TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 25, 2023

The news comes four years after private equity giant Thoma Bravo acquired Imperva for $2.1 Founded in 2002, Imperva is a data and application security company with services spanning web application firewalls (WAFs), API security, DDoS protection, account takeover (ATO) protection, data activity monitoring (DAM) and more.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JUNE 27, 2025

Over the past 24 years, we’ve been a trusted partner for top law firms, lenders, and private equity investors, tackling some of the most complex and high stakes matters. GlassRatner expanded into Canada in 2023 with the acquisition of the commercial group of Farber Financial, which has been operating as B. Riley Financial, Inc.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Eleanor Beasley, chief operating officer for EMEA equity execution services, Goldman Sachs Chief operating officer of EMEA equity execution services, Eleanor Beasley, joined Goldman Sachs to manage its new-look market structure team in 2019. She began her career as an analyst at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) in 2002.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Coincidentally, in that same year, The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996 was passed, allowing private equity funds of all types to raise large pools of money from an unlimited number of institutional investors. According to Wells Fargo, in 2023 there are five times as many private equity-backed firms in the U.S.

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The Deal

AUGUST 9, 2023

Our acquisition strategy is aligned with acquiring companies with a traditional product portfolio, who have success and marquee customer relationships that we can transform with our AI platform,” SymphonyAI CEO Sanjay Dhawan told The Deal. Following acquisitions, the company develops AI applications for the target’s clients.

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Periculum Capital

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Company subsequently acquired several smaller oil distributors and launched its car care chemical offerings in 2002. Current owner, Brian Johnson, joined the Company in 1998 as its CFO before becoming an equity partner and eventually acquiring the entire Company. We are thrilled with the acquisition of HP Oil.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 3, 2024

I’ve been doing transactions in the automotive aftermarket since helping America’s Service Station’s private equity owner sell 30 stores in Texas in 2002 to a strategic buyer. Over this time, there are two books that I keep returning to frequently for help in my transactions.

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