MSA Safety acquires Alle-Kiski Valley-based Bacharach in $337M deal

Global safety equipment maker MSA Safety is expanding its gas detection business with the $337 million acquisition of Alle-Kiski Valley-based Bacharach, the companies announced. MSA, headquartered in Cranberry, plans to complete the acquisition of Bacharach and its affiliated companies from FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, in early July. When asked how the acquisition might affect […]
Mattioli Woods Just Acquires Maven Capital Partners

The deal will allow Maven to leverage the Mattioli Woods partnership to access further capital to help boost growth and will also enhance Maven’s services and capability through access to Mattioli Woods’ advisor and client base as well as expertise in a broader range of products. Separately Mattioli Woods is also acquiring Ludlow Wealth Management, […]
Private Equity Firm Naxicap Acquires Stromer

Naxicap Partners, a European private equity firm, has reached an agreement to acquire Stromer, the Swiss e-bike brand. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to customary approvals. Stromer was founded in 2009. It merged with BMC in 2011 and then with the new investment it separated from BMC in 2016. “Over the last […]
Thoma Bravo acquires Greenphire

Thoma Bravo, has reached an agreement to acquire Greenphire, the global leader in financial lifecycle management software for clinical trials, from The Riverside Company. The deal, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals, is expected to close in the second quarter of this year. Jim Murphy, CEO of Greenphire, will continue to lead the company […]
Mattioli Woods swoops in on ‘largest acquisitions to date’

Mattioli Woods is set to make its “largest acquisitions to date” with the deals to buy private equity firm Maven Capital Partners and financial planning business Ludlow Wealth Management in deals worth more than £143m. The deal with Maven will see Mattioli Woods pay £100m, comprising £80m up front and a further £20m on meeting […]
HIG Capital to acquire CORA Physical Therapy

An affiliate of global alternative investment firm HIG Capital (HIG) is to acquire CORA Health Holdings Corp and its subsidiaries, doing business as CORA Physical Therapy (CORA), an operator of outpatient physical and occupational therapy clinics. CORA’s management team, led by CEO Dennis Smith, will continue to run the Company and remain as shareholders in […]
KKR Acquires Three Building Industrial Portfolio in Phoenix

KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the acquisition of a three building industrial portfolio totaling approximately 419,350 square feet located in highly infill locations in Phoenix, Arizona. The Seller was a Joint Venture between PCCP, LLC and Hopewell Development LP. All three assets were built in 2020 and are located approximately twenty to […]
Kohlberg & Company Acquires DecoPac from Snow Phipps Group, LLC

DecoPac, Inc. (“DecoPac”), the world’s largest supplier of cake decorations and related products to professional cake decorators and bakeries, announced today that it has been acquired by Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C. (“Kohlberg”), a private equity firm headquartered in Mount Kisco, NY, from Snow Phipps Group, LLC (“Snow Phipps”). Headquartered in Anoka, Minnesota, DecoPac supplies cake-decorating […]
Ireland’s Regtech Fenergo has Reportedly been Acquired by Private Equity Firms

Ireland’s Regtech firm Fenergo reveals that it has been acquired by private equity companies, the Paris-headquartered Astorg and London’s Bridgepoint, from Insight Partners. Although the financial terms of the deal haven’t been shared publicly, the Irish Times said that industry sources claim that the transaction was valued at around $600 million. This led to Fenergo’s market valuation jumping to $1.165 billion, thus […]
Alpha FMC acquires Lionpoint Group
Lionpoint’s acquisition by Alpha will help grow the former’s geographical reach, breadth of services to alternative investment managers, investors, and advisors, and range of clientele to include multi-strategy clients who combine traditional and alternative assets. By joining forces, both firms will complement each other’s capabilities as the line between alternative investments firms increasingly permeates retail […]