Mergers & Acquisitions

Human Capital Education Buys Kennedy & Company To Expand Strategy And CRM Services For Colleges

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Human Capital Education has acquired Kennedy & Company Education Strategies, combining two higher-education advisory firms that help colleges and universities manage change, improve performance, and drive sustainable growth. The deal brings together complementary capabilities across institutional strategy, enrollment and pricing, financial sustainability, and technology-enabled services.

Allshares Buys Stock & Option Solutions To Expand U.S. Equity Plan Administration Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Allshares has acquired Stock & Option Solutions (SOS), a U.S.-based specialist in equity compensation and stock plan administration, as the company pushes deeper into what it called its largest and fastest-growing market. The deal adds a long-standing U.S. services platform to Allshares’ ownership management software and positions the combined organization to support clients operating across multiple countries and equity technology systems.

Copeland Bolsters AI-Driven HVAC And Cold Chain Offerings With Bueno Analytics Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Copeland announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Bueno Analytics, an Australia-based software company that uses embedded AI and machine learning to deliver building analytics, energy management, and operational efficiency tools for commercial buildings and cold chain environments.

BlueRidge Life Sciences Buys Design Science To Add Human Factors And Usability Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

BlueRidge Life Sciences, a life sciences consulting and services platform backed by Renovus Capital Partners, has acquired Design Science, a human factors and usability engineering consultancy that works with medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies.

LatticeFlow AI Acquires AI Sonar To Add On-Prem Discovery To Evidence-Based AI Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

LatticeFlow AI announced it has acquired Dublin-based AI Sonar Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CloudSphere Ltd., in a deal the company unveiled during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The acquisition adds AI Sonar’s “AI discovery” capabilities—aimed at detecting “shadow AI” across enterprise environments—to LatticeFlow AI’s governance platform, which focuses on technical evaluations and evidence generation.

Infinity Natural Resources Buys Chase Oil Stake In South Bend Field In $36 Million Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Infinity Natural Resources announced it acquired Chase Oil Corporation’s working interest in the company’s South Bend field in Pennsylvania in an all-stock transaction valued at about $36 million, adding producing wells, near-term volumes, and additional drilling inventory in one of its core dry gas areas.

Gamebeast Buys RTrack To Broaden Roblox Market Research And Intelligence Offerings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Gamebeast has acquired RTrack, a Roblox market research platform that helps developers and enterprises track trends, player behavior, and game performance using structured analysis of publicly available data.

D-Wave Closes Quantum Circuits Deal, Adding Error-Corrected Gate-Model Tech To Dual-Platform Roadmap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

D-Wave Quantum announced it has completed its acquisition of Quantum Circuits Inc., a move the company expects will accelerate development of a scaled, error-corrected gate-model quantum computer to complement its commercial annealing systems.

Modern Wealth Adds $300 Million Rochester Advisory Team To Expand New York Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Modern Wealth Management has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire a Rochester, New York-based advisory practice led by veteran advisor Craig Houck, expanding the firm’s East Coast presence and adding a four-person team to its Rochester office. Houck will join Modern Wealth as a managing director, bringing approximately $300 million in client assets to the platform.

FGS Global Launches AI Advisory Practice And Acquires Threat Intelligence Consultancy Memetica

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

FGS Global announced it has launched a new AI Advisory practice and acquired Memetica, a specialist consultancy focused on AI-driven threat detection and mitigation across social, dark web, and fringe platforms. The firm said the new practice will sit within its recently formed AI and Innovation group, led by Aaron Kwittken, Global Head of AI and Innovation.

Prime Capital Financial Acquires $600 Million Firm Bradshaw Rogers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Prime Capital Financial has acquired Bradshaw Rogers Financial Partners, adding a planning-led wealth management firm with integrated tax capabilities and roughly $600 million in assets under management to its national platform.

Raise Acquires Murmur To Expand Supplier Marketplace And Modernize Contingent Workforce Sourcing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Raise, a workforce deployment company, has acquired Murmur, a technology-enabled supplier marketplace platform, in a deal aimed at helping enterprises better manage complex supplier ecosystems and strengthen contingent workforce programs.

Riverview Landscapes Acquires Meticulous Landscaping in Ocean County, New Jersey

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Riverview Landscapes, a provider of commercial landscaping and snow services across the Northeast, has acquired Meticulous Landscaping, a well-known landscape maintenance company based in Ocean County, New Jersey. The deal marks Riverview’s 20th acquisition since the company was founded in 2022.

Auria Acquires RKF Engineering Solutions And Kythera Space Solutions To Expand SATCOM And Payload Software Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Auria, a provider of command, control, and communications (C3) software and solutions for advanced space and missile operations, has acquired RKF Engineering Solutions and Kythera Space Solutions, adding satellite communications engineering, spectrum management expertise, and autonomous payload software to its portfolio. Auria is a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital.

Houlihan Lokey Expands Europe With France Advisory Deal And Mellum Capital Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Houlihan Lokey announced it has completed and signed two strategic transactions aimed at materially expanding its European corporate finance footprint, adding a major mid-cap advisory presence in France while extending its capital solutions offering into real estate capital advisory across key European hubs.

