IQVentures Acquires The Aaron's Company

Katapult Holdings Completes All-Stock Business Combination With The Aaron’s Company and CCF Holdings

August 11, 2026

Financial Services

Katapult Holdings, Inc. completed an all-stock combination with The Aaron’s Company, Inc. and CCF Holdings LLC, creating a scaled financial solutions platform for nonprime consumers. With the close of the merger transactions, Aaron’s and CCFI (CCF Holdings) became wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of Katapult Holdings, with the combined company operating through the Aaron’s, CCFI and Katapult brands.

Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT Consortium to Acquire AES for $10.7B Equity Value

March 2, 2026

Energy

A consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock, and EQT Infrastructure VI, along with co-underwriters CalPERS and Qatar Investment Authority, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The AES Corporation for $15.00 per share in cash. The deal values AES at about $10.7 billion in total equity value and approximately $33.4 billion enterprise value, including assumed existing debt, and is expected to close in late 2026 or early 2027.

Goliath Acquires Crazy Aaron's

January 14, 2026

Consumer Products

Goliath, the family-owned global games and toy manufacturer, has acquired Crazy Aaron's, maker of Thinking Putty and related sensory play products. Crazy Aaron's will operate as a distinct division headquartered in Pennsylvania as Goliath looks to scale the brand globally and collaborate on R&D, innovation, and international distribution.

The Aaron's Company Acquires BrandsMart U.S.A.

February 23, 2022

Retail

The Aaron's Company, Inc. agreed to acquire BrandsMart U.S.A. (Interbond Corporation of America) from the Perlman family for approximately $230 million in cash. The acquisition, expected to close in Q2 2022, expands Aaron's retail footprint and e-commerce assortment while enabling Aaron's to offer in-house lease-to-own solutions to BrandsMart customers and drive revenue and EBITDA growth.

LeanTaaS Acquires Hospital IQ

January 10, 2022

Healthcare Services

LeanTaaS has acquired Hospital IQ to create a combined AI-driven hospital operations company with a reported combined enterprise value exceeding $1 billion. The deal combines LeanTaaS's capacity-management SaaS products with Hospital IQ's workflow automation and workforce-management capabilities to serve more than 180 U.S. health systems and improve patient access, staff satisfaction, and revenue productivity.

Audax Private Equity Acquires EIS, Inc.

September 29, 2019

Industrial Services

Audax Private Equity has completed its acquisition of EIS, Inc., a distributor, fabricator, and converter of electrical process materials, wire, cable and assemblies headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Audax said it will support EIS’s growth through organic initiatives and a buy-and-build strategy, leveraging EIS’s 38 branches, four fabrication facilities, and broad North American customer base.