Innovation

Axum Capital Partners To Acquire Controlling Stake In BARCODE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Axum Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in BARCODE, a performance hydration beverage brand tied to professional athletes and the broader health and wellness market.

Live Media Group Acquires Gravity Media’s U.S. Mobile Production Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Live Media Group has acquired Gravity Media’s U.S. mobile-production assets, adding production units, engineering personnel, existing broadcast contracts, and additional capacity to its nationwide live production operation. Financial terms were not disclosed.

NetApp Acquires JetStream Software To Expand VMware Disaster Recovery And Cloud Migration Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

NetApp has acquired JetStream Software, a provider of VMware disaster recovery and migration technology, to expand its cyber resilience, data protection, and cloud migration capabilities. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Exclaim Robotics Raises $5 Million Pre-Seed Round To Build Robots For AI Data Center Maintenance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Exclaim Robotics has emerged from stealth with a $5 million pre-seed round to develop robots that can autonomously maintain AI data centers. Founderful and Playfair co-led the financing as Exclaim builds its initial robotic systems and assembles its engineering team.

10x Banking Raises £40 Million From AshGrove Capital As ARR Grows More Than 30%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

10x Banking has raised £40 million from AshGrove Capital to accelerate global expansion and increase sales and go-to-market activity for its cloud-native core banking platform.

Moss Raises €30 Million Series C And Reaches Unicorn Status

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Moss has raised €30 million in Series C funding led by Portage and Cherry Ventures, with the European financial technology company saying the financing has established it as a unicorn. The funding will support Moss as it expands beyond spend management and builds a broader Finance AI product suite.

Mesirow Expands $164 Billion Fiduciary Platform With flexPATH 3(38) Business Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Mesirow has agreed to acquire the plan-level 3(38) business of flexPATH Strategies, expanding its outsourced fiduciary capabilities and strengthening its position in the retirement plan market. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Vested Acquires Watermark To Expand Public Affairs And Regulatory Communications Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Vested has acquired Watermark, a Washington, D.C.-based public affairs and special situations firm, expanding its capabilities at the intersection of financial services communications, government policy, regulation, and reputation management.

Ore Energy Raises $43 Million Series A To Scale Iron-Air Batteries For Long-Duration Energy Storage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Ore Energy has raised $43 million in Series A funding to scale its iron-air battery technology for storing renewable electricity for up to 100 hours. Plural and HV led the round, with participation from Positron Ventures. The financing brings Ore Energy’s total capital raised to more than $61 million.

AGent Energy Raises $11 Million To Unlock 200+ GW Of Idle Behind-The-Meter Power

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

AGent Energy has raised $11 million in Series Seed funding to scale its AI-driven distributed power plant platform and pursue more than 200 GW of behind-the-meter generation capacity across commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. The round was co-led by Spero Ventures and MassMutual Ventures, with participation from Intrepid Investment Management and existing investors CIV and Zero Infinity Partners.

Dynatrace To Acquire Arize For $915 Million To Expand AI Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Dynatrace has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arize in a $915 million cash-and-stock transaction, expanding its AI observability capabilities across the full development and production lifecycle of artificial intelligence applications.

Holand Automotive Group Acquires Select John Scotti Leasing Portfolio Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Holand Automotive Group has acquired a select portion of John Scotti Leasing’s portfolio through a court-supervised receivership process as the company expands its ultra-luxury leasing platform.

Fishbowl Inventory Acquires Repfabric To Combine CRM, Commissions And Inventory Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Fishbowl Inventory has acquired Repfabric, an AI-enabled CRM and commission management platform built for manufacturers, manufacturers’ representatives, distributors, and wholesalers.

MassMutual Ascend Surpasses $2 Billion In Lifetime Advisory Annuity Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

MassMutual Ascend has surpassed $2 billion in lifetime advisory annuity sales as registered investment advisors increasingly incorporate annuity products into fee-based retirement planning strategies.

