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Mentari Completes Merger with InMed and $490 Million Financing

The combined migraine-prevention biotech will trade on Nasdaq as Mentari with a pipeline built around PACAP biologics and a 2027 data slate.
Deals · November 12, 2026

Installed Building Products Completes $698 Million Old Dominion Deal

The insulation installer bought a mechanical and industrial installer that generated about $370 million in LTM revenue to lift commercial revenue to about 28% of the mix.
Deals · November 12, 2026

GCI Completes $310 Million Quintillion Fiber Acquisition

The Alaska communications provider closed its purchase of Q Gateway Intermediate Holdings to fold 1,800-plus miles of subsea and terrestrial fiber into a unified statewide network.
Deals · November 12, 2026

Komatsu to Buy Astec's Roadtec Unit for $75 Million

The sale of a loss-making road-paver unit is expected to lift Astec's adjusted EBITDA margin by about 200 basis points.
Deals · November 12, 2026

Ardent Health to Buy Boone Health in $47 Million Cash Deal

The healthcare operator will commit $200 million over 10 years to expand Mid-Missouri access and expects 6-8% Adjusted EBITDA accretion by year three.
Deals · November 12, 2026

Perma-Pipe to Take 51% of Welspun IFBE Coating JV

A Qatar subsidiary will buy a controlling stake in a newly formed Indian unit so the piping group can add internal fusion-bonded epoxy coating and a local platform for India and export work.
Deals · November 11, 2026

NovaGold to Consolidate 100% Ownership of Donlin Gold December 1

The arrangement consolidates 100% of Alaska’s Donlin Gold under a new Delaware parent after Paulson’s 40% stake is taken in an all-share deal.
Deals · November 11, 2026

IRT and Centerspace Shareholders Approve Merger With $8.1 Billion Combined Enterprise Value

Stockholders cleared the all-stock combination that would create a multifamily REIT with more than 44,000 units in non-gateway Sunbelt, Midwest and Mountain West markets.
Deals · November 11, 2026

NCMI Completes Captivate Deal, Raises 2026 Savings Target

Third-quarter revenue was $61.4 million as Captivate closed Sept. 18, and the company now expects fourth-quarter revenue of $117.0 million to $124.0 million.
Deals · November 10, 2026

Archrock to Buy HiVolt Energy in $415 Million Cash Deal

The natural gas compression company will add a prime power microgrid platform and fund the $415 million upfront cash with its ABL facility.
Deals · November 10, 2026

NRG Agrees to Sell 4.9 GW of Gas Plants to LS Power

The energy company booked $2.01 billion of third-quarter Adjusted EBITDA and initiated 2027 guidance that excludes the $4 billion sale.
Deals · November 9, 2026

HealthSpan Partners to Buy Surgery Partners in $6.0 Billion Cash Deal

The Bon Secours Mercy Health affiliate raised its offer to $25.00 a share after an unsolicited $28.00 bid, adding ticking fees if stockholder approval is obtained before March 1, 2027 and closing slips past that date.
Deals · November 9, 2026

CorMedix to Buy Heron Assets in Cash-and-Stock Deal

The biopharmaceutical company will add four hospital-focused products, including ZYNRELEF, and expects the deal to be immediately accretive.
Deals · November 9, 2026

Charles River to Buy Frontage Bioanalysis in $470 Million Cash Deal

The contract research lab is taking Frontage private with Tigermed and Dr. Song Li, then carving out Exton clinical bioanalysis and DMPK sites to lift its clinical share of a market it said is due to reach $8 billion to $9 billion by 2031.
Deals · November 9, 2026

CNH to Sell 70% of Construction Unit to Kobelco

The equipment maker will take $700 million in cash and keep a 30% stake as it advances a shift to a pure-play agriculture company.
Deals · November 9, 2026

Abeona to Buy APT-1011 in $20 Million Equity Deal

The commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company is pairing the asset-purchase of a Phase 3-ready eosinophilic esophagitis candidate with a $30 million private placement to fund the pipeline.
Deals · November 9, 2026

Micro-Cap Deals Roundup for Week of Nov. 2, 2026

ARRAY Technologies and Shoals Technologies Group signed a stock-for-stock merger agreement with a fixed exchange ratio of 1.6931 ARRAY shares for each Shoals share. Bernhard Capital Partners completed its approximately $1 billion all-cash acquisition of Bowman Consulting Group.
Weekly Deals · November 8, 2026

Deals Roundup for Week of Nov. 2, 2026

Brookfield and CPP Investments completed the LXP acquisition at a valuation of about $5.2 billion including net debt and preferred equity; DTE agreed to sell DTE Vantage for approximately $3 billion; and Five9 signed an agreement to acquire Level AI.
Weekly Deals · November 8, 2026

WhiteFiber Completes $60 Million Purchase of Two Yadkin County Industrial Properties for Data Center Development

The AI-infrastructure company closed a cash asset purchase of two industrial sites it plans to retrofit into NC-2 and NC-3 campuses near its Madison, North Carolina, flagship.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Willdan Completes $285 Million Cash Purchase of Mantis Innovation

Willdan said the combination lets clients cut consumption, buy energy more effectively, and use existing grid capacity as electricity demand rises.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Vistra Completes $4.0 Billion Cogentrix Energy Acquisition

The power generator now owns about 5,500 MW of natural gas plants across PJM, ISO New England and ERCOT, with mid-single-digit 2027 Ongoing Operations AFCFbG per-share accretion.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Victory Capital to Close First Eagle Deal by Q1 2027

The asset manager said integration planning is under way as it works toward a close subject to regulatory approvals and client consents.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Empower Brands Proposes $1.6 Billion Cash Takeover of Helen of Troy

