Circa Acquires America's Job Exchange

Mitratech Acquires Circa and Trakstar

April 14, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Mitratech has acquired Milwaukee-based Circa (Infosoft Group d/b/a Circa) from Gauge Capital and concurrently acquired Trakstar, expanding its HR compliance, DEI, workforce analytics, and talent management capabilities. The transactions bring OFCCP compliance, DEI sourcing, workforce analytics, and performance management technologies into Mitratech’s existing legal, risk, compliance, and HR software platform.

Infosoft Group (Circa) Acquires LatPro, Inc. (DiversityJobs)

July 14, 2021

Staffing & HR

Infosoft Group, LLC (dba Circa) purchased Colorado-based LatPro, Inc., which operates DiversityJobs, adding a leading diversity-focused job board and OFCCP HR compliance technology to Circa's offerings. The acquisition makes DiversityJobs a subsidiary of Infosoft and is intended to accelerate Circa's growth in diversity-focused talent acquisition and compliance solutions.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Acquires American Financial Exchange (AFX)

January 13, 2025

Financial Services

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has acquired 100% of the American Financial Exchange (AFX) from 7RIDGE. The purchase brings AFX's interbank lending marketplace and the AMERIBOR benchmark into ICE's broader index and mortgage technology network to expand capabilities for regional, midsize and community banks.

Brookside Capital Partners Invests in American Equipment Solutions to Support AES Add-on

July 24, 2023

Industrial Services

Brookside Capital Partners provided subordinated debt and an equity co-investment in American Equipment Solutions (AES) to support an add-on acquisition by AES, an existing Rotunda Capital Partners portfolio company. AES, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a leading provider of overhead crane/hoist, weighing and measurement solutions with more than 60 locations serving over 8,000 customers across the United States.

7RIDGE Acquires American Financial Exchange (AFX)

April 18, 2023

Financial Services

7RIDGE, a specialized growth equity firm, has acquired 100% of the American Financial Exchange (AFX) to accelerate growth of the AFX platform and expand adoption of its AMERIBOR benchmark. The transaction preserves a Cboe Global Markets subsidiary as a service provider to AFX and aims to deepen AFX’s role as a provider of credit-sensitive benchmarks to U.S. banks and financial institutions.

MPS Acquires American Journal Experts (AJE) from Springer Nature

February 29, 2024

Education

MPS North America LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of MPS Limited, has completed the acquisition of AJE LLC (American Journal Experts) and its Beijing subsidiary American Journal Online. The deal brings AJE's Curie AI writing assistant and author services into MPS's portfolio to boost AI capabilities and to expand into the B2C market and China.