High Level Marketing Acquires NDS Digital

Advanced Drainage Systems Acquires National Diversified Sales from Norma Group

September 23, 2025

Manufacturing

Advanced Drainage Systems (NYSE: WMS) has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire National Diversified Sales (NDS), a water management business of Norma Group SE, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.0 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 and will expand ADS’ product portfolio and go-to-market reach in retail and distributor channels, including residential irrigation and related solutions.

General Atlantic Makes Minority Growth Investment in HighLevel

April 11, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

General Atlantic has made a minority growth investment in HighLevel Inc., a Dallas-based provider of sales and marketing automation software for marketing agencies and SMBs. The capital will support product and AI investments and accelerate HighLevel's growth while PeakEquity Partners remains an active shareholder.

Xebia Acquires Netlink Digital Solutions Group (NDS) from Netlink Software Group America

November 15, 2022

IT Services

Xebia has acquired Netlink Digital Solutions Group (NDS) from Netlink Software Group America to strengthen its low-code and OutSystems capabilities. The deal expands Xebia's end-to-end digital transformation, managed services and OutSystems practice to support enterprise customers globally.

PeakEquity Partners Leads $60M+ Growth Investment in HighLevel

November 16, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

PeakEquity Partners led a group that invested over $60 million to acquire a minority stake in HighLevel, the Dallas-based white-label marketing and CRM platform for agencies. The investment will support product development, team growth and expansion; PeakEquity partners will join HighLevel's board and Vista Point Advisors served as exclusive financial advisor.

Nintendo to Acquire Next Level Games

March 1, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Nintendo agreed to buy 100% of the outstanding shares of Vancouver-based video game developer Next Level Games, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal’s terms were undisclosed and was expected to close on March 1, 2021.

Emergent Game Technologies Acquires NDL

August 18, 2005

Software

Emergent Game Technologies, a venture-capital funded developer of the Emergent Platform, acquired NDL, the developer of the Gamebryo 3D graphics engine, and merged the two companies to form a single provider of game development tools, infrastructure and services. Leadership was combined (Geoffrey Selzer named CEO of the merged company; John Austin named senior VP of business development and strategy) to accelerate engineering, sales and marketing and broaden the combined product portfolio for game developers and publishers.