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Flourish Health Raises $46 Million To Scale Intensive Mental Health Care For Youth In Crisis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:24 PM

Flourish Health, a mental health provider for young people with serious, complex needs that traditional care models cannot effectively support, announced $26 million in Series A funding led by B Capital, F-Prime, and Cherryrock Capital. Combined with $20 million in previously undisclosed funding, the investment brings Flourish Health's total raised since inception to $46 million. The new capital will support the company's national expansion in partnership with the country's largest health plans.

Kanurra Raises $6.35 Million To Build Pharmacy Benefit Manager For Small And Midsize Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:22 PM

Semih Gultekin announced he has left Aviary Health to found Kanurra, a pharmacy benefit manager for small and midsize employers, raising $6.35 million to build the company. Investors in the round include Asylum Ventures, Daybreak Ventures, Virtue VC, Necessary Ventures, Ford Street Ventures, and Browder Capital, along with a group of individual investors.

Callimacus Secures Investment From Salesforce To Scale AI-Powered Web Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:18 PM

Solomei AI, the company behind the Callimacus platform, announced it has entered into an investment agreement with Salesforce; the CRM company said it is committed to supporting Solomei AI through expanded engineering and AI research capabilities, accelerated product development, and scaled commercial operations across Europe and North America. Callimacus was developed over three years, backed by Foro delle Arti S.p.A., the holding company of the Cucinelli family, which will remain a shareholder alongside Salesforce and the company's founders.

YouTube Expands Partnership With NBCUniversal, Bringing Peacock Premium To YouTube Premium Subscribers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:01 PM

YouTube announced an expanded partnership with NBCUniversal across YouTube and YouTube TV, under which eligible YouTube Premium subscribers in the U.S. will soon gain access to ad-supported Peacock Premium in addition to existing YouTube Premium features such as ad-free viewing, background play, downloads, and YouTube Music.

Wynnchurch Capital To Acquire Luxfer Holdings In Take-Private Transaction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:58 PM

Wynnchurch Capital and Luxfer Holdings announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which an affiliate of Wynnchurch will acquire Luxfer in an all-cash transaction, taking the company private. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Lattice To Acquire AMI For $1.65 Billion, Creating A Complete Secure Management And Control Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:57 PM

Lattice Semiconductor announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with THL Partners to acquire AMI, the leader in platform firmware and infrastructure manageability for cloud and AI, for total consideration of $1.65 billion on a cash-free, debt-free basis, consisting of $1 billion in cash and approximately $650 million in shares of Lattice common stock, subject to customary adjustments.

Goldman Sachs Alternatives To Acquire Majority Stake In Numantec

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:56 PM

Numantec announced that the Private Equity business at Goldman Sachs Alternatives has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in the company from White Bridge Investments and other existing shareholders. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners To Acquire Epic Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:55 PM

Morgan Stanley Investment Management announced that investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners have agreed to acquire Epic Energy, an Australian gas pipeline operator. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals; financial terms were not disclosed.

Central Garden & Pet To Acquire Majority Interest In TRIXIE, Europe’s Leading Pet Supplies Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:54 PM

Central Garden & Pet Company announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in TRIXIE Heimtierbedarf GmbH & Co. KG from founder Bonnik Hansen and current shareholders Dirk Jessen and Volker Haak. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Townsend Raises $2 Billion In Secondaries Push On Path To $3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:53 PM

Townsend, a global real assets specialist and pioneer in private-market real estate secondaries for nearly 20 years, announced that it has raised more than $2 billion in dedicated capital globally for its latest secondaries vintage, with a target of $3 billion. The total includes discretionary parallel vehicles, mandates, and co-investors.

Golding Capital: Buyout VI Funding Reaches First Closing At €283 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:51 PM

Golding Capital Partners announced the first closing of its flagship buyout fund, Golding Buyout VI, securing capital commitments of €283 million from existing and new investors across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, including pension schemes, insurance companies, savings banks, cooperative institutions, and foundations. The fund marks the sixth generation of Golding's buyout strategy.

Carrier To Sell NORESCO To OPTERRA Energy Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:48 PM

Carrier Global announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its NORESCO business to OPTERRA Energy Services, a subsidiary of LS Power. The transaction is expected to close shortly, with financial terms not disclosed.

TransDigm Acquiring Prince & Izant For About $1.066 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:42 PM

TransDigm Group announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prince & Izant, a portfolio company of Industrial Growth Partners, for approximately $1.066 billion in cash, including certain tax benefits. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals in the United States and customary closing conditions.

Antares Raises $470 Million Series C To Deploy Nuclear Microreactors For Critical Missions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:31 PM

Antares announced it has raised $470 million in Series C funding, co-led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital, with participation from Point72 Ventures, Shine Capital, Industrious Ventures, and others. The round, which includes $370 million in equity and $100 million in debt, is intended to accelerate Antares' path from a demonstrated reactor to fielded power systems for defense and space, with initial deployments to U.S. military installations beginning by 2028.

UBS Hires $1.3 Billion Financial Advisor Team Of Four In Tampa, FL

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:31 PM

UBS announced that Private Wealth Advisors Jesse Flatt, Lea Ann Drew, Brandon Burns, and Carlos Rodriguez will join the firm in Tampa, Florida, from Bank of America Private Bank. The team oversees approximately $1.3 billion in client assets, serving ultra-high net worth families and business owners.

