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June 2, 2023
Xylem To Acquire Evoqua in $7.5 Billion All-Stock Transaction
Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company, and Evoqu, a leader in mission-critical water treatment solutions and services, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under...
By Dan Pender
June 2, 2023
OCLI Vision Acquires Crossroads Eye Care Associates
Spectrum Vision Partners announced the acquisition of Crossroads Eye Care Associates to continue to build the AIO|OCLI Vision presence in Pittsburgh. Crossroads Eye Care Associates is dedicated to...
By Dan Pender
June 2, 2023
Axuall Secures $20M Series B Capital Raise
Axuall, provider of clinical workforce intelligence, announced the investment of $20 million in Series B funding led by Noro-Moseley Partners, with additional investors Flare Capital Partners,...
By Dan Pender
June 2, 2023
Diebold Nixdorf Files for Bankruptcy
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated announced it has entered into a restructuring support agreement with certain of its key financial stakeholders to effectuate a comprehensive debt restructuring...
By Dan Pender
June 2, 2023
Unifywork Raises $3 Million
Workforce intelligence platform UnifyWork raised an additional $3 million in funding. NorthCoast Ventures, JumpStart and OVO Fund participated in the round. UnifyWork is a workforce intelligence...
By Dan Pender
June 2, 2023
Unifywork Raises $3 Million
Workforce intelligence platform UnifyWork raised an additional $3 million in funding. NorthCoast Ventures, JumpStart and OVO Fund participated in the round. UnifyWork is a workforce intelligence...
By Dan Pender
May 26, 2023
Ripken Baseball Acquires Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center
Ripken Baseball has acquired Sports Force Parks at Cedar Point Sports Center in Sandusky, Ohio. Known for creating lifelong family experiences, Ripken Baseball will operate next to one of the world's...
By Dan Pender
May 26, 2023
Fifth Third Announces Acquisition of Rize Money, Inc.
Fifth Third Bancorp announced the acquisition of Rize Money, Inc., an embedded payments platform that provides payment infrastructure and risk management capabilities to fintechs and other technology...
By Dan Pender
May 19, 2023
Ohio's DayMark Wealth Partners Continues Expansion by Adding the Compass Group
DayMark Wealth Partners announced T. Rodney Twells, Andrew Sikorovsky, and Joseph Schmidt have joined the firm as the Compass Group of DayMark Wealth Partners. The team includes Kimberly Fitzgerald...
By Dan Pender
May 19, 2023
CWRU Launches Alumni Venture Fund to Accelerate Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
The CWRU Alumni Venture Fund aims to develop and accelerate Case Western Reserve University’s entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem including students, faculty and alumni. Objectives of the CWRU...
By Dan Pender
May 19, 2023
BP’s Acquisition of TravelCenters of America Inc. Finalized
Service Properties Trust announced that BP completed its acquisition of TravelCenters of America Inc. on May 15, 2023, and the previously announced amended lease terms between SVC and BP are now in...
By Dan Pender
May 19, 2023
Arrow International Acquires Blue Bay
Arrow International, Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of charitable gaming products, announces an affiliated entity Bow Distribution, LLC has acquired the operational assets of...
By Dan Pender
May 19, 2023
Five Star Parks & Attractions Acquires Award‐Winning Scene75 Entertainment
Five Star Parks & Attractions, a leading operator of family entertainment centers (FECs), announced the acquisition of Scene75 Entertainment, an international award-winning brand of entertainment...
By Dan Pender
May 19, 2023
Five Star Parks & Attractions Acquires Award‐Winning Scene75 Entertainment
Five Star Parks & Attractions, a leading operator of family entertainment centers (FECs), announced the acquisition of Scene75 Entertainment, an international award-winning brand of entertainment...
By Dan Pender
May 19, 2023
WHP Global and EXPR Acquire Bonobos for a Combined $75 Million
Fashion apparel retailer Express, Inc. and global brand management firm, WHP Global announced a definitive agreement to acquire menswear brand Bonobos, Inc. from Walmart Inc. This is the first...
By Dan Pender
May 12, 2023
Philpott Solutions Group Acquires Castino Injection Molding Manufacturer
Philpott Solutions Group today announced it has purchased Castino, an injection molding manufacturer. The agreement allows Philpott to build tooling and expand its capabilities that range from custom...
