Acquisitions in Massachusetts

Livechain, Inc. (a subsidiary of Vyome Holdings) executed a debt purchase agreement with Remus Capital to acquire the senior, secured convertible note of Sociometric Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Humanyze in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $325,000. Livechain initiated a default and asset transfer to assume Humanyze's business assets, including intellectual property, and to take direct control of daily operations as it expands into AI-enabled HR analytics.

Experian has acquired AtData, an email intelligence and data company that provides real-time email insights and identity signals. The deal adds AtData’s dataset of over 10 billion email addresses and real-time identity signals to Experian’s data, analytics and decisioning platforms to strengthen identity, fraud prevention, and marketing capabilities.

Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisition of CyberArk, integrating CyberArk's identity security platform into Palo Alto's broader security ecosystem. Under the deal, CyberArk shareholders will receive $45 in cash and 2.2005 shares of Palo Alto Networks common stock per CyberArk share; the acquisition is intended to make identity security a core pillar across human, machine, and AI/agent identities.

Impact XM, a portfolio company of The Riverside Company, has acquired Jack Morton from Omnicom in a transformative add-on that combines two leading experiential and live-event marketing agencies. The combined business will operate under the Jack Morton name and expands global scale, capabilities and talent across creative, digital, production and measurement to serve major brand clients across 20 offices worldwide.

RF Investment Partners partnered with Prairie Capital to provide flexible capital supporting a recapitalization of NSG Life Safety and Norel Service Company (together "NSG-Norel"), a New England provider of fire, life safety, and security solutions. The transaction positions NSG-Norel to invest in people, technology, new service lines and geographic expansion to support its next phase of growth.

BlueWater Marinas, backed by Bain Capital Real Estate, has acquired Bayside Marine, a full-service marina in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The Kent family will remain in place to oversee day-to-day operations as the acquisition expands BlueWater/Bain's portfolio of East Coast marina properties.

Spectrum Networks, a division of Charter Communications, agreed to acquire substantially all assets of New England Cable News (NECN) from NECN and NBCUniversal. The deal will fold NECN into Spectrum News, expand Spectrum's regional footprint across New England, and consolidate NECN's distribution agreements under Spectrum News NECN based in Massachusetts.

Province, a portfolio company of Trivest, has acquired StoneTurn, a global professional services firm specializing in disputes, investigations, and risk advisory, from MML Capital. The deal adds StoneTurn's investigative, compliance, and dispute capabilities to Province's restructuring and financial advisory services, creating an integrated, senior-led advisory platform across more than 300 professionals and 19 offices.

Careerminds has acquired Keystone Partners, a Boston-based provider of outplacement, career management, executive coaching and leadership development services, from Silver Oak Services Partners. Silver Oak had owned Keystone since 2018 and supported the company through five add-on acquisitions and development of a proprietary technology platform to scale its talent solutions business.

Trax Ltd. has divested its non-China Image Recognition (IR) business to an affiliate of Gemspring Capital. The acquired unit will be merged with FORM (creators of GoSpotCheck and FORM OpX) to form a combined company focused on retail execution and shelf intelligence, while Trax Ltd. retains Shopkick, Survey and LenzTech and pursues a more focused portfolio strategy.

Hudson Valley Property Group (HVPG) acquired two adjacent affordable multifamily properties — Boston Bay and Hope Bay — in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, adding 133 family units to its New England portfolio. The approximately $52.5 million preservation project is financed with a Fannie Mae loan provided by KeyBank and includes roughly $6.4 million in planned renovations and HUD Project-Based Section 8 contracts that preserve affordability for decades.

Bluespring Wealth Partners has acquired Plymouth, Massachusetts-based financial planning firm SHP Financial, which oversees approximately $2.3 billion in assets. The deal brings SHP's ~50-person team and three Massachusetts offices into Bluespring's advisor platform, expanding the buyer's presence in New England.

Careerminds has acquired Keystone Partners, Renovo, Job Copilot, and Outplacement Australia to create a scaled, global workforce solutions platform that spans North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The acquisitions expand Careerminds' outplacement, career transition, talent development and job-search technology capabilities and provide broader local-market delivery and expertise.

Gemspring Capital has acquired both FORM and Trax Retail and is merging the two companies to create a combined global provider of retail execution, image recognition, and shelf-level insights. The merged company will integrate Trax's AI-powered image recognition with FORM's GoSpotCheck and FORM OpX products to expand capabilities, accelerate innovation, and broaden geographic reach for CPG and retail customers.

