Mergers & Acquisitions

Epiris Sells Structured Minority Stake In UK Funeral Plans Provider Pure Cremation To Centerbridge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Epiris announced Epiris Fund III and Pure Cremation CEO Dean Lamble have agreed to sell a structured minority interest in Pure Cremation to Centerbridge Partners, which will invest across both the company’s debt and equity instruments. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.

DEALSAGE Expands M&A Intelligence Platform To Private Equity, Law Firms, And Corporate Development Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

DEALSAGE announced it is expanding its institutional investment and M&A intelligence platform to serve additional customer segments, including private equity sponsors, law firms, corporate development teams, and institutional limited partners.

Aptean Acquires OpsVeda To Add Agentic Execution To Logility Supply Chain Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Aptean announced it has acquired OpsVeda, an AI-powered operations command center, as it pushes to build what it describes as an autonomous, end-to-end supply chain planning and execution platform anchored by Logility. The transaction continues Aptean’s post-Logility integration strategy, following its acquisition of Logility in April 2025 for $14.30 per share in cash.

AbelZeta Sells Remaining China Rights To GPC3 Armored CAR-T Program To AstraZeneca

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

AbelZeta Pharma said AstraZeneca has agreed to acquire AbelZeta’s remaining 50% stake in the China development and commercialization rights for C-CAR031, a Glypican 3 (GPC3)-targeting armored CAR-T therapy being studied in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other solid tumors.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing Buys Fremont Advanced Manufacturing Facility For $110 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), has acquired a 290,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing property in Fremont, California, for $110 million in a transaction backed by a long-term net lease with Western Digital.

KSM Launches Investment Banking Practice With Addition Of Charter Capital Partners’ Investment Banking Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

KSM (Katz, Sapper & Miller) has launched an investment banking service line, adding the investment banking team from Grand Rapids-based Charter Capital Partners to build out a dedicated M&A advisory and succession planning platform.

Puratos Acquires Vör Foods to Expand U.S. Clean-Label Nut Butter and Filling Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Puratos has acquired Vör Foods, a high-growth manufacturer of ultra-clean-label nut butters and nut-based fillings headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania, in a deal aimed at accelerating innovation in sweet goods and strengthening Puratos’ U.S. manufacturing footprint.

OneRyan Global Takes Controlling Stake in Mr Gatti’s Pizza

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Mr Gatti’s Pizza announced that Dallas-based OneRyan Global LLC, the family office of businessman and philanthropist G. Brint Ryan, has acquired a controlling interest in the Texas-born pizza and family entertainment brand. Financial terms were not disclosed.

BigBear.ai Acquires CargoSeer Technology To Expand AI Tools For Customs Cargo Inspection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

BigBear.ai announced it has acquired certain technologies from CargoSeer Ltd., an AI software company focused on cargo-scanning enhancement and trade risk management for customs enforcement missions worldwide, in a deal with undisclosed financial terms.

Airwallex Buys Paynuri To Enter Korea With Payments, Prepaid, And FX Licenses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Airwallex has acquired South Korea’s Paynuri Co. Ltd., securing local regulatory permissions, including Payment Gateway and Prepaid Electronic Payment Instrument licenses, along with a Foreign Exchange Business registration, as the global financial platform moves to deepen its presence in Northeast Asia.

Rapid Care Acquires DeepDoc to Expand AI-Powered Medical Record Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Rapid Care announced it has acquired DeepDoc, an AI platform focused on analyzing and summarizing medical records, as the company looks to deepen its medical record intelligence capabilities and accelerate its broader AI roadmap.

WNC Logs $2.2 Billion In 2025 Affordable Housing Acquisitions And Expands Investor Base and National Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

WNC & Associates and its affiliated companies said they closed 2025 with $2.2 billion in affordable housing acquisitions, representing $400 million in year-over-year growth from 2024, as the firm scaled investment activity and expanded its institutional investor roster heading into 2026.

EPIC Insurance Brokers Acquires The Bond Exchange To Expand National Surety Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has acquired The Bond Exchange, a Mission Viejo, California-based surety bond agency, in a move aimed at scaling EPIC’s national surety practice and adding deeper underwriting and brokerage expertise for complex bonding programs.

Human Capital Education Buys Kennedy & Company To Expand Strategy And CRM Services For Colleges

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Human Capital Education has acquired Kennedy & Company Education Strategies, combining two higher-education advisory firms that help colleges and universities manage change, improve performance, and drive sustainable growth. The deal brings together complementary capabilities across institutional strategy, enrollment and pricing, financial sustainability, and technology-enabled services.

Allshares Buys Stock & Option Solutions To Expand U.S. Equity Plan Administration Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Allshares has acquired Stock & Option Solutions (SOS), a U.S.-based specialist in equity compensation and stock plan administration, as the company pushes deeper into what it called its largest and fastest-growing market. The deal adds a long-standing U.S. services platform to Allshares’ ownership management software and positions the combined organization to support clients operating across multiple countries and equity technology systems.

