August 2022

In times like these, investors and business professionals have long tried to predict the future. In the earliest civilizations, predictions from oracles, shamans, and prophets, depended on the capacity of these individuals to access other planes of being and receiving divine inspiration. In recent years, forecasters have amassed massive amounts of data (e.g., USA Facts), complex simulations (e.g., RAND Corporation, 538) and relied upon crowdsourcing predictions (e.g., DELPHI technique).

At the moment, the world is chock full of forecasts. prophecies, cliodynamics all intended to predict the future and future economic cycles and create an advantage. The clearest lesson from the history is that we use it as a guide - although it may not offer precision, history does offer patterns and direction. Historical patterns reveal cycles, waves, or sequences can be identified in the past and can therefore be expected to recur in the future.

Despite the confusion surrounding current economic indicators that oftentimes include conflicting information, we encourage you to look to the past as you attempt to predict the future. Specifically, consider 2007 - 2012 Berkshire Hathaway Investor Letters, and blog posts from Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Michael Mauboussin of Morgan Stanley, Marc Andreesen of Andreessen Horowitz.

And, if Matt or I can help you make sense of all that is going on and any impacts to your search, please contact us. In the meantime, please find a selection of resources below to support your efforts. 

RFC SEARCH FUND SPOTLIGHT

KNOWLEDGE-BASE UPDATES. Available to Red Forest Capital Funds Only.

• Building a Board of Directors Guide to consider as you approach LOI

• Customer Account Scoring Template to evaluate the health and potential of existing customer accounts

• Website SEO Checklist and Increase Google Page Rank Guide

SELECT DEALS within industries of interest for Red Forest Capital funds.

• Self-Funded ETA Exit in Waste Management

• Amazon Acquires Irobot For $2B

• Arch Amenities Group Acquires Pool Mgmt And Construction Company

• E-Konomy Pool Service Acquires L&L Pool Service

• Graybar Acquires Walker Industrial And Shingle & Gibb Automation

• Jana Partners Acquires Zendesk For $173MM

• Leap Partners Acquires Drain Werks

• Oracle Acquires Cerner For $28B

• Pacific Resorts Acquires Jay Peak 

• Platinum Equity Acquires High Temperature Solutions Business

• Quality One Acquires Q-Matics

• Southern Hvac Acquires Allen's Air Conditioning & Heating

• The Stepping Stones Acquires Center For Behavioral, Educational, And Social Therapies (C.B.E.S.T)

• Thor Equities Group Acquires cold storage warehouse For $36MM

• Vail Resorts Acquires Andermatt-Sedrun Sport

SEARCH FUND TOPICS

• 2022 Search Fund Study from Stanford

• 2022Q2 Quarterly Loan Market Update from Partners Group

• 2022Q2 SMB Market Observer from Majority Search

• Searcher & CEO Report hosted by the Search Fund Coalition

• PODCAST. The Power of Long Hold Periods with Will Thorndike

• PODCAST. Private Equity with Graham Weaver, Alpine Investors

• Crunchbase looks to grow its database of startups with $50M

• Digitizing Diligence PE Will Lead to Value Creation Faster

• Private lenders are offering cheaper debt than Wall Street banks

• Private credit investors turn to asset-backed loans

• How to check customer references...without irritating the seller

• Your Deal Imploded: Now What? 