Veritiv Operating Company has acquired Pack4, LLC, a Boston-area distributor and fabricator of custom protective packaging products. The acquisition expands Veritiv's presence in New England and adds custom protective packaging capabilities to better serve healthcare, electronics, and food & beverage customers.

LearnWell, a U.S.-based provider of K-12 academic continuity and mental/behavioral health services, received a growth investment from the Sustainable Investing business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives to accelerate growth and expand its service footprint. The capital will support scaling LearnWell’s integrated in-school and virtual offerings; the company serves thousands of school districts through a team of educators and therapists and was previously backed by 424 Capital.

Odgers (Odgers Berndtson) has acquired Ridgeway Partners LLC, a U.S.-based executive search firm focused on financial services and board advisory. The acquisition strengthens Odgers' Global Financial Services and Board Advisory practices and expands its U.S. capabilities and reach into major financial centers.

Net at Work, a North American technology advisor, acquired Boston-based BHE Consulting to strengthen its Sage and Acumatica ERP capabilities and expand delivery capacity across construction, manufacturing, and wholesale distribution verticals. BHE co-founders Greg Archambault and Russ Carey will remain with Net at Work to support client continuity and integration of BHE's solutions.

Intentsify has acquired Salutary Data, a U.S. provider of curated B2B contact and company intelligence, to strengthen its identity layer by pairing intent signals with verified human identity. The acquisition enhances Intentsify's data validation and identity resolution capabilities and expands its unified data ecosystem for advertising, sales, and marketing activation.

Eclipse Bioinnovations (Eclipsebio) has acquired Terrain Bio to integrate Terrain's AI/ML RNA design models and R&D-scale mRNA manufacturing analytics into Eclipsebio's sequencing-based validation platforms. The deal creates an end-to-end Design, Make, Test platform intended to accelerate RNA therapeutic development by connecting computational design directly to experimental feedback.

Crane Company completed multiple acquisitions effective January 1, 2026, including the Precision Sensors & Instrumentation (PSI) businesses Druck, Panametrics and Reuter‑Stokes acquired from Baker Hughes (a transaction announced at ~$1.15 billion) and optek‑Danulat (acquired from JD Group). The deals add advanced optical and process‑control sensing capabilities (optek‑Danulat reported ~$40 million of sales in 2025) to Crane’s Process Flow Technologies and Aerospace & Advanced Technologies platforms and are currently being integrated.

AAFCPAs, a Top 100 U.S. CPA and advisory firm, has acquired McLaren & Associates CPAs, PC to expand its forensic accounting, litigation support, business valuation, and tax advisory capabilities. The deal brings McLaren's team of approximately 17 professionals into AAFCPAs and reinforces the firms' shared Certified B Corporation commitments.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals has completed its acquisition of Astria Therapeutics for an implied transaction value of approximately $700 million, financed with cash on hand and a ~$396.6 million facility provided by funds managed by Blackstone plus ~37.3 million BioCryst shares issued to Astria equity holders. The deal adds Astria's Phase 3 long-acting plasma kallikrein inhibitor navenibart to BioCryst's hereditary angioedema (HAE) portfolio and provides Astria's early-stage atopic dermatitis program (STAR0310) for which BioCryst will pursue strategic alternatives.

PlayVS has acquired Vanta Esports, adding roughly 3,000 K–12 schools to its scholastic and collegiate gaming network and integrating Vanta’s coaching-led esports platform and events into the PlayVS ecosystem. Financial terms were not disclosed; the deal strengthens PlayVS’s coaching, education-aligned programming, and presence in states including Texas and Hawaii.

Verndale, a Boston-based digital experience and technology company, has acquired the Product Experience Division of Amp (part of Advantage Solutions). The deal brings product design, UX, engineering, and digital marketing capabilities into Verndale to enable end-to-end digital product development and broaden its reach into tech, CPG, and healthcare verticals. Canaccord Genuity advised Advantage Solutions; financial terms were not disclosed.

Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co., Ltd. and Santrum Hong Kong Co., Limited (collectively “Picea”) acquired 100% of iRobot Corporation's equity as part of a court‑supervised, pre‑packaged Chapter 11 process. iRobot emerges as a privately held, U.S.-headquartered consumer robotics company (Bedford, Massachusetts) and has established a separate U.S. subsidiary, iRobot Safe, to govern and protect U.S. consumer data.

