Innovation

SPINS Acquires MikMak, Expanding Shopper Engagement And Omnichannel Activation Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

SPINS, a provider of CPG data, insights, and commerce solutions, has acquired MikMak, a commerce intelligence and omnichannel orchestration company, as the firms push to help brands engage and measure shoppers across increasingly fragmented buying journeys.

Skild AI Raises $1.4 Billion At $14 Billion Valuation For AI Robotics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Skild AI, a Pittsburgh-based AI robotics company developing a foundation model designed to serve as a general-purpose “brain” for multiple types of robots, announced it has raised close to $1.4 billion in new funding at a valuation above $14 billion.

Golden State Dermatology Expands Comprehensive Care With Acquisition Of NorCal Vein Specialists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Golden State Dermatology (GSD), a physician-owned dermatology platform with 45 locations and more than 125 providers across California, has acquired NorCal Vein Specialists, a two-location vein care practice serving patients in Northern California.

Coller Capital: $17 Billion Raised For Global Private Equity Secondaries Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Coller Capital announced it has reached the final closing of Coller International Partners IX (CIP IX), its largest fund to date, bringing total capital raised in its latest fundraising cycle to $17 billion across its global private equity secondaries platform.

Jadwa Investment Launches SAR 750 Million GCC-Focused Private Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Jadwa Investment has launched its flagship private credit vehicle, the Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Credit Fund, targeting up to SAR 750 million (about $200 million) as the firm expands its regional private credit platform beyond deal-by-deal strategies.

Empower Adds Blackstone To Private Markets Partnership Program For DC Plans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Empower announced Blackstone has joined its private markets investment partnership program, expanding the menu of private market strategies the retirement-services provider can offer to defined contribution plan participants through collective investment trusts.

Coating Place Lands Growth Investment From 1315 Capital To Expand Microencapsulation CDMO Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Coating Place, a U.S.-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in microencapsulation, has secured a strategic growth capital investment from 1315 Capital, the firms said. Financial terms were not disclosed.

OpenAssets Launches As Pointsville Parent Brand To Build the Open Standard For Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

OpenAssets has launched as the new parent brand of Pointsville, positioning itself as an open-standards provider for digital financial infrastructure aimed at institutional and sovereign users. The company said it is building a “trusted foundation” for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization as capital markets move toward digital issuance and faster settlement.

PolyAI Names Ryan Longfield President Of Go-to-Market As Enterprises Move Agentic AI Into Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

PolyAI, an enterprise agentic AI company focused on customer experience, has appointed Ryan Longfield as President of Go-to-Market, a newly created role that expands the company’s senior leadership as it scales commercial operations amid rising enterprise demand for production-grade AI agents.

Capital Engine Announces Strategic Alliance With Regiment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Capital Engine and Regiment Securities have formed a strategic alliance to expand distribution and co-syndication capabilities for select private-market investment opportunities, as demand grows for technology-enabled infrastructure supporting capital formation across alternative assets.

Firstsource Acquires TeleMedik to Expand Digital Offerings in U.S. Healthcare Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Firstsource Solutions, a business management services provider and an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, said it has acquired TeleMedik, a Puerto Rico-based developer and implementer of healthcare technology solutions, in a move aimed at strengthening its end-to-end clinical and utilization management capabilities and expanding its presence across U.S. healthcare payer and provider networks.

Lumivero Acquires SharpCloud, Aiming To Speed Up Enterprise Decision-Making

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Lumivero, a provider of research and decision software, has acquired SharpCloud, a UK-based visualization software company that helps organizations connect disparate datasets into a single interactive view for business and portfolio decision-making.

MPearlRock Acquires The Good Crisp Company to Expand Clean-Label Salty Snacks Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

MPearlRock has acquired The Good Crisp Company, adding a fast-growing “better-for-you” salty snack brand to its portfolio as the firm looks to scale emerging consumer packaged goods brands with cleaner labels and broad retail potential. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Dentons: Soline Louvigny Added As Partner In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Dentons has expanded its Paris Banking & Finance offering with the addition of Soline Louvigny as a partner focused on debt capital markets, alongside the arrival of associate Alicia Ghislain. The firm said the hires deepen its capital markets capabilities in France and further support the buildout of its integrated European platform, complementing established DCM teams across Europe, the U.S., the U.K. and other major financial centers.

