The Carlyle Group and Management Acquire Unison from Abry Partners

Madison Dearborn Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Unison from Carlyle

July 12, 2022

Software

Funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) will acquire a controlling stake in Unison from funds managed by Carlyle, with Carlyle remaining a minority investor. The investment will support Unison's software innovation and growth in procurement, supply chain, and contract management solutions for U.S. federal agencies and government contractors; financial terms were not disclosed.

Unison Acquires PRICE Systems

April 21, 2021

Software

Unison, a provider of contract, program and acquisition software for government contractors and federal agencies, has acquired PRICE Systems, a global provider of Model-Based Cost Engineering (MBCE) software. The deal brings PRICE's advanced cost-estimating analytics and modeling capabilities into Unison's enterprise software and Insight Platform to expand capabilities and global reach for government and commercial customers.

The Carlyle Group Acquires Unchained Labs

April 26, 2021

Medical Devices

The Carlyle Group agreed to acquire life sciences tools company Unchained Labs for $435 million from Novo Holdings A/S, Canaan Partners and TPG Biotech, in a transaction expected to close in Q2 2021. Carlyle will partner with Unchained Labs' management to accelerate organic and inorganic growth through investments in R&D, digitization and geographic expansion; Unchained is headquartered in Pleasanton, California and had ~170 employees and ~$75M revenue projected for 2021.

Tiger Infrastructure Partners Acquires Unison Energy (Growth Capital Investment)

June 17, 2024

Energy

Tiger Infrastructure Partners (Fund III) completed a growth capital acquisition of Unison Energy LLC, an Energy-as-a-Service microgrid platform that designs, builds, owns and operates behind-the-meter microgrids for commercial and industrial customers. Unison, headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, owns and operates ~30 projects across hospitals, data centers, hospitality, food & beverage and other industrial end-markets; the investment is the final platform investment for Tiger’s $1.25 billion Fund III.

Ascend Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Unison Therapy Services

January 9, 2025

Healthcare Services

Ascend Capital Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Unison Therapy Services, a leading outsourced provider of Pre-K–12 therapy services in the California market. Ascend will provide operational and clinical expertise to expand access and enhance delivery of speech, behavioral, physical and occupational therapies; financial terms were not disclosed.

Unison Acquires FARclause.com

July 25, 2022

Software

Unison, a provider of contract lifecycle management software for government contractors, has acquired FARclause.com, a FAR/DFARS clause library and compliance tool. The acquisition complements Unison's CLM product by adding clause extraction, validation and flow-down capabilities to better serve federal contractors and streamline compliance workflows.