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Yellow Wood's Suave Brands and Elida Beauty Merge to Form Evermark

January 20, 2026

Consumer Products

Yellow Wood Partners has combined two of its portfolio companies, Suave Brands Company and Elida Beauty, in a merger that creates Evermark, a global personal care platform representing about $1.9 billion in annual retail sales. Ares Credit funds led a $1.6 billion debt financing to support the transaction; leadership will be led by Daniel Alter as CEO with Alfie Vivian as President, Europe.

Everybody Loves Languages Corp. Amalgamates with ELL Ventures Ltd. to Form Amalco

December 24, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Everybody Loves Languages Corp. (ELLC) and ELL Ventures Ltd. (EV) have approved a related-party amalgamation to form a new private company (“Amalco”). The shareholders of ELLC (other than EV) will receive cash of $0.085 per share, and ELLC plans to delist from the TSX Venture Exchange following completion.

Click Labs Acquires Evermile

August 14, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Click Labs, a global SaaS company focused on logistics and delivery, has acquired Evermile, an AI-driven retail operations platform headquartered in London (with presence in Tel Aviv). The acquisition expands Click Labs' retail technology capabilities by integrating Evermile's AI agents and orchestration tools into its product suite to better serve SME retailers worldwide.

Xero to Acquire Melio to Accelerate Global Growth

June 24, 2025

Payments & Fintech

Xero Limited has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Melio Limited and its associated entities. The deal combines Xero’s accounting capabilities with Melio’s US SMB bill pay and accounts payable/receivable workflows to expand Xero’s North America scale and accelerate its 3x3 strategy.

Apollo Funds to Acquire Everi Holdings and IGT Gaming & Digital in $6.3B All-Cash Deal

November 14, 2024

IT Services

Everi stockholders voted to approve the pending simultaneous all-cash acquisition of Everi and the Gaming & Digital business of International Game Technology (IGT) by a newly formed holding company owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management (Apollo Funds). Everi shareholders will receive $14.25 per share in cash, and the transaction is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2025, subject to closing conditions.

Evergrowth Merges with Apolo Mktng

June 1, 2024

AI & Machine Learning

Evergrowth, an AI-powered B2B account-based sales platform headquartered in Vilnius, announced a merger with Apolo Mktng and increased its pre-seed to €2.5 million. The deal brings Apolo's AI account-based selling workflows and LLM data-enrichment expertise into Evergrowth's platform to accelerate its pivot from consultancy to a technology product.