Mergers & Acquisitions

Net At Work Acquires Kinzit, Further Growing Its Managed Services Expertise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Net at Work, a North American provider of technology solutions and managed services for small- and mid-sized businesses, has acquired Kinzit Technologies, a managed services provider and cybersecurity firm. The acquisition further enhances Net at Work's ability to deliver advanced technology solutions that help businesses drive operational efficiency.

Leonardo DRS To Acquire Raft In $450 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Leonardo DRS has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Raft LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at $450 million. Raft, founded in 2018 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, provides open-architecture mission software specializing in multi-domain data fusion and artificial intelligence for national security customers.

AiRWA Announces Completion Of Acquisition Of Best Life

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

AiRWA has completed its previously announced acquisition of Hong Kong Best Life Trade Co., Limited, an import-export company operating across multiple international markets. The deal marks another step in AiRWA's ongoing effort to diversify its revenue base while continuing to invest in its core artificial intelligence business.

CHAOS Industries Acquires Atropos Group, Uniting Sensing And Effects With Autonomous Airborne Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

CHAOS Industries has acquired Atropos Group, an aerospace company developing autonomous air platforms. And it expands CHAOS's product portfolio, creating an integrated autonomous platform that closes the counter-UAS kill chain.

WaterFleet To Be Acquired By Xylem Subsidiary For About $200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

WaterFleet has announced that a subsidiary of Xylem has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WaterFleet from investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital and its co-investors for approximately $200 million. The transaction pairs a specialized mobile water services provider with one of the world's largest water technology companies, extending Xylem's reach into temporary and infrastructure-critical water solutions.

Vena To Acquire Morpheo AI, Advancing Vena AI Through Vena Omega

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Vena Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Morpheo AI, an enterprise agentic data platform. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions. Morpheo AI's technology prepares, curates, structures, and enriches fragmented enterprise data for advanced AI applications, giving Vena a stronger foundation for the intelligence layer it is building across its planning products.

Novanta Completes Acquisition Of Riverpoint Medical

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Novanta has completed the acquisition of Riverpoint Medical from Arlington Capital Partners. Riverpoint is a category leader in high-growth minimally invasive surgical consumables, including advanced surgical fibers and related technologies for sports medicine, trauma, and cardiovascular surgical applications. Riverpoint designs and manufactures IP-protected, private-label products for leading medical OEM customers, with a portfolio spanning suture anchors, implantable materials, sutures, and surgical instruments.

S&P Global To Acquire DatacenterHawk, Connecting Global Data Center, Power, And Infrastructure Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

S&P Global has entered a definitive agreement to acquire datacenterHawk, a provider of proprietary intelligence for the global data center, fiber optic, and related infrastructure markets.

Carrier To Sell NORESCO To OPTERRA Energy Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Carrier Global Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to sell its NORESCO business to OPTERRA Energy Services, a subsidiary of LS Power. The agreement covers Carrier's energy services and performance contracting business, and the transaction is expected to close shortly, subject to customary conditions.

Nexus Acquires Telemetrix RPM, Extending The Clinical Care Operating System From The Hospital To The Home

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Nexus, formerly Nexus Bedside, has acquired Telemetrix RPM, a remote patient monitoring and chronic care management company. The acquisition closed July 23, 2026, in Cleveland. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Katalyst Strengthens Its Platform With The Acquisition Of Layer27

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Katalyst has acquired Layer27, a Durham, North Carolina-based managed services and cybersecurity provider. The acquisition is Katalyst's first tuck-in acquisition since partnering with e4n in May 2026.

Cloud For Good Acquires StackNexus To Expand State & Local Government Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Cloud for Good, a Salesforce consulting partner focused on education, nonprofit, and financial services sectors, has acquired StackNexus, a firm specializing in Salesforce solutions for the state and local public sector. The acquisition expands Cloud for Good's ability to support the transformation of public sector services.

Alma Bank To Acquire American Community Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Alma Bank, American Community Bancorp, Inc. and American Community Bank have entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Alma Bank will acquire American Community Bank. Upon completion, American Community Bank will merge into Alma Bank, with Alma Bank continuing as the surviving institution.

ImagineX Acquires Payteros To Strengthen Digital Transformation Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

ImagineX has acquired Payteros, expanding its capabilities to help enterprise clients modernize, simplify, and scale digital operations. The acquisition combines ImagineX's expertise in AI, strategy, design, and engineering with Payteros' deep digital transformation expertise, bringing together two firms with complementary strengths in advising enterprises on complex technology change. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Raymond James Welcomes $5.4 Billion California Advisor Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Raymond James has welcomed financial advisors Cory Matsumoto, Rey Carandang, and Genae Affrunti to Raymond James & Associates, the firm's employee advisor channel. Operating as Capital Reserve Group of Raymond James in Newport Beach, California, the team arrives from Comerica, where they managed $5.4 billion in client assets.

