Bioworld Merchandising Acquires Packed Party

Bioworld Merchandising Acquires Character World Brands

March 27, 2025

Consumer Products

Bioworld Merchandising Inc. has acquired Character World Brands, a UK-based licensed home textile company, to expand its footprint in the United Kingdom and across Europe. The deal is intended to broaden Bioworld's licensing and product portfolio, unlock new distribution channels, and accelerate growth in home textiles and related hardlines.

B2B Industrial Packaging Acquires Pioneer Packaging Worldwide

August 19, 2021

Packaging

GenNx360 Capital Partners portfolio company B2B Industrial Packaging has acquired Pioneer Packaging Worldwide, a Phoenix-based provider of custom packaging solutions. The deal is B2B's fifth add-on since GenNx360's investment in October 2020 and expands B2B's product and service footprint in industrial, retail and moving/storage end markets.

BOX Partners Acquires The Packaging Wholesalers

April 25, 2023

Packaging

BOX Partners, a national packaging wholesaler majority‑owned by Charlesbank Capital Partners, has acquired The Packaging Wholesalers (TPW), a nationwide packaging distributor with a more than 20‑year track record. The deal combines distribution footprints and capabilities to create a larger national wholesaler with six distribution locations and 3M+ square feet to improve product assortment and faster delivery for customers.

B2B Industrial Packaging Acquires Western Packaging, Inc.

November 1, 2021

Industrial Services

B2B Industrial Packaging LLC has acquired Western Packaging, Inc., a regional industrial and agricultural packaging distributor based in Albany, Oregon. The deal, closed November 1, 2021, is an add-on to B2B's platform (backed by GenNx360 Capital Partners) to expand the firm's geographic footprint and service capabilities in the Pacific Northwest.

Flexa Acquires Drop Party

June 9, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Flexa announced it will acquire Drop Party, an Austin-based marketing technology firm that creates experiential merch drops and end-to-end fulfillment for brands. Drop Party's founders Marco Marandiz and Shayan Hashimoto will join Flexa to lead a new marketing offering (Marandiz will become Flexa's Chief Marketing Officer); terms were not disclosed.

Akoya Capital Partners Acquires WePackItAll

March 24, 2022

Packaging

Akoya Capital Partners, alongside Trinity Investors and NewSpring Mezzanine, has acquired WePackItAll, a contract packaging, filling, fulfillment, and warehousing provider based in Duarte, California. The investment (supported by mezzanine financing) establishes WPIA as the anchor platform for Akoya's industrial packaging strategy and aims to accelerate growth and national expansion of its contract packaging capabilities.