Koch Engineered Solutions Acquires Majority Stake in DarkVision Technologies

Koch Engineered Solutions Acquires Sentient Energy

March 26, 2020

Energy

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES), a unit of Koch Industries, has acquired Sentient Energy, a provider of line sensors and grid analytics software. KES said the acquisition is the first step in building an intelligent electric grid platform that combines Sentient Energy’s Grid Analytics System with KES’s engineering and global scale to expand capabilities for electric distribution grid monitoring and analytics.

Koch Equity Development Acquires GCH Technologies

August 25, 2025

Telecommunications

Koch Equity Development (KED), the principal investment and acquisition arm of Koch, has acquired GCH Technologies, a developer of advanced wireless messaging and telecommunications infrastructure solutions. GCH will become the strategic provider for Common Short Code Registry Services beginning January 1, 2026 and will work with CTIA to accelerate infrastructure upgrades and next-generation messaging capabilities such as RCS Rich Business Messaging.

Koch Equity Development Acquires iconectiv from Ericsson and Francisco Partners

August 16, 2024

Telecommunications

Koch Equity Development LLC (KED), the investment arm of Koch, Inc., has agreed to acquire iconectiv, LLC, a telecommunications solutions and numbering administration provider, from Ericsson and affiliates of Francisco Partners. iconectiv will operate as a wholly owned independent subsidiary based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, with the deal expected to close in Q1 2025 subject to regulatory approvals.

Deep Imaging Acquires ESG Solutions

May 10, 2021

Energy

Deep Imaging, a subsurface imaging and frac-diagnostics platform backed by SCF Partners, acquired ESG Solutions (Engineering Seismology Group) to create an integrated subsurface diagnostics company serving upstream oil & gas, mining and geotechnical markets. The combination brings together Deep Imaging's real-time fluid-tracking technology and ESG's microseismic acquisition, processing and analysis capabilities to offer expanded diagnostics and analytics to customers worldwide.

KPM Analytics Acquires Smart Vision Works

March 8, 2023

Food & Beverage

KPM Analytics, a Union Park Capital portfolio company, has acquired Smart Vision Works, a specialist developer of AI-powered computer vision systems for the food and agriculture industries. The deal is an add-on to KPM’s vision inspection portfolio intended to expand its AI/edge vision capabilities for sorting and foreign material detection across food production end markets.

Sun Capital Affiliate Acquires Koch Separation Solutions (now Kovalus Separation Solutions)

August 14, 2023

Industrial Services

An affiliate of Sun Capital Partners has acquired Koch Separation Solutions, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, and the business has been rebranded as Kovalus Separation Solutions. The company — headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts with over 700 employees — will operate as a standalone business under existing management to accelerate growth and expand its separation technology offerings across food & beverage, dairy, life science and industrial markets.