LEADERSHIP

• What a CEO Should Do

• Why Being Real Matters: The Case for Authentic Leadership

• The Biggest Mistakes CEOs Can Make

• Get Inside The Mind of a Scaling CEO

• Reinventing Your Leadership Team 

• DEI’s Impact on the Middle Market: What’s Working and How

• The Future of Team Leadership Is Multimodal

GENERAL BUSINESS

• 2021Q4 Middle Market Business Owners Survey from Capstone

• Small Business Policy and Economy Survey from the SBE Council

• Drive Growth During a Recession

• Retaining Customers in an Economic Downturn

• Grow Your Business With Minimal Investment

• What KPIs are producing the highest SaaS valuations

• 2022 Email Marketing Benchmarks from Hubspot

• The State of Organic Marketing in 2022

• Small Business Content Marketing Trends for 2022

• How Outreach Is Using Employees & Empowerment To Win on LinkedIn

• Tracking the Right KPIs to Measure Website Growth

• Sales Programs For Small Business

• How to Build a Successful Sales Pipeline

• Deliberately Underselling as Sales Strategy

• How to Get Into Tech Sales

• The dark side of the sales industry

• Proven Ways to Improve Email Open Rates

• The One Email KPI To Watch in the Age of Mail Privacy Protection

• Steps To Create A Successful Service-Based Business

• "Consumerization" of Enterprise Software

• A New Way to Look at Financial Reporting

• Ways to Maximize Business Deductions

• DNA of the Chief Data Officer

• Ways to Leverage Data for Marketing and Customer Relationships

• The 20 Fastest Growing Jobs in the Next Decade

• The 5-Hour Rule Practiced by Bill Gates

• Getting Acquired Is A Legitimate Strategy For Building Your Business 

EVENTS *Virtual | Search Fund Events

• 10 August, Planning to Sell Your CPA Practice*

• 10 August, Cyber Security Fundamentals for Business Leaders*

• 11 August, State of the Industry: Blockchain*

• 11 August, Understanding Capital Structures on Exit Transactions

• 16 August, Operators’ Summit: Accelerating Value Creation*

• 17 August, Complex World of Data, America Marketing Association*

• 17 August, State of the Industry: Healthcare AI*

• 18 August, Economic Changes on Middle Market Deals*

• 22 - 24 August, Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando

• 25 August, Navigating Choppy Waters, The CEO’s Perspective*

• 31 August, Key tax considerations in M&A from Crowe*

• 01 September, State Of the Industry: Edge AI*

• 7 – 9 September, Debt Connection Symposium & Expo in Vegas

• 08 September, Private 5G*

• 9 – 10 September, Southeast ETA Conference in Charlottesville, VA

• 13 – 15 September, SaaStr Annual Conference in SF

• 14 September, Future of News hosted by Financial Times*

• 15 September, State of the Industry: Geospatial Location*

• 15 September, Aerospace & Defense MM Leadership Forum in LA 

• 19 – 22 September, Fast Company Innovation Festival in NYC 

• 20 September, GrowthHackers Conference

• 21 September, Cyber Resilience Summit hosted by FT*

• 22 September, State of the Industry: Blockchain*

• 22 September, Manufacturing and Industrials in LA

• 22 September, Spotlight on Latin America hosted by FT in New York

• 26 September, Tech & Politics Forum hosted by the FT*

• 13 October, IESE Search Fund Conference in Barcelona

• 12 - 14 October, Edge ComputingWorld in Santa Clara

• 18-20 October, TechCrunch Disrupt in SF

• 20 October, 2022 CPAs In Industry Conference in Denver & Virtual

• 26 October Booth-Kellogg ETA Conference in Chicago

• 30 October, Harvard Business School ETA Conference in Boston

• 17 November, Government & Defense Conference, in DC*

• 17 November, ACGs CFO & COO Fall Roundup in SF

• 15 - 16 November, PE Real Estate America Summit in New York

• 6 December, TechCrunch Sessions: Space 2022 in LA

LIGHTER FARE

• A Simple Way to Introduce Yourself

• He’s Baseball’s Only Mud Supplier. It’s a Job He May Soon Lose

• The Most Notorious Catfishers in History

• Simulation Reveals the Shocking Factor for Becoming Wealthy 

• 2022 Billionaire Census from Altrata

• Watch an Electric Fan Car Break the Goodwood Hill Climb Record

• Coral in parts of the Great Barrier Reef are at the highest in 36 years

• Gamers raised money for animal shelters

• 2022Q2 Ferrari’s Investor Update

• Luke Skywalker worked at Jack in the Box

• The "Howard Stern of business" & the founder people love to hate

• 5 Famous Mistakes In Iconic Songs

• The World’s Only Single-Varietal Rum Distillers, Kō Hana

WELLNESS

• Burnout guide: symptoms, causes, and preventions

• Karoshi and the Japanese Art of Managing Energy – Not Time

• The Difference Between Busy and Non-Busy People

• 20 – August 27 Wellbeing and Creativity Retreat, Montafon Valley, Austria

• 29 Sept – 1 Oct, Heart-Led Leader Men’s Retreat in DC

• 1 – 8 October, Yoga & Meditation Retreat, Umbria, Italy

• 10 - 13 November Reboot.io Leadership Bootcamp in Boulder, Colorado

• And More…

M&A, PRIVATE EQUITY & INDUSTRY UPDATES

HEADLINES. More in the Industry Updates Sections below.

• 2022 Private Equity M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 202207 Capital Markets Update from Capstone

• 202206 PE Update from Citco

• 2022 US Private Equity Outlook: H1 Follow-Up from Pitchbook

• 2022 AM&AA Summer Conference Recap

• 2022 M&A Outlook From Solomon Partners

• 2022Q2 State of Venture Global from CB Insights

• 2022Q2 US PE Enters a New Regime from Pitchbook

• 2022H1 Mid Year Outlook from Partners Group

• 2022H1 M&A Overview from Strategic Advisors

• 2022 Highlights from ACG InterGrowth

  2022 M&A Trends Survey from Deloitte

• 2022 Capital Markets Fact Book from SIMFA

• Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors Summer Newsletter

• High Inflation and PE Deal Performance from Bain

• PE in VC in 2022 from Tomasz Tunguz, Venture Capitalist at Redpoint

• PE Maintained Its Share of the M&A Market in 2022H1 from Bloomberg

• PE faces 'crisis of value' over inflated prices

• Fund-of-funds ranking shows more competition

• The Modern-Day Sell-Side Process

• M&A Expected To Dampen For Remainder Of 2022

• PODCAST. The State of the Mid-Market with Twin Brook’s Chris

• Most Active Investors Not Slowing Despite Downturn

• M&A remains resilient in 2022, but further shocks could derail outlook

AEROSPACE, DEFENSE, GOVERNMENT, CIVIC & SOCIAL SECTOR

• 2022 Aerospace And Defense M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022H1 Aerospace, Defense & Space M&A Trends from Meridian Capital

• 2022H1 Defense & Space Insights from RayJay

• 2022H1 Defense & Government Insights from RayJay

• 2022Q1 Government Tech Insights from RayJay

• 2022Q1 Aviation Deal Report from Cassel Salpeter

• 2022 Aerospace, Defense & Space M&A Trends from Meridian

• 2022 Defense & Government Market Intelligence from RayJay

• 2022 Government Technology Solutions M&A from RayJay

• 2022 Aerospace and Defense Trends from S&P

• Agility Acquires Menzies Aviation

• American Robotics Acquires Airobotics

• Apollo Acquires Atlas Air Worldwide For $5B

• Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace Acquires NanoAvionics For $90MM

• Leidos Acquires Cobham Aviation Services Special Mission Business

• Parker-Hannifin Corporation Acquires Meggitt

• Safran Acquires Orolia

AGRICULTURE & FOOD

• 2022 Food & Agribusiness M&A Trends from Meridian

• 2022 Global AgriFoodTech Investment Report

• 2022H1 Food & Agribusiness M&A Trends from Meridian Capital

  2022H1 Food & Beverage M&A Trends from Kroll

• 2022H1 Food & Beverage Industry Report from CFA Associates

• 2022Q2 Food and Beverage Industry Insights from Kroll

• Investing in US Food Remains Competitive from Lincoln Int’l

• The FTC’s evolving definition of ‘grocery market’

