Mergers & Acquisitions

BALDWIN PARK – October 29, 2026 -- Wheelhouse, the Trivest Partners-backed garage door services platform, has acquired All Star Garage Door, a family-owned residential and commercial operator in California and Utah. The deal is Wheelhouse's second acquisition of 2026.

All Star brings 30-plus employees and a 2024 Utah expansion

Founded in 2008, All Star Garage Door installs, services and repairs garage doors and employs more than 30 people. It serves Southern California, the Central Valley and the Central Coast.

The company entered Utah in 2024, adding the St. George and Park City communities to its footprint.

Wheelhouse CEO cites cultural fit with owner Ryan Salinas' team

Wheelhouse CEO Ron Avidan said All Star's "craftsmanship and customer care" align with the platform's values. Owner Ryan Salinas described the transaction as the start of a new chapter that creates opportunities for continued growth.

Raleigh – October 29, 2026 -- CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has added Pacific Sage Partners (PSP), an Edmonds, Washington-based wealth management firm that advises on approximately $1.1 billion in client assets.

Eight-person PSP team under founder Mark Anderson moves into CAPTRUST

PSP is led by founder and CEO Mark Anderson and has eight team members. The firm has built its business around a holistic approach to wealth management. As with previous CAPTRUST transactions, PSP will adopt the CAPTRUST brand.

Anderson said the combination relieves his team of operational burdens so they can focus more on client financial decisions.

PALM BEACH GARDENS – October 29, 2026 -- Palmdale Propane, a subsidiary of Florida fuel distributor Palmdale Oil, has acquired Affordable Gas, a locally owned propane provider based in Belle Glade, Florida. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Affordable Gas delivers propane, supplies cylinder exchange and offers related services to residential, commercial and agricultural customers in Belle Glade and the surrounding Glades area.

Palmdale extends its commercial and residential propane footprint in South Florida

Palmdale CEO Lachlan Cheatham called the deal "a natural next step" that expands the company's commercial and residential propane presence in South Florida. He said Affordable Gas President Rolando Calvo and his team built the business on dependable service and close customer relationships across the Glades.

DENVER – October 29, 2026 -- Western Microsurgical, LLC (WMS), a portfolio company of HealthEdge Investment Partners, has acquired Q Surgical and Proficient Surgical, extending its surgical microscope sales and service coverage to 18 states in the western and northeastern United States. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Two regional operators add Northern California, Nevada and Northeast coverage

Q Surgical, founded in 2009, serves hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in Northern California and Nevada. Proficient Surgical, founded in 1996, serves the Northeast. Both bring expertise in surgical microscopy and complementary operating room products, plus existing relationships with surgical teams and manufacturers.

Chicago – October 29, 2026 -- EVERSANA has acquired London-based health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) technology company Estima Scientific, adding generative-AI tools for economic modeling, systematic literature reviews and network meta-analysis to its market access offering. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Estima's web-based generative-AI applications integrate proprietary code. Its consulting expertise and software will be folded into EVERSANA's market access and value & evidence solutions. The aim is to help pharmaceutical companies show a drug's clinical and economic value to payers more efficiently and transparently.

Mirabel, Quebec – October 29, 2026 -- Volatus Aerospace Inc. (TSX: FLT) has completed its acquisition of Lithuania-based AISPECO UAB, paying US$3.0 million in cash and issuing 17,434,193 common shares at a deemed price of C$0.5813 per share.

Consideration includes restricted share units and up to US$2.5 million in contingent payments

Volatus will also grant 1,859,804 restricted share units. The share and cash amounts reflect customary working capital adjustments. Additional contingent consideration of up to US$2.5 million is payable in cash or common shares, at Volatus' option, if financial, commercial and product-development milestones are met over three years.

RENO – October 29, 2026 -- Dragonfly Energy Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: DFLI) has completed the $4.0 million acquisition of substantially all operating assets of the Dakota Lithium brand, which it expects to turn accretive to Adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Dakota Lithium generated about $12 million in 2025 revenue despite supply constraints

Based on historical financial information provided to Dragonfly, Dakota Lithium booked approximately $12 million in net revenue in 2025. That was significantly below prior-year levels, as working-capital limitations and inventory constraints materially reduced product availability.

The acquired assets include the brand and related intellectual property, product inventory, a complementary battery portfolio, and customer and distributor relationships. The deal extends Dragonfly's reach across marine, outdoor recreation, powersports, golf cart and other specialty battery markets.

Espoo – October 29, 2026 -- Valmet has agreed to acquire Tieto's manufacturing execution system (MES) business, which generates annual revenues of about EUR 32 million and runs at roughly 300 pulp and paper production sites worldwide. Closing is expected in the second quarter of 2027, subject to customary closing conditions. The release did not disclose the purchase price.

Deal covers TIPS MES and Order to Cash for pulp, paper and fibre

The transaction includes the AI-powered TIPS MES for production planning and execution, plus the Order to Cash solution for the pulp, paper and fibre industry. TIPS MES combines Tieto Indtech's MES and Order to Cash products. It links production planning with manufacturing operations so manufacturers can manage and optimize output in real time. The web-based system is available as software as a service (SaaS). Its generative AI capabilities are meant to complement Valmet's own AI development.

Georgetown – October 28, 2026 -- Dotwork, an AI-native enterprise operating platform, has acquired Arcario Group, a consultancy specializing in enterprise operating models and transformation. The deal closed October 23, and financial terms were not disclosed.

Arcario becomes the base of Dotwork's services and engineering unit

Arcario will form the foundation of Dotwork's services and forward-deployed engineering organization. Arcario founder and CEO Konstantin Popov joins Dotwork as Head of Transformation Services. Existing Arcario client engagements continue with their current teams.

Arcario's leadership previously built an enterprise operating-model practice that was acquired by Cprime. Dotwork founder and CEO Steve Elliott previously founded AgileCraft, which was acquired by Atlassian.

CHICAGO – October 28, 2026 -- 5th Century Partners (5CP) has sold Radon Medical Imaging to Leonard Green & Partners after Radon more than tripled revenue and grew from five states to 26 during the four-year hold. The parties did not disclose financial terms.

Radon scaled from a regional servicer to a 26-state platform under 5CP

5CP invested in Radon in 2022. Radon now employs more than 220 people, including over 135 field service technicians and engineers. The Charleston, West Virginia-based company services, repairs, assembles and sells new and refurbished imaging equipment, including MRI, PET/CT, mammography, cardiac cath lab and C-arm systems.