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Lomond Group has acquired Liverpool‑based lettings and estate agency Homesure, adding a three‑office operation with a 30‑person team to its portfolio. Homesure currently manages more than 1,700 residential properties across Liverpool and surrounding areas. The deal keeps the Homesure brand and its leadership intact while placing oversight with Lomond’s chief revenue officer for the Midlands and North West. This acquisition deepens Lomond’s presence in the North West, a key growth market for the group.
Orion Group Holdings reported $852 million revenue for 2025, a year‑over‑year increase, with operating income of $15 million and adjusted EBITDA of $45 million, translating to $0.25 adjusted EPS. The Marine segment delivered $545 million revenue and doubled its adjusted EBITDA margin to 10%,...
Distribution Solutions Group reported 9.8% revenue growth to $1.98 billion in 2025, driven partly by $121.5 million from recent acquisitions. Adjusted EBITDA fell to $175 million, an 8.9% margin, reflecting mix shifts, higher employee costs and one‑off items. Gexpro Services posted near‑$500 million in...
Smith & Wesson Brands (SWBI) posted record Q3 2026 revenue of $233 million, up 20% year‑over‑year, largely fueled by a $650 million Mars Parts acquisition and two smaller deals totaling $26.5 million. Adjusted consolidated EBITDA reached a new quarterly high of $45 million, though...
Distribution Solutions Group reported Q2 2025 revenue of $502 million, a 14.3% year‑over‑year increase driven by acquisitions and 3.3% organic daily‑sales growth. Adjusted EBITDA margin rose to 9.7% of sales, up from 9% in the prior quarter, with every vertical posting...
David Ellison’s Skydance is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 billion transaction priced at $31 per share, representing roughly a five‑times multiple to the pre‑deal market price. The deal awards CEO David Zaslav about $800 million in proceeds and...
Banco Santander’s $12.3 billion bid to acquire U.S. regional bank Webster Financial is now under pressure after President Donald Trump announced he would cut off trade with Spain. The political spat, sparked by Spain’s refusal to allow U.S. military use of...
The E.W. Scripps Company agreed to buy Lexington’s ABC affiliate WTVQ for $15.8 million, creating a duopoly with its existing NBC station WLEX pending regulatory clearance. Scripps CEO Adam Symson said the deal will deepen market scale and fund more neighborhood...
Brookfield Properties and Queensland Investment Corp. have put the 1 million‑square‑foot Victoria Gardens mall in Rancho Cucamonga up for sale. The open‑air center posted $33.6 million cash flow in 2024 and a net operating income of $32 million in 2023, reflecting a 6 %...
Moishe Mana purchased the 31‑story One Downtown office tower in downtown Miami for $110 million, securing roughly a 14 percent discount from its 2018 price. The 770,195‑square‑foot building houses 450,000 sq ft of office space, a 750‑spot garage, and ground‑level retail, and is currently...
Nasuni announced the acquisition of Resilio, a developer of high‑performance file synchronization and edge‑acceleration technology. The deal, terms undisclosed, integrates Resilio’s Active Everywhere platform with Nasuni’s cloud‑native file services to create a unified solution for rapid file access across distributed...
Emmi Group posted CHF 4.75 bn net sales in FY25, a 9.1% year‑on‑year increase, with organic growth of 4.3% and net profit rising 3.1% to CHF 227.1 m. The performance was powered by a series of strategic acquisitions that added 7.9% to sales and...
Selling your business may be the best way to help it grow. Hear what Smita Bakshi, co-founder of zyBooks, has to say on the matter: https://lnkd.in/efcrW6dN #mergersandacquisitions #startupexits #investmentbanking #saasfounders #software #saas #tech #founders #pathtoexit
Former investment banker Raphael Roettgen revived a space‑focused SPAC in early 2026 after a four‑year hiatus, raising about $230 million in trust to seek a merger with a space‑related company. The new vehicle, Space Asset Acquisition Corp., reflects a broader revival...
