Mergers & Acquisitions

LPL Financial Onboards $420 Million Sound Wealth Advisors Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 15, 2026

LPL Financial announced two financial advisors from Sound Wealth have joined the firm’s broker-dealer and Registered Investment Advisor platform, bringing an advisory practice that reported approximately $420 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets.

Industrial Service Solutions Acquires MSHS Pacific Power Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Industrial Service Solutions (ISS) has acquired MSHS Pacific Power Group (MSHS PPG), an independent maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) specialist serving power generation, industrial, marine, and national security customers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Careerminds Buys Keystone Partners, Renovo, Job Copilot, And Outplacement Australia In Multi-Company Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Careerminds has acquired Keystone Partners, Renovo, Job Copilot, and Outplacement Australia, assembling a portfolio of career transition and talent solutions businesses spanning North America, the UK, and Australia as it pushes to build a larger, end-to-end workforce solutions platform.

HUMAIN Launches Sports Vertical After Taking Controlling Stake In ai.io

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

HUMAIN, a Public Investment Fund-backed artificial intelligence company, has launched a new sports technology vertical called HUMAIN Sport following its acquisition of a controlling interest in ai.io, a London-headquartered AI and sports technology company.

Rep Data Buys ReDem To Combine Pre Survey And In Survey Fraud Controls

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Rep Data, a full-service market research and data quality solutions provider, has acquired ReDem, an in-survey data quality platform, in a deal aimed at bringing pre-survey and in-survey controls into a single end-to-end approach for survey quality assurance. The companies said the combined offering is designed to identify and stop bots, AI-assisted survey takers, professional respondents, duplicate behavior, and other signals associated with low-quality or fraudulent responses across the entire survey lifecycle.

Simplicity Buys Wholehan Marketing And Adds Two New Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Simplicity Group announced it has acquired Wholehan Marketing, a brokerage general agency that provides a range of financial products across life insurance, annuities, disability income, long-term care, and advanced market support. Wholehan has offices in Tampa, Florida, and Toledo, Ohio.

Supreme Group Buys Science-First Creative Agency Broth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Supreme Group, a marketing and communications platform for healthcare and life sciences, has acquired Broth, a science-first creative agency focused on evidence-driven strategy and creative work in complex therapeutic areas.

Wonder Buys Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken Brand And East Village Restaurant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Wonder has acquired Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken, taking full ownership of the New York City-based fast-casual concept from Blue Ribbon Restaurants as it continues building a portfolio of restaurant brands designed to scale across its broader mealtime platform.

Nickolas Asset Management Buys Resin Processing Facility From Material Difference Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Nickolas Asset Management (NAM) has acquired a resin processing and materials facility from Material Difference Technologies (MDT), a Florida-based supplier and processor of plastic resins serving industrial and consumer manufacturing markets. The deal adds a 120,000-square-foot operation with the ability to process millions of pounds of reprocessed plastic resins annually, expanding NAM’s materials platform and reinforcing the firm’s emphasis on asset- and infrastructure-heavy manufacturing.

Mistral AI: Partnering With EcoDataCenter On €1.2 Billion AI Data Center Investment in Sweden

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Mistral AI and Swedish data center developer EcoDataCenter said they have entered a strategic, long-term partnership to build an AI-focused data center at EcoDataCenter’s Borlänge site, representing a €1.2 billion investment aimed at expanding Europe’s digital infrastructure and localized AI capabilities.

Nebius To Acquire Tavily To Add Agentic Search

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Nebius, a Nasdaq-listed AI cloud company, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Tavily, positioning the deal as a move to embed real-time web search infrastructure directly into its AI cloud platform as enterprises accelerate adoption of autonomous, agentic systems. The transaction value was not disclosed, and Nebius said it expects the deal to close in the next few weeks, subject to customary closing conditions.

Truespeed And Freedom Fibre Agree To Strategic Combination

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Truespeed Communications and Freedom Fibre have signed an agreement to combine their businesses, forming what the companies described as a scaled, capital efficient full fibre platform positioned to play a leading role in the ongoing consolidation of the UK alternative network sector.

Options Technology To Acquire Crossvale To Expand Private Cloud And Data Sovereign AI Modernization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Options Technology announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Crossvale, positioning the combined business to help financial services firms modernize legacy technology, reduce technical debt, and accelerate private cloud and AI adoption in a security and compliance model designed for regulated markets.

iCapital To Acquire Passthrough To Expand GP Onboarding And Compliance Across Wealth And Institutional Channels

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

iCapital announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Passthrough to broaden investor onboarding and financial compliance capabilities for private markets general partners. The transaction is intended to extend iCapital’s support for limited partners onboarding beyond private wealth distribution into institutional fundraising, offering GPs a single platform to onboard and service investors across channels.

