Innovation

Positive Development Lands Up to $45 Million Growth Facility To Expand Developmental Therapy And Autism Diagnostics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Positive Development has secured a debt financing facility of up to $45 million to support nationwide expansion of its developmental therapy and autism diagnostics services. The facility was provided by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, and Pinegrove Venture Partners.

TrussPoint Expands Midwest Presence With Eaton Roofing & Exteriors Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

TrussPoint Roofing & Exterior Renovations, a residential home exterior services investment platform backed by private equity firm Soundcore Capital Partners, has acquired Eaton Roofing & Exteriors, expanding TrussPoint’s footprint in the Midwest and strengthening its presence in Kansas.

Cherry Bekaert Acquires Tarsus To Expand Outsourced Accounting And CFO Advisory Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Cherry Bekaert announced it has acquired Tarsus, a Washington, DC-based accounting and advisory firm known for outsourced accounting, bookkeeping, real-time financial reporting and KPI reporting, strategic CFO services, and data insights for management teams.

WithCoverage: $42 Million Series B Closed To Build AI-Powered Risk Management Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

WithCoverage, an insurtech startup positioning itself as an alternative to traditional insurance brokers, said it has raised a $42 million Series B round led by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures as it looks to scale an “AI-enabled Risk Management Team” for fast-growing businesses.

Array Completes $1.018 Billion Sale of Select Spectrum Assets To AT&T

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Array Digital Infrastructure announced it has closed its previously announced agreement with AT&T to sell a portion of Array’s retained spectrum licenses for total consideration of $1.018 billion.

St. Cloud Capital Backs Integrated Diagnostic Services’ Acquisition Of Core Analytics Lab & Radiology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

St. Cloud Capital has made a growth capital investment in Integrated Diagnostic Services (IDS) to support IDS’ acquisition of Core Analytics Lab & Radiology (Core), a provider of mobile radiology and laboratory services across California.

SciSparc To Acquire Endoscope Patent Portfolio From Xylo, Targeting GERD Device Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

SciSparc announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a portfolio of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property covering endoscopic systems and medical cameras, including the MUSE system, from Xylo Technologies, marking an expansion beyond the company’s clinical-stage pharmaceutical focus.

Talon Air Bought In Private Deal, Returns To Independent Ownership Under CEO James Chitty

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Talon Air, a Long Island-based private jet charter, aircraft management and maintenance provider, has been acquired in a private transaction that closed on January 2, 2026, positioning the company to operate as an independent business following several years as part of a larger aviation group.

Milestone Environmental Expands In New Mexico With Striker Slurry Injection Facility Purchase

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Milestone Environmental has acquired the Striker slurry injection facility in Lea County, New Mexico, extending its footprint in the Permian Basin and bringing its network to 15 waste management sites across Texas and New Mexico, the company said.

North Park University Secures $8.18 Million Lilly Endowment Grant To Expand Pastoral Leadership Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

North Park University said it has received an $8,184,203 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support North Park Theological Seminary in launching One Covenant Community, a collaborative initiative designed to cultivate pastoral leadership across the Evangelical Covenant Church by strengthening vocational discernment, theological education, credentialing pathways and long-term support for church leaders.

Advance Auto Parts Names Richard A. Johnson To Board of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Advance Auto Parts has appointed retail veteran Richard “Dick” A. Johnson as an independent director, adding a former Foot Locker chief executive with decades of store-operations leadership to the automotive aftermarket chain’s board.

AstraZeneca Acquires Modella AI To Scale Multimodal AI And Agents Across Oncology R&D

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Modella AI announced it has been acquired by AstraZeneca, deepening an existing partnership aimed at applying multi-modal AI foundation models and AI agents across AstraZeneca’s global oncology research and development efforts.

Docusign Unveils AI eSignature Tools That Summarize Contracts and Automate Agreement Setup

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Docusign announced it is rolling out new AI-powered eSignature capabilities designed to help people understand what they are signing and to reduce the manual work businesses do to prepare agreements, as the company pushes further into its Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM) platform.

Obra Capital Closes $453 Million Third CLO As Platform Issuance Tops $1.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Obra Capital announced it has reached a final close on its third collateralized loan obligation, Obra CLO 3, with over $450 million in issuance, marking the latest expansion of the firm’s CLO platform launched in 2024.

Monnai: $12 Million Raised To Expand Global Identity And Risk Decisioning Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Monnai, a global identity and risk data infrastructure company, has raised $12 million in an equity funding round led by Motive Partners, as it scales a platform designed to power real-time identity verification, fraud prevention, and credit decisioning for financial institutions and digital businesses. The round included participation from existing investors Commerce Ventures and 500 Global. Monnai said it has raised more than $23 million in total funding since launching in August 2021.

