SIB Fixed Cost Reduction Acquires The Fox Consulting Group

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction Acquires Sage Management

August 9, 2021

Telecommunications

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction, a portfolio company of O2 Investment Partners, has acquired Sage Management, a provider of telecom cost-optimization services and the inFuse SaaS platform with blockchain-enabled intercarrier billing. The deal is an add-on to SIB's platform to expand its telecom capabilities and scale Sage's software-driven services; Sage's leadership will remain post-transaction.

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction Acquires Cost Control Associates

October 27, 2020

Consulting

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction, a PE-backed spend-management platform, has acquired Cost Control Associates (CCA), a utilities and telecom spend-management firm headquartered in Queensbury, New York. The deal, supported by SIB sponsor O2 Investment Partners, expands SIB’s capabilities in utility expense oversight and is positioned as an add-on acquisition to deepen client offerings and drive revenue synergies.

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction Invests in Shipware

December 15, 2021

Transportation

SIB Fixed Cost Reduction has made a strategic add-on investment in Shipware, acquiring the transportation spend management and invoice-audit provider to expand SIB’s shipping and logistics cost-reduction capabilities. The transaction was announced by O2 Investment Partners (SIB’s sponsor) and supported by financial partners including Tree Line Capital Partners, Stellus Capital Management, Capital Southwest, and LBC Small Cap.

SIB Holdings Invests in ProcureAmerica

August 21, 2023

Professional Services

SIB Holdings, a spend-management platform owned by O2 Investment Partners, has made a strategic investment in ProcureAmerica, a contingency-based cost reduction and contract compliance services provider headquartered in San Juan Capistrano, California. The ProcureAmerica leadership team will remain in place and the deal expands SIB's presence in government, higher education, and healthcare while broadening its spend-category expertise (utilities, telecom, waste).

Fiserv Acquires Smith Consulting Group

September 25, 2025

Financial Services

Fiserv, a global provider of payments and financial technology, has acquired Smith Consulting Group (SCG), a U.S. banking and credit-union consulting firm that supports core conversions and implementations. The acquisition brings in-market consulting expertise to Fiserv to enhance its advisory and core transformation services for community banks and credit unions; financial terms were not disclosed.

Fox Innovation & Technologies Acquires Cotter Holdings Group

August 6, 2024

Industrial Services

Fox Innovation & Technologies (a PE-backed platform backed by Bluewater) has acquired Cotter Holdings Group, including S.T. Cotter Turbine Services, Axis Mechanical Group and Axis Industrial Repair, to add field project execution capabilities to its turbomachinery platform. The deal brings the combined Fox platform to over $100 million in proforma LTM revenue and adds ~500 peak-capacity field personnel to expand service coverage across the United States; terms were not disclosed.