Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota investors

TargetAcquirer

DateLocationLocationDescription

11/9Ecovative Design LLCMultiple investorsEcovative Design, a developer of compostable composites to

Green Island, N.Y. replace plastic foams, has raised $14 million in equity financing

from investors that include Maplewood-based 3M Co.

11/113 wind energy facilitiesAllete Inc.Allete Clean Energy, a unit of Allete Inc., will acquire wind farms

Lake Benton, Minn.; StormDuluthin Minnesota, Iowa and Oregon from AES Corp. in 2014 and has

facility in Pennsylvania in 2015.

11/11Fab Pipe Inc.United States Pipe & U.S. Pipe & Foundry has acquired Fab Pipe, a manufacturer of

RogersFoundry Co.ductile iron and steel process piping products

Birmingham, Ala.

11/11Lee F. Murphy Inc.AssuredPartners Inc. AssuredPartners has acquired the Lee F. Murphy Inc. insurance

11/12IVANS Network ServicesContingent NetworkContingent Network Services has accquired IVANS Network

TampaServicesServices, a computer network services provider, from

CincinnatiMinneapolis-based Ability Network Inc.

11/14Property portfolioBuchanan Street PartnersBuchanan Street Partners has acquired a 10-building portfolio