Acquisitions in New York in 2014

Novaria Group, the aerospace investment platform of Rosewood Private Investments and Tailwind Advisors, acquired John Hassall, Inc., a manufacturer of specialty aerospace fasteners. Alderman & Company advised on the sale; terms were not disclosed.

Upland Software agreed to acquire Mobile Commons, a cloud-based mobile messaging and engagement platform, to add mobile messaging capabilities to its Enterprise Work Management product portfolio. The acquisition is expected to increase Upland's annualized revenues and broaden its digital engagement and marketing capabilities for customers across healthcare, education, government and nonprofit sectors.

Priority Ambulance announced it will purchase Trans Am Ambulance Services, Inc., subject to New York State Department of Health and NY Department of Transportation approvals. The acquisition adds Trans Am’s emergency and nonemergency medical transport operations in and around Olean, New York to Priority’s national ambulance network; Trans Am’s existing management (including Todd and Anna Reisner) will remain in place.

SheKnows, a digital media company focused on women's lifestyle content, has acquired the blogging network BlogHer. The acquisition expands SheKnows' digital audience and strengthens its appeal to advertisers by adding BlogHer's community and content network.

Sprinklr has acquired Branderati, an influencer advocacy solution, and will integrate Branderati’s advocacy capabilities into its enterprise social software platform. Mark Curtis, Branderati’s founder and CEO, will join Sprinklr as General Manager to lead the advocacy product within Sprinklr.

EPAM Systems, Inc. has acquired Netsoft USA (Netsoft Holdings, LLC), a New York–based technology services firm known for application development, UX design and industry-specific solutions. 7 Mile Advisors served as the exclusive sell-side advisor; the deal expands EPAM’s outsourced application development and user-experience capabilities across financial services, healthcare, distribution and life sciences markets.