Innovation

St. Joseph Acquires Fastbase AI And Plans Corporate Rebrand Around 350 Million-Company Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

St. Joseph Inc. has acquired Fastbase AI Corporation as the publicly traded company moves to expand its focus on artificial intelligence and data intelligence technologies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Star Equity To Acquire Harte Hanks For $38.4 Million, Targeting $10 Million In Annual Cost Synergies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Star Equity Holdings has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Harte Hanks in a transaction valuing the customer experience and business process outsourcing company at approximately $38.4 million of equity value.

Privacy Bee Acquires EraseMe.app To Expand Data Removal Technology And Ongoing Privacy Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Privacy Bee has acquired EraseMe.app, adding the personal data removal company’s customers and technology to its platform as it expands tools for continuously identifying and removing exposed consumer information online.

King & Spalding Adds Ching And Kummer As Finance Partner Hiring Reaches 12 In 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Dentons Adds Edward Mackenzie As Real Estate Special Counsel In Christchurch

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Dentons has added Edward Mackenzie as Special Counsel in its Real Estate team in Christchurch, strengthening the firm’s property capabilities across Canterbury and New Zealand’s wider South Island.

Advocate Technologies Raises $18 Million To Bring Transparency To A Trillion-Dollar Commercial Insurance Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Advocate Technologies has emerged from stealth with $18 million in Seed funding and a platform designed to create standardized pricing and coverage benchmarks for commercial insurance, addressing a market where buyers historically have lacked the price transparency available across most major financial asset classes.

Expedition Therapeutics Raises $115 Million Series B As EXPD-101 Enters Phase 2 COPD Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Expedition Therapeutics has raised an oversubscribed $115 million Series B financing as the biotechnology company advances its next-generation DPP1 inhibitor EXPD-101 into a global Phase 2 clinical trial for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

C&S Wholesale Grocers Moves To Take Majority Control Of Winn-Dixie As Southeast Expansion Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

C&S Wholesale Grocers has announced a proposed transaction that would make it the majority owner of The Winn-Dixie Company, expanding its retail presence in the Southeast as the grocery distributor continues using acquisitions to build a larger national platform.

SparrowHawk Acquires 20-Property Industrial Portfolio For Nearly $400 Million In Its Largest Deal Ever

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

SparrowHawk has acquired a 20-property industrial portfolio encompassing approximately 4.4 million square feet for just under $400 million, completing the largest transaction in the firm’s history and significantly expanding its presence across major Midwest logistics markets. The portfolio spans St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Louisville.

Thermogenics Acquires 75-Year-Old Halmar Boiler Parts To Expand North American Parts Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Thermogenics has acquired Halmar Boiler Parts, adding one of the industry’s larger aftermarket boiler parts inventories and a Louisville, Kentucky manufacturing and distribution operation to its North American boiler services platform.

Daybright Financial Acquires ACAPrime To Build A Broader National ACA Compliance Hub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Daybright Financial has acquired ACAPrime, expanding its Affordable Care Act compliance and reporting capabilities as the employee benefits and retirement services company continues building a broader national platform for employers, brokers, advisors, and benefits partners.

Nexxus Capital Acquires 5 Amazon Brands Generating More Than $18 Million In Annual Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Nexxus Capital has completed an all-cash acquisition of five e-commerce brands from a top Amazon aggregator, expanding its portfolio of marketplace businesses through its Nexxus Capital Fund I Series 4 vehicle.

Medicare Platform Secures $50 Million Credit Facility To Scale AI-Powered Value-Based Senior Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Medicare Platform has secured a $50 million revolving credit facility facilitated by Nestpoint Group to expand its network of Accountable Care Organizations and invest further in AI-powered healthcare infrastructure.

Nuclea Energy To Acquire Moltex’s Advanced Nuclear Platform With 80 Granted Patents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Nuclea Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Moltex Energy’s advanced nuclear technology portfolio, gaining a platform spanning used nuclear fuel recycling and advanced reactor technologies.

