{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/651b0df875e52b001192e36d/69e5392c6e5b90839ab25d38?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"E55: 3 Strategic M&A Deals: Harvest + Cartograph, Enginr + Nuqleous, and Carry’s $80M Exit","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/651b0df875e52b001192e36d/1776955033768-0404d286-3b16-43a0-86e1-8cb7af3ef3e3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Strategic M&amp;A is up 40% year-over-year on LOI volume. And this week's deals prove the closings are following.</p><p><br></p><p>Christian and Ayelet are back for Deal Review Friday with three deals that just crossed the wire — including Mountain Gate's fifth add-on in under five weeks, a retail intelligence merger that was clearly part of the thesis from day one, and one of the more creative dual-strategic acquisitions we've seen in a while.</p><p><br></p><p>Three deals. One market signal. Fifteen minutes. (Okay, twenty.)</p><p><br></p><p>⏱️ TIMESTAMPS</p><p>0:00 — LinkedIn buffering, as usual</p><p>0:48 — Market signal: strategic LOIs up 40% YoY per Spearhead Corp Dev</p><p>1:30 — PE deal volume Q1: $216B, up from $190B — but strategics are the real story</p><p>2:46 — Deal #1: Harvest Group (Mountain Gate) acquires Cartograph — 35 days after platform close</p><p>5:35 — Cartograph's superpower: scaling challenger brands on Amazon</p><p>6:44 — Full disclosure: Mountain Gate is not sponsoring this podcast</p><p>7:13 — Who advised? Chris Moe peels back the layers</p><p>8:30 — Deal #2: Engine + Nuqleous merge to form end-to-end retail intelligence platform</p><p>12:18 — CPG point solution fragmentation and why this merger was inevitable</p><p>13:26 — Nick Dossier: repeat offender, same playbook, larger scale</p><p>14:00 — Crisp lit up this category — and Engine is now the OG competitor</p><p>16:24 — Engine's full acquisition history: Evertech, Leftbridge, now Nuqleous</p><p>17:18 — Deal #3: Cary sells for $80M on $900K ARR — AngelList + Lettuce split the asset</p><p>19:00 — Founder's second exit (first was Teachable at $250M)</p><p>20:04 — Wrap: yes, we went over 15 minutes again</p><p><br></p><p>🔔 Subscribe — we're going live every Friday</p><p>💬 Drop deals you want us to cover in the comments</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Christian and Ayelet</p><p>Ayelet’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayelet-shipley-b16330149/</p><p>Christian's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassold/</p><p>Web: https://www.inorganicpodcast.co</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@InorganicPodcast</p>","author_name":"Christian Hassold & Ayelet Shipley"}