FGS Global launched a new AI Advisory practice and acquired Memetica, a specialist threat intelligence consultancy founded in 2019 by Ben Decker. The purchase integrates Memetica’s AI-driven threat detection and dark‑web monitoring capabilities into FGS’s global AI and Innovation group to strengthen early‑warning, tipping‑point analysis and reputational defense offerings.

Harmony Healthcare IT, a Novacap portfolio company based in South Bend, Indiana, has acquired Blue Elm, a MEDITECH data solutions provider headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts. The add-on expands Harmony's MEDITECH EHR data extraction, migration, optimization and archiving capabilities, consolidating a single partner for hospitals' MEDITECH data lifecycle.

Lead Edge Capital has acquired ClearGov and merged it with its existing portfolio company Gravity to create a unified, end-to-end modern finance platform for local governments, school districts, and state agencies. The combined business will operate under the ClearGov brand, with Tyler Davey (former Gravity CEO) leading the organization and ClearGov co-founders remaining in leadership roles.

Zydus Lifesciences Limited has completed purchase agreements with Agenus Inc. to acquire Agenus' biologics manufacturing facilities and operations in Emeryville and Berkeley, California, and has established a U.S. CDMO subsidiary, Zylidac Bio LLC, to operate the assets. The deal includes exclusive manufacturing arrangements for Agenus' Phase 3 immuno-oncology candidates (botensilimab and balstilimab), exclusive commercialization rights for those assets in India and Sri Lanka, and an equity investment in Agenus via Zynext Ventures; regulatory approvals including CFIUS clearance were secured.

AstraZeneca has acquired Modella AI, a Boston-based biomedical AI company, to integrate its multimodal foundation models and agentic AI platform into AstraZeneca's global oncology R&D organization. The deal expands an existing multi-year collaboration to accelerate clinical development, improve biomarker discovery, and drive data-driven decision-making across AstraZeneca's oncology pipeline; financial terms were not disclosed.

Beacon Pointe Advisors has acquired The Financial Advisors, a $1.2 billion AUM registered investment adviser based in Andover and Newburyport, Massachusetts, closing on January 15, 2026. The 11-person, employee‑owned firm will expand Beacon Pointe’s New England footprint and broaden delivery of its allWEALTH services platform as Beacon Pointe grows its national AUA to roughly $62 billion.

Chief Executive Group (CEG) has acquired CEO Roundtable (CEORT), a Boston-area peer advisory organization for CEOs, bringing its members into CEG’s national Chief Executive Network. The deal preserves CEORT’s confidential peer model while expanding CEG’s presence in the Northeast and adding membership, events and research capabilities to its portfolio.

The Riverside Company has invested in AC&M Fire Equipment as an add-on to its Relay Fire and Safety platform. AC&M, headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, provides fire extinguisher services and product sales to commercial customers across the Boston metro and Western Massachusetts, strengthening Relay's presence and capabilities in New England.

The Players Impact (TPI), a Boston-based venture platform for professional athletes and entrepreneurs, has acquired Ledgex, a financial technology firm that provides multi-asset portfolio management and data aggregation tools. Ledgex's platform will be integrated into TPI's TPI Pulse Pro product to expand TPI's wealth-technology capabilities and offer advanced portfolio management to its community of athletes, families, and advisors.

The Riverside Company has invested in Key Polymer, a specialty manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and coatings, as the first add-on to its Seatex platform. The acquisition expands Seatex's formulation, custom blending and manufacturing capabilities and extends the combined organization's end-market and geographic reach across industrial, automotive and aerospace segments.

An independently managed investment subsidiary of Investindustrial Growth III SCSp has acquired Proveris Scientific Corporation, a Hudson, Massachusetts-based maker of spray and aerosol analytical testing instrumentation, software and lab services focused on orally inhaled and nasal drug products (OINDP). Investindustrial will partner with Proveris' management (founder Dino Farina reinvested as a minority shareholder) to accelerate global expansion and build a broader pharmaceutical testing equipment group through organic growth and add-on acquisitions.

WSB LLC, a portfolio company of GHK Capital Partners LP, has acquired NEO Virtus Engineering, a Littleton, Massachusetts-based engineering consulting firm specializing in photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system design. The add-on strengthens WSB’s power and energy practice by adding PV, energy storage, and power system engineering capabilities and expands geographic reach; WSB will integrate NEO Virtus and operate under the WSB brand in early 2026.