• The role of food labeling in consumer purchases

• Agreena acquires Hummingbird Tech

• Bolthouse Farms Acquires Evolution Fresh

• Brookside Flavors & Ingredients Acquires Flavor Advantage

• Chartwells Higher Ed Acquires Fresh Ideas Food Management Company

• Eagle Foods Acquires Helper And Suddenly Salad

• Grain Processing Acquires Natural Products

• M&S Acquires Gist For $40B

• Moët Hennessy Acquires Joseph Phelps Vineyards

• Mondelez International, Inc. Acquires Clif Bar & Company

• New Water Capital Acquires Klosterman Baking Company

• Royal Unibrew Acquires Amsterdam Brewery For $3B

• Silver Fern Acquires Demandlink

• Smart For Life, Inc. Acquires Ceautamed Worldwide

• Titan Machinery Inc. Acquires Heartland Ag Systems

• Wilbur-Ellis Nutriti Acquires F.L. Emmert

AUTOMOTIVE & ASSEMBLY

• 2022 Automotive M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022Q2 Automotive Aftermarket & Powersports Update from Solomon

• 2022Q2 Mobility Tech Update from Drake Star

• 2022Q1 Mobility Tech Industry Update from Pitchbook

• 2022H1 Car Wash Insights from RayJay

• 2022Q1 Mobility Tech Industry Update from Drake Star

• 202202 Automotive M&A and Valuations from Peakstone

• 202202 Vehicle Aftermarket M&A Update from Capstone

• Ford CEO predicts industry consolidation

• Audi study takes aim at ‘myths’ around autonomous driving

• Self-driving cars will need smarter roadways

• It’s time to talk about consolidation in the EV charging industry

• Cox Automotive Acquires Trudell

• Dexko Global Acquires Fluid-Press Group

• Fullspeed Automotive Acquires Kwik Kar

• Geely Acquires Meizu

• Gentherm Inc Acquires Alfmeier’s Automotive Business

• Hyundai Motor Acquires 42Dot

• Krystal Klean Acquires Under Pressure Washing

• Mammoth Holdings Acquires Three The Wash Locations

• Mammoth Holdings Acquires Wash-N-Go In Port St. Lucie

• Nexar Acquires Veniam

• One Planet Group Acquires Autoweb, Inc.

• Raceway Car Wash Acquires Reno Locations

• Splash Acquires Clean Co Car Wash

• Teralytics Acquires Streetlytics

• Toyota-Panasonic Battery Acquires Lithium From Ioneer's Nevada Mine

• Warburg Pincus Acquires El Car Wash

B2B, CONSULTING & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• 2022Q1 A/R Management Update from Corporate Advisory Solutions

• 2022H1 Business Services Industry Report from CFA Associates

• 2021H2 Business Services Update from SDR Capital

• 2022 Legal Industry Outlook from Bloomberg Law

• 2022 Trends for BPO & Contact Centers from Capstone Partners

• 2022 Technology Forecast from CompTIA and NASCIO

• 2022 Security & Safety Insights from RayJay

• 202204 Cybersecurity and Privacy Roundup from PKF O'Connor Davies

• 202204 Cybersecurity Snapshot from Momentum

• Adar Acquires Rigid Bits Cybersecurity

• Agileblue Acquires Crowe Managed Detection And Response Platform

• Apply Digital Acquires Reign

• Assa Abloy Acquires Alcea

• Atlantic Street Capital Acquires Cyberguard Compliance

• Bp3 Acquires Extra Technology

• Caldwell Intellectua Acquires Palisades Patent Law

• Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation Acquires Cyberviking

• Cincy Brands Acquires Vitabox

• Cloudmellow Acquires The Creative Momentum

• Concentrix Acquires Servicesource

• Cpower Acquires Centrica'S Us Demand Response Business

• Efi Acquires Cadlink

• Eplus Acquires Future Com

• Fingerpaint Acquires Emcay

• Gordon Flesch Acquires Stan's LPS Midwest

• Goto Acquires Miradore

• Growing Smart(Ly) In Acquires Dyson Capital Advisors

• Harris Computer Acquires Rosoka

• ICF Acquires Semanticbits

• Isos Capital Management Acquires 4Forces Group

• Lexitas Acquires Phipps Reporting

• Medical Solutions Acquires Matchwell

• Meriplex Acquires Verma Systems

• Microage Acquires Cstor

• Nederman Acquires RoboVent For $28B

• Osf Digital Acquires Aarin

• Pax8 Acquires Umbrellar

• Prolifics Acquires Tier 2 Consulting Limited

• Resecurity Acquires Cybit Sec

• Response Informatics Acquires Technologia Corporation For $7.4MM

• Search Discovery Acquires Allturna

• Sharps Compliance Corp. Acquires Aurora Capital Partners

• Swbc Acquires Anyhour Solutions

• Taboola, Inc. Acquires Gravity R&D

• Tandym Acquires Longford & Company

• Tandym Acquires Metro Systems

• Tegus Acquires Canalyst

• Topia Acquires Pearl Global Tech

• Trymyui Acquires Stitchology.Ai

• Unison Acquires Farclause.Com

• United Gmg Acquires Lightbox Graphix

• Vass Group Acquires Hexagon Data

• Vault-Firsthand Acquires Careereco

• Vendavo Acquires Market Medium

• Versiti Acquires Ethical And Independent Review Services

• Voxtur Analytics Corp. Acquires Municipal Tax Equity Consultants

• Wavestone Acquires Pen Partnership

• West Shore Home® Acquires Design Center

• Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company Acquires Butterwire

• Xceptional Acquires Altitude Integrations

EDUCATION, TRAINING & SKILL DEVELOPMENT

• 2022H1 Education M&A from BerkeyNoyes

• 202205 Company Trade School Analysis from League Park

• 202202 Corporate Training M&A Update from Capstone

• Abf Academy Acquires Champagnat Catholic School

• Blt Acquires Amd-Xilinx Southeast Training Region

• Dynepic Acquires Surrealvr

• Flywire Corporation Acquires Cohort Go

• Huntress Labs Acquires Curricula For $10B

• Prometric Llc Acquires Finetune

• Shanghai University Acquires Gale Scholar

• Viaplay Acquires PremierSports For $0.8MM

• Yoummday Acquires Icon Communication Centres

ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT & RELATED

• 2022 Energy M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022 Power And Utilities M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022H1 Fuel Products Distribution Insights from RayJay

