Mergers & Acquisitions

Datawave And Cerberus Strike Majority Investment Deal To Build Singapore-India-Gulf Subsea Cable System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Datawave Networks, a Cyprus-based independent subsea infrastructure provider, said it has signed a binding investment and financing agreement with affiliates of Cerberus Capital Management to fund and accelerate development of the Singapore–India–Gulf (SING) Cable System, a next-generation subsea fiber optic network spanning the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.

The Access Group Acquires Route Optimization Platform MaxOptra

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

The Access Group has acquired MaxOptra, a London-based route Optimization and delivery management platform used by more than 450 customers to optimise over 6,000 vehicles daily across 26 industry sectors, including food and beverage, construction, logistics, and waste management. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Arteris Completes Cycuity Acquisition To Add Silicon Hardware Security Assurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Arteris announced it has closed its previously announced acquisition of Cycuity, adding semiconductor cybersecurity assurance technology as chipmakers face a growing threat landscape that increasingly extends into the hardware layer.

GSE Solutions Acquires Iddeal, Strengthening Nuclear Engineering Program Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

GSE Solutions announced it has acquired Iddeal Concepts, Iddeal Services, and Iddeal Solutions, expanding GSE’s engineering program offerings for nuclear and energy generation customers and adding new software and specialized ASME Code expertise.

SouthWorth Capital Management Buys American Furniture Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

SouthWorth Capital Management, a Memphis-based family office focused on lower-middle-market investments, has acquired American Furniture Manufacturing (AFM) and its family of companies, adding a vertically integrated producer of upholstered residential furniture to its manufacturing portfolio.

Alta Semper To Acquire Majority Stake In Nature’s Rule

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Alta Semper announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire a majority stake in Nature’s Rule, a UAE-headquartered sports nutrition and dietary supplements company with manufacturing operations in Egypt, in a deal that underscores private equity’s growing focus on health and wellness brands across emerging markets.

goFLUENT Buys Learnship Operations To Expand Corporate Language Training

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

goFLUENT announced it has acquired the business operations of Germany-based Learnship Networks GmbH, a move the company framed as part of its efforts to accelerate consolidation in the corporate language training market as AI-driven tools reshape how multinational employers deploy and measure language development.

Alcami Acquires RTP Facility to Further Expand Biologic Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Alcami has acquired a 37,000-square-foot facility in Research Triangle Park for $6.7 million, expanding the contract development and manufacturing organization’s analytical and development footprint in Durham, North Carolina.

Clear Group Acquires Veterinary Specialist Shire Insurance Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Cosegic Strengthens Financial Crime Expertise With FINTRAIL Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Cosegic has acquired FINTRAIL, a specialist financial crime consultancy, in a deal it said will expand the group’s financial crime and regulatory risk capabilities as compliance expectations rise across global markets.

Zurich Insurance Group: £8.1 Billion Offer For Beazley With Improved All-Cash Proposal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Zurich Insurance Group announced it has submitted an improved proposal to acquire 100% of Beazley plc, offering Beazley shareholders 1,280 pence in cash per share as it seeks to accelerate talks with the UK specialty insurer’s board.

VDL Groep Acquires Sintecs To Expand High-End Electronics Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

VDL Groep has acquired Sintecs, a Hengelo-based electronics design specialist, as it pushes to deepen its in-house electronics capabilities and broaden its “one-stop-shop” offering spanning mechanics, software, and electronics. The deal adds a 75-person team and a portfolio that spans complex digital electronics design, production support, and cybersecurity-focused products marketed under Sintecs’ Scalys brand.

Invitation Homes Acquires ResiBuilt To Expand Build-to-Rent Development Capabilities Across The Southeast

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Invitation Homes has acquired ResiBuilt Homes, a build-to-rent developer focused on high-growth markets in the U.S. Southeast, in a move the single-family rental REIT says will strengthen its ability to add new housing supply through development and “capital-light” partnerships.

Concentra Acquires Reliant Immediate Care Assets In California, Expanding Los Angeles Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 19, 2026

Concentra announced it has acquired the assets of Reliant Immediate Care in California from MBI Industrial Medicine, adding three rebranded centers in the greater Los Angeles area and consolidating a fourth site into an existing Concentra clinic.

Mariner Independent Adds $275 Million Firm Alinity Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

Mariner Independent, the independent advisory channel of Mariner, announced Alinity Wealth Management, a planning-focused advisory firm overseeing $275 million, has joined its platform as the Baton Rouge-based team looks to expand capabilities while maintaining control of its business.

Harbor View Private Wealth Goes Independent With Minority Investment From Elevation Point

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

Elevation Point announced it has made a strategic minority investment in Harbor View Private Wealth, an Atlanta-based wealth management firm whose team oversaw approximately $1.3 billion in client assets at its prior firm.

Sage Advisors Joins Apollon Wealth Management, Expanding Midwest Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

Apollon Wealth Management is adding Indiana-based registered investment adviser Sage Advisors to its growing national organization, extending the firm’s reach in the Midwest and continuing its strategy of partnering with relationship-driven advisory practices.

