Sector trends and deal predictions.

Last week’s acquisitions (Feb 9–15) spanned a mix of private equity and strategic buyers — highlighting how early financial intent signals matter across both sponsor-led and corporate transactions.

Across the middle market, mergers and acquisitions rarely happen overnight. Behind every public deal announcement lies months — sometimes years — of preparation, evaluation, and strategic decision-making that…

Across the middle market, mergers and acquisitions rarely happen overnight. Behind every announcement lies months — sometimes years — of preparation, evaluation, and strategic decision-making. Traditional data sources…

Across the energy transition, environmental services, renewable infrastructure, and decarbonization technology markets, deal activity was driven by a mix of structural tailwinds: corporate net-zero mandates, increasing…

Payments M&A accelerated in 2025 as dealmakers adjusted to a new equilibrium. After the valuation reset of 2023–2024, buyers returned with clearer underwriting standards, while founders and boards recalibrated…

Healthcare M&A in 2025 has remained resilient, even amid tighter capital markets and heightened regulatory scrutiny.

In 2025, the U.S. middle-market AdTech Services sector emerged as a highly active — though often understated — segment of the broader digital advertising M&A landscape. While marquee acquisitions among large platforms…

In 2025, the U.S. middle-market SaaS sector emerged as one of the most active arenas for technology dealmaking. While mega-cap software transactions drew headlines, the majority of SaaS M&A activity occurred below…

In 2025, mergers and acquisitions involving artificial intelligence technology continued to reshape the tech landscape — not just in headline megadeals, but across the middle market as strategic buyers and financial…

M&A in industrial services rarely happens overnight. Unlike faster-moving sectors, transactions in asset-heavy, operationally complex businesses are typically preceded by long periods of internal preparation. Advisors…

Financial services M&A stayed active in 2025 as firms chased scale, distribution, and differentiated capabilities across wealth management, insurance services, specialty finance, and capital markets infrastructure. What…

Digital infrastructure is one of the most dependable deal engines of 2025. This is not because it’s trendy, but because it is foundational, covering cloud operations, managed IT, security, connectivity, and the…