AEA Investors Acquires Hero Digital from CI Capital

AEA Investors Acquires Huge and Combines It with Hero Digital

December 5, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

AEA Investors has acquired digital experience and design firm Huge from Interpublic Group (IPG) and will combine Huge with AEA portfolio company Hero Digital to form a larger independent experience transformation business. The strategic combination aims to expand capabilities, scale global reach, and deliver enhanced AI-driven and data-led digital experiences for enterprise clients.

Hero Digital Acquires Avionos

August 14, 2023

IT Services

Hero Digital, a customer experience transformation company and portfolio company of AEA Investors, has acquired Avionos, a Chicago-based digital technology consultancy specializing in Salesforce and Adobe B2B commerce and marketing. The acquisition combines Hero Digital's strategy, creative, marketing, and technology capabilities with Avionos' technical expertise to create a stronger digital experience and commerce practice; Hero Digital will move its headquarters to Chicago. Canaccord Genuity served as exclusive financial advisor to Avionos.

Hero Digital Acquires Bulldog Solutions

July 22, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

Hero Digital acquired Bulldog Solutions, an Austin-based B2B marketing services agency, to centralize and expand its B2B customer experience capabilities in Austin. The deal, supported by Hero Digital's investor CI Capital, will combine Bulldog's team and leadership into Hero Digital's broader CX practice to deepen B2B expertise for enterprise clients.

AEA Investors Acquires SCIO Automation Holding GmbH

August 31, 2023

Industrial Services

AEA Investors’ Middle Market private equity fund has closed the acquisition of SCIO Automation Holding GmbH, making AEA the new majority shareholder. Quadriga Capital’s Partnership Va has exited while Quadriga (Fund VI) has reinvested a minority position; SCIO is an industrial automation system integrator headquartered in Frankenthal, Germany with ~1,100 employees and ~€190 million of revenues in 2022.

AEA Investors Makes Majority Investment in Magna5

February 8, 2026

IT Services

AEA Investors' Small Business Private Equity team has made a majority investment in Magna5, a Canonsburg, Pennsylvania–based managed IT and cybersecurity services provider, with significant reinvestment from Magna5's management team. The partnership will support scaling Magna5's national platform and expanding its cybersecurity, compliance, and AI-enabled capabilities; CEO Bob Farina and the current leadership team will remain in place.

AEA Investors Acquires Redwood Logistics

December 15, 2021

Transportation

AEA Investors has acquired Redwood Logistics from CI Capital Partners. Redwood, a Chicago-headquartered third-party logistics provider with a proprietary Logistics Platform as a Service (LPaaS) and more than 800 employees, will partner with AEA to fund additional add-on acquisitions and accelerate organic growth; financial terms were not disclosed.