Next Glass Acquires Ekos

Next Glass Acquires Ollie Order

July 13, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Next Glass acquired Vancouver-based Ollie Order, a Canadian omnichannel multi-tenant alcohol marketplace platform that powers ordering, inventory, payments, invoicing, CRM and government reporting for producers, wholesalers and retailers. Ollie’s founders (Ryan Wilson, Jesse Bannister and Mike Macquisten) will remain in leadership with Ryan Wilson continuing as Ollie CEO and becoming President of Next Glass’s newly formed Next Glass Commerce division. The deal expands Next Glass’s commerce capabilities and accelerates geographic expansion beyond British Columbia into additional Canadian provinces and the U.S.

Next Glass Acquires Hop Culture

December 8, 2020

Media & Entertainment

Next Glass, the parent company of Untappd and BeerAdvocate, has acquired Hop Culture, a Pittsburgh-based digital magazine and events company serving craft beer enthusiasts. The acquisition brings Hop Culture's content, festivals, and merchandise into Next Glass's portfolio to enhance its audience engagement and event capabilities within the beverage alcohol sector.

Ekinops Acquires Olfeo

May 30, 2025

Cybersecurity

Ekinops has completed the acquisition of 100% of Olfeo's share capital through its holding company Oscar SAS, buying the cybersecurity software provider from its founding shareholders, financial investors and employee shareholders. The deal brings Olfeo's SSE/SASE web security capabilities (SaaS and on-premises) into Ekinops, adding ~60 employees, €6.3m ARR (2024) and over 500 customers to accelerate Ekinops' push to become a leading European network cybersecurity (SASE) player.

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Acquires Next5

May 11, 2022

Cybersecurity

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has acquired Next5, a business intelligence and strategic advisory firm focused on securing U.S. leadership in critical technologies. As part of the transaction, Next5 founder Bryan Ware will become CEO of LookingGlass, and the deal is intended to deepen LookingGlass's strategic advisory capabilities and broaden its public- and private-sector engagement.

Scaleworks Acquires Nextopia

February 4, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Scaleworks, a San Antonio-based private equity firm, has acquired Nextopia, an e-commerce search, recommendations and personalization technology provider. The deal is being treated as an add-on to Scaleworks' portfolio (complementing SearchSpring), with SearchSpring CEO Peter Messana set to lead Nextopia and accelerate product innovation and go-to-market for e-commerce and DTC merchants.

apexanalytix Acquires ESG Enterprise

March 7, 2023

Data & Analytics

apexanalytix has acquired ESG Enterprise, a provider of AI-powered ESG management data, SaaS and supply-chain analytics; financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands apex's supply-chain risk and sustainability capabilities and follows apex's majority investment from KKR in 2022.