Mergers & Acquisitions

Opus Water Acquires Yeary Controls To Expand Engineered Flow-Control Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Opus Water has expanded its engineered products platform with the acquisition of Chicago-based Yeary Controls, adding a 20-year portfolio of precision control valves, actuators, and flow-control accessories to the company’s growing water and industrial solutions business. Backed by XPV Water Partners, Opus Water is using the deal to further scale across water, wastewater, and process-fluid markets.

Encore Acquires First To Expand Global Brand Experience and In-Venue Event Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Encore has acquired FIRST, a global event marketing and brand experience agency, in a move that expands Encore’s in-venue capabilities and strengthens its worldwide event services footprint. The deal brings together two industry leaders known for sophisticated production, embedded event teams, and large-scale enterprise event programs.

Bending Spoons To Acquire Eventbrite In $500 Million All-Cash Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Eventbrite has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bending Spoons in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $500 million. Under the terms, Eventbrite stockholders will receive $4.50 per share, representing an 82% premium over the company’s 60-day volume-weighted average share price as of market close on December 1, 2025. The agreement has been unanimously approved by Eventbrite’s Board of Directors and remains subject to regulatory approvals and stockholder approval. The companies expect the deal to close in the first half of 2026.

Brookfield To Acquire Fosber In $900 Million Industrial Technology Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Brookfield has agreed to acquire Fosber, a global manufacturer of high-speed corrugating machinery and industrial technology solutions for the packaging sector, in a transaction valued at approximately $900 million. The deal represents a carve-out from Guangdong Dongfang Precision and will be executed through Brookfield’s private equity strategy.

Digita Group Announces Agreement To Be Acquired By GI Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

GI Partners has agreed to acquire Digita Group, one of the largest independent tower and broadcast infrastructure companies in the Nordics, with nationwide portfolios across Finland and Iceland. Digita also plays a central role in Finnish communications infrastructure through its longstanding partnership with Yle, the national public TV and radio broadcaster.

Connectbase Acquires Cloud Age To Expand Its Operating System For Connected World Transactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Connectbase, the platform that powers how the connected world buys and sells digital infrastructure, has acquired Cloud Age, a telecom invoice automation and spend-management SaaS provider used by service providers across more than 1,700 global vendors. The deal expands Connectbase’s position as the operating system for transacting in the connectivity ecosystem, unifying discovery, quoting, spend intelligence, and settlement into a single workflow.

LogicMonitor Buys Catchpoint In Deal Valued At Over $250 Million To Build AI-Based Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

LogicMonitor, an AI-first hybrid observability platform, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Catchpoint, a pioneer in Internet Performance and Digital Experience Monitoring. The combined platform is designed to address the shifting infrastructure demands brought on by GPU-intensive workloads, distributed compute, rising downtime risk, and the mounting operational strain caused by tool sprawl.

ServiceNow To Buy Veza To Expand AI-Native Identity Security Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

ServiceNow announced plans to acquire Veza, an AI-native identity security platform, in a move that significantly expands the company’s Security and Risk portfolios and strengthens its position as enterprises adopt agentic AI across their operations.

Goldman Sachs To Acquire Innovator Capital Management In $2 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Goldman Sachs announced that it has agreed to acquire Innovator Capital Management, a major pioneer in defined outcome ETFs, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion in cash and equity, subject to performance targets. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approval, and will add $28 billion in assets under supervision across 159 defined outcome ETFs to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s platform.

Larson Packaging Acquires Great Western Eagle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Larson Packaging Company (LPC), a provider of custom technical packaging solutions, has acquired Great Western Eagle Packaging (GWEP), a California-based supplier of high-precision case and foam solutions serving aerospace, military, drone, and advanced technology customers.

HyrUP Acquires Evolve Partners To Expand Nationwide Executive Search Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

hyrUP, an award-winning executive search and recruiting firm specializing in accounting, finance, technology, and operations, announced the acquisition of Evolve Partners, a national boutique search firm known for its high-touch approach to executive recruiting. The deal strengthens hyrUP’s nationwide footprint and deepens its focus on high-caliber finance and leadership talent.

CerraCap Ventures And Impact Venture Capital Merge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

CerraCap Ventures and Impact Venture Capital have merged to form CerraCap Impact Venture Capital (CIVC), establishing one of the most globally connected venture platforms. The unified firm combines an extensive network of corporate customers, corporate investors, and strategic acquirers, positioning CIVC as a differentiated partner for founders seeking rapid commercial validation and scalable enterprise adoption.

SAI360 Acquires Plural Policy To Expand AI Regulatory Intelligence Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

SAI360 has acquired Plural Policy, an AI-driven regulatory intelligence company specializing in analyzing legislative and regulatory text at scale. The deal strengthens SAI360’s AI-native compliance capabilities at a time when global regulatory change is becoming more rapid, fragmented, and complex across industries.

Mamava Acquires TalkBox To Expand Privacy And Wellness Space Offerings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Mamava, a market leader in lactation infrastructure, has acquired TalkBox, a Colorado-based designer of sound-resistant privacy booths used for calls, meetings, telehealth, and wellness. The deal marks a significant expansion of Mamava’s mission as the company broadens its focus from lactation support to a full suite of privacy and wellness spaces for workplaces and public environments.

Torque Capital Acquires Joe Gibbs Manufacturing Solutions And Rebrands Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 1, 2025

Torque Capital Group has acquired Joe Gibbs Manufacturing Solutions from Joe Gibbs Racing and will rebrand the company as JGA Space & Defense. The business has historically been rooted in performance racing. It is now positioning itself as a focused supplier to the space and defense sectors, producing advanced specialty composites, assemblies for solid rocket motor propulsion systems, and precision-machined aerospace and defense components.