Mergers & Acquisitions

Gamefound Buys Crowdfunding Pioneer Indiegogo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2025

Gamefound, a leading tabletop crowdfunding platform, has acquired Indiegogo, a long-established crowdfunding site. This acquisition aims to enhance the crowdfunding experience by combining the strengths of both platforms and improving tools and terms for backers and creators.

Trovata: $9 Million Raised And ATOM Acquired

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2025

Trovata, a leading multibank data platform for cash and liquidity management, has acquired ATOM, an enterprise Treasury Management System (TMS) from Financial Sciences Corporation.

First National Financial: $2.9 Billion Acquisition By Birch Hill And Brookfield

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

First National Financial Corporation has agreed to be acquired by an acquisition vehicle controlled by Birch Hill Equity Partners and Brookfield Asset Management for approximately $2.9 billion, or $48.00 per share in cash.

GovCIO To Buy SoldierPoint Digital Health For VA Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

GovCIO, a leading provider of technology solutions to the federal government, has agreed to acquire SoldierPoint Digital Health, LLC from Iron Bow Technologies. This acquisition will expand GovCIO's work with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

TRIUMPH: $3 Billion Acquisition Deal Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Triumph Group has been officially acquired by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners in a deal valued at approximately $3 billion, making it an independent, privately held company.

Commvault Buying Satori Cyber To Support Data Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions, plans to acquire Satori Cyber, a data and AI security company. This acquisition will enhance Commvault's ability to help enterprises address the challenges of AI adoption, data growth, and regulatory compliance in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Aprio: $300 Million Investment In Automation And TimeCredit AI Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Aprio, which is one of the largest business advisory and accounting firm in the U.S., announced a five-year, $300 million investment in AI and automation, along with acquiring TimeCredit, a 2024 AICPA and CPA.com Startup Accelerator company.

Amazon Buys Wearable AI Technology Company Bee

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Amazon will expand further into the AI-based wearable technology market through the acquisition of Bee. Bee is a San Francisco-based startup known for creating an always-listening wristband device. The deal was confirmed by Amazon and announced by Bee co-founder Maria de Lourdes Zollo on a LinkedIn post.

Waystar To Buy Iodine Software In $1.25 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Waystar, a provider of healthcare payment software, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Iodine Software from shareholders led by Advent International for a total enterprise value of $1.25 billion.

Steward Partners Brings In $502 Million Advisor Mike Wood

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Steward Partners, an employee-owned independent financial services firm, welcomes financial advisor Mike Wood, who joins with $502 million in client assets at the Norfolk, VA, branch.

Datasite Buys Agentic AI Company Blueflame

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Datasite, a global SaaS provider of AI-powered workflow solutions for M&A, announced it acquired Blueflame AI, a provider of agentic AI solutions for investment and finance. The terms were undisclosed.

EP Wealth Brings In $1.2 Billion Team Rappaport Reiches

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

EP Wealth Advisors, a fee-only RIA, announced a partnership with Chicago-based Rappaport Reiches Capital Management (RRCM), adding over $1.2 billion in assets to its Chicago operations.

Bluespring Wealth Partners Onboards $364 Million Firm Halcyon

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Bluespring Wealth Partners has acquired Halcyon Wealth Advisors, which manages $364 million and is affiliated with Kestra Financial.

Carlyle Acquires IT Consulting Company Adastra

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Adastra Group, a global IT consultancy specializing in AI, data, and cloud services, announced Carlyle will acquire a majority stake, pending regulatory approvals.

Mercantile Bank And Eastern Michigan Financial Announce Merger Agreement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Mercantile Bank and Eastern Michigan Financial Corporation (EFIN) announced a merger valued at approximately $95.8 million, combining EFIN and its subsidiary, Eastern Michigan Bank, with Mercantile Bank. The merged entity, as of June 30, 2025, will have $6.7 billion in assets, $4.9 billion in loans, and $5.2 billion in deposits.