Baird Hires Veteran Advisor Ken Murray To Expand Wealth Management Team In Fairfax

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

Baird has hired veteran advisor Ken Murray to help build out its private wealth management business in Northern Virginia, adding him as a director and financial advisor in the firm’s Fairfax office.

UBS Adds The Miller Group To Bellevue Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

UBS Global Wealth Management US has hired financial advisor Jeff Miller, bringing him and his team, The Miller Group, to the firm’s Pacific Northwest wealth management market. Miller will be based in UBS’s Bellevue, Washington office, which is led locally by Market Executive Robert Giordano.

Sanctuary Enterprise Partner Alluvial Adds $190 Million Ohio Advisor Bryan Blackburn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

Sanctuary Wealth’s Enterprise Partner program added another large Ohio practice as Bryan Blackburn, a CFP with roughly $190 million in client assets, joined Alluvial Private Wealth and became a co-owner of the firm’s Cleveland business. Blackburn previously worked at Carnegie Investment Counsel and will take the title of vice president and wealth advisor at Alluvial, according to Sanctuary.

Micron To Buy PSMC’s Tongluo Fab Site For $1.8 Billion, Adding 300,000-Square-Foot Cleanroom And Expanding Taiwan DRAM Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 17, 2026

Micron Technology has signed an exclusive letter of intent to acquire Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.’s P5 fabrication site in Tongluo, Taiwan, in a deal valued at $1.8 billion in cash. The transaction would give Micron an existing 300mm cleanroom footprint of roughly 300,000 square feet, providing additional space to equip and ramp DRAM production as the company seeks to meet rising global demand for memory.

Plume Buys Sweepr To Build AI-Orchestrated Customer Experience Platform For ISPs Worldwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Plume announced it has acquired Sweepr, an AI-powered customer-care orchestration platform, in a deal aimed at turning real-time home-network intelligence into guided and automated support actions across digital and assisted channels for internet service providers globally.

SaleCycle Acquires BEYABLE To Build Full-Funnel European Martech Challenger

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Gateshead-based SaleCycle, an e-commerce performance technology provider backed by BGF, has acquired French on-site personalization and conversion optimization company BEYABLE, as the businesses move to form a combined European martech platform aimed at enterprise e-commerce brands.

Machine Investment Group Buys Newly Built Mixed-Use Multifamily Property In Georgetown, Texas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Machine Investment Group has acquired Rise 120, a newly built property with 227 multifamily units and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail in Georgetown, Texas, in an off-market transaction. The asset, delivered in the first quarter of 2024, sits in a fast-growing submarket of the Austin metropolitan area and is positioned near key employment hubs in Georgetown, Round Rock, and North Austin.

Federal Signal Completes Acquisition Of Mega Corp.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Federal Signal announced it has completed its acquisition of Mega Corp., bringing a manufacturer of specialty vehicles and equipment used in global metal extraction and construction markets into the company’s portfolio. The transaction follows a definitive agreement that Federal Signal signed on December 18, 2025, and the company said the deal is expected to be accretive to earnings and cash flow in 2026.

Virga Capital Buys 258-Unit Pflugerville Apartment Community In First Austin-Area Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Virga Capital has acquired The Beacon at Pfluger Farm, a 258-unit Class A apartment community in Pflugerville, marking the firm’s first multifamily purchase in the Austin metropolitan area.

Bailey Equipment & Intralogistics Enters Washington With Acquisition Of Equipment Depot’s State Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Bailey Equipment & Intralogistics, a third-generation, family-owned forklift dealership, has acquired Equipment Depot’s Washington state operation, marking Bailey’s entry into the Washington market.

Instinct Science Acquires ScribbleVet To Build An Intelligence-Native Veterinary Practice Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Instinct Science, an animal health technology company best known for its Instinct EMR veterinary practice management system and clinical tools including Standards of Care, Plumb’s and Clinician’s Brief, has acquired ScribbleVet, an AI scribing platform for veterinarians. The companies say the combination is intended to create what Instinct describes as the industry’s first “clinical intelligence platform,” integrating AI documentation, workflow automation and point-of-care clinical decision support into a single system for veterinary teams.

Cloudflare Acquires Astro To Expand High-Performance Web Development Push

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Cloudflare announced it has acquired The Astro Technology Company team, bringing the creators of the Astro JavaScript web framework into the connectivity cloud provider as it looks to accelerate development of what it calls a leading framework for fast, content-driven websites. Cloudflare said Astro will remain open source under its stewardship, positioning the deal as a long-term commitment to sustaining and growing the project while keeping it available to the broader developer ecosystem.

Sila Realty Trust Buys Oklahoma City Inpatient Rehab Facility For $43.1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 16, 2026

Sila Realty Trust, a net lease healthcare-focused REIT, announced it has acquired an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for $43.1 million.