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Announced
Searchlight Capital Partners and Fitzroy Capital acquire Kredinor AS
Completion is expected in January 2027 after SpareBank 1 Gruppen concluded the debt collection business was not a core holding.
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Latest issue
Updated Oct 9, 2:37 PM PDT
4 deals in the latest issue · 2 announced Oct 9Including 1 add-on below
Current deals
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Software
Announced
Sopris Capital acquires Blackford Analysis from Bayer
The platform gives hospitals, health systems, and original equipment manufacturers a vendor-neutral way to deploy and manage more than 130 AI imaging applications from over 45 partner vendors.
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Healthcare
Announced
Catalio Capital Management sells Recognify Life Sciences
RL-007, studied in 500 subjects, adds a second clinical-stage cognition program alongside AmyriAD’s lead asset ismidenon.
Add-on acquisitions
21 deals · newest firstOne feed across recent issues. Select a deal to read the details.
Precision Products GroupTarget: Monadnock Non-WovensSponsorAuxo Investment PartnersIndustrialsAnnounced Latest issue
Precision Products Group adds Monadnock Non-Wovens
Adds an in-house applications development laboratory capable of taking new nonwoven products from pilot runs to full-scale production.
Optimum Energy Co.Target: Hussung Mechanical Contractors and HMC Service CompanySponsorBernhard Capital PartnersConstructionAnnounced
Optimum Energy acquires Hussung Mechanical and HMC Service
The acquisition adds more than 60 years of service to healthcare, higher education, manufacturing, and mission-critical customers in Kentucky and Indiana to Optimum Energy’s integrated energy-as-a-service platform.
VerdantasTarget: Civilitude Engineers & PlannersSponsorSterling Investment PartnersConstructionAnnounced
Verdantas acquires Austin-based Civilitude Engineers & Planners
The acquisition adds a project portfolio spanning affordable housing, educational facilities, urban redevelopment and municipal infrastructure to Verdantas' Central Texas footprint.
Guide ArchitectureTarget: MAIA ConsultingSponsorGrovecourt Capital PartnersBusiness ServicesAnnounced
Guide Architecture adds MAIA Consulting
The add-on brings a healthcare consulting firm specializing in medical equipment planning, procurement support, and implementation services to the platform, with transaction terms undisclosed in the announcement.
BlueMatrixTarget: AieraSponsorThoma BravoSoftwareAnnounced
Thoma Bravo-backed BlueMatrix to acquire Aiera
The acquisition combines research authoring, governance and AI distribution on a single governed stack for investment research consumed by AI systems.
Antenna Research AssociatesTarget: Empower RF SystemsSponsorOceanSound PartnersIndustrialsAnnounced
Antenna Research Associates adds Empower RF Systems
Adds high-power solid-state RF and microwave amplifier engineering in Inglewood, California and Syracuse, New York to ARA’s antenna and communications portfolio for defense, aerospace, space and national security customers.
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CFGITarget: BAO Consulting GroupSponsorCarlyleBusiness ServicesAnnounced
CFGI adds BAO Consulting Group
Gives the Carlyle- and CVC-backed platform a Dallas presence and adds Office of the CFO services for management teams and private equity sponsors across Texas.
Acuity AnalyticsTarget: ContinuusSponsorPermiraSoftwareAnnounced
Permira-backed Acuity Analytics acquires Continuus
Adds 37 data specialists to the platform, combining data strategy, governance, engineering, and cloud data platform expertise for asset managers and financial institutions.
KicksawTarget: CompassSponsorRallyday PartnersSoftwareAnnounced
Kicksaw acquires data and AI consultancy Compass
Pairs Salesforce consulting with data engineering, analytics and AI deployment, connecting enterprise CRM systems to data infrastructure and AI applications.
LMC Landscape PartnersTarget: Nash LandscapingSponsorTrivest PartnersLandscapingAnnounced
LMC Landscape Partners adds Nash Landscaping in Houston
The Trivest-backed platform added Nash crews, customers and operating resources to its Houston business.
V-KeyTarget: CloudsineAISponsorTower Capital AsiaSoftwareAnnounced
Tower Capital Asia-Backed V-Key Buys CloudsineAI
The combined entity brings identity, agentic security, and web integrity controls to regulated customers in financial services, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure across Asia.
Fumex Air Filtration SystemsTarget: PAT Technology SystemsSponsorVance Street CapitalIndustrialsAnnounced
Fumex Air Filtration Systems adds PAT Technology Systems
The add-on broadens Fumex's product offering and geographic reach across North America and Europe, combining engineering resources to develop new filtration products for a range of end markets.
