Koch Equity Development Acquires iconectiv from Ericsson and Francisco Partners

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 Invests $400M in CPM Holdings

January 23, 2024

Manufacturing

Koch Equity Development LLC (KED) has made a $400 million strategic equity investment in CPM Holdings, Inc.; proceeds will fund a distribution to CPM’s existing equity holders. Affiliates of American Securities will remain majority owners alongside KED and management, and the investment is intended to accelerate product and capability investment across CPM’s process equipment businesses.

Koch Engineered Solutions Acquires Majority Stake in DarkVision Technologies

May 19, 2020

Industrial Services

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES), a unit of Koch Industries, acquired a majority stake in DarkVision Technologies and made a significant growth equity investment to support R&D and expansion. The deal brings DarkVision's acoustic imaging hardware and software into KES as part of a strategy to build an integrated asset integrity platform serving NDT and multiple industrial end-markets.

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions Acquires Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCO) from OCI Global

August 29, 2024

Agriculture

Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) completed the acquisition of Iowa Fertilizer Company LLC (IFCO) from OCI Global for $3.6 billion on a cash-free, debt-free basis, closing Aug. 29, 2024 (deal signed Dec. 18, 2023). The Wever, Iowa facility — commissioned in 2017 with capacity of 3.5 million metric tons of nitrogen fertilizers and diesel exhaust fluid annually — joins Koch's fertilizer platform, expanding its US production footprint and eastern U.S. market reach.

Edison Partners Invests $15M in K1x, Inc.

December 15, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Edison Partners has made a $15 million growth equity investment in K1x, Inc., a Chicago-based provider of AI-powered Schedule K-1 aggregation and packet production SaaS for institutional investors and tax-exempt organizations. The funding will support K1x's commercial scaling, customer success, product roadmap and machine-learning capabilities, and Edison Partners' Jennifer Lee will join K1x's board.

Koch Industries Acquires Infor from Golden Gate Capital

April 6, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Koch Industries, through its affiliate Koch Equity Development LLC, has acquired the remaining equity stake in Infor from Golden Gate Capital, making Infor a standalone subsidiary of Koch. The deal (terms not disclosed) brings Infor’s industry-specific cloud software and ~17,000 employees under Koch’s ownership to accelerate Koch’s digital transformation and expand its capabilities in vertical cloud software across manufacturing, healthcare, retail and distribution.