Mergers & Acquisitions

Elon Musk Reportedly Acquires APR Energy In Deal Estimated At More Than $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 17, 2026

Elon Musk has acquired APR Energy, a provider of rapidly deployable gas- and diesel-powered generation systems, in a transaction estimated at more than $1 billion. The acquisition was disclosed through a Federal Trade Commission early termination notice dated May 14, 2026. The filing identified Musk as the acquiring party, CF APR Super Holdings as the acquired party, and New APR Energy as the acquired entity.

Pursuit Acquires Eagle Wing Tours, Entering Victoria’s Marine Wildlife Tourism Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality, an attractions and hospitality company operating in the United States, Canada, Iceland, and Costa Rica, has acquired Eagle Wing Tours, a Victoria, British Columbia-based whale watching and marine wildlife operator. The transaction closed July 14, 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition marks Pursuit's entry into the Vancouver Island market and advances its Vision 2030 strategy of investing in iconic, market-leading experiences in destinations with strong long-term tourism fundamentals.

Inflexion To Acquire Primed Group, A German Medical Consumables And Sterilization Specialist

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Inflexion, a leading European mid-market private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Primed Group, a specialist German manufacturer and distributor of single-use medical consumables and operator of one of Europe's largest medical sterilization platforms. The business is being acquired from Paragon Partners, a DACH-focused private equity firm. The investment is being made from Inflexion's Buyout Fund VI and represents the firm's sixth investment in the DACH region and its third healthcare investment there, following minority stakes in Proteros and Tierarzt Plus Partner. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Bruker Acquires DISQVER Metagenomic Sequencing Platform From Noscendo to Expand Infection Diagnostics Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Bruker has acquired the DISQVER clinical metagenomics platform from Noscendo GmbH, adding whole-genome sequencing-based pathogen detection directly from blood samples to its microbiology and infection diagnostics portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed, and DISQVER is not expected to be material to Bruker's full-year 2026 financial results. The platform currently remains available for research use only, while Bruker advances regulatory registration for diagnostic applications.

Too Lost Acquires GYRO.Group To Establish APAC Presence In Independent Music Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Too Lost, a global music technology and rights management company, has acquired GYRO.Group, Australia's largest independent music distribution and artist services company, in its first acquisition following a recent strategic investment led by GoldState Music and TA Associates. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction marks Too Lost's first move into the Asia-Pacific region.

Travel + Leisure Co. Acquires Yes& Vacations And Spinnaker Resorts For $343 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Travel + Leisure Co. has closed the acquisition of Yes& Vacations and entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Spinnaker Resorts, in two transactions totaling a combined upfront purchase price of $343 million, subject to customary adjustments and up to $10 million in contingent performance-based payments. The Spinnaker Resorts acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026. The company is funding both deals through cash and existing debt capacity and expects to end the year at a 3.2x leverage ratio while sustaining share repurchases at levels comparable to 2025.

ADC Aerospace Acquires Hyatt Die Cast To Create Market-Leading Aerospace And Defense Die Casting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

ADC Aerospace, a Buena Park, California-based manufacturer of complex, highly engineered turnkey die-cast parts for aerospace and defense applications, has acquired Hyatt Die Cast & Engineering Corporation, a nearly 60-year-old manufacturer of aluminum and zinc die castings serving aerospace, defense, and medical equipment customers. Financial terms were not disclosed. ADC has been backed by GreyLion, a lower middle-market private equity firm, since 2019. GreyLion manages approximately $2.0 billion in aggregate fund commitments.

Anaconda Acquires Kilo Code To Extend AI-Native Development Platform To 3 Million Developers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Anaconda, an Austin, Texas-based company that serves as foundational infrastructure for AI and data science development and is trusted by 95% of the Fortune 500, has acquired Kilo Code, an open-source, model-agnostic agentic engineering platform used by more than 3 million developers across VS Code, JetBrains, web, and CLI environments. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition follows Anaconda's earlier 2026 purchase of Outerbounds, which brought production-grade AI orchestration to the Anaconda Platform.

Lyric Acquires Concert to Expand Healthcare Decision Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Lyric, a Philadelphia and Nashville-based healthcare decision intelligence company, has acquired Concert, a precision health payment accuracy firm that converts clinical and administrative policies into machine-readable, real-time decision tools. Financial terms were not disclosed. The two companies have worked together since 2023, with the scope of their joint solution growing nearly tenfold over that period before the full acquisition.