Royal Cup Coffee and Tea announced a cash acquisition of Farmer Bros. Co. for $89.62 million, paying $1.29 per share—a 13.42% discount to the prior close. The transaction values Farmer Bros. at roughly 16.66 times EBITDA. The deal, advised by North...
Bill Holdings CEO René Lacerte told investors at the Morgan Stanley TMT conference that the company is actively evaluating merger‑and‑acquisition opportunities as activist shareholders increase pressure. He cited recent fintech consolidations—such as the sales of Brex, AvidXchange and Melio—as proof...
Fixated, a creator management firm, has acquired Elevate, a subscription‑focused monetization platform, to broaden its community and revenue infrastructure. The deal follows a $50 million Eldridge Industries investment earmarked for M&A, marking Fixated’s second acquisition this year after buying gaming‑centric Ellify....
Banijay Entertainment and All3Media, both backed by private equity, announced a definitive merger that will combine their production assets under a single entity. The deal creates one of the world’s largest independent television and digital content houses, spanning scripted, unscripted...
Hunter Point CEO Avi Kalichstein told Private Equity International that Japan’s general‑partner (GP) ecosystem, though still nascent, is gaining momentum. He highlighted a growing talent pipeline and an increasing appetite for partnership among Japanese firms. Kalichstein believes these dynamics will...
Emerald Holding acquired MJBiz, the premier cannabis B2B event, for $120 million in 2022, betting on a booming market. Since the purchase, exhibitor numbers have slumped from roughly 1,400 to 557 and attendance data has become opaque, reflecting a broader industry...
Private equity markets in Europe are confronting a slowdown in exits, raising concerns that policymakers could step in to support liquidity. In the United Kingdom, large distribution‑capital firms are increasingly deploying capital directly, altering the structure of private‑market investing. Meanwhile,...
Case Study: Effective Vendor Financing in Business Acquisitions This topic was highlighted by a question from Tomo, a follower intrigued by the mechanics behind vendor take-back notes. Challenge: When purchasing a business with vendor financing, one of the key concerns for both...
Forward Madison FC, a USL League One franchise, has hired Greenwich Advisory to explore an equity raise targeting private equity, family offices and strategic partners. The club, which averages over 4,000 fans in a 5,000‑seat stadium, is running break‑even to...
In this episode of M&A Talk, host Jacob Oros interviews serial entrepreneur Travis Jameson, who has founded and exited a dozen businesses across tech, e‑commerce, SaaS, and health products. Jameson shares his core lesson for building a sellable company: make...
Paramount announced a $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, paying $31 per share—a 150% premium to the pre‑talk price. The deal includes a $7 billion regulatory fee and a $2.8 billion breakup fee for Netflix, which withdrew its bid. Combining Paramount, CBS,...
Famed casino operator back in play? - $CZR reportedly exploring a sale after takeover interest incl. Tilman Fertitta - Shares +20% on the news but still near 5yr lows - Trades ~8x Adj. EBITDA - Some room for improved bid, but ~$30B EV vs...
Schwarz Group, the parent of Lidl and Kaufland, received approval from Romanian competition authorities to acquire a majority stake in La Cocoș, a retailer operating large hypercash stores. The deal cements Schwarz’s market‑leadership position in Romania, where Ahold Delhaize currently ranks second....
The Malaysian grocery landscape just changed forever. 🚨 Thai retail giant CP Axtra (the power behind Lotus’s) is officially acquiring 100% of The Food Purveyor for RM1.66 billion. 💰 By Q4 2026, the group will control 120 stores nationwide, blending the scale...
Union Pacific claims that’s its merger with NS would take 2m truckloads off the road each year. That is approx 6k trucks in total, roughly equivalent to Prime’s fleet. Pretty inconsequential in the big scheme of things.
Quantum Surgical, a French robotics and AI specialist, has acquired Miami‑based NeuWave Medical from Johnson & Johnson, creating the Precision IO Group. The combined entity merges Quantum’s Epione platform for robotic‑assisted tumor ablation with NeuWave’s market‑leading microwave ablation devices used...
"We had high confidence" of getting through regulatory, says Netflix CFO Spencer Neumann on pursuit of Warner's studios and streaming operations.
