Mergers & Acquisitions

Trinity Consultants Buys Jaros, Baum & Bolles To Expand Capabilities In Built Environment Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Trinity Consultants, a global consulting firm specializing in natural and built environments, announced its acquisition of Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JB&B), a renowned New York-based provider of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection (MEP/FP) engineering services. The acquisition enhances Trinity’s Built Environment division, adding JB&B’s century-long legacy of engineering excellence to its expanding suite of solutions in acoustic design, commissioning, facility operations, and technology strategy.

OpenSpace Buying Disperse To Enhance Leadership In Visual Intelligence For Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

OpenSpace, a leader in construction site visualization and AI technology, announced the acquisition of Disperse, a leading provider of construction progress-tracking solutions. The deal advances OpenSpace’s position as the leading Visual Intelligence Platform for builders, uniting imagery, analytics, and verified progress tracking into a single trusted system that enhances visibility and decision-making across construction projects.

Mews Acquires DataChat For Accelerating Agentic AI In Hospitality Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Mews, a global hospitality operating system provider, announced its acquisition of DataChat, a U.S.-based AI analytics company specializing in natural language data interaction and automation. The acquisition marks a significant step forward in Mews’ mission to usher in the era of agentic hospitality, where intelligent systems autonomously manage operations, optimize performance, and empower staff to focus on the guest experience.

Level Acquires BAM Strategy To Create Unified Growth Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Level, a digital marketing firm backed by Dubin Clark, has acquired BAM Strategy, combining two industry leaders to form a unified growth platform spanning the entire customer lifecycle from acquisition to loyalty.

PartnerOne To Buy Mortgage Cadence From Accenture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

PartnerOne, one of the fastest-growing enterprise software groups, has announced an agreement to acquire Mortgage Cadence, a leading provider of cloud-based digital lending platforms serving banks, credit unions, and independent mortgage lenders, in partnership with Accenture.

FleetPride And TruckPro Merging To Form Leading Independent Heavy-Duty Parts Distributor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

FleetPride and TruckPro have announced the completion of their merger, creating the largest independent distributor and service provider in the heavy-duty aftermarket parts industry. The combined company will operate under the FleetPride name, offering enhanced parts availability, expanded service capacity, and a unified ecommerce experience across more than 450 locations, 110 service centers, and six distribution hubs in the U.S. and Canada.

Xavo Buying Laboperator To Expand Digital Laboratory Execution Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Xavo, a global leader in sample management and laboratory execution systems, has announced the acquisition of Laboperator from Labforward GmbH, marking a significant step toward its goal of delivering a fully unified digital ecosystem connecting research, development, and manufacturing.

Ryerson And Olympic Steel Announce Merger To Form $6.5 Billion Metals Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Ryerson Holding and Olympic Steel have entered into a definitive merger agreement to form the second-largest metals service center in North America, with combined revenue of approximately $6.5 billion. The transaction, expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, remains subject to regulatory clearance and shareholder approval.

Cinven To Buy Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio Group From CVC Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Cinven, the international private equity firm, announced that it will acquire a majority stake in Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio Group (UAX), a leading private higher education platform in Spain, from CVC Funds. The transaction is being made in partnership with founder Jesús Núñez and Mubadala Investment Company, with Núñez and the management team reinvesting alongside Cinven. The financial terms were not disclosed.

ARCHIMED Diagnostics: Acquisition Of ARK Diagnostics Completed In $428 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

ARCHIMED Diagnostics, the diagnostics arm of healthcare investment firm ARCHIMED, has finalized its acquisition of ARK Diagnostics, a Fremont, California-based leader in specialty immunoassay in vitro diagnostics, from South Korea’s Soulbrain Holdings. The deal values ARK at $428 million, with ARCHIMED acquiring a 60% stake through its MED Platform II fund, while Soulbrain retains 40% and reinvests alongside ARCHIMED.

Nordic Capital To Buy BMLL, Expanding Global Access To Advanced Market Data and Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Nordic Capital has agreed to acquire BMLL, a leading independent provider of harmonised historical order book data and analytics for global capital markets. The investment, made in partnership with BMLL’s management team and minority shareholder Optiver, will accelerate BMLL’s expansion and innovation across asset classes and regions.

Thermo Fisher Scientific To Buy Clario Holdings For $8.875 Billion In Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced an agreement to buy Clario Holdings, a leader in digital endpoint data solutions for clinical trials, from a shareholder group led by Astorg, Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings, and Cinven, for $8.875 billion in cash plus up to $400 million in earnout payments based on performance.