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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 16, 2021
Report: Fenway Sports Group To Purchase Pittsburgh Penguins
Fenway Sports Group is in advanced talks to purchase the Pittsburgh Penguins. Red Sox president Sam Kennedy confirmed to ESPN that a deal is in the works....
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 9, 2021
Directions To Acquire Aimpoint Research
Directions has finalized an agreement under which Directions will acquire Aimpoint Research....
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 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 4, 2021
Eliassen Group Acquires Lightwell
Eliassen Group, LLC, a strategic consulting and talent solutions firm, has acquired Lightwell Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
November 3, 2021
Aver Raises $58M Investment
Aver, Inc. received a $58-plus million investment led by Cox Enterprises and with participation from other existing investors to accelerate the scale and deployment of its new Enlace Health brand. ...
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 3, 2021
H2I Group Acquires Knight Athletics
H2I Group, a design & build firm, has acquired Pittsburgh based Knight Athletics....
By Adam Burroughs
November 3, 2021
Confluence Technologies To Acquire Investment Metrics For $500M
Confluence Technologies, Inc., a global technology solutions provider, has agreed to acquire Investment Metrics for $500 million. ...
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 27, 2021
OpenExchange To Acquire Veracast Communications
OpenExchange Inc., a leading provider of video-enabled virtual event solutions, intends to acquire Veracast Communications, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
October 26, 2021
HDS Companies Acquires Allita 360
HDS Companies, a provider of affordable housing software and services to U.S.-based HFAs, has acquired Allita 360....
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 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
October 7, 2021
OverDrive Education Acquires TeachingBooks.net
OverDrive, a reading platform for libraries and schools, has acquired TeachingBooks.net....
By Adam Burroughs
October 7, 2021
Peak Nanosystems Raises $25M in Funding
Peak Nanosystems has completed another round of funding to fuel growth in Optics and Specialty Films....
By Adam Burroughs
October 6, 2021
Simplicity Group Acquires Oxbow Marketing Company
Simplicity Group has acquired Ohio-based Oxbow Marketing Company....
By Adam Burroughs
October 6, 2021
Incline Equity Partners Invests in Perfect Power Wash
Incline Equity Partners, a Pittsburgh-based private equity firm, has made an investment in Perfect Power Wash, a provider of exterior residential cleaning services....
By Adam Burroughs
October 5, 2021
2020 Acquires FeneTech
2020, a provider of applications and enterprise solutions dedicated to interior design, space planning and furniture manufacturing, has acquired FeneTech, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
October 5, 2021
Sword Health Acquires Vigilant Technologies
SWORD Health has acquired Vigilant Technologies, a workplace injury prevention solution....
By Adam Burroughs
October 4, 2021
Adler Industrial Solutions Acquires Shorts Tool & Mfg.
Adler Industrial Solutions, Inc., a growing company in the tooling and mold industry, has completed the acquisition of Shorts Tool and Mfg., Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
October 4, 2021
MAI Capital Management Acquires Storey & Associates
MAI Capital Management, LLC has acquired Storey & Associates....
By Adam Burroughs
October 4, 2021
Arhaus Files For IPO
Arhaus, Inc. has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. ...
By Adam Burroughs
October 4, 2021
Kraft Heinz Completes Assan Foods Acquisition
The Kraft Heinz Company (Nasdaq: KHC) has completed the purchase of Assan Foods from privately held Turkish conglomerate Kibar Holding. ...
By Adam Burroughs
October 1, 2021
Continuim Acquires Merlot Vango Tarping Solutions
Continuim Equity Partners has acquired Merlot Vango Tarping Solutions....
By Adam Burroughs
October 1, 2021
Acreage Holdings Acquires Ohio Cultivation, Processing, Retail Operations
Acreage Holdings, Inc., a multi-state operator of cannabis cultivation and retailing facilities in the U.S., is closing the acquisitions of cultivation, processing and retail operations in Ohio by its subsidiary, High Street Capital Partners, LLC. ...
By Adam Burroughs
September 30, 2021
Evolution Capital Partners Invests In EnviroScience Consultants
Private equity firm Evolution Capital Partners LLC has made a growth investment in EnviroScience Consultants, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
September 30, 2021
Priority One Canine Acquires Bio Detection K9
Priority One Canine is entering into a joint venture with French biotechnology company Neovacs...
By Adam Burroughs
September 24, 2021
Lenders Service Corporation Joins Unitas Financial Services
Lenders Service Corporation is merging with Unitas Financial Services....
By Adam Burroughs
