight and advice gained from her sale experience....
By Adam Burroughs
May 11, 2021
L Brands to Spin Off Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret Into Publicly Traded Companies
L Brands, Inc.’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company into two independent, public companies: Bath & Body Works and Victoria’s Secret....
By Adam Burroughs
May 3, 2021
Path Robotics Raises $56M
Path Robotics, the Columbus-based AI Robotics company responsible for designing the world's first truly autonomous robotic welding system, has received $56 million in Series B funding...
By Adam Burroughs
April 29, 2021
Forge Biologics Closes $120M Series B Round
Forge Biologics, a gene therapy-focused contract development and manufacturing organization, has closed a $120 million Series B financing round....
By Adam Burroughs
April 20, 2021
Sequoia Financial Group and WEALTHSTONE ADVISORS to Merge
Sequoia Financial Group, LLC and WEALTHSTONE ADVISORS have entered into a definitive agreement to merge their businesses....
By Adam Burroughs
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
