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M&A Activity · Americas

Salesforce agreed to acquire Braze, a listed customer engagement and AI decisioning company, at an equity value of roughly $5.66 billion (reported as $5.7 billion), pending regulatory and shareholder approval.

M&A Activity · Americas

Caldwell is divesting its IQTalent business to WinMil in a deal valued at about $4.7M.

M&A Activity · Americas

The Center Brands, a beauty accelerator, announced the acquisition of the Boscia skincare brand together with Dr. Mamina Turegano, with a direct-to-consumer relaunch planned for Q1 2027.

M&A Activity · Americas

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) entered a definitive all-stock merger agreement to acquire Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), creating a larger US natural gas producer.

M&A Activity · Americas

Bon Secours Mercy Health is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Surgery Partners, the publicly listed US surgical care operator, at about $20 per share (roughly $6bn enterprise value including $3.5bn debt). Bain Capital would keep its ~40% stake. Reported via the Financial Times, with an announcement possibly imminent.

M&A Activity · Americas

Toronto-based AI vendor to banks Zafin acquired Silicon Valley-based Naehas for more than $100 million, its first major acquisition since a private equity takeover by Nordic Capital two years ago.