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February 28, 2024
McGowan Acquires Assets of Parks Plus Underwriting Agency LLC & Intersure Insurance Brokers Corp.
The McGowan Companies has acquired the assets of Parks Plus Underwriting Agency, LLC and Intersure Insurance Brokers Corp....
By SBN Staff
February 28, 2024
Black Tech Nation Ventures Closes $50M Inaugural Fund
Black Tech Nation Ventures, a Pittsburgh-based venture firm, closed a $50 million inaugural fund....
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February 28, 2024
Koppers Signs Agreement to Acquire Brown Wood Preserving
Koppers Holdings Inc. signed an agreement to acquire substantially all assets of Brown Wood Preserving company and certain of its affiliates for approximately $100 million in cash. ...
By SBN Staff
February 23, 2024
Wesco Enters Agreement to Sell Integrated Supply Business to Vallen Distribution
Wesco International has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Wesco Integrated Supply business to Vallen Distribution....
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February 21, 2024
BGL Handles Sale of Arctic Industries, Store It Cold to Kinzie Capital
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (BGL) has sold Arctic Industries and Store It Cold, a portfolio company of Stoic Holdings, to Kinzie Capital Partners LP, a private equity firm based in Chicago....
By SBN Staff
February 21, 2024
StateServ acquires Delta Care Rx
StateServ has completed its acquisition of Delta Care Rx, a national pharmaceutical care provider based in Pittsburgh. ...
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February 21, 2024
Blackbird Health raises $17M in Series A funding
Blackbird Health, a neuroscience-led and technology-backed youth mental health provider, raised $17 million in series A funding. ...
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February 20, 2024
Society Brands Acquires Brands Clarifion, Cleanomic
Society Brands, a tech-enabled consumer products company built for and by founders, acquires two Orange County, Calif.-based brands, Clarifion and Cleanomic....
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February 20, 2024
SEAM Group to Be Acquired by ABB
SEAM Group has entered into an agreement to be acquired by ABB, a global technology leader in electrification and automation....
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February 19, 2024
Borgman Capital Partners with Technical Products Inc.
Private equity firm Borgman Capital has partnered with Technical Products, Inc., a customer-focused, regional chemical distributor headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio....
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February 15, 2024
LIVE365 acquires customers of Christian Netcast
Live365, the one-stop shop for internet radio stations, is partnering with ChristianNetcast to provide complete streaming services for the network’s faith-based broadcasters....
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February 14, 2024
CertaSite Expands Columbus-Area Footprint
CertaSite® has acquired Fire Systems Professionals, a fire systems and security business that serves the Columbus area....
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February 12, 2024
CNX Resources sells private offering of $400M of senior notes
CNX Resources Corp. intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer and sell in a private placement to eligible purchasers $400 million of senior notes due 2032....
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February 7, 2024
CBIZ Acquires Erickson, Brown & Kloster LLC
CBIZ, Inc., a provider of financial, insurance and advisory services, has acquired tax and accounting service provider, Erickson, Brown & Kloster, LLC (EBK), of Colorado Springs, CO....
By SBN Staff
February 2, 2024
Medical Mutual Signs Agreement to Acquire Paramount Health
Medical Mutual recently announced its intent to purchase Paramount Health, a Northwest Ohio-based health insurance company owned by ProMedica. Paramount, which offers Medicare Advantage, Individual...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Scene Acquired by Great Lakes Publishing
Great Lakes Publishing proudly announces it has purchased Cleveland Scene, strengthening its commitment to local, high-quality, Cleveland-based content on all platforms. “Cleveland Scene is long known...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
KODIS Acquires Empire Freight Logistics to Strengthen and Diversify Service Offering
KODIS Holdings, a collection of niche logistics companies, completed the acquisition of Syracuse-based Empire Freight Logistics. This is KODIS' most recent acquisition since purchasing Tomball,...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Cyprium Completes Investment in OneroRx
Cyprium Partners announced it has completed its 100th platform investment, providing debt and equity to OneroRx Inc, headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa. OneroRx provides integrated pharmacy...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Electronic Merchant Systems Expands with Acquisition of LA-based PaymentCloud
Electronic Merchant Systems (EMS), a payment technology provider, announced the acquisition of Los Angeles-based PaymentCloud. For EMS, this deal further strengthens its distribution channels. It...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Digital Print Solutions Acquires Americas Print Show
Digital Print Solutions (DPS) announced the acquisition of the Americas Print Show (APS), ushering in a new era for print and graphics events. Effective immediately, DPS will assume reins of the 2024...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
Athersys files for bankruptcy, sells assets to Healios
A failed attempt in the fall to salvage Athersys following an unsatisfactory trial of an ischemic stroke cell therapy, led the biotech to sell all assets to Healios and file for bankruptcy. In...
