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Sep 22, 2021

Peraton acquires aaS business of Herndon tech company

Herndon-based federal contractor Peraton Inc. acquired the as-a-service business of Herndon-based IT company ViON Corp., it announced Wednesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Peraton acquired ViON’s cloud business and its employees, adding to its storage, computing and network capacity. The company also acquired the business’s contracts with the U.S. Departme[...]

Sep 21, 2021

Criterion Systems acquires Protas Solutions

Vienna-based Criterion Systems Inc. has acquired Reston-based Protas Solutions Inc., a government contractor providing data science, software engineering and management consulting services to the intelligence community. Financial terms of the deal were not publicly disclosed.  Protas will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Criterion, a federal contractor specializing in cybersecurity and IT [...]

GTT completes $2B infrastructure sale
Sep 17, 2021

GTT completes $2B infrastructure sale

McLean-based telecommunications company GTT Communications Inc. finalized the sale of its infrastructure division to Miami-based I Squared Capital, the company announced Friday, allowing GTT to move forward on Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Although the financial details were not disclosed by the companies this week, the sale price was anticipated to be $2.15 billion in October 2020. According […]

LAURA IPSEN President and CEO, Ellucian Inc., Reston
Sep 15, 2021

Ellucian acquisition deal closes

The acquisition of Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian by investment firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners has been completed, the companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York-based Blackstone and Texas-based Vista Equity acquired Ellucian from Texas-based TPG Capital and Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners. “Toda[...]

Sep 15, 2021

Vienna-based Spire Global to buy Canadian company for $161.2M

Vienna-based space-focused data and analytics company Spire Global Inc. has entered into a $161.2 million deal to purchase exactEarth Ltd., a Canadian maritime data provider, the two companies announced Tuesday. Spire, which is set to close on the cash and stock purchase late this year or in early 2022, will operate Ontario-based exactEarth as a […]

Sep 14, 2021

Booz Allen acquires Fredericksburg-based Tracepoint

Fortune 500 global management consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has acquired Tracepoint, a Fredericksburg-based digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) company, Booz Allen announced Monday. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Baton-Rouge based Plexos Group LLC, Tracepoint CEO Chris Salsberry, Brett Anderson and Rob Driscoll co-founded Tracepoint in December 2019. Tracepoi[...]

Sep 13, 2021

TransUnion to acquire majority of Neustar for $3.1B

Chicago-based consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reston-based identity management tech company Neustar Inc.’s marketing, fraud and communications businesses for $3.1 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The Neustar acquisition is expected to generate approximately $575 million in revenue and $115 mi[...]

Sep 8, 2021

Tysons-based Neosystems to be acquired by High Street Capital

Tysons-based Neosystems is being acquired by High Street Capital, a Chicago-based private equity firm, the company announced Wednesday. Neosystems is an IT systems integrator and managed services provider to government contractors. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The current management team of Neosystems, including CEO and co-founder Michael Tinsley and co-founder and Chief [&helli[...]

Sep 8, 2021

Guidehouse to acquire McLean tech company

Tysons-based consulting company Guidehouse announced Wednesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire McLean-based company Dovel Technologies Inc. The sale is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year. “The acquisition of Dovel is a strategic step in our journey to create the next generation global consultancy, bringing together best-in-class portfolios, […]

Sep 7, 2021

Spok reviewing options for potential sale of company

Arlington-based health care communications tech company Spok Holdings Inc. announced Friday that it is conducting a strategic review of its options, which may include selling the publicly traded company. California-based Acacia Research Corp. and its partner, New York-based Starboard Value LP, publicly expressed interest in acquiring Spok and have accumulated more than 5% of Spok’s […[...]

Sep 7, 2021

Richmond’s Universal Corp. to acquire Pennsylvania flavoring company

Richmond-based agriculture products supplier Universal Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire specialty ingredient, flavoring and food company Shank’s Extracts Inc., it announced Tuesday. Founded in 1899, Shank’s is a privately-held company specializing in vanilla extract products. The company, which has more than 200 workers, manufactures more than 2,400 extracts, distillates,[...]

Aug 31, 2021

Tigercomm to acquire Florida clean energy PR firm

Vienna-based Tigercomm, a clean energy-focused public relations firm, is acquiring Tampa, Florida-based Chase Media Services LLC, in a deal that is expected to be completed by Nov. 1. Mike Casey, the Tigercomm founder and president, said the acquisition will help Tigercomm meet growing demand from clean economy sectors. “This acquisition is a strong fit with […]

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