Janus Henderson, Victory Park Capital, And Privacore Raise Additional $100 Million For Asset-Backed Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Janus Henderson, together with affiliates Victory Park Capital and Privacore Capital, has raised an additional $100 million for the Privacore VPC Asset Backed Credit Fund, bringing its deployable seed capital to more than $350 million.

G Squared Closes $2.3 Billion Fund VII, Its Largest Flagship Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

G Squared has closed G Squared VII with $2.3 billion in capital commitments, making the seventh flagship vehicle the largest fund in the venture capital firm’s history.

Google And Kaggle’s AI Agent Course Attracts More Than 353,000 Participants

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Google and Kaggle attracted more than 353,000 registered participants to their five-day AI Agents: Intensive Vibe Coding Course, highlighting the rapidly growing developer interest in using natural language to build AI applications and agents.

University Of Illinois And GenH2 Partner To Advance Liquid Hydrogen Research For Aviation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and GenH2 have formed a collaboration to advance liquid hydrogen technologies for next-generation aviation.

Bain Capital To Acquire Gong Cha From TA Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Bain Capital has agreed to acquire Gong cha from TA Associates as the global tea chain prepares for its next stage of international expansion. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Veritas Capital To Acquire Saber Power Services From Greenbelt Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Veritas Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Saber Power Services from Greenbelt Capital Partners as investment in U.S. electrical infrastructure accelerates.

Facility Grid Acquires PingCx To Build Unified Building Lifecycle Software Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Facility Grid has acquired PingCx, an autonomous commissioning platform for building automation systems, as it expands from construction commissioning software into a broader building lifecycle technology platform.

Corbel Capital Partners And Sea Pine Equity Partners Invest In Executive Exteriors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Corbel Capital Partners and Sea Pine Equity Partners have invested in Executive Exteriors, a Texas-based provider of specialty roofing and exterior restoration services.

White Star Capital Closes $250 Million Fund IV To Back Series A And B Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

White Star Capital has held the final close of Fund IV at $250 million, giving the global venture capital firm additional capital to back technology companies at the Series A and Series B stages.

Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners Raises $5.4 Billion For Fund VII And Related Vehicles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Manulife | Comvest Credit Partners has raised $5.4 billion of total investable capital through the final close of Comvest Credit Partners VII and related transaction vehicles, representing the largest fundraising effort in the private credit platform’s history.

Actualyze AI Raises $7 Million Seed Round And Emerges From Stealth With Enterprise AI Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Actualyze AI has emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding and launched an enterprise platform designed to govern, secure, operate, and optimize AI model usage through a common infrastructure layer.

JIJ Raises $5.2 Million To Expand AI And Quantum Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

JIJ has raised JPY 840 million, or approximately $5.2 million, in equity financing to expand its AI-enabled mathematical optimization platform, quantum computing technologies, and international operations.

Lotus Infrastructure Partners Raises About $1.8 Billion Across Infrastructure Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Lotus Infrastructure Partners has raised approximately $1.8 billion in total capital commitments across Lotus Infrastructure Fund IV investments, future co-investment opportunities, and a single-asset continuation vehicle.

Firefly Capital Management Acquires Gravity To Expand Critical Power Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Firefly Capital Management and its affiliates have acquired Gravity Power & Rental, a provider of mobile power generation and equipment rental infrastructure.

Bookmark Medical Acquires Village Medical Michigan, Adding More Than 40,000 Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Bookmark Medical has completed its acquisition of Village Medical Michigan, marking its entry into Michigan and expanding its provider-led healthcare network to four states. The deal adds seven primary care practices, a diagnostic center, and Huron Valley Practice Affiliates, an independent physician organization, to Bookmark Medical.

Bridge Tower Acquires 114-Unit Villas At Sunterra Build-To-Rent Community In Texas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Bridge Tower has acquired Villas at Sunterra, a 114-unit build-to-rent community in Katy, Texas, expanding its portfolio of single-family rental communities in the Houston metropolitan area.