Mergers & Acquisitions

Descartes Acquires Drivin For Up To $35 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Descartes announced that it has acquired Drivin, a provider of last mile delivery management solutions across Latin America. The acquisition expands Descartes’ AI-powered last mile logistics capabilities and its Global Logistics Network.

Blackstone Energy Transition Partners To Acquire Dresser Utility Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Blackstone announced that funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Dresser Utility Solutions from First Reserve. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Hyve Acquiring LegalTechTalk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Hyve announced that it has acquired LegalTechTalk, a leading European event focused on legal technology and transformation. The acquisition marks Hyve’s entry into the legal SuperVertical and is the company’s first acquisition since launching its Ascend30 strategy.

Why Solstice Is Acquiring Element Solutions For $14.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Solstice Advanced Materials and Element Solutions announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Solstice to acquire Element Solutions. The cash-and-stock transaction is valued at approximately $14.5 billion, including the assumption of net debt.

Socium Advisors Adds Travis Bearden And Steve Pitel To Support National Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Socium Advisors announced the addition of Travis Bearden as Partner and Steve Pitel as Private Wealth Advisor. The St. Louis-based Northwestern Mutual Private Client Group has $4.71 billion in total client assets.

Why Lockheed Martin Is Acquiring Ultra Maritime For $3.45 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 7, 2026

Lockheed Martin announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion. Ultra Maritime is a global defense company specializing in advanced undersea warfare and anti-submarine warfare capabilities for allied naval forces.

Vertex Acquiring Crinetics Pharmaceuticals For $10 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals announced a definitive agreement under which Vertex will acquire Crinetics for $85 per share in cash. The transaction has a total equity value of approximately $10 billion, or about $8.8 billion net of estimated cash acquired.

CMA CGM Acquiring FedEx Supply Chain For $1.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

CMA CGM Group announced an agreement to acquire FedEx Supply Chain, a subsidiary of FedEx, at an enterprise value of $1.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close in 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Parabellum Investments Acquires Crux Informatics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Parabellum Investments announced its acquisition of Crux Informatics, a platform for AI-powered external data management. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Deutsche Bank Advances Mekong Capital Climate Fund Backed By $50 Million Green Climate Fund Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Deutsche Bank is helping launch the Mekong Earth Regeneration Fund, a new private equity climate fund in Southeast Asia backed by the Green Climate Fund. The fund is designed to support the transition to sustainable and resilient agriculture and food systems across the Lower Mekong region.

Savaria Acquires Vipal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Savaria announced that it has acquired all issued and outstanding shares of Vipal S.p.A. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Zoom Acquiring Common Room

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Zoom announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Common Room, an AI-native go-to-market intelligence platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Wealth Enhancement To Acquire Kaminsky-Silverman Group With Over $554 Million In Client Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Wealth Enhancement announced that it will acquire the Kaminsky-Silverman Group of Shufro Rose in New York City. The team manages over $554 million in client assets, and the transaction will bring Wealth Enhancement’s total client assets to more than $158 billion.

QuickBox Fulfillment And Motivational Fulfillment Announce Strategic Merger

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

QuickBox Fulfillment and Motivational Fulfillment and Logistics Services announced a strategic merger. The companies are combining to create a stronger fulfillment partner for multichannel and high-growth brands.

Pacira BioSciences To Divest iovera° Business To Zimmer Biomet For Up To $140 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Pacira BioSciences announced an agreement to divest its iovera° business to Zimmer Biomet. Under the terms of the transaction, Pacira will receive up to $140 million, including $70 million upfront and up to an additional $70 million in potential future revenue-based milestone payments.

Lumine Group Acquires Imagine Communications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Lumine Group announced that it has acquired Imagine Communications through one of its subsidiaries. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Maison Solutions To Divest San Gabriel And Monrovia Store Operations For $4.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Maison Solutions announced that its subsidiaries have entered into an asset purchase agreement to divest the assets and operations of the company’s San Gabriel and Monrovia store locations. The aggregate purchase price is $4.5 million, excluding inventory, which will be purchased separately under inventory purchase agreements.

Continental Selling ContiTech To Lone Star Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Continental announced that it is selling ContiTech to Lone Star Funds. The transaction is part of Continental’s realignment into a focused pure-play tire manufacturer.

Versant Acquiring Full Swing For $530 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Versant Media Group announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Full Swing. Versant will acquire the sports technology company from Bruin Capital and a group of minority investors for approximately $530 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.

Griffin Gaming Partners Acquires 3.24% Strategic Stake In tinyBuild

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Griffin Gaming Partners announced that it has acquired a 3.24% equity stake in tinyBuild. Financial terms of the transaction beyond the disclosed equity stake were not announced.

Radnostix Acquires Lucerno Dynamics Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Radnostix announced that it has closed its acquisition of key assets from Lucerno Dynamics. The acquired assets include the LARA System technology platform, ELLEXA Explorer software, and associated intellectual property.

TotalEnergies To Sell Minority Interest In Marjoram Gas Field To INPEX For $350 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

TotalEnergies announced that it is divesting its 85% interest in Block 2E offshore Malaysia to INPEX. The stake represents a net 8.5% interest in the Marjoram gas field, which is currently under development, for consideration of $350 million.

GNI Group Acquires Ayumi Pharmaceutical For JPY 44.8 Billion (About $276 Million)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

GNI Group announced that it has completed the acquisition of all shares of Ayumi Pharmaceutical Holdings from shareholders led by Blackstone. The deal had an enterprise value of about JPY 44.8 billion (about $276 million). GNI Group completed the settlement through a combination of cash and the issuance of new shares, and the company will welcome Blackstone, Toho Holdings, and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical as new shareholders.

Lotus Infrastructure Partners To Sell Gulf Coast Ammonia Project To Yara For $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Lotus Infrastructure Partners announced that GCA Holdings, an affiliate of Lotus Infrastructure Partners and MB Energy, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Gulf Coast Ammonia’s production facility in Texas City, Texas. Yara North America, a subsidiary of Yara International, will acquire the facility for $1.3 billion plus certain working capital adjustments.

Bora Pharmaceuticals Acquires MacroGenics’ Rockville Manufacturing Operations For $122.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Bora Pharmaceuticals announced the completion of its acquisition of MacroGenics’ GMP manufacturing operations for $122.5 million. The deal includes MacroGenics’ biologics drug substance facility in Rockville, Maryland, and an associated warehousing center in Frederick, Maryland.

Innovex Acquires TCO Group For $95 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

Innovex International announced that it has completed the acquisition of TCO Group AS. Innovex previously announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire TCO in a cash and stock transaction valued at $95 million.

SummitIG Acquires Dark Fiber And Infrastructure From Blue Owl Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 5, 2026

SummitIG announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dark Fiber and Infrastructure from funds managed by Blue Owl Capital. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Monomoy Capital Partners Completes Jiffy Lube And Premium Velocity Auto Deals For $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Shell Oil Products U.S. announced that Pennzoil Quaker State Company, doing business as SOPUS Products, has completed the previously announced sale of Jiffy Lube International and its subsidiary Premium Velocity Auto to an affiliate of Monomoy Capital Partners. The transaction was valued at $1.3 billion.

Vero Fiber Networks Acquires Velocity Fiber

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

Vero Fiber Networks announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Velocity Fiber, a fiber provider focused exclusively on the K-12 E-Rate market. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ClearOne Merging With Cortigent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2026

ClearOne announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with Vivani Medical and Cortigent, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivani. Under the agreement, Cortigent will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ClearOne upon completion of the transaction.