AngelList Acquires Ark To Create Integrated Fund Administration, Banking, And AI Platform For Private Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

AngelList, a San Francisco-based software platform supporting the private markets with infrastructure, cap table management, and payments capabilities, has acquired Ark PES, a fund management software platform serving more than 500 general partners and fund administrators across venture capital and private equity, supporting more than $185 billion in assets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Integrated Utility Services Acquires Paragon Industries Out Of Bankruptcy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Integrated Utility Services (IUS), a Houston-based industrial company led by Tulsa natives Trinity Dawson and Dustin Ketchum, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Paragon Industries, an Oklahoma-based manufacturer of steel pipe products, through a Chapter 11 restructuring process. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Marchex Completes Acquisition Of Archenia To Build AI-Driven Customer Acquisition Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Marchex, a Seattle-based provider of AI-powered conversational intelligence and analytics solutions, has completed its acquisition of Archenia, a performance-based customer qualification and acquisition company. Marchex stockholders approved the transaction on July 1, 2026, with approximately 99.9% of votes cast in favor. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Signal Labs Acquires BrassRing To Layer AI-Driven Attention Intelligence On Enterprise Talent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Signal Labs, a Chicago-based enterprise software company backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, has acquired BrassRing, a long-standing enterprise talent acquisition platform serving Fortune 500 clients across high-volume, regulated, and global hiring operations. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition combines BrassRing's 25 years of hiring outcome data, spanning 172 countries and 42 languages, with Signal Labs' SignalOS, an operating system the company describes as the infrastructure for enterprise attention.

DePuy Synthes Acquires Expanding Innovations To Strengthen Spine Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

DePuy Synthes, the orthopedics division of Johnson & Johnson, has acquired Expanding Innovations, Inc., a commercial-stage medical technology company focused on expandable interbody cage systems for spine surgery. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition adds a proprietary non-screw-based expandable cage technology to DePuy Synthes' Spine portfolio, strengthening its position in the lumbar fusion market.

Ridgemont Equity Partners And Coogee Bay Partners Acquire Caring Transitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Ridgemont Equity Partners, a Charlotte-based middle-market private equity firm, has acquired Caring Transitions, a nationwide franchise network providing senior move management, downsizing, estate sale, and home cleanout services, in partnership with digital marketplace operators Joshua Ellstein and Michael Felman of Coogee Bay Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed. Ellstein and Felman will serve as Co-Executive Chairmen alongside Caring Transitions President Joe Lewandowski and the existing leadership team. Phil Michaelson, who has extensive experience scaling auction platforms, will join the board. Debt financing was provided by Apogem Capital. Livingstone Partners advised Caring Transitions; Boxwood Partners advised Ridgemont and Coogee Bay.

CrowdStrike Acquires XM Cyber IP And Expands European Sovereign Cloud Partnership With Schwarz Digits

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

CrowdStrike and Schwarz Digits, the digital and IT division of Schwarz Group, the German retail conglomerate behind Lidl and Kaufland, have announced an expansion of their strategic partnership, including CrowdStrike's acquisition of the intellectual property of XM Cyber, a Schwarz Digits company specializing in attack path visualization and offensive simulation. The IP acquisition includes more than 45 patents and proprietary source code. CrowdStrike will not acquire XM Cyber's revenue or customers; XM Cyber will continue operating as a standalone business under an IP license from CrowdStrike. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of CrowdStrike's fiscal year 2027, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Boston Globe Media Acquires InstaTrac, A 30-Year-Old Massachusetts Government Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Boston Globe Media has acquired InstaTrac, a Massachusetts-based government information company that has provided legislative and municipal tracking services to professionals, public officials, and organizations across the state for more than three decades. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Acquires Hartford Sprinkler

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, the largest fully integrated and full-service fire protection, life safety, and security services provider in the United States, has acquired Hartford Sprinkler Co., Inc., a Connecticut-based fire sprinkler and life safety company. The addition marks a step in bringing fire sprinkler service to Pye-Barker's existing security and alarm presence in Connecticut, enhancing service offerings for customers throughout the area.

Medtronic Closes $650 Million Acquisition Of SPR Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Medtronic has completed its acquisition of SPR Therapeutics, a privately held medical technology company specializing in short-term peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) therapy for chronic and acute pain, for $650 million in upfront cash. The deal adds SPR's FDA-cleared SPRINT PNS System to Medtronic's neuromodulation portfolio, which the company describes as the broadest pain therapy offering in the industry.