By Staff Reports
February 2, 2024
GE HealthCare announces agreement to acquire MIM Software
GE HealthCare announced it entered into an agreement to acquire MIM Software, a global provider of medical imaging analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the practice of radiation...
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February 2, 2024
Cardinal Health to acquire Specialty Networks and its PPS Analytics platform
Cardinal Health announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Specialty Networks, a technology-enabled multi-specialty group purchasing and practice enhancement organization for...
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January 23, 2024
Ansys and Humanetics expand partnership
Ansys has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a minority ownership interest in Humanetics from Bridgepoint, the global private equity firm that first invested in Humanetics in 2018. ...
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January 19, 2024
Clarametyx Biosciences Announces $33M Series A
Clarametyx Biosciences Inc., a clinical stage company developing targeted, immune-enabling biologic therapies to counter persistent infections associated with biofilms, announced the successful...
By Staff Reports
January 19, 2024
Pan-American Life Closes its Acquisition and Merger of Encova Life Insurance
Pan-American Life Insurance Company completed the acquisition and merger of Encova Life Insurance Company. The transaction will add approximately $60 million in revenues, over $500 million in total...
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January 19, 2024
New Horizons Baking acquires Graffiti Foods
New Horizons Baking Co. acquired Graffiti Foods, LLC, a supplier of customized liquid blend solutions for intermediate and regional chain restaurants based in Columbus, Ohio. The acquisition closed...
By Staff Reports
January 19, 2024
ICoreConnect Inc. Announces Strategic Acquisition of Verifi
iCoreConnect Inc., a cloud-based software and technology company focused on increasing workflow productivity and customer profitability through its enterprise and healthcare workflow platform,...
By Staff Reports
January 19, 2024
reAlpha Tech Corp. Enters into Letter of Intent to Acquire United Software Group
reAlpha Tech Corp., a real estate technology company focused on developing, utilizing and commercializing real estate-focused artificial intelligence to drive efficiency, sustainability and growth,...
By Staff Reports
January 19, 2024
Nationwide Proposes Fund Reorganization
Nationwide has approved a proposed plan to reorganize the Nationwide Nasdaq-100® Risk-Managed Income ETF ...
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January 12, 2024
Nippon Steel Corporation to Acquire U. S. Steel
Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan’s largest steelmaker and one of the world’s leading steel manufacturers, and United States Steel Corporation, a leading steel producer with competitive advantages in...
By Staff Reports
January 12, 2024
Giant Oil Acquires American Natural Retail
American Natural Retail has been sold to Giant Oil, according to an announcement by Cleopatra Resources. The acquisition includes 11 convenience stores, and an additional two company-operated retail...
By Staff Reports
January 12, 2024
Opta Group Acquires Anker Industries
Opta Group, a portfolio company of Speyside Equity Advisers, announced its acquisition of Anker Industries LLC effective December 20, 2023. Anker supplies the steel and foundry industries with...
By Staff Reports
January 12, 2024
Alliance Technical Group’s Two Strategic Acquisitions Finishes Another Record Year of Growth
Alliance Technical Group, a prominent leader in the environmental compliance sector, announced the successful acquisition of two significant assets. These acquisitions represent key advancements in...
By Staff Reports
January 12, 2024
DQE Communications To Be Acquired by GI Partners
GI Partners, a leading investor in data infrastructure businesses, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire DQE Communications from its parent company, Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light Holdings...
