4. Private Equity Doubles Down On Channel Acquisitions

Private equity acquisitions of solution providers hit a record high in 2015 with a flurry of deals including eight major investments in the past four months.  

Among the biggest deals over that time include the acquisition of five 2015 CRN Solution Provider 500 companies: Pomeroy (No. 44), NWN (No. 70), Ahead (No. 86), Atlantix Global Systems (No. 144) and Park Place Technologies (No. 270). Other solution providers acquired by private equity include Synoptek and MTM Technologies. 

Sirius Computer Solutions (No. 28) received a new majority owner in September, while private equity bought minority stakes in SoftwareONE (No. 14), New Signature and Inspirage.