Tencent took a 15 percent stake in Arrowhead Game Studios. Some players starting lashing out at a recent Chinese New Year cosmetics bundle with a certain meme that was quickly banned on the Discord.
M&A‑focused activist campaigns surged in late 2025 and are projected to intensify throughout 2026. Activists are zeroing in on cash‑rich small‑ and mid‑cap public companies, especially those overlooked by the AI boom but with solid fundamentals. They are increasingly partnering...
M&A….Reservoir Media ( RSVR) .. received “bids” from several firms with $10.50 cash from largest holders
In Q4 2025, battery energy storage systems dominated Australian renewable investment activity, featuring in 16 financing, M&A and offtake deals and representing 2.16 GW of transaction volume. Solar projects contributed 675 MW, with 90 % of that capacity in hybrid configurations. New South Wales...
Q&M Dental Group announced a non‑binding MOU to acquire 100% of an unnamed Singapore dental chain. The transaction will be funded through a mix of cash and newly issued ordinary shares, and includes a profit guarantee of up to S$34 million...
The latest PitchBook data shows median enterprise‑value‑to‑revenue (EV/revenue) multiples for North American and European private‑equity buyouts of $2.5 billion or more climbed to 5.5 times in 2025, up from 4.7 times in 2015. After hitting a trough in 2023, valuations rebounded to levels...
Banijay’s Marco Bassetti and Jeff Zucker on the Surprise All3Media Merger That Puts ‘The Traitors,’ ‘MasterChef’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’ Under the Same Roof https://t.co/zM40xh5TTV via @variety
SES AI Corp reported a record third‑quarter 2025 revenue of $7.1 million, a 102% sequential increase driven by the recent UC Energy acquisition and the launch of its Molecular Universe (MU 1.0) AI platform. Services now account for 55% of revenue with...
Viemed Healthcare reported a 14.7% year‑over‑year revenue increase in fiscal Q2 2025, driven entirely by organic growth across its core ventilation, sleep therapy, and resupply segments. Adjusted EBITDA rose 12% to $14.3 million, while SG&A fell to 45.7% of revenue, reflecting...
Sino Biopharm’s subsidiary Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group has signed an exclusive global licensing deal with Sanofi for its blood‑cancer drug rovadicitinib. The agreement provides Sanofi with worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize the oral JAK/ROCK inhibitor, and includes...
Nvidia leveraged its 2020 $7 billion acquisition of Mellanox to transform its networking business into a major growth engine. In the most recent fiscal quarter the company reported $11 billion in networking revenue, a 263 % increase year‑over‑year, positioning it as the world’s...
USA Today Co., formerly Gannett, has expanded its newspaper holdings to more than 200 titles, including the recent purchase of The Detroit News, which joins the Detroit Free Press under a shared corporate umbrella. The acquisitions target financially distressed local...
David Ellison: “This deal positions us to be one of the leading competitors in the DTC space, to really accelerate our growth and to achieve scale in DTC… It is a primary goal for the business.”
Sale followed by a large capital return - Co selling its entire OpCo while returning 90% of the proceeds to shareholders - Distributions alone exceed the co's current mcap - Plus you get a RemainCo with meaningful net cash and a small growth...
No wonder direct lending to software buyouts was so popular. Out of 300+ loans that Blue Owl has made since inception, only one has defaulted. That one loan was to finance Vista Equity's $3.5 billion buyout of Pluralsight in 2021. Blue Owl...
Antitrust experts don't see Paramount/WBD deal getting blocked by DOJ or abroad, but any lengthy probes abroad could buy state AGs time to assemble a lawsuit — Will they have a legit enough antitrust case to win in court? Uphill battle. @axios https://t.co/czZPajmweE
The Trump Antitrust Division will likely not bring charges to block the Paramount-Warner merger. https://t.co/yh0yoJNUUF
There's an interview with a guy who quit his job and, with no prior experience, raised a $95 million to acquire 13+ "boring" niche businesses. Less than 120 views. Meanwhile, a gentleman grilling a wasabi-marinated A5 wagyu steak has over 7.5...
