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Advent International, a global private equity investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in Syspro, a provider of ERP systems.

Regional Leader Yeo & Yeo is growing in Southeast Michigan, while two firms in New Jersey have joined forces.

With the merger, the Regional Leader will add offices in Cedar Rapids and Coralville, Iowa.

Accounting tech space sees major acquisitions this week; Bitwave releases Data Fusion tool for digital assets; TaxValet gains B-corp status; and other accounting tech news.

Tax technology company Vertex announced its acquisition of European e-invoicing company Ecosio

Top 25 Firm Cherry Bekaert announced its acquisition of accounting tech provider Kerr Consulting, becoming one of the largest Sage providers in the U.S.

The Albuquerque-based firm joined CliftonLarsonAllen, effective Aug. 1.

CRI merges in ProSport CPA

Two huge firms are coming together in a $2.3 billion cash-and-stock deal, making the combined firm what is projected to become the seventh largest accounting firm in the U.S. with approximately $2.8 billion in annual revenue.