60 Seconds with Swett: October Smashes M&A Record

We were predicting a record-breaking end to the year in terms of M&A activity, but we are not sure we expected a 100+ deal month, with 110 transactions and counting. Just to put that in perspective, the previous record for any month was 77 deals in October of last...

Newmark Ends October with Portfolio Closings

Newmark announced a flurry of transactions at the end of October involving various institutional firms. The largest was a portfolio of seniors housing communities in the Northeast known as “Stars and Stripes.” Word on the street is that the portfolio sold for north of...

DoseMe Buys Clinical Decision Support Platform Firstline

DoseMe, a portfolio company of private equity firm Fairlong Capital, announced on November 3 its acquisition of Vancouver, Canada-based Firstline. Firstline is a mobile-first clinical decision support platform. It enables clinicians to rapidly access local,...

Asker Acquires Swiss Company Innomedicus

On November 3, medical technology firm Asker Healthcare Group announced that it acquired Swiss company Innomedicus. Innomedicus is a niche distributor specializing in equipment and services for precision diagnostics and minimally invasive procedures in urology. The...