Merger & Acquisition News

MILL VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four Corners Property Trust (NYSE:FCPT), a real estate investment trust primarily engaged in the ownership and acquisition of high-quality, net-leased restaurant and retail properties (“FCPT” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce the acquisition of an automotive service property leased to a national operator for $2.3 million via sale-leaseback. The property is located in a highly trafficked corridor in Indiana and is corporate-operated under a long term,...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Absolute Security, a leader in Autonomous Cyber Resilience, today announced it has acquired Phoenix Technologies’ FirmGuard, a UEFI BIOS firmware security, management, and networking service. FirmGuard extends Absolute Persistence®, the patented firmware-embedded technology behind the Autonomous Cyber Resilience Platform. It adds deeper visibility, integrity verification, posture management, continuous patching, and compliance enforcement for endpoints, AI workstations...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carnegie Learning, a leader in K-12 education solutions, today announced that it has acquired Ethiqly from Owl Ventures, the leading venture capital firm focused on EdTech, and from Ethiqly management. Building on Carnegie Learning’s flagship literacy solution, Lenses on Literature®, which engages students in grades 6-12 with complex texts and grade-level tasks, Ethiqly will support writing development while keeping teachers and students firmly at the center of the...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hightouch, the leading Agentic Marketing Platform, today announced it has acquired Strata, an AI platform that connects marketing tools without code. The acquisition expands Hightouch’s integration capabilities, giving marketing teams’ AI agents more of the data they need to make decisions. Strata was founded in 2024 by Kelsey Mullaney, Julian Mclain and Ilya Brin, who met as early employees at Iterable. With Strata, teams tell an AI agent what data to move and w...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NUBURU, Inc. (NYSE American: BURU) (“NUBURU” or the “Company”), a next-generation dual-use Defense & Security integrated platform company, today announced that the parties are targeting October 15, 2026 for the notarial meeting relating to the proposed acquisition, through NUBURU Defense Italy S.r.l. (“NDI”), of a 70% controlling interest in Tekne S.p.A. (“Tekne”), the Italian industrial company founded in 1990 with operations in Ortona, Poggiofiorito and Guastalla.W...

BROOKLYN, New York--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carrot (formerly Virtual Field), the most widely used VR testing and diagnostic platform in eye care, today announced an agreement to acquire GreenMan Vision, Inc., the company behind InSightVR. The deal will add intraocular lens (IOL) simulation for cataract surgery to the Carrot Platform and expand Carrot from vision diagnostics into vision simulation. “For more than 40 years, patients have dreaded the visual field test,” said Jeremy Barlow, CEO of Carrot....

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AvaTrade, a leading global online trading broker, today announced it has agreed to acquire the majority of FXCM Group’s business, one of the world’s longest-established Forex and CFD trading brands. Founded in 1999, FXCM was a pioneer of Forex trading for retail investors and has built a loyal global client base over more than two decades. “Our ambition is to help shape the next phase of global online trading,” said Daire Ferguson, CEO of AvaTrade. “This transaction rep...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global private equity firm, today announced that its portfolio company Rocscience (“the Company”), a global leader in geotechnical and engineering software solutions, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Hexagon AB (“Hexagon”) at an enterprise value of approximately $535 million. Upon completion of the transaction, TA will fully exit its investment in the Company.Founded as an independent company in 1996 by Dr. John Curran at th...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”) today announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of approximately 13,600 net acres, most of which is undeveloped acreage, from Ridge Runner Resources II, LLC (“Ridge Runner” and such acquisition, the “Ridge Runner Acquisition”), a portfolio company of EnCap Investments L.P. (“EnCap”). Highlights of the Ridge Runner Acquisition and Matador’s other acquisitions and well results in the W...

WEST BABYLON, N.Y. & LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Certerra today announced the acquisition of Universal Testing & Inspection Services (“Universal” or the “Company”), a New York-based provider of geotechnical drilling, special inspections, construction materials testing and laboratory services for public infrastructure, building construction and heavy civil construction projects. The acquisition strengthens Certerra's position in the Northeast and expands its ability to support clients with a...