The Boldest Acquires DTC Brand Jupiter

Harvest Group Acquires Bold Strategies, Inc.

November 1, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Harvest Group, a national integrated commerce agency based in Rogers, Arkansas, has acquired Bold Strategies, Inc., an eCommerce, shopper marketing and creative services firm. The deal expands Harvest Group’s media, shopper marketing and DTC capabilities (including BOLD Labs), increases its managed media spend by ~20%, and brings the combined headcount to about 350 employees.

BRANDED Acquires Heyday to Form Essor

September 5, 2024

Consumer Products

BRANDED has acquired Heyday and combined the businesses to form Essor, a digitally-native consumer products (CPG) platform that will house a portfolio of challenger health & wellness and lifestyle brands. Essor will operate brands across DTC and major retailers, has approximately $400 million in annual revenue across the consolidated portfolio, secured new equity and a credit facility, and will be led by BRANDED and Heyday leadership.

BlackRock Diversified Infrastructure Acquires Jupiter Power

November 15, 2022

Energy

BlackRock Alternatives’ Diversified Infrastructure business agreed to acquire Jupiter Power LLC, a U.S. developer and operator of stand-alone utility-scale battery energy storage systems. EnCap Energy Transition Fund I, along with co-investment partners Yorktown Partners and Mercuria Energy, are selling Jupiter, with closing expected in late 2022 subject to customary conditions.

Jacmel NYC Acquires eCommerce Brand The Boho Boutique

August 17, 2021

E-Commerce

Jacmel NYC, a major U.S. jewelry manufacturer and distributor, has acquired The Boho Boutique, an e-commerce DTC jewelry brand launched in December 2016, for an undisclosed amount. Jacmel said the deal will accelerate its digital and direct-to-consumer strategy; founder Saul Owide will move on to new projects including Rachel Bloom NYC.

Thoma Bravo Acquires J.D. Power

July 30, 2019

Data & Analytics

Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm, has agreed to acquire J.D. Power, the global data analytics and consumer intelligence company. The deal, announced July 30, 2019, will support J.D. Power's continued expansion of analytics, AI and product offerings; prior investor XIO Group is exiting its investment while management and employee owners will roll some equity into the new ownership.

TILT Holdings Acquires Jupiter Research

January 3, 2019

Manufacturing

TILT Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire Jupiter Research, a vaporization and inhalation hardware company, in a US$210 million transaction (US$70M cash and shares) under a definitive agreement signed January 2, 2019. The deal is intended to expand TILT’s hardware offerings and technology ecosystem for the cannabis supply chain; Jupiter is a 2015-founded vaporizer hardware maker serving 700+ brands with reported ~US$77M 2018 revenue and US$28M in booked orders going into Q1.