The consumer-products consortium said the all-cash bid would create a $2.9 billion-revenue platform, a framing Helen of Troy’s board rejected as undervaluing the company.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Mapfre Affiliate to Buy Safety in $1.54 Billion Cash Deal

Stockholders approved the merger at a November special meeting; closing still awaits remaining regulatory clearances.
Deals · November 8, 2026

BRC Group to Buy Sangoma in $203.7 Million Mixed Deal

The company said the business communications solutions provider will add recurring revenue and create opportunities for operating synergies in its Communications platform.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Planet Fitness Completes Be-Fit Acquisition for €102.5 Million

The Judgement Free Zone franchisor closed the Portugal deal as a sixth international market and a second European country.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Penguin Solutions to Sell Cree LED to Transom Capital

The all-cash sale is meant to sharpen Penguin’s focus on data center AI infrastructure and memory and would advance its ongoing transformation toward a pure-play, data center-focused company.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Mueller Water Products Agrees to Transition Metering Business to ZENNER USA

The water-products maker said the agreement to transition the metering business will let it concentrate capital on stronger competitive positions.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Ares Capital to Buy MidCap Financial in $2.6 Billion Deal

The largest publicly traded BDC will pay $10.88 a share, a 30.1% premium, to fold MidCap Financial into a combined book of more than 800 companies.
Deals · November 8, 2026

LightPath Completes $4.5 Million Sale of China Unit

The optics maker closed a previously announced sale of its China subsidiary that leaves it with no facilities or operations in China.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Evommune to License EVO570 Outside Greater China for $30 Million Upfront

The clinical-stage biotech is adding an oral VAV1 degrader to expand into T- and B-cell-driven autoimmune diseases.
Deals · November 8, 2026

Intersnack to Buy Utz Class A Stock for $14.25 a Share in Cash, at About $2.9 Billion Enterprise Value

The German snack maker will take Utz private at $14.25 a share, with the Rice and Lissette family keeping a 50% stake.
Deals · November 7, 2026

NorthWestern Energy Group to Combine With Black Hills

The two utilities framed the merger as a scale-and-investment play aimed at data-center-driven power demand.
Deals · November 7, 2026

Kontoor Completes Sale of Lee to Authentic Brands Group

Kontoor Brands will use the sale to concentrate on Wrangler and Helly Hansen and fund a $400 million accelerated share repurchase.
Deals · November 7, 2026

Liberty Media Acquires Malone High-Vote Series B Stock

The all-stock swap is meant to keep the founder’s voting power from passing to a third party.
Deals · November 7, 2026

Five9 to Buy Level AI in $325 Million All-Cash Deal

The cloud contact-center platform said Level AI’s native CX applications will automate more voice and digital interactions and turn conversations into organization-wide insights.
Deals · November 7, 2026

First Capital to Buy First Bancorp of Indiana in $33.2 Million Stock Deal

The all-stock merger is meant to deepen First Capital's community-banking franchise across Southern Indiana and Western Kentucky.
Deals · November 7, 2026

Enhanced to Take 77% Stake in DEAG

The sports-IP company said the all-stock purchase of a controlling interest in the German live-events promoter would combine owned sports IP, a telehealth platform and about 6,000 annual events with proprietary ticketing.
Deals · November 7, 2026

Dropbox to Buy Tigris Data in AI Infrastructure Push

The cloud-storage company said the deal extends two decades of large-scale storage work into AI infrastructure, alongside new AI capabilities for existing Dropbox content.
Deals · November 7, 2026

Colony Completes First Reliance Merger Effective Nov. 1

The $163 million stock-and-cash combination created a Southeast community banking franchise with about $5 billion in assets.
Deals · November 7, 2026

Holvek Technologies Seeks Capital for Unlaunched Forecast Platform

The Wyoming issuer is registering a best-efforts offering to fund a subscription-based economic forecasting service it has not yet built.
IPO Watch · November 6, 2026

Ja-Lika Corp to Sell Shares for Wellness Software Build

The Wyoming development-stage company is registering a self-underwritten primary offering to fund Recovery Readiness Assessment Software.
IPO Watch · November 6, 2026

Protara Completes $8.75 Million Novex Asset Purchase

Protara bought Novex’s manufacturing-related assets to bring TARA-002 production in-house ahead of a potential commercial launch.
Deals · November 6, 2026

Sylvamo to Sell Europe Business to Midas Atlantic Partners

The paper company said the carve-out would leave it more focused and better able to invest in remaining mills.
Deals · November 6, 2026

Bernhard Capital Partners Completes $1 Billion Bowman Buyout

The infrastructure-focused private equity firm closed the all-cash acquisition at $43.00 a share, a 58% premium to Bowman’s unaffected close, and the engineering firm became privately held.
Deals · November 6, 2026

Axon to Invest $1.2 Billion in Skydio

The public-safety technology company is taking a major stake in the drone maker and becoming its exclusive U.S. and Canada public-safety distributor.
Deals · November 6, 2026

AST SpaceMobile to License Firefly Engines for Own Blacklift Rocket

The satellite operator will custom-build a 20-ton Blacklift rocket using Firefly’s Miranda and Vira engines, with first launches planned for late 2028.
Deals · November 6, 2026

Andersons to Buy Harvestone Low Carbon in $915 Million Deal

The agribusiness and renewables company said the purchase adds about 215 million gallons of ethanol capacity and lifts its Renewables platform by more than 40%.
Deals · November 6, 2026

Korsana Completes Cyclerion Merger and $380 Million Raise

Cash and cash equivalents were about $456.2 million at September 30, 2026, which the company said should fund operations into 2029.
Deals · November 5, 2026

ANI Pharmaceuticals to Offer $560 Million for Egetis

The offer would add an FDA-approved therapy for MCT8 deficiency as ANI pushes its rare-disease transformation.
Deals · November 5, 2026