SEI GroupTarget: Greenhome SpecialtiesSponsorQuad-C ManagementConstructionAnnounced
Quad-C Management-Backed SEI Group Buys Greenhome Specialties, Inc.
The deal adds single-family, multifamily and light commercial new construction customers across greater Salt Lake City, Utah and surrounding states, giving SEI its first entry into the Utah market.
NONorlee GroupTarget: IEM ElectricSponsorHeartwood PartnersConstructionAnnounced
Heartwood Partners-backed Norlee Group acquires IEM Electric, Inc.
Adds industrial controls, automation, and maintenance capabilities serving food processing, chemical, automotive, steel, cable, material handling, and pharmaceutical customers while extending Norlee's Southeast presence into North Carolina.
Aeterna GroupTarget: Lizardos Engineering Associates D.P.C.SponsorSignal Hill Equity PartnersConstructionAnnounced
Aeterna Group adds Lizardos Engineering Associates D.P.C.
The Mineola, New York-based mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering firm founded in 1965 has completed more than 9,000 projects across 26 states.
TXOTarget: Wesbell CommunicationsSponsorTowerBrook DeltaSoftwareAnnounced
TXO closes Wesbell Communications acquisition
Adds Canadian Tier 1 customer relationships and additional processing capacity to TXO's global technology lifecycle platform, broadening services available to customers worldwide.
RFRoland FoodsTarget: Savor BrandsSponsorVestar Capital PartnersConsumerAnnounced
Vestar-Backed Roland Foods Agrees to Buy Savor Brands
Dot Foods will receive an equity stake in Roland and distribute both brands through its nationwide network.
Weaver BrandsTarget: Shapley'sSponsorBlue Point CapitalConsumerAnnounced
Weaver Brands adds Shapley's
Founded in 1938, the company produces shampoos, conditioners and hair polish, including its flagship Original MTG brand, for the equine care market.
RIRightfiberTarget: Fastwyre Broadband's Nebraska businessSponsorGrain ManagementEnergyAnnounced
Rightfiber closes Fastwyre Broadband's Nebraska business acquisition
The acquisition adds broadband operations serving Nebraska communities including Blair, Fremont, Wayne, and Winnebago and extends Rightfiber's network, which spans 20 states with more than 28,000 route miles.
Warner PacificTarget: Beere&PurvesSponsorLovell Minnick PartnersIndustrialsAnnounced
Lovell Minnick Partners-Backed Warner Pacific Buys Beere&Purves
Founded in 1929, Beere&Purves provides brokers with quoting, underwriting, enrollment and service support across small group, large group and ancillary benefits.
TTTrading TechnologiesTarget: TRAFiXSponsorThoma Bravo and 7RIDGESoftwareAnnounced
Thoma Bravo and 7RIDGE-Backed Trading Technologies Buys TRAFiX
The add-on brings a provider of equities and equity options order and execution management systems and FIX connectivity solutions to the platform, with transaction terms undisclosed in the announcement.
From prior issues
Full archiveRecent platform deals, investments and exits. Each story is dated.
Energy
Announced
AEA Investors and BCI Acquire Rensa Filtration
Headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, the company operates a growing network of manufacturing and service locations across North America and Europe and serves diversified end markets from advanced manufacturing to commercial buildings.
Landscaping
Announced
Kian Capital Partners closes Integrity Landscape acquisition
The business operates five branches across Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara counties and serves homeowners associations, multifamily communities and commercial property owners.
Industrials
Announced
Inveready and Blaumar Capital acquire Blinker Group
The distributor serves more than 30,000 customers across Spain, Portugal and France with an extensive product catalogue, technical advice and personalized service.
Energy
Announced
Monomoy Capital Partners recapitalizes Creedence Energy Services
Creedence serves more than 200 customers across 22 locations, primarily in the Bakken, Permian, Anadarko, Haynesville, San Juan, and Powder River basins, with over 275 employees.
Industrials
Announced
North Branch Capital Acquires Callaway Industrial Services
Callaway offers specialized cleaning, painting, flooring, upfits, renovation and other facility management services to industrial and.
Energy
Announced
Pacolet Milliken, LLC acquires Georgia Renewable Power
The woody biomass plants qualify as renewable power under federal and state standards and sell renewable energy credits on the open market.
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Government
Announced
BDT & MSD Partners buys majority stake in Sunrise Senior Living
Founded in 1981 by Paul and Terry Klaassen, the operator has built a portfolio of luxury, hospitality-oriented senior living communities.