Okta To Acquire Permiso Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Okta has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, a cloud-native identity security platform that detects and mitigates threats across human, non-human, and agentic identities in multi-cloud environments. The addition will give the Okta Platform comprehensive identity threat detection and response capabilities.

Bank Of America To Acquire Information Security Consultancy MDSec Consulting Limited

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Bank of America has announced plans to acquire information security specialist MDSec Consulting Limited. The deal is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2026 following regulatory approvals.

Merrill Reportedly Brings In $13 Billion Team From Morgan Stanley’s Graystone Consulting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Merrill has added a 14-person institutional consulting team from Morgan Stanley's Graystone Consulting business that oversees more than $13 billion in client assets, according to Barron's. The team will operate out of Merrill Private Wealth Management's Boston office and serves ultra-high-net-worth families, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and retirement plan sponsors across the United States.

Shell Agrees To Sell BG Cyprus Limited

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Shell has agreed to sell BG Cyprus Limited, which holds a 35% non-operated interest in Cyprus Offshore Block 12, containing the Aphrodite gas field in the eastern Mediterranean. All produced gas is expected to be sold to the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company.

Asbury Advanced Materials Announces Completion Of Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Asbury Advanced Materials has completed its previously announced acquisition of Graphit Kropfmühl GmbH from AMG, marking a significant milestone in the company's evolution as a global advanced materials platform. The combination brings together more than 250 years of collective experience in carbon materials and engineered solutions, uniting two long-established names in the industry under a single ownership structure.

CJ Pony Parts Adds Scott Drake And Brothers Trucks To Its Leading Multi-Brand Restoration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

CJ Pony Parts has acquired the Scott Drake and Brothers Trucks brands from Holley Performance Products. CJ Pony Parts is a portfolio company of Century Park Capital Partners.

LPT Aperture Acquires Speculo To Scale AI-Powered Intent Detection Across Residential Real Estate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

LPT Aperture Holdings has acquired Speculo, the AI-powered database engagement company behind Remi. Speculo helps real estate professionals identify consumer intent within their existing databases. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Nscale Acquires Anyscale, Enhancing Its Full Stack AI Cloud Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Nscale has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Anyscale, a platform for scaling AI workloads including data processing, training, inference, and reinforcement learning across thousands of GPUs.

Citadel Reportedly Buys Most Of Situational’s Stock Holdings After AI Share Rout

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Situational Awareness, an AI-focused hedge fund run by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, sold the bulk of its stock portfolio to Ken Griffin's Citadel, according to Reuters. The sale followed heavy losses in the fund's technology holdings, according to Reuters, which cited two sources familiar with the matter.

Sun Auto Network Acquires Integrity Automotive To Expand Pacific Northwest Service Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Sun Auto Network has acquired Integrity Automotive, an Issaquah, Washington-based provider of vehicle maintenance and repair services. The addition expands Sun Auto's Pacific Northwest network to 25 locations and extends its presence east of the Seattle metropolitan area.

Vida Shoes Acquires Donald Pliner To Expand Premium Fashion-Comfort Footwear Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Vida Shoes International has acquired Donald Pliner, including the premium footwear brand's intellectual property and related assets. The transaction closed on July 20, 2026, and financial terms were not disclosed.

American Tungsten And Antimony To Acquire Nevada Refinery And Arizona Mine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

American Tungsten & Antimony has signed an agreement to acquire the Del Sol Refinery in Nevada and the White Spar Antimony Mine in Arizona through a combination of cash and stock. The transaction is intended to support the company's strategy of developing a vertically integrated U.S. supply chain for antimony and tungsten products.

Fanatics To Acquire Exchange And Clearinghouse From BGC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Fanatics has agreed to acquire Water Street Labs and CX Clearinghouse L.P. from BGC Group. Water Street Labs is a Commodity Futures Trading Commission registered Designated Contract Market. CX Clearinghouse is a CFTC registered Derivatives Clearing Organization.

Tiptree Reveals Book Value Of $907 Million And Acquisition Of Universal Shield Insurance Group For $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Tiptree has announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. The company also announced a definitive agreement to acquire Universal Shield Insurance Group, a specialty property and casualty insurer operating in admitted and excess and surplus markets, for cash consideration of $100 million.

LPL Welcomes $150 Million Advisors Frank Patton and Kimberlee Mott To Balmville Wealth Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

LPL Financial LLC has announced that advisors Frank Patton and Kimberlee Mott of PacK Financial have joined Balmville Wealth Group. The move came through LPL's broker-dealer and Registered Investment Advisor platforms. They reported serving approximately $150 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets and join from Cetera.