Plasticade Acquires Mr. Chain To Expand In Safety Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Plasticade, a portfolio company of Radial Equity Partners, has acquired Mr. Chain, expanding Plasticade’s presence in the safety market and broadening its lineup of traffic safety, crowd control, and barrier products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

InductiveHealth Buys SSDataInfo To Bolster Disease Surveillance Support For Health Departments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

InductiveHealth announced it has acquired SSDataInfo, a public health technology company known for its long-standing work developing and supporting the NEDSS Base System, a CDC-developed platform used by public health departments to manage reportable disease data and transmit notifiable disease information to the CDC.

First Supply Expands Chicagoland Presence With Acquisition Of Able Distributors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

First Supply has acquired Able Distributors, an HVAC supplier with four branch locations across the Chicagoland area, as the Wisconsin-based wholesaler continues a long-term expansion strategy in one of its priority Midwest markets.

iCapital Appoints Gary Gallagher As President To Lead U.S. Go-to-Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

iCapital, a fintech company focused on alternative investments and other non-traditional products for wealth managers and advisors, has appointed wealth-management executive Gary Gallagher as president, reporting to Chairman and CEO Lawrence Calcano.

Bayer Expands Into Molecular Imaging With Acquisition Of Attralus Pan-Amyloid Radiotracers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Bayer has signed definitive agreements to acquire two investigational molecular imaging agents from Attralus, Inc., moving the company into the diagnostic tracer space as it looks to broaden its molecular imaging footprint and strengthen its cardiovascular precision medicine strategy.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Adds Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has appointed Stephane Bancel, the chief executive officer of Moderna, to its board of directors as an independent member, adding a life sciences and scale-up veteran as the fusion company pushes toward commercialization.

Duck Creek Technologies Names Jose Lazares Chief Product Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Duck Creek Technologies has appointed enterprise software and AI product executive Jose Lazares as chief product officer, tasking him with leading the company’s global product organization and advancing its AI-driven product strategy across Duck Creek’s cloud platform.

Alta Semper Raises $57.5 Million From EIB Group And IFC For Growth Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Alta Semper Capital, a London-based private equity firm focused on healthcare and consumer investments in high-growth markets, announced it has secured $57.5 million in commitments for Alta Semper Growth Fund II from a consortium of investors led by the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Kraken Robotics Announces $35 Million In SeaPower Battery Sales to Three Customers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Kraken Robotics announced it has secured $35 million in SeaPower subsea battery sales from three customers, marking continued commercial traction for its pressure-tolerant power systems used on unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).

Beyond Secure Acquired By NuView, New Managed IT And Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Beyond Secure, an Austin-based managed security solutions provider focused on regulated industries, has been acquired by NuView, a newly formed managed IT and cybersecurity platform backed by RFE Investment Partners and Mansfield Investment Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed.

TJC Deepens Investment In GrowthLoop To Back Agentic AI Marketing Platform Built On The Data Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

TJC announced it has made a follow-on investment in GrowthLoop, extending a financial partnership that began with TJC’s initial investment in 2022 as enterprises look to modernize marketing with agentic AI and composable customer data infrastructure.

Sila Services Expands Midwest Footprint With Strategic Ohio Multi-Brand Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Sila Services announced it has expanded its presence in Ohio through the acquisition of NEOH, a home services platform that includes five operating brands plus a training academy, further building out Sila’s multi-trade footprint in the Midwest.

New Charter Technologies Adds NetSource One To Its Growing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

New Charter Technologies, a portfolio company of Palo Alto-based private equity firm Oval Partners, has added Michigan-based technology solutions provider NetSource One to its platform as it expands capabilities for regulated and security-conscious customers.

Atomic Invest Acquires Groene Hart Financial Diensten To Expand Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Atomic Invest announced it has acquired Groene Hart Financial Diensten, a Netherlands-based MiFID investment firm, in a move the company says will broaden its ability to provide white-labeled investing and cash-management capabilities to fintechs and financial institutions across Europe.

HCAP Partners Adds Core Analytics Lab & Radiology To IDS Mobile Diagnostics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

HCAP Partners announced it has completed a follow-on acquisition for its Integrated Diagnostic Services (IDS) platform, adding Core Analytics Lab & Radiology, a provider of mobile radiology and laboratory services across California.

OurPetPolicy: $8 Million Series A Raised To Automate Pet And ESA Management for U.S. Rental Housing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

OurPetPolicy, a Boise-based software company focused on pet and emotional support animal (ESA) management for rental housing, has raised an $8 million Series A round led by RET Ventures, with participation from StageDotO and Capital Eleven.