Colorado cannabis brand Spherex agreed to acquire indoor and outdoor cultivation facilities from The Cannabist Company and affiliates as part of Cannabist's restructuring, becoming vertically integrated.
GenServe closed deals for Seattle's D Square Energy, New Jersey UPS specialist Static Power, Alternative Power Solutions and Houston's 1st Class Generator Services, adding Pacific Northwest reach and East Coast UPS capability.
Accounting and advisory firm Citrin Cooperman acquired Rosetree Solutions, a consultancy that designs and deploys AI systems for clients, to accelerate middle-market AI adoption.
AI infrastructure company Nasuni highlighted its recent acquisition of DryvIQ as it rolled out AI Activate, Enterprise Search and Resilio 6.0 across its File Data Platform.
NextPlat Corp closed the purchase of an independent pharmacy near Pensacola for $1,485,439 in cash; the profitable business generated about $5.6 million in 2025 sales.
Repligen Corporation has closed its previously announced acquisition of Nasdaq-listed BioLife Solutions, a developer of cell processing tools and biopreservation media for the cell and gene therapy market. BioLife's CryoStor-led portfolio supports 18 commercially approved therapies and the majority of U.S. commercially sponsored cell-based trials, adding what Repligen calls a high-margin consumables business with recurring revenue to its bioprocessing lineup.
Simulations Plus, the Nasdaq-listed developer of model-informed and AI-accelerated drug development software, announced the completion of its acquisition by affiliates of healthcare-focused investment firm Altaris. The transaction was originally announced on June 16, 2026, and shares of the company were converted at the effective time of the merger.
The Sterling Group's lower middle market Foundation Fund has acquired Slingmax Group, an Aston, Pennsylvania-based manufacturer and distributor of engineered slings and rope solutions for lifting, pulling and securing. Seller River Associates built the platform from Yale Cordage in 2020, adding I&I Sling and Slingmax in 2023 and Wisconsin Lifting Specialists in June 2026; the deal closed September 30 and is River's fourth exit of 2026.
PS Logistics division TA Services acquired the assets and operations of Carmen Pacheco Transportation and Interload Forwarding, adding five warehouses totaling over 550,000 square feet and operations in El Paso and Laredo.
Global Battery Materials Corp. has closed a plan of arrangement acquiring all outstanding shares of TSX-V-listed Lomiko Metals for cash consideration of $0.13 per share.
Search platform Algolia has acquired New York-based Velou, which uses multimodal AI to extract product data from catalog text and images for more than 50 retail and premium brand enterprise customers.
AI-native brokerage platform Gyde has acquired Atlanta-area employee benefits firm Capstone Benefits Consulting, its first deal in employee benefits and an extension beyond Medicare and individual plans.
Personalized Story Group has acquired Slovenian personalized book publisher Hooray Heroes, which has created more than three million personalized books, adding it to a portfolio including Story Bug and My Story Tale.
Rule42 Sports has acquired 64 Analytics, an NCAA transfer portal resource for college baseball and softball, with founder Jason Ratcliff joining as Director of Amateur Baseball Analytics.
Cenovus Energy has signed a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire Athabasca Oil Corporation at $12.00 per share in cash and stock, implying an enterprise value of $5.7 billion and equity value of roughly $5.8 billion. Shareholders can elect cash or 0.264 Cenovus shares, subject to pro-ration capped at $4.3 billion cash and 44.4 million Cenovus shares. The price is a 14% premium to Athabasca's 20-day VWAP, with closing expected in December 2026.