Mergers & Acquisitions

BP Completes Sale Of Gelsenkirchen Refinery To Klesch Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

BP has completed the sale of its Gelsenkirchen refinery and related businesses in Germany to Klesch Group. The transaction supports BP’s effort to simplify its portfolio, strengthen its balance sheet and direct capital toward assets and markets where it believes it can generate stronger returns.

Nuclea Energy To Go Public Through Mangoceuticals Combination With Former Shareholders Owning About 96%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Nuclea Energy has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with publicly traded Mangoceuticals, creating a path for the advanced nuclear technology company to obtain a Nasdaq listing.

Brennan Investment Group Acquires 140,000-Square-Foot Dayton Industrial Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Brennan Investment Group has acquired a 140,000-square-foot industrial facility in Dayton, Ohio, expanding its portfolio across the Midwest.

Wealth Enhancement To Acquire $462+ Million Firm Cloud Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Wealth Enhancement has agreed to acquire the investment advisory business of Cloud Investments, an independent registered investment adviser managing more than $462 million in client assets.

Etsy Completes $1.4 Billion Sale Of Depop To eBay

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Etsy has completed the sale of fashion resale marketplace Depop to eBay for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. The total reflects a purchase price of $1.2 billion plus approximately $200 million in net purchase price adjustments and interest. The final proceeds remain subject to certain post-closing adjustments.

AAi Labels & Decals Acquires Guaranteed Labels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

AAi Labels & Decals has acquired Guaranteed Labels, a Moody, Alabama-based provider of custom label products.

Livers Bronze Merges With DeAngelis Iron Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Livers Bronze has merged with DeAngelis Iron Work, combining two long-established architectural metal companies while preserving their individual brands and operating teams.

DC Advisory: Interview With Director Shawn Neuren About Technology And Information Services M&A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

DC Advisory is a global investment bank that advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, debt raisings and restructurings, private capital markets, and GP strategic matters, with industry-focused teams operating across 24 geographies. Pulse 2.0 interviewed DC Advisory Director Shawn Neuren to learn more.

IonQ Completes Acquisition Of SkyWater Technology To Create Vertically Integrated Quantum Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

IonQ has completed its acquisition of SkyWater Technology, bringing semiconductor design, fabrication, advanced packaging and quantum technology development together within one company.

Verdantas Acquires Environmental Protection Industries To Expand Midwest Remediation Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Verdantas has acquired Environmental Protection Industries, a South Holland, Illinois-based environmental consulting and remediation firm, expanding its presence in Illinois and the broader Midwest.

Third Wave Acquires Five Gulf Coast Insurance Agencies And Enters Top 100 U.S. Brokerages

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Third Wave Insurance has acquired a Gulf Coast insurance agency platform comprising five firms, moving the TPG-backed company into the ranks of the 100 largest insurance brokerages in the United States.

Sargento Foods To Acquire La Terra Fina And Expand Into Premium Dips, Spreads And Quiches

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Sargento Foods has signed a definitive agreement to acquire La Terra Fina, a producer of premium refrigerated dips, spreads, quiches and salads.

Truelink Capital To Acquire JT Thorpe Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Truelink Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JT Thorpe Group, a provider of specialty industrial maintenance, thermal management and asset integrity services. The deal is expected to close by the end of the third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions.

Sunwest Bank: Former MidWestOne And Bank Of Denver Branches Acquired

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Sunwest Bank has completed its acquisition of the former MidWestOne Bank and Bank of Denver branches in Colorado from Nicolet National Bank, significantly expanding its presence across the Rocky Mountain region.

Healthcare Triangle: 51% Stake In CosmoInnovations To Be Acquired For $23.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Healthcare Triangle has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire a 51% equity stake in CosmoAesthetics Pty, operating under the brand CosmoInnovations, a Melbourne, Australia-based innovator in MedTech, BeautyTech, and consumer-health products. The proposed total consideration is $23.5 million, structured through cash, equity, and performance-linked milestones over three years.

&Partners Onboards $2 Billion Firm 32 North Wealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

&Partners has added 32 North Wealth, a Meridian, Mississippi-based wealth management practice, to its expanding network of independent financial advisors. According to the 32 North Wealth website, the firm manages about $2 billion in AUM as of July 2026.

Cresset Expands Santa Barbara Office With $600 Million Advisor Cory Boggs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Cresset has expanded its Santa Barbara, California, office with the appointment of Cory Boggs as Managing Director and Wealth Advisor. Boggs previously served as a wealth manager at Manchester Capital Management, where he managed more than $600 million in client assets.

RBC Adds $1.5 Billion Focus Wealth Management Team In South Florida

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. has added the seven-person Focus Wealth Management team to its Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, office, strengthening the firm’s presence in South Florida and its capabilities for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Vista Equity Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In Quantios From Hg

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Hg has agreed to sell its majority stake in Quantios, a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for the global trust and corporate services industry, to Vista Equity Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Johnson & Johnson Secures $2.58 Billion Option To Acquire Sail Biomedicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Johnson & Johnson has entered into strategic agreements with Sail Biomedicines to develop in vivo CAR-T therapies for immune-mediated diseases and has secured an exclusive option to acquire Sail for $2.58 billion. And Johnson & Johnson will collaborate with Sail on the biotechnology company’s lead immune-mediated disease program and its broader platform. The partnership includes incentives to expand Sail’s technology into additional therapeutic targets.

Intercontinental Exchange To Acquire MarketAxess For $5.7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Intercontinental Exchange has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MarketAxess Holdings, creating an integrated fixed-income marketplace spanning electronic execution, market data, indices, analytics and post-trade services.

LIMPID: PetPeotalk Acquired To Power Kinfora AI Pet Healthcare Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

LIMPID Corp., the AI pet healthcare company behind the Kinfora platform, has completed the acquisition of 100% of PetPeotalk, a vision-AI company specializing in pet behavior analysis, now a wholly owned subsidiary. PetPeotalk founder Ryan Kwon has joined LIMPID as Chief Technology Officer.

Wild Bioscience Acquires F1 Seed To Create Britain’s First Independent Precision-Breeding Wheat Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Wild Bioscience, a University of Oxford spinout that designs improved crops for resilient agriculture, has acquired F1 Seed, an independent wheat breeding business led by Bill Angus. The acquisition unites Wild Bio's evolutionary biology, gene editing, and AI-led trait discovery with F1 Seed's decades of breeding excellence and diverse germplasm pipeline, positioning the combined business to design, breed, and deliver new wheat varieties end-to-end.

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.