Instacart Acquires Arpalus To Bring Real-Time Computer Vision To Grocery Shelf Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Instacart has acquired Arpalus, an AI-powered computer vision company that specializes in real-time shelf intelligence for grocery retail. The acquisition is designed to sharpen inventory accuracy across Instacart's ecommerce fulfillment network and in-store operations, targeting one of the most persistent pain points in online grocery: out-of-stock items that trigger substitutions, cancellations, and eroded customer trust. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ARRAY To Acquire Affordable Wire Management For $203 Million, Expanding Into BESS And Datacenter Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

ARRAY Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Affordable Wire Management, LLC (AWM), a provider of wire management, cable protection, and balance-of-system solutions for utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, for total consideration of approximately $203 million. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory clearance and customary closing conditions.

OneDigital Adds Rosenthal Wealth Management Group, Pushing Assets Under Advisement Past $155 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

OneDigital Investment Advisors has added Rosenthal Wealth Management Group to its national platform, bringing on a 31-year-old Mid-Atlantic firm managing approximately $1.8 billion in assets. The deal marks the 23rd wealth management firm to join OneDigital in five years and pushes the Atlanta-based company's total assets under advisement to more than $155 billion as of March 31, 2026.

Dassault Systèmes Reportedly In Talks To Acquire ArisGlobal For About $2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

French software giant Dassault Systèmes is in advanced discussions to acquire ArisGlobal, a Miami-founded life sciences software company owned by Nordic Capital, for approximately $2 billion, according to the Financial Times. No deal has been finalized, and negotiations could still fall through.

FCPT Acquires 102 Mission Pet Health Veterinary Properties for $268 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Forum Markets Acquires Aircraft Engine For Approximately $12 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Forum Markets, a digital asset platform modernizing capital markets through the tokenization of real-world assets, announced it has closed the acquisition of a commercial aircraft engine for approximately $12 million in cash, expanding the company's aviation portfolio to four income-generating engines under long-term leases with major U.S. airlines. The company is in the process of finalizing the purchase of an additional engine, with the transaction expected to close in the coming weeks, bringing its aviation portfolio to five engines.

Wealth Enhancement Acquires $299 Million Firm Trippon Wealth Management Group And Associated CPA Company In Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Wealth Enhancement, a national independent wealth management firm with more than 188 offices and $158.5 billion in total client assets following the transaction, has acquired Trippon Wealth Management Group and its affiliated tax practice, J.M. Trippon & Company PC CPAs, both based in Houston, Texas. The acquisition closed July 15, 2026. Trippon Wealth Management was advised by Williams Private Wealth Advisory and Consulting.

NetApp Acquires DataPelago To Embed GPU-Accelerated Data Processing At The Storage Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

NetApp has acquired DataPelago, a California-based AI data infrastructure company, in a move designed to eliminate the data preparation bottleneck that prevents enterprises from deploying AI at scale. Financial terms were not disclosed. DataPelago will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of NetApp following the close.

Baker Hughes Completes Acquisition Of Chart Industries, Creating Third Operating Segment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Baker Hughes has completed its acquisition of Chart Industries (NYSE: GTLS), a major milestone in the company's ongoing transformation from an oilfield services provider into a diversified industrial energy solutions company. Chart Industries reported $4.3 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2025 and serves customers in more than 50 countries across gas infrastructure, nuclear, data centers, carbon capture and storage, space, geothermal, and other industrial markets.

Ameriprise Onboards $470 Million Firm Sher Jeshiva Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Sher Jeshiva Group, a financial advisory team managing $470 million in client assets, has joined Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP) from Wells Fargo Clearing Services. The practice is based in Melville, New York and Naples, Florida, and is led by financial advisors Glen Sher and Michael Jeshiva, joined by financial advisor Philip Basile and registered client service associate Kathryn Acer-Richard. The team will operate within Ameriprise's branch channel, supported locally by Branch Manager Aaron Wolson, Complex Director Kevin Peters, and Regional Vice President Todd Hubley.

Uber Offers To Acquire Delivery Hero For $14.8 Billion, Extending Platform To 99 Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 16, 2026

Uber Technologies has entered into a business combination agreement to acquire Delivery Hero, the Berlin-based food delivery and quick commerce platform operating in approximately 65 countries, through a voluntary cash takeover offer of €41.50 per share — implying an equity value of $14.8 billion for 100% of the company, or $13.7 billion adjusted for Uber's prior stake purchases. The transaction will be financed through existing cash and new debt, including a committed bridge facility of approximately €14 billion. Uber has committed to maintaining gross leverage below 2x and preserving its investment-grade credit rating. Closing is expected in the second half of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals including merger control clearances.