Amyris Acquires OLIKA and MG Empower

Bansk Group Acquires Majority Stake in amika and Eva NYC

July 26, 2022

Consumer Products

Bansk Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in haircare brands amika and Eva NYC; terms were not disclosed. Stellus Capital Management provided senior unitranche debt financing and an equity co-investment to support the transaction; both brands will continue to operate individually under their existing brand presidents as Bansk seeks to expand reach across channels and geographies.

Empower Media and Ocean Media Merge to Form Empower Ocean Media Group

September 2, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Independent agencies Empower Media and Ocean Media have merged to create Empower Ocean Media Group, becoming the second-largest independent media agency group in the U.S. The combined business will manage approximately $1.5 billion in media billings, centralize technology and procurement, and operate with ~400 professionals across New York, Los Angeles and Chicago to deliver expanded media-buying scale and data-driven capabilities.

Argus Media Acquires Oleochem Analytics

August 11, 2021

Data & Analytics

Argus Media has acquired Oleochem Analytics, a specialist provider of price assessments, market intelligence and analytics for the renewable (oleo)chemicals and pine chemicals markets. The acquisition expands Argus's renewables and chemicals coverage and brings Oleochem Analytics' subject-matter experts into Argus; terms were not disclosed.

Alora Pharmaceuticals Acquires Osmotica's Legacy U.S. Business

August 30, 2021

Pharmaceuticals

Alora Pharmaceuticals, LLC closed the acquisition of Osmotica Pharmaceuticals plc's legacy U.S. business (including Osmotica Pharmaceutical US LLC, Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Trigen Laboratories, LLC) and the Marietta, Georgia manufacturing facility on August 27, 2021. Osmotica received approximately $111 million in proceeds, which it said would be used to retire a substantial portion of outstanding debt and to focus the company on its ophthalmic product UPNEEQ.

AMBA Acquires Oozle Media and Beauty as a Business

October 2, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

AMBA, an Austin-based affinity marketing and benefits provider, has acquired the assets of Salt Lake City digital marketing agency Oozle Media and its sister company Beauty as a Business. The acquisition expands AMBA's digital marketing capabilities — including paid search, social advertising, SEO, website development and social media curriculum — to better serve its association and affinity-group clients.

GrowerIQ Acquires Ample Organics from Akerna

January 15, 2024

Software

Toronto-based GrowerIQ has acquired fellow cannabis software provider Ample Organics from U.S.-based Akerna in an all-cash deal that closed in December; financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition brings Ample's seven employees onto GrowerIQ's ~25-person team and combines two seed-to-sale ERP platforms to create what GrowerIQ calls the largest cannabis tech platform in Canada (and a stronger position in Europe).