By Dan Pender
May 12, 2023
TransDigm Completes Acquisition of Calspan Corporation
TransDigm Group Incorporated announced it has acquired Calspan Corporation for approximately $725 million in cash, including certain tax benefits. TransDigm financed the acquisition through cash on...
By Dan Pender
May 12, 2023
ChromaScape Acquires Kemira's Colorants and Dye Business
ChromaScape LLC, a specialty colorants and additives supplier, announced the acquisition of Kemira's colorants and dye business. The deal closed on May 4, 2023. Kemira's product line includes basic...
By Dan Pender
May 12, 2023
HireVue Acquires Modern Hire to Transform the Global Talent Experience
HireVue, provider of video interviewing, assessments, and text-enabled recruiting solutions, announced it has acquired Modern Hire, the intelligent hiring platform. The acquisition of Modern Hire...
By Dan Pender
May 12, 2023
Cain Toyota and Cain BMW of North Canton Sold
Tim Lamb, President of the Tim Lamb Group, the largest auto dealership sales and acquisitions firm in North America, has brokered the sale of the Cain Toyota and Cain BMW Dealerships in North Canton,...
By Dan Pender
May 4, 2023
Voyager Space Acquires ZIN Technologies Inc
Voyager Space, a global leader in space exploration, has acquired ZIN Technologies, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
May 4, 2023
Arconic to Be Acquired by Apollo Funds
Arconic Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in an all-cash transaction that values Arconic at an enterprise value of approximately $5.2 billion....
By Adam Burroughs
May 4, 2023
ServiceMaster CDR Acquires ServiceMaster by Lewis
ServiceMaster CDR has completed its strategic acquisition of ServiceMaster by Lewis. ...
By Adam Burroughs
May 3, 2023
Lincoln Electric Acquires Powermig Automacão E Soldagem Ltda
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. has acquired Powermig Automação e Soldagem Ltda., a privately held automation engineering firm headquartered in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul state, in Brazil....
By Adam Burroughs
May 2, 2023
Outtech Acquired by Legacy1846 Outdoor Group
Outtech Inc., an outdoor industry leader in sales and marketing, along with subsidiaries QuickFire and Peak Strategic Insights, has been acquired by Legacy1846 Outdoor Group, an investment holding company....
By Adam Burroughs
May 1, 2023
Everest Infrastructure Partners Raises $500M
Everest Infrastructure Partners announced the closing of $500 million in new equity capital commitments to support its future growth...
By Adam Burroughs
May 1, 2023
BGL Sells Circon to Covanta
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company has sold Circon Holdings, Inc., an industry leader in innovative waste management solutions and a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries LLC, to Covanta Holding Corporation, a leader in sustainable materials management and a portfolio company of EQT Infrastructure....
By Adam Burroughs
April 24, 2023
MAI Capital Management Acquires Wiener Financial Management
MAI Capital Management LLC, a registered investment adviser, has acquired Wiener Financial Management....
By Adam Burroughs
April 21, 2023
Gardiner Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. Announces Extension
Gardiner Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. received notice from Gardiner Healthcare Holdings, LLC that the Gardiner Sponsor intends to extend the deadline to consummate an initial business combination....
By Adam Burroughs
April 18, 2023
Optimus Technologies Closes $17.8M Series A Led by Mitsui & Co
Optimus Technologies, a technology company that decarbonizes the largest and most challenging sectors of the transportation industry, has secured a $17.8 million Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co. out of Tokyo, Japan. ...
By Adam Burroughs
April 18, 2023
Interactive Capital Partners Corporation Proposes Business Combination With Skinject
Interactive Capital Partners Corporation has entered into a letter of intent with SkinJect, Inc., effective April 17, 2023, to complete a proposed reverse takeover transaction and apply for listing on the TSX Venture Exchange. ...
By Adam Burroughs
April 17, 2023
BroadStreet Partners With Westland Insurance Group
BroadStreet has entered an agreement to partner with Westland Insurance Group, a leading Canadian independent insurance brokerage. ...
