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Insight Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Detectify

October 28, 2024

Cybersecurity

Insight Partners has acquired a majority stake in Detectify, a Stockholm-based Attack Surface Management platform, in a transaction completed in October 2024. The investment will fund product innovation and accelerate growth; Balderton remains a minority stakeholder.

Victor Capital Partners Acquires Four Regional Security Firms to Create National Security Services Platform

November 19, 2025

Professional Services

Victor Capital Partners has acquired four regional security companies and partnered with industry veterans Ken Fisher and Cal Horton to form a new national security services platform that will be branded in 2026. The platform combines manned guarding, patrol, alarm and video monitoring, investigations, background checks, and executive protection capabilities and is backed by financing from Third Point Capital Markets, Man Varagon Capital Partners and L Catterton Private Credit.

Sherlock Biosciences Acquires Sense Biodetection

February 1, 2023

Biotechnology

Sherlock Biosciences has acquired Sense Biodetection to accelerate commercialization of CRISPR-enabled, instrument-free molecular diagnostics by integrating Sense’s Veros rapid, instrument-free test platform, chemistry and manufacturing capabilities into Sherlock’s platform. Terms were not disclosed; Sense is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom with additional facilities in Cambridge (UK) and Milford, Massachusetts.

Watts Water Technologies Acquires The Detection Group, Inc.

January 13, 2021

Building Products

Watts Water Technologies acquired The Detection Group, Inc. (TDG), a maker of FM-approved wireless water leak detection products and notification services, to expand its Smart & Connected connected-device strategy. The acquisition will allow Watts to bundle TDG's Trident technology into its product suite and broaden distribution to domestic and international customers.

GlobalConnect Acquires Theft Detective

June 18, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

GlobalConnect, a North American provider of breakroom and vending services, has acquired Theft Detective, an automated video monitoring system for unattended retail. The acquisition adds patent-pending hardware and AI-driven video analytics to GlobalConnect’s portfolio to improve loss prevention for self-checkout kiosks and unattended retail environments.

Thompson Street Capital Partners Acquires Vector Laboratories (Maravai Protein Detection Business)

September 7, 2021

Biotechnology

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP), a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has acquired Vector Laboratories, the Protein Detection business unit of Maravai (NASDAQ: MRVI). Vector Laboratories is a manufacturer of labeling and visual detection reagents used in tissue-based protein detection for academic and corporate research; TSCP said the deal expands its life sciences capabilities and positions Vector for organic and strategic growth.