Acquiring Company
WM Partners
Acquired Company
Allergy Research Group
WellnessVenture CapitalHealth Care
Description
WM Partners, a certified diverse-owned private equity firm focused on investing in middle market companies and driving value creation in the health and wellness sector, today announced that HPH III Investments, LP, together with its parallel and feeder funds ("HPH III"), through its wholly owned entity, has acquired Allergy Research Group LLC ("ARG"), a subsidiary of KI NutriCare ("KIN"), from Kikkoman Corporation. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed