Mergers & Acquisitions

Gemspring Capital Buying Loss Prevention Company Appriss Retail

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

Gemspring Capital Management (a middle-market private equity firm) announced that an affiliate has acquired Appriss Retail, a leading provider of AI-based analytics and loss prevention software for retailers. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

UiPath Buying Peak For Launching Vertically Specialized Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

UiPath announced the acquisition of Peak, an AI-native company based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Peak's AI platform optimizes product inventory and pricing for businesses of all sizes and across a wide range of industries, offering customers with tangible outcomes quickly and without the need for large, in-house tech teams.

Qualcomm To Buy EdgeImpulse For Supporting IoT Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 16, 2025

At the Embedded World Germany event, Qualcomm announced the entry into an agreement to buy EdgeImpulse, which will enhance its offering for developers and expand its leadership in AI-based capabilities to power AI-enabled products and services across IoT. The closing of this deal is subject to customary closing conditions.

Toyota Tsusho America To Buy Radius Recycling In $1.34 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

Radius Recycling announced it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Toyota Tsusho America, a U.S. subsidiary of Toyota Tsusho. Toyota Tsusho America will buy all the shares of Radius for $30 per share in cash, representing an approximate 115% premium to Radius’ closing share price on March 12, 2025. This means the deal has a total enterprise value of about $1.34 billion.

Crown Castle Selling Fiber Business For Combined $8.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2025

Archrock To Buy Natural Gas Compression Systems In $357 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Archrock and Natural Gas Compression Systems, a high-quality provider of contract gas compression services, announced that they have entered into definitive agreements under which Archrock will acquire NGCSI and NGCSE in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $357 million.

Bristol Myers Squibb Buying 2seventy bio In $286 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

2seventy bio announced a definitive merger agreement under which Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) will buy all of the outstanding shares of 2seventy bio for $5 per share in an all-cash deal for a total equity value of approximately $286 million, or $102 million net of estimated cash. The deal represents an 88% premium to the closing price of $2.66 on March 7, 2025.

Eaton Signs Deal To Buy Fibrebond For $1.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Intelligent power management company Eaton announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Fibrebond Corporation, a designer and builder of pre-integrated modular power enclosures for data center, industrial, utility and communications customers.

NV5 Buying Commissioning Assessment Services Herman Cx

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

NV5, a provider of technology, certification, and consulting solutions, announced that it completed the acquisition of Herman Cx, a provider of commissioning and conformity assessment services for hyperscale data centers. Launched in 2016, Herman Cx supports data center infrastructure for U.S. technology companies, the financial services sector, and co-location data centers across the U.S.

zSpace Buying BlocksCAD For Transforming 3D Design And STEM Education

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

zSpace, a leader in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) education, announced the acquisition of BlocksCAD, a platform specializing in 3D design and modeling for STEM education. The acquisition strengthens zSpace’s commitment to transforming education through innovative technology and expands its capabilities to deliver engaging, hands-on learning experiences for students worldwide.

Rocket Lab To Buy Laser Communications Provider Mynaric

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Rocket Lab USA (a global leader in launch services and space systems) announced it has entered into a non-binding term sheet with specific lenders to acquire a controlling equity position in Mynaric AG. Mynaric is a leading provider of laser optical communications terminals for air, space, and mobile applications.

Herbalife Buying Assets Of Pro2col Health And Pruvit Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Herbalife, a health and wellness company, community, and platform, announced it has entered into a binding memorandum of understanding to acquire 100% of Pro2col Health and Pruvit Ventures assets and a 51% controlling ownership interest in Link BioSciences.

Euna Solutions Buying AmpliFund To Expand Grant Management Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Euna Solutions, a provider of SaaS solutions for the public sector, announced the acquisition of AmpliFund, a leading grant management platform provider. And this strategic move enhances Euna Solutions’ existing grant management product suite, further solidifying its commitment to delivering innovative and comprehensive tools for government agencies, nonprofits, and other public sector organizations.

Scopely Buying Niantic’s Games Business In $3.5 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Scopely, which is the #1 mobile games company in the U.S., announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Niantic’s games business. This deal, valued at $3.5 billion, will bring Niantic’s entire team of exceptional gamemakers and category-leading games Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now to Scopely’s portfolio, among other apps and live experiences. At Scopely, the Niantic game teams will continue pursuing their ambitious roadmaps, led by their long-time game studio leaders Kei Kawai and Ed Wu.

Quorum Software Buying zdSCADA To Enhance Upstream On Demand Suite

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Quorum Software, a leading worldwide energy software provider, announced that it has acquired zdSCADA, a leader in cloud-based supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology. This deal enhances Quorum’s comprehensive Upstream On Demand suite, integrating SCADA to provide real-time well data for production management.

