Homnya (Consulcesi Group) Acquires Editoriale Giornalidea

Palella Holdings Acquires La Sicilia and Its Publishing Company (Dse S.p.A.)

May 27, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Palella Holdings, the family office of Italian-American entrepreneur Salvatore Palella, has acquired the Sicilian daily newspaper La Sicilia and its publishing company Dse S.p.A. from the Ciancio Sanfilippo family via the Sicily Investment Fund. The purchase — which includes the publisher's stake in ANSA and real estate assets — will support a digital transformation (new app and platformization), investment in property assets, and an expanded national and international presence while preserving editorial independence.

Hearst Acquires QGenda from Francisco Partners and ICONIQ Growth

August 12, 2024

Healthcare Services

Hearst has agreed to acquire QGenda, a leading provider of healthcare workforce management software, from Francisco Partners and ICONIQ Growth. QGenda—headquartered in Atlanta and serving over 4,500 organizations and 700,000 providers with its ProviderCloud platform—will join Hearst Health; terms were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close later this year.

EVERSANA Acquires Healthware Group

October 11, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

EVERSANA has acquired Healthware Group, a Salerno-headquartered full-service healthcare agency and innovation consultancy, expanding EVERSANA's European operations and integrating Healthware into its EVERSANA INTOUCH global agency network. Healthware (150+ employees) will bring marketing, medical communications, digital innovation, and media assets — including the Frontiers Health conference and pharmaphorum — into EVERSANA; Roberto Ascione joins EVERSANA's global leadership. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Gyrus Capital Acquires 40% Stake in Consulcesi Group

December 1, 2022

Healthcare Services

Funds advised by Gyrus Capital have acquired a 40% stake in Consulcesi Group, with founder Massimo Tortorella and management remaining involved. The investment will support Consulcesi's international expansion and M&A-driven growth to build a pan‑European digital healthcare platform and target doubling revenue to over €120 million by 2025.

Gecina Acquires Multiple New-Build Residential Projects to Expand Homya Pipeline

January 11, 2022

Real Estate

Gecina, via its residential subsidiary Homya, has acquired seven new-build residential projects (delivered 2023–2025) representing nearly 700 housing units and a total investment of about €315m, increasing its residential development pipeline to roughly 1,000 units to be delivered by 2025. The group also acquired an earlier off-plan Rueil-Malmaison residential project (around 96 units) and is pursuing redevelopment and densification projects across the Paris region to grow its YouFirst/ Homya-operated residential portfolio.

MJH Life Sciences Acquires Pharmaceutical Commerce

July 9, 2020

Media & Entertainment

MJH Life Sciences has acquired Pharmaceutical Commerce, a multimedia B2B publication formerly published by Healthcare Commerce Media Corporation. The acquisition expands MJH’s healthcare media portfolio and strengthens its reach into the biopharma commercial operations and supply-chain audience, adding a magazine with a controlled circulation of roughly 21,000 and multiple newsletters and events.