Cedar Gate Technologies Acquires Deerwalk

Martis Capital acquires majority stake in Deerfield Group

June 30, 2026

Marketing & Advertising

Martis Capital Management acquired a majority equity stake in Deerfield Group, a healthcare marketing, communications, media, and technology agency focused on healthcare and life sciences clients. The investment is intended to accelerate Deerfield’s capability expansion, including deeper AI-enabled technology solutions and continued development of its service offerings, while founders and management retain significant ownership.

Podean Acquires Commerce Canal with Investment from Mountaingate Capital

August 19, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Podean announced the strategic acquisition of Commerce Canal, with equity investment from Mountaingate Capital, combining the two companies into the largest independent global marketplace-focused agency. The combined business will integrate Commerce Canal's Purvey.AI platform with Podean's global marketplace services, creating a buy-and-build platform of more than 200 team members across 17 countries to support high-growth consumer brands.

Level Data Acquires Red Cedar Solutions Group and Cedar Labs

November 1, 2024

Education

Level Data, a BV Investment Partners platform company, has acquired Red Cedar Solutions Group (Stepwell) and Cedar Labs to expand its K-12 data, interoperability and special-education compliance capabilities. Copper Run advised Level Data on the transactions, which strengthen the platform’s product offering for school districts and state education agencies across the United States.

Dar Group Acquires Majority Stake in CopperTree Analytics

March 15, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Dar Group has acquired a majority stake in CopperTree Analytics, a Canadian provider of building analytics and SaaS-based energy management solutions. The deal will integrate CopperTree's Kaizen platform with Dar Group's Para digital twin offering to expand Dar's digital services and provide CopperTree with wider global market access.

Edgewater-Backed Deerfield Platform Invests in Deerfield Agency

March 1, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Edgewater Growth Capital Partners IV, via its newly formed portfolio company Deerfield Pharma Services Holdings, LLC, has invested in Deerfield Agency, a healthcare marketing services firm. The investment establishes Deerfield as a platform targeting further acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and life sciences marketing space; Rick Riegel and Pat Blake joined Deerfield's board as part of the transaction.

Cedar Gate Technologies Acquires Citra Health Solutions

June 29, 2020

Healthcare Services

Cedar Gate Technologies, a GTCR-backed value-based care technology company, has acquired Citra Health Solutions, a healthcare technology platform that automates and manages capitated, value-based arrangements. The add-on expands Cedar Gate's capabilities across the value-based care continuum by adding Citra's EZ-SUITE capitation administration functionality to Cedar Gate's analytics and bundled-payment offerings. Great Point Partners (GPP) sold Citra; terms were not disclosed.