EOS Provides $140 Million Refinancing For Mission Hill Hospitality Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:29 PM

EOS Hospitality Credit Partners, the hospitality lending business of EOS Investors LLC, announced it has provided a $140 million refinancing for a three-hotel, 413-key hospitality portfolio owned by Mission Hill Hospitality.

T. Rowe Price And Goldman Sachs Launch New Private Markets Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:28 PM

T. Rowe Price and Goldman Sachs Asset Management announced the launch of the T. Rowe Price Goldman Sachs Private Markets Fund, a new interval fund offering individual investors access to institutional-quality private market opportunities within a single professionally managed portfolio.

Pilot Protocol Launches With $4.5 Million To Build The Internet For Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:26 PM

Pilot Protocol announced it has launched from stealth with $4.5 million in seed funding led by Version One Ventures, with participation from Precursor Ventures, Night Capital, Todd & Rahul Capital, and angel investors Lenny Rachitsky and Ben Tossell.

Cetera Names Craig Bartlett Community Leader Of Cetera Financial Specialists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:25 PM

Cetera announced that Craig Bartlett, CFP, has been named Community Leader of Cetera Financial Specialists, a community of tax-focused financial professionals within Cetera's Tax & Accounting channel.

Conversica Launches Ignite And Announces Majority Recapitalization Led By Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:24 PM

Conversica announced the launch of Ignite, an AI-native Revenue Activation Engine for automotive dealers and dealer groups, alongside a majority recapitalization led by a fund managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. Under the deal, Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital acquires a majority stake while Conversica's management team continues to lead the business and retains a significant ownership position.

Dopl Technologies Raises $6.3 Million To Advance Telerobotic Ultrasound Toward FDA Clearance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:23 PM

Dopl Technologies announced it has closed a $6.3 million seed round led by SpringTide Ventures, bringing the company's total funding to more than $8 million. The oversubscribed round included more than a dozen strategic, institutional, and community-focused investors.

Pagaya Issues AAA-Rated Upsized $900 Million Personal Loan ABS Transaction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:20 PM

Pagaya Technologies Ltd. announced the closing of an upsized $900 million AAA-rated personal loan ABS transaction, PAID 2026-5, marking the company's largest personal loan ABS transaction since 2022.

Seven Hills Realty Trust Closes $24.3 Million First Mortgage Loan For Park City, Utah Retail Property

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 2:18 PM

Seven Hills Realty Trust announced the closing of a $24.3 million first mortgage loan to refinance Kimball on Main, a 25,000 square foot retail property located in Park City, Utah's historic Main Street shopping district.

KKR And Energy Capital Partners Consortium Agrees To $7.7 Billion Takeover Of DCC Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:50 PM

DCC Energy has agreed to a recommended £5.75 billion, or approximately $7.7 billion, all-cash acquisition by a consortium led by KKR and Energy Capital Partners, which would end its run as a publicly listed company if the deal is completed. Gibson Dunn is acting as counsel to KKR and co-counsel to the consortium on the transaction, which represents KKR's largest public-to-private deal in Europe in more than a decade.

OpenAI Launches Health In ChatGPT

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:32 PM

OpenAI announced the launch of Health in ChatGPT to U.S. users, allowing people to securely connect Apple Health and supported medical records so that ChatGPT can help them understand their health information in context, track changes over time, and have more personalized conversations. The feature is rolling out today to logged-in ChatGPT users 18 and older in the U.S. on web and iOS, across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, though it is not yet available in Codex.

Simplilearn Collaborates With Duke University To Prepare Professionals For The AI Era Of Business Analysis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:29 PM

Simplilearn, a global upskilling platform, announced a collaboration with Duke University to launch the Professional Certificate in AI-Powered Business Analysis, a 20-week program designed to prepare professionals for the evolving demands of AI-driven business analysis. The curriculum was vetted and approved by Duke University faculty and includes hands-on projects, practical tools, and an Agentic AI workshop, as well as five live online masterclasses led by Duke faculty, totaling 10 hours of academic engagement.

University Of Missouri Innovation Speeds Up Detection Of Deadly Tick-Borne Disease

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:28 PM

University of Missouri researchers have developed a new method that can detect Rocky Mountain spotted fever in just 40 minutes, a breakthrough the university says could help patients receive treatment sooner. The test involves mixing DNA from a blood sample with specialized reagents in two 20-minute steps and can be completed at room temperature without complex or costly laboratory equipment. After 40 minutes, a change in the liquid's color indicates a positive detection of the bacteria.

SwiftConnect Acquires HID SAFE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:26 PM

SwiftConnect announced the acquisition of HID's Workforce Business Unit, including HID SAFE, a platform for automating identity lifecycle management in the physical world. The transaction builds on HID's prior participation in SwiftConnect's Series B funding round, and HID will hold a minority, non-controlling interest in SwiftConnect following close, which remains an independent company controlled and managed by its existing leadership team.

JM Test Systems Acquires Alltite, Expanding Calibration Capabilities Across The Central United States

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:24 PM

JM Test Systems announced the acquisition of Alltite, LLC, a calibration and torque equipment services provider headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

University Of Waterloo Researchers Develop 3D-Printed Contact Lenses For Your Eyes Only In Just 20 Minutes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:23 PM

University of Waterloo researchers have developed a digital manufacturing platform combining new silicone materials with 3D printing technology that can produce patient-specific contact lenses in as little as 20 minutes, potentially allowing specialized lenses to be designed, manufactured, and dispensed during a single optometrist visit.