Mergers & Acquisitions

Renaissance Buying Business Of Consolidated Insurance Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Renaissance, a premier network of independent insurance agencies, announced it has acquired the agency network business of Consolidated Insurance Agents (CIA), an agency group based in Buffalo, N.Y. And the arrangement gives CIA’s 23 members – collectively representing $47 million in premium – the opportunity to utilize the benefits that help Renaissance’s members improve their agency efficiency, drive revenue, and increase profitability.

CoreLogic Buying Construction-Focused Technology Company Prime Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

CoreLogic, a leader in property information, analytics, and data-enabled solutions, announced the acquisition of Prime Ecosystem, a prominent technology firm specializing in construction, restoration, and maintenance management platforms in Australia.

Getty Images And Shutterstock Merging In $3.7 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Getty Images and Shutterstock announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in a merger of equals transaction, creating a premier visual content company. This combined company, which would have an enterprise value of approximately $3.7 billion, will be named Getty Images Holdings and will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GETY.

Mercer Advisors Expanding In Georgia By Acquiring Edward Vance Investment Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Mercer Global Advisors - a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) - announced the acquisition of Edward Vance Investment Management, an investment advisory and financial planning firm. This acquisition strengthens Mercer Advisors’ presence in Georgia, where Mercer Advisors has grown client assets from about $550 million in 2017 to over $4.5 billion now.

1Password Buying SaaS Access Management Company Trelica

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Identity security company 1Password announced the acquisition of Trelica, a modern SaaS access management pioneer. This strategic deal will accelerate the delivery of new capabilities in the 1Password Extended Access Management platform, which secures every sign-in to every app on every device.

Braverman Greenspun Acquires Real Estate Boutique Law Firm Zingman & Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Braverman Greenspun (a leading law firm in condominium, cooperative, and real estate matters in New York for over 50 years) announced that it acquired Zingman & Associates, a real estate boutique law firm with which Braverman Greenspun has a more-than-decade-long association.

Klick Health Acquires Peregrine Market Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Klick Health announced it has acquired Peregrine Market Access, which is a leading market access strategy and value communications specialist in life sciences. This acquisition strengthens Klick Health’s position and ongoing investment in the value, access, and reimbursement segments within life sciences commercialization. And Peregrine builds on Klick’s proven market access execution capabilities with its industry-leading access strategy, value communications, and payer insights offerings.

Ryan Specialty To Buy Velocity Risk Underwriters

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Ryan Specialty (a leading international specialty insurance firm) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Velocity Risk Underwriters from funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Velocity is a leading managing general underwriter (MGU) providing first-party insurance coverage for catastrophe-exposed properties. It will become a part of the Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers division of Ryan Specialty.

NXP Semiconductors To Buy TTTech Auto In $625 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

NXP Semiconductors - a leader in automotive processing and networking - announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy TTTech Auto in an all-cash transaction valued at $625 million. TTTech Auto (based in Vienna, Austria) is a leader in safety-critical systems and middleware for software-defined vehicles (SDVs).

Phillips 66 Buying EPIC NGL In $2.2 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Phillips 66 announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy EPIC Y-Grade GP, LLC and EPIC Y-Grade, LP, which own various subsidiaries and long haul natural gas liquids pipelines, fractionation facilities and distribution systems (EPIC NGL) for total cash consideration of $2.2 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. And upon the closing of the deal, this transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings per share.

Renovaro To Buy Predictive Oncology in All-Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Renovaro - a pioneer in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics powered by artificial intelligence - announced it has entered into a binding LOI to acquire Predictive Oncology in an all-stock deal.

Cre8tive Technology And Design Buying EpiCenter ERP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Cre8tive Technology and Design, a leading provider of manufacturing technology solutions, announced it has finalized the acquisition of EpiCenter ERP. This acquisition enhances the company’s operational capabilities with widened service offerings, industry expertise, and a larger team of professional resources.

Eton Pharmaceuticals Acquires Galzin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Eton Pharmaceuticals, an innovative pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing rare disease treatments, announced that it has acquired Galzin (zinc acetate).

AE Industrial Partners: Sales Of CDI Engineering Solutions To Tata Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

AE Industrial Partners - a private equity firm specializing in National Security, Aerospace, and Industrial Services, announced that it has completed the sale of CDI Engineering Solutions (CDI), a leading multi-discipline engineering, procurement, and construction management (“EPCM”) firm to Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE), India’s largest EPCM firm with a global presence.

Waud Capital Partners: Acquisition Of Mopec Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Waud Capital Partners - a growth-oriented middle-market private equity firm specializing in the healthcare and software & technology sectors - announced the acquisition of Mopec Group, a vertically integrated, branded supplier of equipment, consumables, and services addressing the needs of the anatomic pathology and other laboratory end-markets. Waud Capital is acquiring Mopec from Blackford Capital, a Michigan-based private equity firm.

Colibri Group: Strategic Acquisition Of Boston Institute Of Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Colibri Group, a professional education company offering flexible online and in-person learning solutions to millions of individuals and business customers through 40+ leading brands, announced the acquisition of Boston Institute of Finance (BIF), a renowned provider of comprehensive financial planning and wealth management education.