Innovation

UNISORB Acquires BILZ-USA And Becomes Exclusive North American BILZ Distributor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

UNISORB Installation Solutions has acquired BILZ-USA, expanding its precision vibration isolation, machine mounting and leveling capabilities.

Reliable Automatic Sprinkler And ASC Engineered Solutions Unite As Reliable Safety & Flow Corporation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Reliable Automatic Sprinkler and ASC Engineered Solutions have united to form Reliable Safety & Flow Corporation, creating an integrated platform spanning fire protection, mechanical systems, and engineered flow solutions.

Qapture Investments Acquires Hermetik DeFi Strategies And Flammarion Partners, Appoints Brendan MacNeil Head Of DeFi

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Qapture Investments has completed two strategic transactions aimed at expanding its regulated investment management and decentralized finance capabilities.

GreenFirst Receives More Than $7.5 Million In Ontario Support For Chapleau Modernization And Biomass Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

GreenFirst Forest Products is receiving more than $7.5 million in support from the Government of Ontario for two initiatives at its Chapleau facility aimed at increasing productivity and developing new markets for forest biomass.

LibertyStream Signs Term Sheet For Up To $95 Million In Project Financing From Endurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners has signed a non-binding term sheet with Endurance Finance Partners for a proposed financing framework of up to $95 million.

NovaGo Therapeutics Raises $30 Million Series B To Advance Spinal Cord Injury Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

NovaGo Therapeutics has raised CHF 24 million, or approximately $30 million, in Series B financing to advance its lead treatment candidate into a proof-of-concept study for acute spinal cord injury.

ITP Media Group Acquires Heart Media Group To Expand Across Asia-Pacific

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

ITP Media Group has acquired Singapore-headquartered Heart Media Group, expanding the Middle East-based media company into Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore.

Darcy Partners Acquires Kimberlite Oilfield Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Darcy Partners has acquired Kimberlite Oilfield Research, expanding its energy intelligence platform with proprietary voice-of-customer research and supplier performance data for the global oil and gas industry.

Aukera Closes €460 Million Structured Credit Facility Led By EIG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Aukera has closed a €460 million structured credit facility led by EIG to support the development of its European battery storage, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure portfolio.

Verdera Energy To Sell Treeline Uranium Project To Americas Uranium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Verdera Energy has entered into an agreement to sell a 100% interest in the Treeline Uranium Project in New Mexico to Americas Uranium Corp., subject to existing and newly created royalties.

Tusker Acquires Fortress SRM To Expand Cybersecurity Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Tusker has acquired Fortress SRM, a Cleveland-based cybersecurity services company, expanding its security capabilities and establishing its sixth regional hub. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Enstructure Completes Acquisition Of LOGISTEC Marine Services Division

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Enstructure has completed its acquisition of LOGISTEC's marine services division, creating one of North America's largest and most diversified marine terminal and logistics networks.

La Caisse Invests C$1.76 Billion For 24% Stake In Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

La Caisse has invested approximately INR 121 billion, or C$1.76 billion, to acquire a 24% interest in Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust, India's largest independent telecom tower platform.

Elucid Raises $55 Million Series D As Total Funding Reaches $185 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Elucid has raised $55 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing, bringing total funding for the AI-powered cardiovascular imaging company to approximately $185 million.

WIOCC Group Secures $300 Million Investment From AFC And Vision Invest

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

WIOCC Group has signed an agreement for a combined $300 million strategic investment from Africa Finance Corporation and Vision International Investment Company, providing additional capital to expand its digital infrastructure platform across Africa.

NIIF Infrastructure Fund II Reaches $2 Billion First Close Toward $3.2 Billion Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited has achieved a INR 19,000 crore, approximately $2 billion, first close for NIIF Infrastructure Fund II, representing more than 60% of the fund's INR 30,000 crore, approximately $3.2 billion, target size.

