Innovation

American Healthcare REIT Names Jon Crosier As Chief Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

American Healthcare REIT has named Jon Crosier Chief Technology Officer, strengthening its enterprise data, analytics and technology infrastructure as the company expands its senior housing platform.

Health Catalyst Names Simeon Kohl As CEO And President And Ben Albert To Become Chief Business Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Health Catalyst has appointed Simeon Kohl as CEO and President and a member of its Board of Directors, effective September 14, 2026.

Proofpoint Names Brian Levey As Chief Legal Officer And Puja Jaspal As Chief People Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Proofpoint has appointed Brian Levey as Chief Legal Officer and Puja Jaspal as Chief People Officer, adding two senior technology executives to its leadership team as the cybersecurity company expands globally and increases its focus on protecting interactions between people, data and artificial intelligence. Both executives bring more than 25 years of leadership experience.

Markel Names Tom Gayner Chairman As Steve Markel Plans Retirement While Simon Wilson And Andrew Crowley Promoted To Co-Presidents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Markel Group has appointed CEO Tom Gayner to the additional role of Chairman, succeeding Steve Markel as the company also promotes Simon Wilson and Andrew Crowley to Co-Presidents.

GHO Capital Names Vivid Sehgal As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

GHO Capital has appointed Vivid Sehgal as Operating Partner, adding more than 30 years of operational and financial leadership experience across healthcare and life sciences to the European healthcare investment firm's operating team.

Concentra Names Tanner Newton As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Concentra has appointed Tanner Newton as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2026, as the occupational healthcare company continues executing its multiyear leadership succession plan.

Michigan State University Receives $30 Million NSF Grant To Establish TEMPEST Turbulence Research Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Michigan State University has received a $30 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Transformative Explorations in Multi-Physics and Engineering of Scientific Turbulence, or TEMPEST, Science and Technology Center, bringing together researchers in physics, mathematics, engineering and artificial intelligence to study one of science's most challenging problems: understanding, predicting and ultimately controlling turbulence.

Oportun Names Former Discover Executive Bill Franklin As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Oportun has appointed Bill Franklin as Chief Financial Officer, adding an executive with more than 20 years of financial leadership experience across consumer lending, capital markets and public-company finance.

Qualcomm And Amazon Expand Multi-Generational Collaboration For Customized AI Data Center Silicon

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Qualcomm Technologies has announced a multi-generational collaboration with Amazon focused on customized silicon for large-scale AI data centers, as the companies expand their work across AI inference and advanced optical connectivity.

Genpact Names Sumita Pandit As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Genpact has appointed Sumita Pandit as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2026, as the company continues investing in its Agentic Operations strategy.

Lowenstein Sandler Adds Brendan Kalb And Nathan Calko To Investment Management & Private Funds Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Lowenstein Sandler has expanded its Investment Management & Private Funds Group with the additions of Brendan R. Kalb and Nachman "Nathan" Calko, bringing additional in-house asset management and private fund formation experience to the practice.

Houlihan Lokey Names Mayra Fregonesi Managing Director To Lead Latin America Coverage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Houlihan Lokey has appointed Mayra Fregonesi as a Managing Director in its Financial Sponsors Group, with responsibility for leading the investment bank's coverage efforts across Latin America.

Firmus Surpasses 900 MW Contracted Capacity With OpenAI Partnership And Malaysia Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Firmus has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with OpenAI under which OpenAI will contract dedicated AI compute capacity from two Firmus AI Factory sites in Malaysia.

Lawfront Completes Two Acquisitions As Group Revenue Approaches £175 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Lawfront has announced two additional acquisitions across its group: Fisher Jones Greenwood is acquiring Giles Wilson, and Farleys is acquiring Houldsworth Solicitors, as the legal services platform continues to expand across regional U.K. markets.

Doncasters Completes $325 Million Debt Refinancing Following IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

DPC Holdings, which operates as Doncasters, has completed a debt refinancing designed to increase liquidity and financial flexibility, reduce annual interest expense and extend its debt maturities following the company's initial public offering.

GoPro Issues $20 Million Convertible Debenture To Yorkville

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

GoPro has issued a $20 million convertible debenture to YA II PN, Ltd., or Yorkville, completing the third closing under a previously announced securities purchase agreement that provided for up to $50 million of convertible debentures.