Copeland Bolsters AI-Driven HVAC And Cold Chain Offerings With Bueno Analytics Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Copeland announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Bueno Analytics, an Australia-based software company that uses embedded AI and machine learning to deliver building analytics, energy management, and operational efficiency tools for commercial buildings and cold chain environments.

BlueRidge Life Sciences Buys Design Science To Add Human Factors And Usability Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

BlueRidge Life Sciences, a life sciences consulting and services platform backed by Renovus Capital Partners, has acquired Design Science, a human factors and usability engineering consultancy that works with medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies.

LatticeFlow AI Acquires AI Sonar To Add On-Prem Discovery To Evidence-Based AI Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

LatticeFlow AI announced it has acquired Dublin-based AI Sonar Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CloudSphere Ltd., in a deal the company unveiled during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The acquisition adds AI Sonar’s “AI discovery” capabilities—aimed at detecting “shadow AI” across enterprise environments—to LatticeFlow AI’s governance platform, which focuses on technical evaluations and evidence generation.

Infinity Natural Resources Buys Chase Oil Stake In South Bend Field In $36 Million Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Infinity Natural Resources announced it acquired Chase Oil Corporation’s working interest in the company’s South Bend field in Pennsylvania in an all-stock transaction valued at about $36 million, adding producing wells, near-term volumes, and additional drilling inventory in one of its core dry gas areas.

Gamebeast Buys RTrack To Broaden Roblox Market Research And Intelligence Offerings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Gamebeast has acquired RTrack, a Roblox market research platform that helps developers and enterprises track trends, player behavior, and game performance using structured analysis of publicly available data.

D-Wave Closes Quantum Circuits Deal, Adding Error-Corrected Gate-Model Tech To Dual-Platform Roadmap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

D-Wave Quantum announced it has completed its acquisition of Quantum Circuits Inc., a move the company expects will accelerate development of a scaled, error-corrected gate-model quantum computer to complement its commercial annealing systems.

Modern Wealth Adds $300 Million Rochester Advisory Team To Expand New York Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Modern Wealth Management has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire a Rochester, New York-based advisory practice led by veteran advisor Craig Houck, expanding the firm’s East Coast presence and adding a four-person team to its Rochester office. Houck will join Modern Wealth as a managing director, bringing approximately $300 million in client assets to the platform.

FGS Global Launches AI Advisory Practice And Acquires Threat Intelligence Consultancy Memetica

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

FGS Global announced it has launched a new AI Advisory practice and acquired Memetica, a specialist consultancy focused on AI-driven threat detection and mitigation across social, dark web, and fringe platforms. The firm said the new practice will sit within its recently formed AI and Innovation group, led by Aaron Kwittken, Global Head of AI and Innovation.

Prime Capital Financial Acquires $600 Million Firm Bradshaw Rogers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Prime Capital Financial has acquired Bradshaw Rogers Financial Partners, adding a planning-led wealth management firm with integrated tax capabilities and roughly $600 million in assets under management to its national platform.

Raise Acquires Murmur To Expand Supplier Marketplace And Modernize Contingent Workforce Sourcing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Raise, a workforce deployment company, has acquired Murmur, a technology-enabled supplier marketplace platform, in a deal aimed at helping enterprises better manage complex supplier ecosystems and strengthen contingent workforce programs.

Riverview Landscapes Acquires Meticulous Landscaping in Ocean County, New Jersey

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Riverview Landscapes, a provider of commercial landscaping and snow services across the Northeast, has acquired Meticulous Landscaping, a well-known landscape maintenance company based in Ocean County, New Jersey. The deal marks Riverview’s 20th acquisition since the company was founded in 2022.

Auria Acquires RKF Engineering Solutions And Kythera Space Solutions To Expand SATCOM And Payload Software Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Auria, a provider of command, control, and communications (C3) software and solutions for advanced space and missile operations, has acquired RKF Engineering Solutions and Kythera Space Solutions, adding satellite communications engineering, spectrum management expertise, and autonomous payload software to its portfolio. Auria is a portfolio company of Enlightenment Capital.

Houlihan Lokey Expands Europe With France Advisory Deal And Mellum Capital Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Houlihan Lokey announced it has completed and signed two strategic transactions aimed at materially expanding its European corporate finance footprint, adding a major mid-cap advisory presence in France while extending its capital solutions offering into real estate capital advisory across key European hubs.

GSK To Acquire RAPT Therapeutics In $2.2 Billion Deal, Adding Long-Acting Anti-IgE Food Allergy Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

GSK announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire RAPT Therapeutics, a California-based clinical-stage biotech, in a transaction that will add ozureprubart, a long-acting anti-immunoglobulin E (IgE) monoclonal antibody, to GSK’s Respiratory, Immunology & Inflammation pipeline.

Procore Acquires Datagrid To Expand Agentic AI And Connect Construction Data Across Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Procore Technologies has acquired Datagrid in a deal aimed at accelerating Procore’s AI roadmap and improving how construction customers connect and use data across disparate systems. Procore said the acquisition strengthens its agentic AI capabilities by adding advanced reasoning and deeper connectivity to third-party data sources such as ERPs and cloud storage tools, allowing customers to reduce data silos and automate complex workflows across their technology stack.