QXO To Buy Kodiak Building Partners For $2.25 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

QXO announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kodiak Building Partners from Court Square Capital Partners for approximately $2.25 billion, a deal the company expects to be highly accretive to 2026 earnings and to expand its current addressable market to more than $200 billion.

Halo Partners Acquires Grubb Lifting And Rigging Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Halo Partners announced affiliates of the private investment firm have acquired W.O. Grubb in partnership with the company’s current management, buying the business from the estate of prior family ownership. Financial terms were not disclosed.

By Light: Defense Modeling And Simulation Provider Buys Dignitas Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

By Light Professional IT Services, a defense-focused provider of modeling and simulation and cyber products, has acquired Dignitas Technologies, an Orlando-based modeling, simulation, and training specialist that supports multiple U.S. military branches and major programs, including the F-35. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Marvell Technology Completes XConn Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Marvell Technology, a data infrastructure semiconductor solutions provider, announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of XConn Technologies, a provider of advanced PCIe and CXL switching silicon.

Brazos Midstream: Midland Basin Buildout Backed By Expanded $1.1 Billion Credit Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Brazos Midstream announced its subsidiary, Brazos Midland, has expanded its senior credit facility to $1.1 billion, up from $225 million, increasing available commitments from a syndicate of banks as the company continues to grow its natural gas gathering and processing footprint in the Midland Basin.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock: Saltchuk To Acquire U.S. Dredging Contractor In $1.5 Billion All Cash Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, has agreed to be acquired by Saltchuk Resources, a privately held family company with businesses spanning freight transportation, marine services, and energy distribution, in an all cash transaction that values Great Lakes’ equity at approximately $1.2 billion and the total deal at $1.5 billion.

European Wax Center: $330 Million Deal To Go Private

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

European Wax Center has agreed to be acquired by longtime backer General Atlantic in an all cash transaction that values the company’s equity at about $330 million, ending the franchisor’s run as a public company if the deal closes as expected.

Harbor Health Acquires Rippl To Expand Dementia Support

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Harbor Health, a Texas-based primary and specialty care clinic group that also operates a health insurance business, has acquired Rippl, a dementia care platform that helps seniors with dementia stay at home and avoid unnecessary emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and post-acute care.

McElroy Metal: Metal Roofing Manufacturer Acquires Fabral

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

McElroy Metal has acquired Fabral, bringing the nearly 60-year-old metal construction brand into the McElroy Metal family of companies. Under the terms announced, Fabral will continue to operate independently and will retain its existing leadership team, employees, and customer relationships. Dennis Merino will remain President of Fabral.

Eerly AI Buys RehvUp To Add Productivity And Engagement Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Eerly AI announced it has acquired RehvUp Technologies, positioning the deal as a push to help enterprises generate measurable outcomes from AI programs by pairing workflow automation with employee productivity and engagement intelligence.

Direct Marketing Solutions Acquires Johnson & Quin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Direct Marketing Solutions (DMS) has acquired Johnson & Quin, combining two direct marketing firms with complementary capabilities to form a larger, national platform spanning strategy, production, and integrated campaign execution. DMS said the transaction strengthens its position in data-driven, omnichannel direct marketing while expanding production capacity and operational reach.

Trane Technologies To Buy Liquid Cooling Specialist LiquidStack

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Trane Technologies announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidStack, a Carrollton, Texas-based liquid cooling technology provider for data centers, in a move aimed at strengthening Trane’s position as an end-to-end partner for data center thermal management as AI and hyperscale computing drive higher rack densities and heat loads.

Labelbox Acquires Agentic Sales Automation Startup Upcraft To Scale Alignerr Expert Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 14, 2026

Labelbox, a data factory used by AI labs and enterprises, has acquired Upcraft, an AI-powered sales automation startup, to accelerate how Labelbox recruits and engages domain experts for frontier AI development.

Endor Labs Acquires Security Company Autonomous Plane

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Endor Labs announced it has acquired Autonomous Plane, a cloud-native application security company founded by Kyle Quest, the creator of DockerSlim, in a deal the company says will accelerate its expansion into container reachability analysis.

Province Acquires StoneTurn To Build Integrated Disputes, Investigations, And Restructuring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Province announced it has acquired StoneTurn in a strategic move aimed at creating a more fully integrated advisory platform as corporate matters increasingly blend financial distress, disputes, investigations, and regulatory risk.

Front Row Acquires Performance Marketing Firm Socium Media

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Front Row Group, a full-service agency focused on e-commerce growth and Amazon marketplace management for beauty, health, wellness, and CPG brands, has acquired Socium Media, a performance marketing and digital growth agency.