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Acquisitions

PE-backed Confluence to acquire CSS

Confluence Technologies (Confluence), a technology solutions provider helping the investment management industry solve complex investment data challenges, is to acquire Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS), a global regulatory software (RegTech) company that enables financial services firms to meet mandatory regulatory compliance requirements.   Confluence is backed by Clearlake Capital Group and

IPACKCHEM acquires Mullackal

IPACKCHEM Group (IPACKCHEM) is to acquire Mullackal Polymers Private Limited (Mullackal), a crop protection packaging provider in India. Founded in 1987 by JP Morvan, IPACKCHEM is a leading global supplier of innovative and specialised barrier packaging solutions serving the crop protection and specialty chemicals end markets. IPACKCHEM’s leading market positions

IK Partners to acquire Truesec

IK Partners’ (IK) IK IX Fund is to acquire Truesec Group AB (Truesec) from Sobro, alongside management and employees who will be reinvesting. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 2005 by Marcus Murray and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Truesec is the leading independent cybersecurity service

Groundworks acquires BQ Basements & Concrete

Cortec Group-backed Groundworks has acquired BQ Basements & Concrete (BQ). BQ is the seventh acquisition completed by Groundworks since Cortec Fund VII’s investment in January 2020. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.  This is Groundworks’ third acquisition in Pennsylvania this year, following Baker’s Waterproofing in Pittsburgh and I’m

Fluitron acquires Bethlehem Hydrogen

Fluitron, an industrial gas compression manufacturer, has acquired Bethlehem Hydrogen (BHI), a manufacturer of integrated hydrogen compression, dispensing, and storage systems.   Ara Partners (Ara), a private equity firm focused on industrial decarbonisation, sponsored Fluitron’s acquisition.  Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed.   Founded in 2009, BHI maintains

E Source acquires battery technology specialist Cairn ERA

Align Capital Partners’ (ACP) utility market intelligence, data science and consulting platform E Source has acquired Cairn ERA (Cairn).   Founded in 2015 by Sam Jaffe, Cairn is a global market intelligence firm specialising in battery storage. Cairn expands E Source’s existing subscription and consulting services through a robust contextual

Alfa eCare enters Finnish daycare software market with Daisy acquisition

Healthcare software provider Alfa eCare, backed by Main Capital Partners, has entered the Finnish market for childcare software with the acquisition of Daisy.  Daisy, flagship label of software company WhileOnTheMove, is active in the Finnish municipality ecosystem providing software solutions for early childhood education and daycare. Daisy is the third

RSK acquires four new businesses

Following government focus on low carbon heating roll-out, RSK Group Limited, an integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business, is further strengthening its offering with the acquisition of four businesses across the environmental services sector. New businesses Carbon Zero Consulting, Envireau Water, Enviroflow and Streetwise are the latest in a

MacNeill Pride Group acquires Rightline Gear

MacNeill Pride Group (MPG), a portfolio company of Centre Partners and a diversified global designer and manufacturer of outdoor products and sporting goods, has acquired Rightline Gear, an Asheville, North Carolina-based automotive and outdoor gear designer. Terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. 

Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company BlueHalo acquires Citadel Defense

Arlington Capital Partners’ (Arlington) portfolio company, BlueHalo (the Company), a provider of advanced engineering solutions and technology to the national security community, has acquired Citadel Defense Company (Citadel). Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Citadel develops advanced counter unmanned aerial systems (cUAS) technology utilised by customers within the Department of Defense

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