Allstate Acquires PlumChoice to Integrate into SquareTrade

Simplicity Group Acquires Plum Life and Launches Simplicity LifeLink

June 4, 2024

Insurance

Simplicity Group Holdings has acquired Plum Life Inc. and used the acquisition to launch Simplicity LifeLink, a digital life insurance sales platform that automates quoting through issue for agents and advisors. Plum Life's co-founders have joined Simplicity as partners, and LifeLink will be made available to Simplicity's independent agents, affiliated agencies, and financial institution clients.

Allstate Protection Plans Acquires Kingfisher

October 14, 2024

Telecommunications

Allstate Protection Plans, the device-protection division of Allstate Corporation, has acquired Kingfisher, a privately held company that optimizes the lifecycle of smart devices (repair, replace, trade-in, upgrade). The deal brings Kingfisher’s mobile circular-economy capabilities and team into Allstate’s device protection business to expand product offerings for mobile carriers, manufacturers, retailers and consumers.

CCL Industries Acquires Plum Paper LLC

July 16, 2021

E-Commerce

CCL Industries Inc. acquired Plum Paper LLC, a privately owned direct-to-consumer ecommerce business based in Oceanside, California, in an all-cash, debt-free transaction valued at approximately $26.0 million. The bolt-on purchase expands Avery's portfolio of web-to-print technologies and personalized stationery products, adding a company with forecasted 2021 sales of about $11.5 million and a high EBITDA margin.

Digital Wave Technology Acquires PlumSlice

January 3, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Digital Wave Investments (operating as Digital Wave Technology) completed a management-led buyout of PlumSlice, a cloud-native SaaS product experience management provider. The acquisition adds PlumSlice’s PIM/DAM/MDM and e-commerce merchandising capabilities to Digital Wave’s enterprise SaaS platform to accelerate omnichannel and DTC offerings.

All-State Industries (Blue Sage-backed) Acquires Allied Plastics

January 11, 2022

Manufacturing

An affiliate of All-State Industries, backed by private equity firm Blue Sage Capital, has acquired Allied Plastics, a Twin Lakes, Wisconsin-based thermoformed plastics manufacturer. The acquisition expands All-State's thermoforming and extrusion capabilities and increases the platform's scale across agriculture, heavy equipment OEM, consumer products, and packaging end markets.

SharpenCX (TELEO Capital Portfolio Company) Acquires Plum Voice

November 15, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

TELEO Capital-backed Sharpen Technologies (SharpenCX) has acquired The Plum Group, Inc. (Plum Voice), a provider of AI-driven voice-based customer interaction technology. The acquisition integrates Plum Voice's IVR, conversational AI and telecom capabilities into Sharpen's cloud contact center platform to strengthen its contact center offerings.