Redbrick Buying Newsletter Advertising Platform Paved

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Redbrick, a company that builds, acquires, and supports innovative businesses, announced its acquisition of Paved, a newsletter advertising platform connecting publishers and advertisers. And Paved’s premium marketplace connects top advertisers like Uber, DoorDash, and Salesforce with 253 million newsletter subscribers across 3,000+ publishers including NYT, NBC, and Bloomberg.

Accenture To Buy Construction Consultancy Company Soben

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 14, 2025

Accenture announced it has agreed to acquire Soben, a global provider of construction consultancy services, headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. And Soben's expertise in data center development and the pharmaceutical and energy industries will boost Accenture’s capital projects capabilities in advisory as well as project, cost, and commercial management for clients.

Teradyne To Buy Quantifi Photonics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 13, 2025

Teradyne announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Quantifi Photonics, a leader in photonic IC testing. And the acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

Compound Planning: Digital Family Office Grows To $3 Billion AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 12, 2025

Compound Planning—a leading digital family office committed to reimagining wealth management for next-generation advisors—announced that seven financial advisors, including a four-person advisory team that previously managed $1.2 billion, have joined the firm. The latest additions cement what has been a period of rapid growth for the firm. And Compound eclipsed $3 billion in total assets under management (“AUM”) as of January 31, after the firm added 30 total advisors and doubled its AUM in 2024.

Honeywell Buying Sundyne In $2.16 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

Honeywell recently announced that it has agreed to acquire Sundyne from private equity firm Warburg Pincus for $2.16 billion in an all-cash transaction. This deal represents approximately 14.5x 2024 EBITDA on a tax-adjusted basis. Sundyne is a leader in the design, manufacturing, and aftermarket support of highly engineered pumps and gas compressors used in process industries.

EP Wealth Advisors Buying $190 Million Firm The Holben Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 11, 2025

EP Wealth Advisors - a leading fee-only registered investment adviser (RIA) with a growing national footprint - has announced their partnership with The Holben Group in Denver, Colorado. This alignment builds on EP Wealth’s long-time presence in Colorado, adding over $190 million in assets under management (AUM).

Rocket Companies Buying Digital Real Estate Brokerage Redfin In $1.75 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Rocket Companies, a Detroit-based fintech platform consisting of mortgage, real estate, and personal finance businesses, announced today that it has agreed to purchase Redfin, a leading digital real estate brokerage, in an all-stock transaction for $12.50 per Redfin share, or $1.75 billion of equity value.

ServiceNow Buying Moveworks In $2.85 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 10, 2025

Today, ServiceNow announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Moveworks. The acquisition will combine ServiceNow’s agentic AI and automation strengths with Moveworks’ front-end AI assistant and enterprise search technology to unlock new experiences for every employee in every corner of the business.

American Express To Buy Expense Management Software Company Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

American Express announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Center, which is a software company modernizing expense management.

DNO To Buy Sval Energi In $1.6 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, announced it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Sval Energi Group AS from HitecVision for a cash consideration of USD 450 million based on an enterprise value of $1.6 billion.

LPL Brings In $190 Million FA Michael Carmichael

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

LPL Financial announced that financial advisor Michael Carmichael, RFC, CRPS, founder of Carmichael Financial, announced it has joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms. He reported serving about $190 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets* and joins LPL from Osaic.

Walgreens Boots Alliance To Go Private In A Deal Valued Up To $23.7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 7, 2025

Drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced it is going private in a $10 billion deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners. Sycamore will pay $11.45 per share, which is a premium of 8% to the stock's closing price of $10.60 on Thursday. The total value of the deal is up to $23.7 billion. Sycamore Partners specializes in retail and consumer investments and has a track record of buying distressed retailers for profit, like Staples, Talbots, and Nine West.

LPL Onboards $1.15 Billion Townsgate Wealth Management Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors Jim Murray, Larry Bernstein, Abby Goldstein, CFP, Michael Kazmer, CFP, Brett Goldberg and Wesley Wong of Townsgate Wealth Management have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and custodial platforms. And they reported serving about $1.15 billion in advisory, brokerage and retirement assets* and join LPL from Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Buying Chimerix For About $935 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 6, 2025

Jazz Pharmaceuticals and Chimerix announced a definitive agreement for Jazz to buy Chimerix for $8.55 per share in cash, representing a total consideration of approximately $935 million. Both companies have approved the deal, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2025.

LPL Adds $400 Million Servant Path Wealth Partners Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 5, 2025

LPL Financial announced financial advisors Joe Young, CFP, and Ryne Stokes, CFP, have joined LPL’s employee advisor channel Linsco by LPL Financial to launch Servant Path Wealth Partners. And they reported serving about $400 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets and joined LPL from Synovus Securities.