GSK To Acquire RAPT Therapeutics In $2.2 Billion Deal, Adding Long-Acting Anti-IgE Food Allergy Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

GSK announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RAPT Therapeutics, a California-based clinical-stage biotech, in a transaction that will add ozureprubart, a long-acting anti-immunoglobulin E (IgE) monoclonal antibody, to GSK’s Respiratory, Immunology & Inflammation pipeline.

Procore Acquires Datagrid To Expand Agentic AI And Connect Construction Data Across Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Procore Technologies has acquired Datagrid in a deal aimed at accelerating Procore’s AI roadmap and improving how construction customers connect and use data across disparate systems. Procore said the acquisition strengthens its agentic AI capabilities by adding advanced reasoning and deeper connectivity to third-party data sources such as ERPs and cloud storage tools, allowing customers to reduce data silos and automate complex workflows across their technology stack.

Infusion Marketing Group, QwickRate, And IntelliCredit Merge Under OptimaFI Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Three companies serving community financial institutions have combined to form OptimaFI, a new organization that brings together marketing, credit risk, and balance sheet strategy capabilities under one brand. The company said it currently serves more than 2,500 clients and will continue operating with existing client teams and service models unchanged.

Fair Holdings Completes $227 Million Take-Private Acquisition Of TrueCar

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Fair Holdings, led by TrueCar founder Scott Painter, has completed a $227 million take-private acquisition of TrueCar in a deal backed by a strategic group that includes PenFed Credit Union, Zurich North America, AutoNation, Atlantic Coast Automotive, and several technology partners.

BioTissue Sells Surgical And Wound Care Unit To BioStem, Sharpening Focus On Ocular Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

BioTissue Holdings has completed the sale of its non-ocular Surgical and Wound Care business to BioStem Technologies, a deal that shifts BioTissue toward a tighter strategic focus on eye-care innovation while expanding BioStem’s footprint in placental-derived products for advanced wound care.

ActBlue Acquires Hey Victor to Expand Low-Cost Campaign Websites for Democrats

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

ActBlue has acquired Hey Victor, a website-building platform for Democratic campaigns, and will operate it as “Hey Victor by ActBlue.” The company said the move expands its down-ballot toolkit and is intended to make modern campaign websites more accessible to candidates without large budgets or specialized digital teams.

Mindgruve Accelerates European Growth With Acquisition Of Ameo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Mindgruve has acquired Hamburg-based commerce agency Ameo, a longtime provider of Amazon advertising and analytics services in Europe, as the company deepens its presence in international retail media and cross-border commerce. The deal expands Mindgruve’s footprint in Europe and aims to help U.S. brands scale performance in Germany and other major European markets, where marketplace dynamics and measurement standards can vary widely.

Helium Ventures Acquires InsurGrid, An Insurance Data Platform Used by 2,500 P&C Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Helium Ventures, an AI-native holding company that buys and operates software businesses, has acquired InsurGrid, a platform used by more than 2,500 property and casualty insurance agents to collect and verify insurance policy data.

Polycorp Acquires Iron Horse Engineering To Expand Rail Boot And Embedded Track Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Polycorp, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners, has acquired Iron Horse Engineering Co., a rail-industry specialist known for inventing the original rail boot and for its embedded track technologies, as Polycorp looks to expand its rail product lineup and engineering capabilities.

Jack Morton And Impact XM To Merge, Forming Expanded Global Experiential Agency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Impact XM and Jack Morton said they will merge to create a combined global brand experience and experiential marketing agency operating under the Jack Morton name, bringing together more than 1,000 specialists across strategy, creative, client service, production, fabrication, and innovation.

Campfire Interactive Acquires Cover 4 PM To Broaden AI-Driven Profit Optimization For Manufacturers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Campfire Interactive announced it has acquired Cover 4 PM, adding program and project management capabilities to its AI-enabled profit optimization platform for automotive suppliers and manufacturers.

617 Collective Acquires Nominee Design, Expanding Its Founder-Led Agency Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

617 Collective, a New York-based holding company focused on founder-led marketing, PR, and creative agencies, announced it has acquired Nominee Design, an Oklahoma-based strategic brand and creative studio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Choreo To Buy Assets Of Firms Northeast Financial Group And Herbein Financial Group ($1.3 Billion Client Assets Combined)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Choreo announced it has agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of Northeast Financial Group and Herbein Financial Group, two Pennsylvania-based registered investment advisers with a combined $1.3 billion in client assets, in a deal subject to customary closing conditions.

Assurant Acquires RL Circular Operations To Expand APAC Reverse Logistics Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Assurant has acquired RL Circular Operations and related subsidiaries, the reverse logistics division of Australia- and New Zealand-based TIC Group, as it pushes deeper into post-purchase services and circular economy solutions across Asia-Pacific. The deal, announced January 18, 2026, adds a major regional operator—formerly known as TIC Reverse Logistics—to Assurant’s Connected Living platform, strengthening returns management, device lifecycle services, and asset recovery capabilities for retailers, manufacturers, and suppliers.

ConnectWise Acquires zofiQ To Add Agentic AI Automation Across MSP Service Desk Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

ConnectWise has acquired zofiQ, an agentic AI company designed to automate high-volume managed service provider (MSP) service desk operations, as the company pushes what it calls the “Age of Autonomous Service.” The deal brings zofiQ’s AI agents deeper into ConnectWise’s professional services automation (PSA) workflows, with ConnectWise positioning the technology as a horizontal automation layer that will expand across its broader platform over time.