Mergers & Acquisitions

Leidos To Buy ENTRUST Solutions Group From Kohlberg For $2.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Leidos announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ENTRUST Solutions Group from Kohlberg for approximately $2.4 billion in an all-cash transaction, aiming to expand its position in utility engineering and enter the utility gas and electric generation infrastructure markets.

RelaDyne Expands Midwest Lubricants Footprint With Acquisition Of Dennis Oil Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

RelaDyne, a U.S. lubricant distributor that also sells fuel, diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), and industrial reliability services, has acquired Dennis Oil Company, a family-owned blender and distributor of commercial and industrial lubricants serving customers across Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

PAR Technology To Buy Cardlytics’ Bridg Unit For Up to $30 Million In Stock

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

PAR Technology announced it has agreed to acquire Bridg, an identity resolution and shopper intelligence platform operated as a division of Cardlytics, in a deal valued at $27.5 million, subject to customary purchase-price adjustments that could raise the total consideration to as much as $30 million.

Pivotal Group Sells GlobalMeet To Constellation Software’s N. Harris Computer Corp.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Pivotal Group has sold GlobalMeet, an enterprise webcasting and virtual events platform used by more than half of the Fortune 500, to N. Harris Computer Corporation, an operating group of Constellation Software.

CVC To Buy Marathon Asset Management In Deal Valued Up To $1.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

CVC and Marathon Asset Management announced they have agreed to a transaction in which CVC will acquire 100% of Marathon in a cash-and-equity deal, with a base consideration valued at up to $1.2 billion.

Guild Garage Group Partners With West Virginia’s Varney Door Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Guild Garage Group, an alliance of residential garage door service companies, said it has completed a partnership with Varney Door Company, a family-owned residential garage door service provider based in Barboursville, West Virginia.

KPS Capital Partners to Buy Control Of Novacel From Chargeurs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

KPS Capital Partners announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Novacel, the surface protection solutions business currently owned by Compagnie Chargeurs Invest SA. Chargeurs will reinvest alongside KPS and retain a 25% ownership interest in the company. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Buyers Edge Platform Acquires United Fresh Consortium To Launch European Fresh Division

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Buyers Edge Platform, a digital procurement network and solutions provider for the foodservice industry, has acquired the United Fresh Consortium (UFC), a UK-based fresh produce platform, in what the company called its first European acquisition in the fresh produce space. The deal marks the launch of Buyers Edge Platform’s Fresh division in Europe and is positioned as the opening move in a broader push to expand its produce management model beyond North America.