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System One Acquires Pathfinder, LLC

April 6, 2026

IT Services

System One announced its acquisition of Pathfinder, LLC, an independent provider of outsourced project management consulting and training for capital projects in critical infrastructure sectors. Pathfinder will operate as a System One company, with Steve Cabano, the current owner, remaining in place as President. Terms were not disclosed.

Septeo to Acquire stp.one from BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital

November 3, 2025

Software

Funds advised by BU Bregal Unternehmerkapital have signed an agreement to sell 100% of the shares in stp.one to Septeo. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Superstep Capital Makes Strategic Growth Investment in One Six Solutions

October 20, 2022

Data & Analytics

Superstep Capital, a private equity firm, announced a strategic growth investment in One Six Solutions to accelerate the Chicago-based data and cloud transformation firm's next stage of growth. The capital will support One Six's continued hiring of data engineers, analysts, and developers and help scale its cloud, data, and application modernization capabilities.

Cornerstone Advisors Acquires Next Step, Inc.

December 7, 2021

Consulting

Cornerstone Advisors, a Scottsdale-based management and technology consulting firm and portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners, has acquired Orlando-based Next Step, Inc., a specialist professional services team serving banks and credit unions. The acquisition is an add-on to Cornerstone that expands its core banking systems, implementation and contract negotiation capabilities to better serve mid-size financial institutions.

Stone Point Capital Makes Strategic Investment in Allied Benefit Systems

February 18, 2021

Healthcare Services

Funds managed by Stone Point Capital have made a strategic investment in Allied Benefit Systems, a Chicago-based third-party administrator of group health benefits. Allied's management will remain in place and the capital will support the company's next phase of growth as Stone Point positions Allied for market consolidation and continued expansion of its benefits and cost-containment solutions.

StepStone Acquires Appcast

July 1, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

StepStone has acquired a majority stake in Appcast, a U.S.-based programmatic job advertising and recruitment ad tech provider. The acquisition brings Appcast’s Clickcast SaaS platform and programmatic capabilities into StepStone’s global job-board and recruitment technology portfolio, and follows prior investment in Appcast by Baird Capital.