Clark Street Associates And Finalis Launch Federal Equity Advisory Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Clark Street Associates, an advisory firm focused on securing government grants, loans, and strategic partnerships for hard tech companies, and Finalis, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and deal infrastructure platform, announced they have formed a partnership to help companies evaluate and pursue a growing set of U.S. government funding tools, including direct equity investments.

Titl: $2.5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Automate Title Search And Property Verification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Titl, a Miami-based real estate technology startup, has raised a $2.5 million seed round to expand its AI- and blockchain-driven platform for title search, monitoring, and property verification as the company targets a faster, more transparent alternative to a process that remains heavily manual in many U.S. jurisdictions.

Functionize: Interview With Founder & CEO Tamas Cser About The Test Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Functionize is an AI-native, cloud-based test automation platform that uses autonomous, self-healing agents (digital workers) to create, run, and maintain end-to-end software QA workflows across applications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Functionize founder and CEO Tamas Cser to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Oramed And Lifeward Reveal Strategic Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Oramed Pharmaceuticals and Lifeward said they have signed binding agreements for a strategic transaction that will move Oramed’s Protein Oral Delivery platform (POD technology) to Lifeward while positioning Oramed as a major shareholder in the medical robotics company.

PrimeSource Brands Expands Outdoor Living Platform With Advantage Industries Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

PrimeSource Brands, a North American provider of specialty branded building products backed by Clearlake Capital Group, announced it has acquired Advantage Industries, a Florida-based maker of gate and fence hardware focused on safety-oriented residential applications.

Valor Exterior Partners Acquires Landmark Exteriors, Expanding Into Connecticut And New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Valor Exterior Partners, an exterior home services platform backed by Osceola Capital, has acquired Landmark Exteriors, a Norwalk, Connecticut-based provider of roofing, siding and related residential services across Connecticut and New York.

Agentis Longevity Acquires Arete Wellness To Build National Precision Longevity And Recovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Agentis Longevity has acquired Nashville-based Arete Wellness, combining two human performance and longevity platforms to expand a national footprint in precision medicine, recovery science, and proactive care for high-performing clients.

Horizon3.ai Secures Investment From Prosperity7 Ventures To Protect AI Datacenters And Critical Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Horizon3.ai announced it has received an investment from Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified venture fund of Aramco Ventures, as the offensive security company looks to accelerate efforts to safeguard AI datacenters and other critical infrastructure increasingly targeted by cyber adversaries.

Amped Fitness Secures Strategic Investment From Princeton Equity Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Amped Fitness, a fast-growing high-value, low-price fitness concept, said it has received a strategic investment from Princeton Equity Group as the company looks to accelerate its expansion into new U.S. markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Mozilla Names Amy Keating Chief Business Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Mozilla has appointed Amy Keating as chief business officer, tasking the former Mozilla executive with helping the organization align its mission-driven portfolio with long-term financial sustainability as it expands efforts to build what it calls an open, trustworthy alternative to today’s increasingly closed and concentrated AI ecosystem.

PKF O’Connor Davies Adds Topping Kessler, Expanding Florida Footprint And Service Depth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

PKF O’Connor Davies announced Hollywood, Florida-based Topping Kessler & Company has joined the firm, extending PKF’s national reach and adding tax, accounting, and advisory capacity in South Florida.

Smith + Howard Acquires BPS, Expanding Presence In South Carolina

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Smith + Howard has acquired Bauknight Pietras & Stormer, P.A. (BPS), widening the Atlanta-based accounting and advisory firm’s footprint in the Southeast and adding a sizable presence in South Carolina as the firm continues an expansion strategy built around a mix of organic growth and targeted acquisitions.

O’Hara’s Son Roofing Adds CP Rankin As Third Strategic Addition Under Angeles Equity Ownership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

O’Hara’s Son Roofing (OSR), a portfolio company of Angeles Equity Partners, said CP Rankin Inc., a commercial roofing services provider, has joined its national roofing platform, marking OSR’s third strategic addition since being acquired by an affiliate of Angeles.

Investindustrial Acquires Proveris, Expanding Push Into Pharmaceutical Testing Equipment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

An independently managed investment subsidiary of Investindustrial Growth III SCSp has acquired Proveris Scientific Corporation, a Hudson, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of analytical testing instrumentation, software and laboratory solutions used by pharmaceutical companies to evaluate sprays and aerosols, with a particular focus on orally inhaled and nasal drug products.

Bitcoin Depot Buys Assets Of Regional Bitcoin ATM Operator Instant Coin Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Bitcoin Depot has acquired the assets of Instant Coin Bank, a regional bitcoin ATM operator with locations across Texas and Oklahoma, in a deal aimed at expanding Bitcoin Depot’s presence in the South-Central U.S. and accelerating consolidation in the fragmented bitcoin ATM market.