• 2022H1 Energy Industry Report from CFA Associates

• Energy producers put cash to work in M&A, to PE's benefit

• 2022 Gas and Power Outlook from Refinitiv

• 2022 Energy Industry Insights from PPHB

• 2022 Fuel Products Distribution M&A from RayJay

• 2022 Oil And Gas Industry Outlook from Deloitte

• 2022 Power And Utilities Industry Outlook from Deloitte

• 2022 Renewable Energy Industry Outlook from Deloitte

• 2022 Private Equity Action in ESG Survey

• How PE Can Achieve ESG Goals

• 2022 Mid-Year ESG Outlook from Allspring Global

• How Mid-Cap PE Funds Can Reach ESG Goals from MM Growth

• 2022H1 Water Insight from RayJay

• Water Upgrade Bill Storms Through Senate

• Arko Corp. Acquires Quarles Petroleum Assets

• Bkv Corporation Acquires Barn

• Boralex Inc. Acquires Infinergy

• Borgwarner Acquires Rhombus Energy Solutions

• Buckeye Partners L.P. Acquires Bear Head Clean Energy

• California Water Service Group Acquires California Water Service And Washington Water Service & Hoh Utilities

• Capital Power Corporation Acquires Midland Cogeneration Facility

• Catalyst Environment Acquires Awr Environmental

• Cathedral Energy Services Acquires Altitude Energy Partners Directional Drilling Services For $100MM

• Christensen Acquires United Oil

• Clean Energy Systems Acquires Madera Biomass Power Plant

• Clearlake Capital Acquires Bbb Industries

• Corning Natural Gas Holding Acquires Argo Infrastructure Partners Lp

• Devon Energy Corporation Acquires Williston Basin Bolt-On

• E Source Acquires Defg

• Ecological Laborator Acquires Tomco Chemical

• Ener1 Acquires Enerdel

• Feit Electric Acquires Lifx

• Groundworks Acquires Basement Systems Of West

• Groundworks Acquires Foundation Support Specialists

• H2O Innovation Inc. Acquires Leader Evaporator Co.

• Lodestone Energy Partners Acquires Midland Basin Assets

• Momentum Midstream Acquires Midcoast Energy Assets For $42MM

• Nextera Water Acquires Nextera Energy Resources

• Nikola Acquires Romeo Power

• Ovivo Acquires Wastech Controls & Engineering

• Pattern Energy Acquires Sunzia Transmission Project

• Polar Racking Acquires Axsus Solar

• Precision Drilling Corporation Acquires High Arctic’s Well Servicing & Rentals Divisions

• Prospera Energy Inc. Acquires Light Oil Property

• Rocky Mountain Institute Acquires The Climate Map

• Sapphire Acquires Cleancor

• Siemens Acquires Zona Technology

• Solarreviews.Com Acquires Fixr.Com

• Space City Services Acquires Tibc Rentals And Transportation

• Storagevault Canada Inc. Acquires Six Locations

• Targa Resources Corp. Acquires Lucid Energy

• Terracon Acquires Drilling Engineers Inc.

• Universal Engineering Sciences Acquires Rock Engineering & Testing Laboratory

• Universal Engineering Sciences Acquires Speedie And Associates

• UPG Enterprises Acquires Orchid Monroe

FINANCE & INSURANCE  

• 2022 Asset And Wealth Management M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022 Banking And Capital Markets M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022 Insurance M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022H1 InsurTech Update from Drake Star

• 2022H1 Financial M&A from BerkeyNoyes

• Q2 2022 FinTech Insights

• Insurance Brokers prosper despite uncertain economy

• Alternative investments may face dry spell in 2022

• SPACs wipe out value as investors lose appetite for risk

• VC returns nosedive as private market pessimism grows

• 2022Q2 FinTech Insights 

• 2022Q2 Crypto & Capital Markets Tech Insights
  2022Q2 InsurTech Insights

• B2B Payments: The Last of Paper-based Payments and Processes

• The Blockchain Economy

• Women in FinTech: Redefining the Future of FinTech

• Open Banking: Rearchitecting the Financial Landscape

• Despite Market Downturn, Wealth Management M&A Still Red Hot

• CFPB adds new debt collection rule

• House Financial Services Committee passes the Overdraft Protection Act

• ANZ Acquires Suncorp Banking For $3B

• Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Four Corners Group & Southern California Insurance Services