By Adam Burroughs
April 14, 2023
Eir Partners Takes a Majority Stake in GiftHealth
Gifthealth, a leading pharmaceutical software company built to streamline the Rx experience through intelligent scripts, secured a growth investment from Eir Partners, a Miami-based private equity...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Availity to Acquire Utilization Management Solution and Business Unit from Olive
Availity, one of the nation’s largest real-time health information networks, announced a definitive agreement to acquire the utilization management solution and business unit from healthcare...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Plaskolite to Acquire Cell Cast Acrylic Manufacturing Facility from Trinseo
Plaskolite LLC, a manufacturing engineering thermoplastics company, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the land, buildings and equipment of a facility in Matamoros, Mexico from Trinseo, a...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Brennan to Acquire SRM Industries
Brennan Industries announced the acquisition of SRM Industries of Houston, TX, including its RHINO family of products. SRM has been marketing hydraulic hose protective products such as its RHINO...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Blue Point Acquires eyebobs, Expands Eyewear Platform
Blue Point Capital Partners announced the acquisition of eyebobs, a market leader in premium reading glasses. The investment is part of the firm’s broader plan to build a unique eyewear platform...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Evergreen Cooperatives' Fund for Employee Ownership Acquires LEFCO Worthington LLC
Evergreen Cooperatives, a nonprofit focused on revitalizing urban neighborhoods by preserving jobs that build middle-class wealth, has added to its portfolio of employee-owned businesses with the...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Legal Heat Announces Acquisition of Focused Fire Training
Legal Heat, a firearms trading company, announced its acquisition by Tommy Sapp, president & CEO of Focused Fire Training, the largest concealed carry training group in the state of Florida. This...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Monarch Brands Joins Hospeco Brands Group
Hospeco Brands Group, a United States-based, full line manufacturer of personal care, cleaning, and protection products to serve the janitorial, industrial supply, automotive, foodservice, healthcare,...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Sila Services Acquires Jackson Comfort Services
Sila Services, LLC announced it acquired Jackson Comfort Services, Northeast Ohio's leading provider of heating, cooling, and plumbing services. Continually expanding from its modest founding in a...
By Dan Pender
April 14, 2023
Akron-based GOJO Industries seeks buyer
The maker of Purell hand sanitizer is reportedly looking for a buyer. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Akron-based GOJO Industries hired JPMorgan Chase to conduct an auction ....
By Dan Pender
April 11, 2023
Horizon Acquisition Corporation II Agrees to Terminate Business Combination Agreement with Flexjet
Horizon Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE American: HZON), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, has agreed to terminate its business combination agreement with Flexjet, Inc....
By Adam Burroughs
April 11, 2023
Main Street Therapy Partners Acquires Sternen Physical Therapy
Main Street Therapy Partners, a leading provider of outpatient physical therapy services, has acquired Sternen Physical Therapy, a renowned provider of physical therapy services in Beachwood, OH, as well as its brand, Cleveland BodyWise....
By Adam Burroughs
April 11, 2023
Koppers Announces Closing of $400M Term Loan B
Koppers Holdings Inc., an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds, closed a 7-year $400 million senior secured Term Loan B ...
By Adam Burroughs
April 6, 2023
OMNI Systems Acquires ITW Labels
OMNI Systems, a thermal label printing company, acquired ITW Labels, a company with a 110-year history and operations in St. Charles, Missouri; Gardner, Kansas; and Bogart, Georgia. This combination...
By Dan Pender
April 6, 2023
Presta Raises $3.3 Million Pre-Seed Funding
Presta, an end-to-end digital lending platform that modernizes and accelerates the loan origination process, announced its launch after raising $3.3 million in oversubscribed pre-seed fundraise. Led...
By Dan Pender
April 6, 2023
eProductivity Software Acquires Tharstern Group
eProductivity Software, producer of transformational technology for the print and packaging industries, has acquired UK-based Tharstern Group, a management information system (MIS) software provider...
By Dan Pender
April 6, 2023
Coeptis Therapeutics to Negotiate to Acquire Transformational Cell Therapy Platform
Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer, has obtained the exclusive right to negotiate towards the acquisition of...
By Dan Pender
April 6, 2023
Armada Supply Chain Solutions Acquires Sunset Transportation
Food and restaurant logistics giant Armada Supply Chain Solutions acquired top 10 3PL Sunset Transportation in a transaction that closed in late 2022. The strategic acquisition of Sunset enables the...
By Dan Pender
