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Hover Group Acquires Black Rock Marketing Group (BRMG)

October 15, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Hover Group completed the acquisition of Black Rock Marketing Group (now operating as BRMG), bringing the marketing firm into Hover’s portfolio and transitioning it to a brokerage-style platform. Over the past year, BRMG has implemented shared infrastructure, profit-sharing and operating partner collaboration to support independent marketers while maintaining their client ownership.

Southwest Strategies Group Acquires Kiterocket

July 1, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

San Diego-based communications firm Southwest Strategies Group has acquired Kiterocket, a Phoenix- and Seattle-based public relations agency focused on emerging technologies, semiconductors and sustainability. The deal expands Southwest Strategies Group's Western U.S. footprint and adds two new lines of business—technology (led by Kiterocket founder Martijn Pierik) and sustainable living (led by co-founder Amanda Foley)—to its service offering.

Kpler Acquires Bridgeton Research Group

December 15, 2025

Data & Analytics

Kpler has acquired Bridgeton Research Group LLC to integrate Bridgeton’s predictive models of systematic and algorithmic trading into Kpler’s trade intelligence platform. The deal expands Kpler’s analytics capabilities by combining physical commodity fundamentals with systematic flow analysis to better serve traders, asset managers, and other market participants.

Medical Knowledge Group Acquires Magnolia Innovation

October 12, 2020

Healthcare Services

Medical Knowledge Group (MKG), a portfolio company of Court Square Capital Management, has acquired Magnolia Innovation, a boutique market research and strategy consulting firm serving the biopharmaceutical industry. The acquisition expands MKG's research and commercialization capabilities by combining Magnolia's life-sciences market-insight expertise with MKG's analytics-driven solutions; Hyde Park Capital served as exclusive advisor to Magnolia.

NielsenIQ Acquires Cornerstone Capabilities

July 26, 2021

Data & Analytics

NielsenIQ has acquired Cornerstone Capabilities, a SaaS provider of revenue management optimization for consumer packaged goods (CPG) clients whose AI-driven Curve platform optimizes regular and promotion pricing. NielsenIQ will integrate Cornerstone’s Curve with its Connect platform and data assets to build an end-to-end price and promotion revenue management solution and expand its analytics capabilities globally.

Square Acquires Stitch Labs

August 4, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Square acquired multichannel inventory and operations management SaaS provider Stitch Labs and will integrate the Stitch team into Square's Seller ecosystem. Stitch Labs will stop taking new customers but continue supporting existing customers through Spring 2021 while Square works to incorporate Stitch's capabilities into its product set.