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Crown Castle's Fiber Solutions business
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Alora Healthcare Systems
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CyberCatch
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Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount Skydance$60B22d
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eBay Inc.
eBay Inc.GameStop Corp.$55.5B12d
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Electronic Arts
Electronic ArtsPublic Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake, Affinity Partners$55B3d
MER
AvalonBay Communities
AvalonBay Communities+Equity Residential$50B17d
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American Water Works Company, Inc.
American Water Works Company, Inc.+Essential Utilities, Inc.$40B1d
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Frontier Communications
Frontier CommunicationsVerizon$20B23d
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Waters Corporation
Waters Corporation+BD$17.5B2d
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Economic Group Pension Services
Economic Group Pension ServicesBlue Ridge Associates$17B8d
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Ørsted’s European onshore business
Ørsted’s European onshore businessCopenhagen Infrastructure Partners$14B16d
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Organon & Co.
Organon & Co.Sun Pharmaceutical Industries$12.5B19d
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Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc.+Globalstar, Inc.$11.6B5d
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Crown Castle's Fiber Solutions business
Crown Castle's Fiber Solutions businessZayo$8.5B14d
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Market closedFriday · May 15 · 2026Day 876 of tracking every deal

$209.5B
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Every acquisition, merger, IPO, and funding round — documented the day it happens, with the context you'd expect from a senior analyst.

31 Acquisitions11 Mergers3 IPOs10 Fundraises
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Lead story · Acquisition of the week
HologicNASDAQ: HOLXMARLBOROUGH, MA$18.3BALL CASH · ACQBlackstonelead buyerTPGco-buyerAPR 9FILINGREVIEWQ4 '26
$18.3BLargest healthcare take-private of 2026
LEADHealthcare · PE Take-PrivateAnnounced Apr 9
Hologic
Blackstone
TPG
Hologic · Blackstone · TPG

Hologic to go private in $18.3B Blackstone & TPG buyout — third medtech take-private this quarter.

The Marlborough-based medical technology company agreed to be acquired by a private equity consortium, marking the third $10B+ healthcare take-private this year. The deal values Hologic at a 28% premium to its 30-day VWAP and signals renewed PE appetite for stable medtech cash flows amid the broader IPO drought.

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