• AutoNation Acquires cigfinancial.com For $85MM

• B.O.S.S. Retirement Solutions And Advisors Acquires Becker Retirement

• Bill Dot Com Acquires Divvy For $16B

• Bitsight Acquires Thirdpartytrust

• Blockdaemon Acquires Sepior

• Brown & Brown, Inc. Acquires Bdb Limited Companies

• Brown & Brown, Inc. Acquires Global Risk Partners Limited

• Brown & Brown, Inc. Acquires Patrick Quinlan Insurance

• Chubb Life Acquires Life Insurance Operations Of Cigna In Korea

• Chubb Life Acquires Life Insurance Operations Of Cigna In New Zealand

• Claimlogiq Acquires Sytrue

• Dakota Wealth Management Acquires Loveless Wealth Management

• Defined Financial Pl Acquires Annadel Capital

• Equifax Acquires Lawlogix

• Equifax Acquires Midigator

• F.L.Putnam Acquires Salem Capital Management

• First Eagle Investments Acquires Napier Park Global Capital

• Fis Acquires Payrix For $1100MM

• Fmg Acquires Vestorly

• Gohenry Acquires Pixpay

• Goldman Sachs Acquires Greensky For $1300MM

• Harvest Group Acquires Target Brokerage

• Heffernan Insurance Acquires Beals Insurance

• Hilb Group Acquires Howe-Lagrange And Reick Insurance Agencies

• Hilb Group Acquires King And Cushman Agency

• Hub International Acquires Bubrig Insurance Agency And Blue Cedar Insurance

• Hub International Acquires Compass Insurance Services

• Hub International Acquires Kt&D

• Hub International Acquires Shaver-Robichaux Agency

• Integrity Acquires Gladstone Wealth Partners

• Jm Family Enterprises Acquires Futura Title & Escrow

• Liberty Mutual Acquires Amgeneral

• Lpl Financial Holdings, Inc. Acquires Boenning & Scattergood

• M&G Acquires Continuum

• Madison Dearborn Acquires Moneygram For $300MM

• Marex Acquires Ed&F Man Capital Mark

• Mastercard Acquires Finicity For $2B

• Medical Mutual Acquires Reserve National Insurance For $1B

• Mercer Advisors Acquires Harrison & Company Wealth Management

• Mercer Advisors Acquires Mallard Advisors

• Mercer Advisors Acquires Starks Financial Group

• Messari Acquires Dove Metrics

• Mizuho Americas Acquires Capstone Partners

• National Cannabis Risk Prevention Services Acquires Mg Payment

• Nfp Acquires Newport Private Wealth Inc.

• Nowvertical Group Inc Acquires Resonant Analytics

• Origin Bancorp, Inc. Acquires Bt Holdings

• Pcf Insurance Acquires Andreini & Company

• Pcf Insurance Acquires Mga Professional Warranty Service Corporation

• Pcf Insurance Acquires United Underwriters

• Pcf Insurance Services Acquires Zinc

• Ppro'S Acquisition Of Alpha Fintech

• Prudential Acquires Assurance For $2B

• Qonto Acquires Penta

• Real Time Technologies, Inc Acquires Incomm Agent Solutions

• Republic Capital Group Acquires Edelman Financial Engines

• Risk Strategies Acquires Sebastian Insurance Group

• Risk Strategies Acquires Surety Specialist Bonds

• Rocket Acquires Truebill For $800MM

• Sanctuary Wealth Acquires Goalpath Solutions For $35MM

• Sanctuary Wealth Acquires Marriott Wealth Advisors For $45MM

• Simplicity Acquires Chesapeake Brokerage

• Simplicity Group Acquires Lifepro Financial Services

• Sofi Acquires Technisys For $1.1B

• Specialty Program Group Llc Acquires Esp Insurance Brokerage Llc

• Starlight Capital Acquires Stone Investment Group For $85MM

• Stifel Financial Corporation Acquires Acxit Capital Partners

• TD Bank Acquires Cowen For $75MM

• Ubc Acquires Examoto

• Vinci Partners Investments Ltd Acquires Sps Capital

• Visa Acquires Currencycloud For £700 Million 

• Wealth Enhancement Group Acquires Titus Wealth Mgmt For $14.5MM

• Westland Insurance Group Acquires National Truck League Insurance Brokers

• Westland Insurance Group Ltd. Acquires The Winch Group Inc.

HEALTH CARE & LIFE SCIENCES

• 2022 Health Services M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022 Pharma And Life Sciences M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• Healthcare Technology - Week in Review from Solomon Partners

• Top Health Care M&A Targets in 2022

• 2022H1 Healthcare M&A from BerkeyNoyes

• 2022H1 Healthcare Services M&A Trends from Kroll

• 2022H1 Consumer Healthtech Update from Solomon Partners

• 202207 Home Health Index from Stoneridge Partners

• Digital Health Poised for Consolidation from Key Bank

• Hellman & Friedman, Bain Capital to buy Athenahealth

• Gateway Rehab Acquires Treatment Center

• 2022Q2 Healthcare Services Industry Insights from Kroll

• 2022H1 Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Report from CFA Associates

• 2022H1 Animal Health Industry Report from CFA Associates

• 2022 Health Care and Life Sciences Cloud Industry

• Six Trends Shaping Healthcare M&A

• Healthcare Payments: Consumerization & Digitization Create Opportunity

• Advanced Instruments Acquires Sal Scientific

• Amazon Acquires One Medical For $3B

• Amgen Acquires Chemocentryx For $4B

• Anodyne Pain & Wellness Solutions Acquires Integrated Pain Consultants

• Arcaea Acquires Gadusol Laboratories

• Astrazeneca Acquires Teneotwo For $12B

• BIMI International Medical Acquires Phenix Bio For $1.8MM

• Biomerics Acquires Dependable Plastics

• Bioventus, Inc. Acquires Cartiheal Acquisition

• Braxia Acquires Ketamd

• Cambridge Innovation Acquires Evaluating Biopharma

• Canon Medical Systems Usa Acquires Nxc Imaging

• Cirrusdx Acquires Dascena's Laboratory Business

• Cloudmd Software & Services Inc. Acquires Visionpros

• Clover Imaging Group Acquires Phoenix Direct

• CONMED Acquires Biorez For $405MM

• Deerfield Agency Acquires Verge Scientific Communications

• Didi Hirsch Acquires Teen Line

• Discovery Behavioral Acquires Anew Era Tms & Psychiatry

• Discovery Life Science Acquires Allcells

• Docplanner Acquires Feegow

• Esco Lifesciences Acquires Evidence Solution

• Eurofins Discovery Acquires Discoverybiomed

• Fdh Infrastructure Acquires Smart Tower Systems

• Femtec Health Acquires Ava Ag

• Femtec Health Acquires Nutrimedy

• Frontage Laboratorie Acquires Frontage Clinical Services Inc.

