AI Wellness and Solar Shine in a Week Dominated by the ‘Private’ in PE

For the week ended Jan. 24, there were just eight deals reported to the CDT Roundup, with only three disclosed values totaling a little more than $1.3 billion. The week prior had 19 deals valued at nearly $18.4 billion, while the year-ago saw nine deals worth about $6.8 billion reported.

The Roundup hasn't seen a cumulative weekly value that low since the week ended June 14 when the nine deals reported had a combined value of $478 million, and that figure is the lowest tallied by the CDT Roundup since May 2020.

As sometimes happens, the week was heavy on private equity deals that the players chose to keep ... well, private. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

January 25, 2026 Jason Philyaw

CDT Roundup: Deals Pop, Dollars Drop in Mixed Week

For the week ended April 18, the CDT Roundup reported on 14 deals with a total valuation of just over $3.5 billion, and nearly half of that value came from one deal. The prior week had 10 deals reported with a total value of slightly more than $5 billion, while a year ago at this time, the Roundup reported on 13 deals valued at nearly $2.4 billion. While total deal volume is up of late, total values are muted somewhat by a number of deals reported sans financial terms.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

April 19, 2026 Jason Philyaw

CDT Roundup: A Quiet End to a Busy Year

The week ending Jan. 3 — the day Larry David claims is the last day you can wish someone Happy New Year — had just two deals reported, with one of DFW's favorite Tex-Mex chains acquiring one of DFW's favorite Cajun spots through bankruptcy court and the announcement of an ATM offering by a Michigan energy company highlight this edition of the CDT Roundup.

January 4, 2026 Jason Philyaw

CDT Roundup: A $40B Data Center Deal Leads a 14-Deal Week

In a $40 billion deal a Blackrock-led consortium of major AI players acquired Plano-based Aligned Data Centers in one of the largest data infrastructure to date. It was one of 14 deals valued at $46.6 billion dollars reported to the Roundup last week. Even so, it was only the seventh-largest Texas-related deal of 2025. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

October 19, 2025 Jason Philyaw

A Flavor for Every Sector Keeps Texas M&A Simmering

There was a little bit of everything in Texas M&A for the week ended Dec. 6, with 16 deals reported and a cumulative value of $9.9 billion.

And we do mean everything.

Industrial device manufacturing. Check. Texas bank consolidation. Check. Deals in the AI power generation ecosystem. Check. Billion-dollar Permian midstream deals. Check. Funding for defense drones. Check. Healthcare software. Check. Waste removal investment. Check. Variable PE swaps in school safety software, pool building, and HR assets. Check. And, of course, a few debt offerings reshuffling pandemic era debt. Also check.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

December 7, 2025 Jason Philyaw

Holiday Hangover Hits the Deal Table

The abbreviated Thanksgiving week that ended Nov. 29 saw six deals reported to the CDT Roundup with a total reported value of $4.1 billion.

We'd compare it to last week's 20 deals for $5 billion, but there's really no comparison. It's easy to hide value in 14 M&A/Funding transactions. With only two M&A deals reported on the week, it's hard to hide anything.

It was the lowest number of M&A transactions since mid-June 2020. And there's no pandemic to blame it on.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

November 30, 2025 Jason Philyaw

SPACs Gobble Targets Ahead of Thanksgiving

The week that ended Nov. 22 saw 20 deals reported with a total reported value of $5.5 billion, heavy on deal volume and private equity transactions, including a PE firm buying a majority stake in Topgolf. The seven days prior saw 16 deals at $16.4 billion, marking ten straight deal-weeks of $11 billion or more. Tailing that streak, a week in the single-digit billions seems like a literal downer.

But this time last year saw fewer deals (15) at a lower reported value ($4.55 billion), and a heavy volume of private transactions tends to depress reported values.

It also proved a special week for SPACs — that and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

November 23, 2025 Jason Philyaw

Texas Deal Frenzy Hits $76B as Consumer, Energy and Health Sectors Roar

The week ended Nov. 8 began with one of the largest deals in years, as Irving consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark acquired the manufacturer of Tylenol. Overall, CDT saw 21 deals with a total value of nearly $76 billion for the week ending Nov. 8. That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

November 9, 2025 Jason Philyaw

From Jet Engines to Electric Wings: Aerospace Leads the Week

The week that ended Nov. 15 saw 16 deals reported to the Roundup, evenly split between M&A and capital/credit markets, with a total value of $16.4 billion. That's down more than a tad from last week's 21 deals valued at nearly $76 billion. But it continues a remarkable run of nine consecutive weeks with total reported values of $11 billion or more.

That and more in this edition of CDT Roundup.

November 16, 2025 Jason Philyaw