Wonderful Raises $550 Million Series C At $5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Wonderful has raised $550 million in Series C funding at a $5 billion valuation, as the enterprise AI company scales its AI operating system globally. The financing was led by Insight Partners, with participation from Salesforce and existing investors Index Ventures, IVP, Vine Ventures, 9Yards, and Bessemer Venture Partners.

Equity Bancshares And Lincoln Bancorp Agree To $123.8 Million Merger

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Equity Bancshares and Lincoln Bancorp have entered into a definitive merger agreement valued at approximately $123.8 million, expanding Equity Bank's presence in Iowa. Under the agreement, Lincoln will merge into Equity Bancshares and Lincoln Savings Bank will subsequently merge into Equity Bank.

PlusAI To Go Public At $800 Million Pre-Money Valuation Through Texas Ventures III SPAC Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

PlusAI has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Texas Ventures Acquisition III Corp. that values the autonomous trucking software company at an $800 million pre-money equity value.

CDW To Acquire Lovelytics For Approximately $525 Million To Expand Data And AI Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

CDW has agreed to acquire Lovelytics for approximately $525 million, expanding its data, analytics and artificial intelligence services capabilities.

Diversified Energy To Acquire Birch For $1.8 Billion And Expand Carlyle Partnership To $10 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Diversified Energy has agreed to acquire Birch Permian Holdings and certain affiliated companies for approximately $1.8 billion, significantly expanding its position in the Permian Basin.

NetSPI And Synack To Merge, Creating Offensive Cybersecurity Platform With More Than $200 Million In Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

NetSPI and Synack have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, creating a combined offensive cybersecurity company with more than $200 million in revenue and a platform that pairs expert security testing with agentic AI.

Keeper Security Appoints Jessica Krowel And Bill Grabner To Lead North America Private And Public Sector Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Keeper Security has appointed Jessica Krowel as Senior Vice President of North America Sales, Private Sector, and Bill Grabner as Senior Vice President, Public Sector, strengthening its go-to-market leadership as the identity security company continues to expand.

Plenti Raises $3 Million Seed Round Led By Tether To Expand Digital Dollar Platform Across Latin America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Plenti has raised a $3 million Seed round led by Tether, with participation from Verda Ventures, to expand its digital dollar and multicurrency platform across Latin America. The Medellín-based fintech plans to use the funding to consolidate its operations in Colombia and accelerate expansion into Peru and Bolivia.

Frore Systems And Lenovo Unveil AeroBlade Concept Notebook With AirJet Solid-State Cooling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Frore Systems and Lenovo have unveiled the AeroBlade concept notebook, featuring Lenovo's Active Flow Thermal Solution powered by Frore Systems' AirJet solid-state active cooling technology.

Arxis Acquires Schatz Bearing And StratEdge While Projecting More Than $40 Million In Expected FY27 Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Arxis has completed the acquisitions of Schatz Bearing Corporation and StratEdge Corporation, adding specialized aerospace, defense and space components to its industrial platform.

Guardio Raises $40 Million At $1.1 Billion Valuation As ARR Reaches $150 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Consumer cybersecurity company Guardio has raised $40 million in funding at a $1.1 billion valuation, bringing its total funding to $167 million. The financing included an investment from Wiz Co-Founder and CEO Assaf Rappaport, along with existing investors ION Crossover Partners, Union Tech Ventures, Vintage Investment Partners, Cerca Partners and Emerge Ventures.

NT1 To Go Public Through $500 Million SPAC Merger With Plutonian Acquisition Corp. II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Australian mineral exploration company NT1 has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Plutonian Acquisition Corp. II that values NT1 at an estimated $500 million enterprise value. Upon completion, the combined company is expected to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

Netley Capital Reaches $1.2 Billion In Commitments For Tertiaries Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Netley Capital has reached approximately $1.2 billion in committed, deployable capital for its tertiary investment strategy following the final close of its flagship fund at an extended hard cap.

Ally Waste Acquires Swift Integrated Services To Expand Waste Management Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Ally Waste has acquired Swift Integrated Services, a Utah-based provider of dumpster management, doorstep trash pickup and waste brokerage services. Financial terms were not disclosed.