Fast Genetics (STgenetics) Acquires Acuity Ag Solutions from The Maschhoffs

Midwest Growth Partners and Summit Equity Group Invest in FAST Ag Solutions

November 2, 2020

Manufacturing

Midwest Growth Partners (MGP), in partnership with Summit Equity Group (SEG) and FAST Ag Solutions' senior management, announced an investment in FAST Ag Solutions, a Windom, Minnesota-based manufacturer of liquid fertilizer application and spraying equipment. The capital partnership will support the company's organic growth and pursue growth via mergers and acquisitions; FAST Ag Solutions employs 51 full-time team members and serves customers in the United States and select international markets.

Dotmatics Acquires SoftGenetics to Expand Genetic Analysis Capabilities

June 12, 2023

Software

Dotmatics has acquired SoftGenetics, a bioinformatics software company that provides genetic analysis tools for research, clinical, and forensic applications. The acquisition expands Dotmatics' R&D scientific software portfolio by adding SoftGenetics' suite of sequencing and genotyping products while allowing SoftGenetics to operate as a standalone business within Dotmatics.

Paine Schwartz Partners Makes Growth Equity Investment in Advanced Agrilytics

September 17, 2019

Agriculture

Paine Schwartz Partners has made its first growth equity investment from Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund V in Advanced Agrilytics, an agronomics services business that provides precision farming analytics and on‑the‑ground agronomic advice. Financial terms were not disclosed; the investment will support scaling the business, adding data scientists and agronomic professionals, and expanding customer and implementation teams.

Paine Schwartz Partners Takes AgroFresh Private

April 3, 2023

Agriculture

Paine Schwartz Partners has completed a go-private acquisition of AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., acquiring the company’s outstanding public shares and delisting it from NASDAQ. The transaction gives AgroFresh a private ownership structure intended to strengthen its financial foundation and support expansion initiatives, innovation investment, and its mission to reduce food waste across the fresh produce supply chain.

Summa Equity Acquires Majority Stake in Sengenics

October 14, 2020

Biotechnology

Summa Equity Fund II has acquired a majority stake in Sengenics, a functional proteomics company that commercialises the KREX technology for full‑length, correctly folded protein production and autoantibody detection. The investment will support Sengenics' product development, global expansion and accelerated commercial adoption across pharma, academic research and diagnostics.

Switchfast Technologies Acquires Axcell Technologies

October 28, 2020

IT Services

Chicago-based managed services provider Switchfast Technologies has acquired Schaumburg-based Axcell Technologies. The deal brings Axcell's team and clients into Switchfast, with Axcell's former CEO Rick Vines joining Switchfast as Client CIO and the companies reporting strong client and employee retention following the transaction.