Software
Announced
Main Capital Partners acquires Raynet
The German provider of IT visibility, IT asset management, and cybersecurity software has Germany, USA, Poland, Turkey, UK.
Consumer
Announced
Beach Point Capital Management LP invests in Fullers Foods
The investment gives the sponsor exposure to a Leeds, Yorkshire-based outsourced buying partner founded in 1871 that supplies UK grocers with own-label and branded frozen food products from suppliers worldwide, with transaction terms undisclosed in the announcement.
Consumer
Announced
Lornamead Products merges with AMG Brands
The $279 million combination creates LPNA Group and pairs Lornamead's heritage oral and personal care portfolio, including Yardley London, Finesse and Aqua Net, with AMG's long-standing value-retailer relationships and global manufacturing network serving North American retailers.
Energy
Announced
Kohlberg acquires majority stake in Advanced Industrial Devices
Black Bay Partners exits the automation and controls provider; AID management retains a significant stake.
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Consumer
Announced
Prelude Growth exits Riverside Natural Foods in family buyback
The Fotovat family repurchased Prelude Growth Partners’ minority stake in the MadeGood parent after a four-year partnership, returning the Canadian snack maker to full family ownership.
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Industrials
Announced
Sterling Group Foundation Fund closes Slingmax Group acquisition
The company's vertically integrated brands include Slingmax Rigging Solutions, I&I Sling and Yale Cordage, serving utilities, power generation, civil and transportation infrastructure, aerospace and defense, marine, mining and construction end markets.
Healthcare
Announced
FFL Partners invests in Ally Technical
The company provides maintenance and servicing for more than 3,000 contrast injectors used by more than 1,000 U.S. hospital systems and imaging centers.
Energy
Announced
One Rock Capital Partners sells EnviroServe to Clean Harbors
EnviroServe’s services span remediation, rail services, industrial cleaning, emergency response, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste transportation and processing.
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Software
Announced
Aurora Capital Partners Acquires Softdocs
The company's cloud-based enterprise content management and workflow automation tools serve more than 1,000 colleges, universities, K-12 school districts, and state and municipal agencies.
Financial
Announced
KKR agrees to acquire Gen II for $5.1 billion
The pending transaction would transfer the fund administrator from Hg and General Atlantic; closing is expected in 2027.
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Landscaping
Announced
Gridiron Capital acquires Weed Man lawn care franchise
The Ontario-headquartered franchise network serves more than 800,000 households through approximately 1,000 exclusive territories across the US and Canada.
Energy
Announced
Graycliff Partners Invests In ValveTek and MeterTek
Founded in 2000, the Kenilworth, New Jersey-based company operates six facilities across the Northeast serving municipal and investor-owned water utilities.
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Industrials
Announced
Nova Capital Management acquires BMP Group of Companies and RB Medical
The combined businesses serve office automation, filtration, automotive, domestic appliances, sustainable tree protection, renewable energy, and healthcare customers from multiple international locations.
Healthcare
Announced
Samfara acquires Danish API maker Chr. Olesen Synthesis
The Danish manufacturer operates a cGMP production site in Hvidovre and supplies pharmaceutical laboratories with controlled-substance APIs and advanced intermediates.
Real Estate
Announced
Warburg Pincus invests in Awayday
The investment was made through the Warburg Pincus Capital Solutions Founders Fund, while existing majority owners Ares Private Equity and LightBay Capital remain controlling shareholders.
Government
Announced
Blackstone forms Falcata with TSC and Applied Systems Engineering, Inc.
The new defense platform pairs complementary interceptor guidance-chain technologies to expand America’s interceptor industrial base against inexpensive aerial threats.
Industrials
Announced
Diversis Capital acquires Tideworks Technology
The Seattle-based terminal operating system software provider serves more than 130 marine and intermodal rail facilities across North America, Europe and Latin America, with over 300,000 logistics professionals relying on its platform daily.
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Healthcare
Announced
Chicago Pacific Founders Pet Fund sells CoVet to IDEXX
Its AI-powered clinical scribe automates documentation, while workflow tools support practice operations for veterinary customers across North America and Europe.
Industrials
Announced
One Equity Partners acquires United WELD Holdings
EPIC Piping is one of the world’s largest pure-play pipe fabrication platforms serving critical infrastructure, energy and industrial markets globally, with BendTec adding induction bending capabilities.
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Corrections and updates 1
Changes made after source review.
- · Clear Channel announced CFIUS clearance on October 7 for a still-pending take-private agreed on February 9. The October 7 release was not a new or completed acquisition; the story was incorrectly included as a new deal. Source ↗