Quest Events Acquires Drape Kings

Questex Acquires The Conference Forum and Versalinx Global Events

November 4, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Questex has acquired life-sciences-focused event companies The Conference Forum and Versalinx Global Events to expand its healthcare and life sciences events and media portfolio. The acquisitions add specialty conferences, market-research and competitive-intelligence events, and complementary databases and teams to Questex's Fierce Healthcare & Life Sciences platform.

Bright Event Rentals Acquires PEAK Event Services from Dubin Clark

March 19, 2024

Professional Services

Bright Event Rentals, a portfolio company of Trivest Partners, has acquired PEAK Event Services from Dubin Clark. The deal expands Bright's coast-to-coast footprint in the premium event rental market by adding PEAK's fulfillment centers and showrooms across New England and the Hudson Valley.

Questex Acquires Digital Signage Expo Assets from Exponation

March 25, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Questex has acquired the live and digital assets of Digital Signage Expo from Exponation LLC, including trademarks, websites, domain names, databases and attendee/vendor lists. The acquisition, executed by Questex (a MidOcean Partners–owned platform), expands Questex’s events and technology portfolio as an add-on to its experience-economy offerings.

Motion & Control Enterprises Acquires Quest Engineering

September 1, 2022

Industrial Services

Motion & Control Enterprises (MCE), a provider of fluid power, automation and flow control solutions, has acquired Quest Engineering Inc., a Plymouth, Minnesota–based distributor of hydraulic hose, fittings and instrumentation. The acquisition expands MCE's fluid power offering and provides entry into new upper-Midwest geographies; Quest operates four locations and has 37 employees.

Curated Events (Dubin Clark portfolio) Acquires Sugarplum Tent Co.

June 25, 2023

Restaurants & Hospitality

Curated Events, a portfolio company of private equity firm Dubin Clark, has acquired Sugarplum Tent Co., a Boyds, Maryland-based provider of tent and event rental services. The add-on deal — terms not disclosed — brings Sugarplum’s high-end tenting and under-tent offerings into the Curated Events platform; founder Barbi Richardson sold the business and was represented by Fred Hageman of Rental Business Advisors.

Clearlake Capital Completes Acquisition of Quest Software from Francisco Partners

February 2, 2022

Cybersecurity

Clearlake Capital Group completed its acquisition of Quest Software from Francisco Partners, making Clearlake the majority shareholder and partnering with Quest’s existing management team to pursue a buy-and-build strategy. The investment aims to accelerate Quest’s cloud/SaaS adoption, expand its identity-centric cybersecurity, data intelligence, and IT operations management offerings, and drive growth organically and through M&A.