• Ghr Healthcare Acquires Meleeo

• Gilead Sciences Acquires Mirobio For $22MM

• Ginkgo Bioworks Buys Zymergen For $300M 

• Hub International Acquires Berkeley Insurance Brokers

• Infosys Acquires Life Sciences Consulting And Technology Leader

• Inotiv Acquires Protypia For $66MM

• Inotiv Acquires Protypia

• Khiron Acquires Pharmadrug Production Gmbh

• Kindbody Acquires Gestational Surrogacy Agency

• Leading Prosthetics Acquires Makstride

• Marpai Acquires Maestro Health

• Medical Solutions Acquires Matchwell

• Merck Acquires Seagen For $1B

• Archimed Acquires Natus Medical Incorporated For $15MM

• Omers Acquires Bionic

• Open Health Acquires The Cm Group

• Oracle Acquires Cerner For $28B

• Orthopediatrics Corp. Acquires Pega Medical

• Portage Biotech Acquires Tarus Therapeutics For $0.3MM

• Professional Physical Therapy Acquires Ot And Ota Services

• Rafa Laboratories Acquires Exceed Orphan

• Rldatix Acquires Galen Healthcare Solutions

• Sanara MedTech Acquires Scendia Biologics For $140MM

• Securitas Acquires Stanley Security And Healthcare

• Sharps Technology Inc Acquires Safegard Syringe Manufacturing Facility

• Softheon Acquires Nexthealth Technologies

• Solvias Acquires Cergentis

• SomaLogic Acquires Palamedrix For $1B

• Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. Acquires Ancora Medical Inc.

• St. Croix Hospice Acquires Corpore Sano Hospice

• Straumann Group Acquires Carestack

• The Ensign Group, Inc. Acquires Henderson Health And Rehabilitation

• The Ensign Group, Inc. Acquires Park Manor Of Mckinney

• The Stepping Stones Acquires Center For Behavioral, Educational, And Social Therapies (C.B.E.S.T)

• The Sumaira Foundation Acquires Connor B. Judge Foundation

• Thomas Scientific Acquires Nci

• Ul Solutions Acquires Data Test Labs

• Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Acquires GeneTx Biotherapeutics For $776MM

• Valenz Acquires Mcm

• Vestar Capital-Backe Acquires WebMD Health Corp

• Webmd Health Corp. Acquires MNG Health

• WEED Acquires Hempirical Genetics For $3.5B

• Wellnow Urgent Care Acquires Physicians Immediate Care

• Winner Medical Acquires Guilin Latex

HOSPITALITY, TRAVEL & TOURISM

• 2022Q1 Restaurant Industry And Same-Store Sales from Trinity Capita

• 202205 Restaurant Tech M&A from FT Partners

• 2022H1 Restaurant Sector Update from Duff & Phelps (nee Kroll)

• Blue Water Acquires Badlands/White River Koa Holiday

• Bluecart Acquires Revolution Ordering

• Cendyn Acquires Digitalhotelier

• Denny'S Corporation Acquires Keke’s Breakfast Café

• Five Star Parks & Attractions Acquires Malibu Jack's Venues

• Grubmarket Acquires IoT Pay

• Grubmarket Acquires Quality Fruit & Vegetable Co.

• K1 Acquires Pole Position Raceway

• Kore Software Acquires Sports Alliance

• Meritage Hospitality Group Acquires Six Wendy’s Restaurants

• Pacific Resorts Acquires Jay Peak 

• Sonnenblick-Eichner Company Acquires Surfsand Resort

• Vail Resorts Acquires Andermatt-Sedrun Sport

INDUSTRIALS, MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS

• 2022 Chemicals M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022 Industrial Manufacturing M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022Q2 Commercial and Industrial Sector Update from Wilcox

• 2022H1 Metal Fabrication Industry Report from CFA Associates

• 2022H1 Diversified Industrials M&A from Meridian

• Alimak Group AB Acquires Tall Crane Equipment For $20.9MM

• American Rebel Holdings Acquires Champion Safe For $99MM

• Arras Minerals Corp. Acquires Arras Minerals

• Bayswater Acquires Nickel Road

• Bosch Rexroth Acquires Hydraforce

• Brightstar Capital Acquires Windsorone

• Calibre Scientific, Inc. Acquires Agar Scientific

• Clearfield, Inc. Acquires Nestor Cables

• Cts Corporation Acquires Ferroperm Piezoceramics

• Endeavour Silver Corporation Acquires Pitarrilla

• Genstar Capital Acquires Abracon

• Graybar Acquires Walker Industrial Products And Shingle & Gibb Automation

• Headwall Photonics, Inc. Acquires Holographix

• Holcim Acquires Teko Mining

• Hyperion Materials & Technologies Acquires Premium Diamond Solutions

• Ii-Vi Incorporated Acquires Coherent

• Jdh Capital Company Acquires Pure Archery Group

• Kent Acquires Lovitts & Our Bird

• Live Ventures Acquires The Kinetic Co., Inc.

• Majestic Steel Usa Acquires Quicken Steel And Mercury Transport

• Mega Uranium Ltd. Acquires U308 Corp.

• Mercer International Inc. Acquires Holzindustrie Torgau

• MSC Industrial Supply Co. Acquires Tower Fasteners

• Omers Acquires Network Plus & Pueblo Mechanical & Controls

• Osisko Metals Incorporated Acquires Gaspé Copper Project

• ProFrac Services Acquires Signal Peak Silica of Monahans For $33.8MM

• Siderforgerossi Group Acquires Euskal Forging

• Tenaris Sa Acquires Benteler Steel & Tube Pipe Manufacturing

• Tosca Acquires Bristol Manufacturing's Cheese Box Division

• Trm Equity Acquires Wellman Dynamics

• Us Lbm Acquires Florida Truss Manufacturer And Supplier Deco Truss

• Western Forest Products Inc. Acquires Calvert Company

MARKETING & ADVERTISING

• 2022Q1 Media & Marketing Industry Trends from Berkery Noyes

• 2022Q1 Online & Mobile Industry Trends from Berkery Noyes

• Acast Acquires Podchaser For $34MM

• Clearhaven Partners Acquires SundaySky For $800MM

• NowVertical Group Acquires Resonant Analytics For $21MM

• Stran & Company, Inc. Acquires Trend Brand Solutions

• Vala Marketing Acquires Web Centre

MEDIA & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• 2022 Media And Telecommunications M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022 State of Social Report

