AutoVitals acquires loyalty marketing software provider BayIQ
AutoVitals Adds Industry Leading Loyalty Rewards Platform to Increase Automotive Repair Shop Revenue and Profitability AutoVitals (AV), a provider of SaaS solutions to automotive repair and maintenance shops, has acquired BayIQ, a provider of automated marketing software to the independent tire and automotive repair industry. BayIQ’s software solutions help shops build customer loyalty, increase car […]
Investcorp portfolio company Impero acquires Netop
Investcorp portfolio company Impero, a provider of online student safety and classroom and network management software, has acquired Netop, an international software solutions provider to the education sector and corporates, from Consolidated Holdings A/S. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. The addition of Netop will significantly increase Impero’s scale and presence in the […]
Core Industrial Partners portfolio co Incodema acquires Mark Two Engineering
Chicago-based private equity firm CORE Industrial Partners’ (CORE) portfolio company Incodema Holdings (Incodema) has acquired Mark Two Engineering, a medical device contract manufacturing provider. Mark Two is the third acquisition to the Incodema platform to close in the past month, joining recently acquired Dahlquist Machine and Majestic Metals to form a leading nationwide precision manufacturing […]
Bill Gates and Blackstone team up for £3bn Signature bid
The Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is on the brink of joining forces with one of the world’s biggest private equity investors to mount a £3bn takeover bid for a provider of services to private jet owners. Sky News has learnt that Cascade Investment, a vehicle which manages part of Mr Gates’ personal wealth, and Blackstone […]
Eight Fifty Food Group acquires Carroll’s Cuisine
Specialist lawyers at Walker Morris have advised Eight Fifty Food Group the leading multi-protein food group controlled by CapVest Partners, on the acquisition of Carroll’s Cuisine from Carlyle Cardinal Ireland, for an undisclosed consideration. Carroll’s is a producer of cooked meats and convenience food in the Republic of Ireland. The business employs approximately 300 people […]
CDI Acquires MSP, Data Center IT Solutions Provider High Availability
Computer design & Integration (CDI), backed by private equity firm One Equity Partners, acquires high Availability (H.A.), an MSP, IT solution & integrator Computer Design & Integration LLC (CDI), backed by private equity firm One Equity Partners, has acquired High Availability (H.A.), an MSP, IT solution provider and integrator. H.A.’s focus areas span data center, networking, security, mobility, collaboration […]
BMS launches M&A Asia operations
BMS Group Limited (BMS), an independent specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, has launched Asia broking operations, headquartered in Singapore and with proposed operations in Hong Kong pending regulatory approval. BMS Asia will initially focus on M&A insurance broking, enhancing the group’s existing capabilities in that class of business in London, Canada and Australia. Sandra Lee […]
SageWind portfolio company QuantiTech acquires Systems Engineering Group
QuantiTech, a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital (Sagewind), has acquired Systems Engineering Group, (SEG) from Griffon Corporation. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, SEG is a leading provider of threat engineering and modeling and simulation services to the US Government, primarily supporting the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Missile […]
Dealmakers Cancel Christmas in Busiest-Ever Holiday M&A Season
Christmas was cancelled for dealmakers this year. A total of 2,496 transactions were announced globally in the final two weeks of 2020, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s the most for a festive fortnight on record, the data show. More than $187 billion of deals came during the period, led by buyout firm Thoma […]
Italy’s Angelini to buy Swiss biotech group for $1bn
Pharma company to get exclusive licence to commercialise epilepsy drug across EU, UK and Switzerland Italy’s Angelini Pharma has agreed to buy emerging Swiss biotech company Arvelle Therapeutics for up to $960m as it aims to become a leading European player in the treatment of central nervous system and mental diseases. Angelini will pay private-equity […]