Six Flags Acquires ArieForce One Roller Coaster And Plans Relaunch At Undisclosed Park In 2028-2029

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has acquired ArieForce One, the Rocky Mountain Construction steel roller coaster formerly located at Fun Spot America Atlanta, and plans to reopen the attraction at an undisclosed Six Flags park during the 2028-2029 operating seasons.

Hyperion DeFi Raises 2026 Guidance And Launches $20 Million Share Repurchase Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Hyperion DeFi has raised its full-year 2026 outlook and authorized a $20 million share repurchase program as the publicly traded decentralized finance company expects its core operations to reach profitability and positive adjusted operating cash flow during the third quarter.

Franklin Templeton And Clarion Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In Stoneshield Capital, Expanding European Real Assets AUM To $13 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Franklin Templeton, through its real estate subsidiary Clarion Partners, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Stoneshield Capital, a European real assets manager with approximately $9 billion (€8 billion) in assets under management.

Qualitas Energy To Acquire Cero Generation’s 5.8 GW European Renewable Energy Platform From Macquarie Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Qualitas Energy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cero Generation's core European platform from Macquarie Group, adding a 5.8 GW portfolio of solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage projects across the U.K., Italy and Spain.

Clean Growth Fund II Reaches £81.5 Million With £22.5 Million Border To Coast Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Clean Growth Fund has completed the second close of Fund II at £81.5 million, taking the specialist UK climate technology venture fund more than halfway toward its £150 million target.

Rohati Capital Closes Oversubscribed $50 Million Inaugural Venture Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Rohati Capital has closed its inaugural venture fund, Rohati Fund I, at $50 million, exceeding its original $30 million target. The Palo Alto-based venture platform was founded by former Amazon operators and is designed to give individual investors and family offices exposure to both venture funds and direct company investments.

Techshop II Reaches €43 Million First Close And Targets €100 Million By 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

The Techshop has announced the €43 million first close of Techshop II, its second venture capital fund, as the Italian investment firm expands its strategy around early-stage B2B software and artificial intelligence companies.

Apogem Capital Closes Eleventh Private Equity Fund At $597 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Apogem Capital has closed Apogem Private Equity Fund XI at $597 million in total commitments, reaching the fund's hard cap and continuing its lower middle-market private equity strategy.

Forus Raises $150 Million Series C At $3 Billion Valuation Led By Bain Capital Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Forus has raised $150 million in Series C financing at a $3 billion valuation, tripling its valuation just months after its Series B and bringing total funding to more than $300 million. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, which has invested in Forus since its seed round. Every existing institutional investor also participated, including Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, Accel, Redpoint, BoxGroup, Pear VC, Vast Ventures and SV Angel.

Moonwalk Biosciences Raises $70 Million Series B To Advance Adipose-Targeted RNAi Obesity Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Moonwalk Biosciences has raised an oversubscribed $70 million Series B financing to advance its pipeline of adipose-targeted RNA interference medicines for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases. The round was co-led by Alpha Wave and YK Bioventures, with participation from Eli Lilly and Company, Gaorong Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and Future Ventures.

Jolt Capital Names Former Accenture EMEA CEO Jean-Marc Ollagnier As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Jolt Capital has appointed Jean-Marc Ollagnier as Operating Partner, adding a former senior Accenture executive with 40 years of experience in technology transformation, artificial intelligence, business services and international leadership.

Veridue Raises $4 Million Pre-Seed Led By Episode 1 Ventures And Launches AI Due Diligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Veridue has raised a $4 million pre-seed funding round led by Episode 1 Ventures and officially launched its AI-native due diligence and M&A platform for energy infrastructure following two years of product development and industry validation.

GE Aerospace To Acquire Consolidated Precision Products For $11.75 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

GE Aerospace has agreed to acquire Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) for $11.75 billion, expanding its capacity to manufacture mission-critical castings used across commercial aviation, aftermarket and defense programs.

Mistral Raises €3 Billion Series D At More Than €21 Billion Valuation Led By Samsung

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Mistral has raised €3 billion in Series D funding at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion, marking what the company described as the largest equity fundraising round ever completed by a European technology company. Samsung Electronics led the round, with the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT and existing investor PSG Equity serving as co-leads.