WSB LLC, a portfolio company of GHK Capital Partners, has acquired NEO Virtus Engineering, a Littleton, Massachusetts–based engineering consulting firm specializing in photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage system design. The add-on expands WSB's power/energy capabilities and geographic reach as part of its national energy practice build-out.

ProMach has acquired American Holt, DMA Solution, and Pride Engineering (collectively “AmHolt”) from Arcline Investment Management. The AmHolt businesses—providers of engineered aftermarket parts and precision components for food, beverage and CPG packaging lines with facilities in Massachusetts, Quebec and Minnesota—will join ProMach's Primary Packaging business unit to broaden its product solutions and lifecycle service capabilities.

OneSix, a Chicago-based data and AI consultancy, has acquired CTI Data, a Burlington, Massachusetts data governance and analytics consulting firm founded in 1994. The deal expands OneSix’s governed Snowflake analytics and responsible AI capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed. Novistra Capital served as exclusive advisor to CTI Data and OneSix added Frank Farrall to its board.

LaunchPad Home Group, a PE-backed residential inspection platform, acquired RJ Home Inspections, a market-leading home inspection business serving Greater Boston and New England. RJ owner Adam Wright will join LaunchPad as Regional Leader for the newly created Northeast division as LaunchPad expands its footprint with support from RFE Investment Partners.

TK&K Services, LLC, a Beverly, Massachusetts–based provider of aviation fuels management and environmental consulting/remediation services, has been sold to an unnamed private investment group. Osage Advisors served as exclusive financial advisor to TK&K and the buyer plans to support management as the business expands its service offerings and pursues growth opportunities.

BGB Group has acquired Hayden Consulting Group to expand its market access and patient services capabilities within its Strategic Advisory practice. Hayden will continue to be led by co-founders Jamie Sidore and David MacDougall, and financial terms were not disclosed.

Day One Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: DAWN) completed its acquisition of Mersana Therapeutics (Nasdaq: MRSN) via a tender offer, purchasing all outstanding shares for $25 per share in cash plus one non-tradable contingent value right (CVR) per share for up to $30.25 in milestone payments (total consideration up to $55.25 per share). The deal adds Mersana’s clinical-stage ADC emiltatug ledadotin (Emi-Le) targeting adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) to Day One’s pipeline; Mersana will become a wholly owned subsidiary and its shares will be delisted from Nasdaq.

Element Solutions Inc. has completed its acquisition of EFC Gases & Advanced Materials. EFC will operate as a standalone business within Element Solutions' newly formed Specialties segment, bringing specialty and rare gases plus advanced materials capabilities targeted at semiconductor manufacturing, electrical transmission infrastructure, and space applications.

SHINE Technologies has completed the acquisition of Lantheus' SPECT business, including the North Billerica, Massachusetts SPECT manufacturing facility and a portfolio of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals (TechneLite, Cardiolite, NEUROLITE, Xenon Xe-133). SHINE named Michael Rossi CEO of SHINE SPECT USA, LLC and said the acquisition expands its nuclear medicine manufacturing capabilities and integrates with its Chrysalis Mo-99 production to strengthen isotope supply chain security.

Crane Company has completed its acquisition of Precision Sensors & Instrumentation (PSI), including the Panametrics business, from Baker Hughes. The transaction — first announced in June 2025 — closed January 1, 2026 for a reported net purchase price of approximately $1.06 billion and is intended to expand Crane's precision sensing and instrumentation capabilities across aerospace, nuclear and process end markets.

Alliance Entertainment (NASDAQ: AENT) completed the acquisition of Endstate, effective December 31, 2025, acquiring all Endstate assets and forming a wholly owned subsidiary, Endstate Authentic LLC. The purchase brings Endstate's NFC- and blockchain-enabled product authentication technology and founders into Alliance to expand authenticated resale, digital product identity, and brand protection capabilities across Alliance's global distribution network.

B&D Fabricators, an Entegra Attachments company, has acquired Leading Edge Attachments Inc., a Hubbardston, Massachusetts maker of patented frost and rock ripping buckets and other heavy equipment attachments. Leading Edge will operate under B&D Attachments LLC and the acquisition expands Entegra's heavy attachments platform by adding specialized products and engineering expertise to B&D's design library.