• 202207 TMT M&A Update from Canaccord Genuity

• 2022H1 Media and Marketing M&A from BerkeyNoyes

• 2022H1 Online and Mobile M&A from BerkeyNoyes  

• 2022H1 Global Gaming Update from Drake Star

• 2022H1 TMT Industry Report from CFA Associates

• 2022Q2 Media Update from Solomon Partners

• 202207 Media & Entertainment Article Series from Solomon Partners

• 202206 Sports Tech Industry Update from Drake Star

• 202205 Media Monthly Update from Solomon Partners

• Allen Media Group Acquires Black Television News Channel For $11MM

• Circumference Group Acquires The Computer Works

• Cover Genius Acquires Booking Protect

• Cox Media Group Llc Acquires Coxreps And Gamut

• Dmpr Acquires Pr Arm Of Super Connector Media

• Endeavor Acquires Openbet For $22MM

• Fiume Capital And Juggernaut Acquire Thrill One Sports & Entertainment

• Forward Solutions Acquires Utility Sales Associates

• Genera Acquires Mxg Fiber Llc

• Harbourview Equity Partners Acquires Lady A Music Catalog

• Horizon Media Acquires First Tube

• Huntress Acquires Curricula For $11MM

• Magnifi By Tifin Acquires

• Sharingalpha Match Group Acquires The League

• Modern Luxury Media Acquires Glocally

• Prodege, Llc Acquires Adgate Media

• Quality One Acquires Q-Matics

• Quote.Com Acquires Ring2Media

• Reddit Acquires Meaningcloud

• Rocky Walia Acquires Premium Canadians Franchise

• Site Impact Acquires Mendez Media

• Speakerbus Acquires Imarket

• Spotify Acquires Heardle

• Spotify Acquires Sonantic

• Synamedia Acquires Quortex

• Valnet Acquires Dualshockers.Com

• X1 Esports And Entertainment Ltd. Acquires Tyrus Talent Services

REAL ESTATE, ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

• 2022 Real Estate M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022 Engineering And Construction M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022Q2 Facility & Residential Services Update from Solomon Partners

• 202204 Facilities Services: Eco-Friendly Technologies from League Park

• 2022 Engineering And Construction Industry Outlook from Deloitte

• State of the Construction Industry from the NIP Group

• Air Pros Usa Acquires Airforce Heating And Air

• Alfa Laval Acquires Desmet

• Allied Power Holdings Acquires Radiation Safety & Control Services

• Apartmentlove Inc. Acquires Ownerdirect.Com

• Arch Amenities Group Acquires Pool Mgmt And Construction Company

• Arcline Acquires Omega Engineering

• Bullseye Builders Acquires Jg Companies

• Casago Acquires Mountain Valley Realty

• Compass Diversified Holdings Acquires Primaloft

• Corporate Interior Systems Acquires Digg

• E-Konomy Pool Service Acquires L&L Pool Service

• Evoqua To Acquire Smith Engineering, Inc.

• Exp World Holdings, Inc. Acquires Zoocasa Realty Inc.

• Hammond Lumber Company Acquires Brock's Building Materials

• JLL Acquires Envio Systems

• JLL Acquires Metropolitan Valuation Services

• Leap Partners Acquires Drain Werks

• Long View Equity Acquires Sawyer Ranch

• Massey Services Acquires Peninsular Pest Control Of Jacksonville

• Matterport Inc Acquires Vht Studios

• Mri Software Acquires Apartmentdata.Com

• Opengov Acquires Cartegraph

• Opteon Acquires Northeastern Appraisal Associates

• Platinum Equity Acquires High Temperature Solutions Business

• Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Acquires Bender & Modlin Fire Sprinkler

• Rpt Realty Acquires Mary Brickell Village

• Sciens Building Solutions Acquires Central California Company

• Security Properties Acquires Sienna Pointe

• Security Properties Acquires Summit Riverside Apartments

• Southern Hvac Acquires Allen's Air Conditioning & Heating

• Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. Acquires Still Lumber

• Terex Mp Acquires Proall

• The Ensign Group, Inc. Acquires Real Estate Assets In California

• Thor Equities Group Acquires cold storage warehouse For $36MM

• US Lbm Acquires Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Company

• Venterra Realty Acquires Anatole Community In Daytona Beach

• Western Forest Products Acquires Calvert Company For $2B

• Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings Corporation Acquires Modulease

RETAIL, WHOLESALE & CONSUMER SERVICES

• State of Ecommerce from Salesforce

• 2022 Consumer Markets M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022H1 Apparel M&A Trends from Kroll

• 202207 Apparel & Accessories M&A Update from Capstone

• 202207 Consumer Retail Report from Solomon Partners

• 2022H1 Convenience Store Insights from RayJay

• 2022H1 Consumer / Retail Industry Report from CFA Associates

• Blackstone, Other Firms Turn Attention to Vast Retail Market

• How Retailers Are Turning Upheaval Into Opportunities

• Abc Fitness Solutions Acquires Glofox

• Autochek Acquires Coinafrique

• Bigiron Auctions Acquires Sullivan Auctioneers

• Brooklyn Bedding And Helix Sleep Acquires Bear Mattress

• Chalice Brands Ltd. Acquires Cannabliss & Co. Retail Locations

• Costco Wholesale Corporation Acquires Costco-Taiwan

• Crunchyroll Acquires Right Stuf

• Del Monte Foods Acquires Kitchen Basics

• Dsg Acquires Brown Supply Company

• Easy Ice Acquires Thrifty Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

• Ebay Acquires Knownorigin

• Groupe Touchette Acquires American Tire Distributors

• H-Cyte, Inc. Acquires Jantibody

• High Tide Acquires Choom Holdings Retail Stores

• High Tide Acquires Retail Stores

• Lazydays Holdings Acquires Dave's Claremore Rv

• Munch's Supply Acquires Wholesale Sheet Metal And Pile Protection

• Nutriens Acquires Casa Do Adubo

• Rawlings Acquires Jack Corbett Hollywood Bases

• Rent-A-Center Acquires Acima For $1B

• Resideo Acquires Electronic Custom Distributors

• Sps Commerce, Inc. Acquires Gcommerce

• Tcgplayer Acquires ChannelFireBall And Binderpos

• The Cigarette Store Acquires Tobacco Superstores

• Vista Outdoor Acquires Fox Racing

• Vista Outdoor Acquires Simms Fishing Products

• Walmart Acquires Memomi

TECHNOLOGY

• 2022 Technology M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022H1 Information Industry M&A from BerkeyNoyes

