Phoenix Innovate Acquires The Lukens Company

Lock Trust, Inc. Acquires Advisor TLC

November 19, 2019

Payments & Fintech

Lock Trust, Inc. acquired Phoenix-based video platform Advisor TLC to integrate One-Click Video marketing capabilities into its payments and banking technology. The acquisition is intended to add automated video marketing within Lock Trust’s payment engine to drive growth in the small-to-medium merchant market; Advisor TLC co-founder Andrew Spaulding joins the Lock Trust team.

The Lynx Group Acquires Upstream Partners

August 13, 2020

Healthcare Services

The Lynx Group has acquired Upstream Partners to form a new division focused on providing pharmaceutical and biotech clients with market-informed insights across product life cycles. The acquisition combines TLG's channels and ecosystems with Upstream Partners' relationships with key opinion leaders to enhance pre- and post-market strategy, launch readiness, and lifecycle management—particularly in oncology.

Nova Advisory Acquires TLC Technologies

May 14, 2025

IT Services

Nova Advisory, a OneStream Diamond Partner and portfolio company of Century Park Capital Partners, has acquired TLC Technologies, a Platinum OneStream implementation partner based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The deal expands Nova's delivery capacity (bringing the combined team to over 20 OneStream-certified architects), broadens its geographic footprint across North America, and integrates TLC's proprietary NorthStar planning solution into Nova's offerings.

Crosslake Technologies Acquires Lucen Partners

May 28, 2025

Consulting

Crosslake Technologies, a data-driven technology advisory firm backed by Falfurrias Management Partners, has acquired Lucen Partners, a boutique product and software advisory firm. Lucen co-founders Manoj Narayanan and Cynthia Williamson join Crosslake as managing directors to expand Crosslake's product and software value-creation capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Enlightenment Capital-backed iNovex Acquires Innoplex

May 19, 2023

Cybersecurity

Enlightenment Capital-backed iNovex has acquired Innoplex, combining two long-standing intelligence-focused software and cybersecurity services firms. The deal creates a middle‑market intelligence and cybersecurity platform with more than 1,000 employees and roughly $2 billion in recent prime contract awards; Innoplex president Chris Hawthorne will serve as president of the combined company under iNovex leadership.

MarketCast Acquires Phoenix Marketing International

March 24, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

MarketCast has acquired Phoenix Marketing International to strengthen its advertising effectiveness research and analytics capabilities. The deal adds Phoenix's Phoenix Brand Effect ad-testing platform and team to MarketCast's data-science and media research offerings, expanding its ability to measure and optimize ad performance for brand advertisers and media companies.