Mercator Search Group Acquires Charter Impact

Red Iron Group Makes Strategic Investment in Charter Impact

November 4, 2024

Education

Red Iron Group, a Menlo Park-based private investment firm, has made a strategic growth investment in Charter Impact to provide long-term capital and operational support. The investment will help Charter Impact accelerate growth, broaden its technology-enabled services, and pursue potential strategic acquisitions while management (Co-CEOs Adam Kaeli and David Lueck) remain owners.

Escalent Acquires Mercator Advisory Group

March 17, 2022

Consulting

Escalent, an analytics and advisory firm, has acquired Mercator Advisory Group and will fold Mercator's payments analysts into its Javelin Strategy & Research practice. The acquisition is intended to deepen Escalent's payments and financial services expertise and offer Mercator clients access to Escalent's broader research, data science, and custom advisory capabilities.

Charter Impact Acquires EdFinMN

January 13, 2026

Education

Charter Impact, a national provider of back-office financial and operational services for charter schools, has acquired EdFinMN, a Minneapolis-based school finance and back-office firm. The deal brings EdFinMN’s local team and client relationships into Charter Impact’s platform to expand capacity, technology, and service offerings for Minnesota charter schools as part of Charter Impact’s national expansion strategy.

Acosta Acquires Impact Group from CI Capital Partners

June 24, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Acosta signed a definitive agreement to acquire Impact Group, a national sales and marketing agency serving natural, specialty, ethnic and emerging consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The sale by CI Capital Partners follows a period of buy-and-build growth during which Impact Group completed 12 add-on acquisitions; CI Capital will retain Impact's Cluep digital advertising business unit. The transaction was announced June 24, 2021 and expected to close in July 2021, pending customary approvals.

Charterhouse Acquires Metrodora Education Group

December 3, 2024

Education

Charterhouse Capital Partners has agreed to acquire Metrodora, a Madrid-headquartered education group focused on healthcare and sports training, from Magnum Capital. Charterhouse will partner with Metrodora founder Jordi Roche, who will remain a significant investor, to accelerate the group's growth, consolidation and international expansion across Spain and Latin America.

TransImpact Acquires MCG Logistics

August 25, 2021

Logistics & Distribution

TransImpact has acquired MCG Logistics, a global freight and parcel management and consulting firm, to deepen its logistics expertise across consumer products, home products and healthcare and to expand ocean, air and international logistics capabilities. The deal expands TransImpact's geographic footprint with a California office; the combined company will maintain offices in North Carolina, Ohio and California and operate with over 170 employees.