• 2022H1 Software Industry M&A from BerkeyNoyes

• 2022Q2 Digital Services Industry Update from Drake Star

• 202207 Semiconductor Industry Update from Fairfield Capital Advisors

• 202207 State of Tech M&A from Woodside Capital Partners

• 2022H1 Cloud Spending

• 2022Q2 Tech Snapshot from Canaccord Genuity Group

• 202206 The Biggest Enterprise Technology M&A Deals

• State of Hardware as a Service from Silicon Valley Bank

• Buyout funds scoop up tech companies in P2P deals

• SaaS Trends and the Evolving Tech Landscape

• SAP Acquires Taulia

• Alkami Acquires Segmint

• Branch Acquires Nova Launcher And Sesame Universal Search

• Buyers Edge Platform Acquires Arrowstream

• Calero-Mdsl Acquires Network Control

• Class Technologies Acquires Blackboard Collaborate

• Converge Technology Solutions Acquires Pc Specialists

• Cuadrilla Capital Acquires Chartbeat

• Deltek Acquires Tip Technologies

• Dentsu Group Acquires Extentia

• Envestnet Announces Acquires Redi2 Technologies

• Exadel Acquires Motion Software

• Fnz Acquires New Access

• Gryphon Acquires Rootstock Software

• Hightouch Acquires What.is

• IBM Acquires Databand.Ai

• International Game Technology Acquires Isoftbet

• Intrinsic Acquires Vicarious

• Jana Partners Acquires Zendesk For $173MM

• Job.Com Acquires Princetonone

• Mitratech Acquires Assurehire

• Mparticle Acquires Vidora

• Netskope Acquires Infiot

• Novatech Acquires Atlantic Business Systems

• Optimove Acquires Graphyte

• Pdftron Acquires Pdflib

• Prodege, Llc Acquires Bitburst

• Recorded Future Acquires Hatching

• Retinalgenix Technologies Acquires Dna/Gps Inc.

• SAP Acquires Taulia

• Setworks Acquires Edoc

• Somalogic, Inc. Acquires Palamedrix

• SPS Commerce Acquires GCommerce For $1B

• Sybridge Technologies Acquires Calframax Technologies

• Symphonyai Acquires Netreveal Tech24 Acquires Temco

• Thrive Acquires Edge Technology Group

• Tone Software Acquires The Casi Suite Of Z/Os Output Transformation Products

• Uipath Acquires Re:Infer

• Xplor Technologies Acquires Enterprise Selling Solutions

• Zefr Acquires Adverif.Ai

TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS & PACKAGING 

• 2022 Transportation And Logistics M&A Midyear Outlook From Pwc

• 2022Q1 Supply Chain Industry Report from Pitchbook

• 2022H1 Executive Freight Insights from RayJay

• 2022H1 Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain Report from CFA Associates

• 2022 Executive Freight from RayJay

• 202202 Transportation & Logistics M&A and Valuations from Peakstone

• 202202 Packaging M&A and Valuations from Peakstone

• 202202 Sustainable packaging from Food Dive

• Replacing the “Take-Make-Waste” Model with Sustainable Supply Chains

• Amazon Acquires Irobot For $1700MM

• American Storage & Logistics Acquires Binghamton Material Handling And Granite Industrial

• Awp Acquires Northwest Traffic Services

• Bain Capital And Adia Acquire Merchants Fleet

• Beanfield Metroconnect Acquires Urbanfibre

• Berlin Packaging Acquires Jansy

• Bishop Lifting Products Acquires All-Lifts

• E78 Partners Acquires Profit Enhancement Systems

• Fastfrate Group Comp Acquires Challenger Group

• Fleetpride Acquires Keystone Spring Service

• Fleetpride Acquires Keystone Spring Service Of Pittsburgh And Portersville

• GCM Grosvenor Acquires Hallcon Corporation

• Körber Acquires Enspire Commerce Platform And Global Freight Audit And Payment Service

• Menasha Packaging Acquires Georgia-Pacific's Color-Box Business

• Mill Rock Packaging Acquires Impressions Incorporated

• Nextier Asset Acquisition Acquires Continental Intermodal Group

• Sweeping Corporation Of America Acquires Central Valley Sweeping

• Sweeping Corporation Of America Acquires Total Power Sweeping

• Swvl Acquires Urbvan

• Transportation Infrastructure Partners Acquires Terminals Fernandina

• Tremor International Acquires Amobee

WASTE MANAGEMENT & RECYCLING

• Self-Funded ETA Exit in Waste Management

• Tracking the waste and recycling industry’s M&A boom 

• Bill Gates-Backed Republic Services Turns Trash Into Cash

• Center for Sustainable Behavior & Impact to Improve Recycling Behavior

• Allied Industrial Partners Acquired Waste Eliminator

• Atlas Organics Acquired Dirt Hugger

• BlackRock Real Assets Acquired Vanguard Renewables

• Capital Waste Services Acquired PASCON

• Carr's Hill Partners Acquired Arrow Waste

• CKF Acquires Moulded Fibre Technology For $85MM

• Clairvest Acquired Boston Carting Services

• Covanta Acquired Miller Environmental Transfer

• DTG Recycle Acquired Cascade Recycling

• GFL Environmental Acquired Paul's Industrial Garage

• GFL Environmental Acquired Trash Queen