Epassi Group Acquires VIP District

LineLeap Acquires BuzzPass

July 2, 2025

Media & Entertainment

LineLeap has acquired BuzzPass, a mobile-first ticketing platform for bars, nightclubs, and live entertainment venues. The deal brings BuzzPass's founding team and venue relationships into LineLeap to accelerate product innovation, expand market presence, and scale services across LineLeap's network of partner venues and users.

Epassi Group Acquires UK-based Zest

June 4, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Epassi Group has acquired UK-based Zest, a configurable SaaS employee benefits platform, to expand its presence and product offering in the UK and across Europe. As part of the deal Matt Russell will lead the combined UK business as CEO, and the acquisition is intended to deepen Epassi's product suite for employer customers and accelerate its pan‑European growth.

Circumference Group, TPO and Stephens Capital Partners Acquire Majority Stake in Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP)

October 9, 2024

IT Services

Circumference Group, in partnership with The Pritzker Organization and Stephens Capital Partners, has acquired a majority stake in Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP), a digital transformation and systems integration consultancy. VIP founder and CEO Jonna Ward will remain in place as the firm looks to scale capabilities and expand services across public-sector and commercial clients with support from the new investors.

TA Associates & Warburg Pincus Acquire Epassi Group; Epassi Acquires Exercite from Waterland

August 9, 2023

Staffing & HR

Funds advised by TA Associates and Warburg Pincus completed a majority investment in Helsinki-based Epassi Group (acquiring the stake from Bregal Milestone). Simultaneously, Epassi announced the strategic acquisition of Exercite (owner of Hansefit, Bedrijfsfitness Nederland and Fitbase) from Waterland and the Exercite founders, expanding Epassi's footprint into Germany and the Netherlands and materially increasing its merchant and corporate customer network.

A Pass Educational Group Acquires Victory Productions

January 19, 2021

Education

A Pass Educational Group, LLC has acquired Victory Productions, a content development house known for language and ESL educational materials. The acquisition adds Spanish and other language translation and transadaptation capabilities to A Pass's K–12 and higher education content services and supports expansion of its service offerings and client base.

Visionary Integration Professionals Acquires MyITgroup

July 11, 2007

IT Services

Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP), a Folsom, California–based IT services firm, has acquired MyITgroup, a Houston-headquartered SAP solutions provider. The deal adds SAP capabilities and blended on-shore/off-shore delivery (including a Bangalore subsidiary) to VIP's platform and follows VIP's strategic effort to expand its SAP offerings.