By Staff Reports
January 12, 2024
First Insight Acquires SnapRetail
First Insight, Inc., a global leader in Voice of the Customer (VoC) retail solutions, recently announced its acquisition of SnapRetail, a Pittsburgh-based, digital marketing platform aimed at boosting...
By Staff Reports
January 12, 2024
Lynx Software Technologies Announces Acquisition of Timesys Corporation
Lynx Software Technologies (Lynx), a leader in the development of foundational, open architecture software solutions for the Mission Critical Edge, announced the acquisition of Timesys Corporation...
By Staff Reports
January 5, 2024
MAI Capital Management Acquires R. Karras Asset Management & Planning
MAI Capital Management, LLC, a registered investment adviser specializing in comprehensive investment and financial planning for high-net-worth individuals and families, announced the acquisition of...
By Staff Reports
January 5, 2024
Weinberg Capital Group announces Recapitalization of Salt River Aviation
Weinberg Capital Group announced the acquisition of Salt River Aviation, a niche provider of Auxiliary Power Units ("APU"), APU teardown and disassembly services, APU subcomponents, and other airframe...
By Staff Reports
January 5, 2024
Society Brands Acquires Akron-Based Primal Life Organics
Society Brands, a tech-enabled consumer products company built for and by founders, has partnered with fellow Northeast Ohio-based Primal Life Organics, an established purveyor of personal care...
By Staff Reports
January 5, 2024
ParkOhio Completes Sale of Aluminum Products Business
Park-Ohio Holdings Corp. announced it has successfully completed the divestiture of its Aluminum Products business to Angstrom Automotive Group effective Dec. 29, 2023, for approximately $50 million...
By Staff Reports
January 5, 2024
Ascent Industries Sells Specialty Pipe & Tube for $55 Million
Ascent Industries Co., an industrials company focused on the production and distribution of industrial tubular products and specialty chemicals, announced the sale of the business of Specialty Pipe &...
By Staff Reports
January 5, 2024
Myers Industries Announces Acquisition of Signature Systems
Myers Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of industrial products, announced it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger through which it will acquire Signature Systems, a...
By Staff Reports
December 15, 2023
M7 Holdings, LLC Acquires Harwood Rubber Products, Inc.
M7 Holdings, LLC, a family investment office, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Harwood Rubber Products, Inc., effective November 30, 2023. The Cuyahoga Falls-based company specializes in...
By Staff Reports
December 15, 2023
Ulmer and Greensfelder to Merge, Creating Am Law 200 Law Firm
Ulmer & Berne LLP and Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC announced their respective firms have approved a combination, creating a super-regional firm focused in the Midwest. With complementary business and...
By Staff Reports
December 15, 2023
CD&R to Acquire Shearer’s Foods
Clayton Dubilier & Rice announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for funds it manages to acquire Shearer’s Foods, a contract manufacturer and private label supplier serving the snack...
By Staff Reports
December 15, 2023
Mansour Gavin And Climaco Wilcox To Join Forces
Mansour Gavin LPA and Climaco, Wilcox, Peca & Garofoli Co., LPA announced Climaco Wilcox attorneys Dennis R. Wilcox, Patricia M. Ritzert, and Scott D. Simpkins are joining Mansour Gavin effective as...
By Staff Reports
December 7, 2023
UpHealth Enters into Agreement for Sale of Cloudbreak Health Business
UpHealth, Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Cloudbreak Health, LLC, best known for its Martti translation offering, to GTCR for $180 million...
By Staff Reports
December 7, 2023
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. to Acquire Forge Biologics for $620 Million
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and Forge Biologics announced they have entered into a definitive agreement by which Ajinomoto Co., will acquire Forge, a manufacturer of genetic medicines, in an all-cash deal for...
By Staff Reports
December 7, 2023
Nvenergy-Led Consortium Completes Purchase Of American Electric Power's Unregulated Renewables Portfolio
Invenergy, a privately held developer, owner, and operator of sustainable energy solutions, announced IRG Acquisition Holdings (IRGAH), a partnership between Invenergy, CDPQ and funds managed by...
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