IR Pros Enters Canada With Prairie HVAC/R Deal And Plans To Triple Manufacturing Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Industrial Refrigeration Pros has partnered with Prairie HVAC/R, establishing its first Canadian operating company and adding refrigeration manufacturing, low-charge ammonia technology, and cold-climate expertise to a platform that has served more than 1,450 facilities. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Prudent Growth Partners Acquires Somerset Shoppes For $3.7 Million With Leasing Upside In Montgomery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Prudent Growth Partners has acquired Somerset Shoppes, a 27,250-square-foot neighborhood retail center in Montgomery, Alabama, for $3.7 million. The acquisition expands the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based private equity real estate firm’s portfolio of neighborhood retail properties and provides opportunities for additional value creation through leasing and rent growth.

Homestead Capital Lands $150 Million Anchor For Inaugural Agriculture Private Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Homestead Capital has completed the first close of its inaugural commingled agriculture private credit fund, anchored by a $150 million commitment from the private credit investment team of a large U.S. state pension system.

Relatient: Interview With CEO Jeff Gartland About Intelligent Patient Access And AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Relatient provides intelligent patient scheduling and engagement technology designed to help healthcare organizations simplify scheduling, modernize patient experiences, and reduce manual burden across the patient access journey. The company supports over 150 million appointments each year and is expanding its platform across self-scheduling, voice AI, communication, automation, and other access workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Relatient CEO Jeff Gartland to learn more.

CAI Software Acquires LLumin To Bring AI-Powered Predictive Maintenance Into The Factory Floor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

CAI Software has acquired LLumin, expanding its manufacturing software platform with industrial computerized maintenance management capabilities designed to help manufacturers reduce downtime and shift from reactive maintenance toward predictive operations.

Alloy Robotics Raises $8 Million At $80 Million Valuation To Help Engineers Debug Robot Fleets With AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Alloy Robotics has raised $8 million at an $80 million valuation to scale an AI platform that helps engineers diagnose failures across robot fleets by automatically analyzing massive amounts of operational data.

Link Freedom Group Bets Tens Of Millions On 300+ New Domains In Biggest ICANN TLD Application Push Yet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Link Freedom Group has submitted applications for more than 300 proposed top-level domains in ICANN's 2026 generic top-level domain application window, committing tens of millions of dollars in fees in what the company describes as the largest TLD submission on record.

CardVault By Tom Brady Adds JAY-Z, Aaron Judge, Connor McDavid And Top Investors To Fuel 100-Store Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

CardVault by Tom Brady has assembled its first strategic investor group, bringing together prominent leaders from sports, private equity, technology, media, entertainment, and business to accelerate the sports collectibles retailer's national expansion. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Avatar Robotics Raises $6.5 Million To Build A 24/7 Humanoid Robot Workforce For Warehouses And Factories

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Avatar Robotics has raised $6.5 million in Seed funding to scale its humanoid robotics platform for industrial labor, targeting persistent worker shortages across warehousing, logistics, and manufacturing. The round was led by AlleyCorp, alongside a pre-seed led by defy.vc, with participation from Headline, Henry Ford III, Refashiond, Paul Vogel, Jack Huffard, and Samuel Udotong.

Vontier Acquires EKOS To Build A Fully Connected Fleet Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Vontier has acquired EKOS, a cloud-connected fleet, fuel, and electric vehicle management software company, expanding its ability to provide commercial fleet operators with an integrated platform spanning fueling infrastructure, vehicle management, EV charging, and operational software.

RIT Startup Program Teaches Student Founders To Build Companies Through Customer Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Rochester Institute of Technology's Bernard Kozel StartUp Program @ Saunders is using intensive customer discovery to teach student entrepreneurs to validate real-world problems before committing to products and business models.

TRP Infrastructure Services Completes Five Acquisitions And Launches Gulf Highway Materials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

TRP Infrastructure Services has acquired five roadway infrastructure companies, expanding its pavement marking and traffic control operations across the Central and Southeastern U.S. while vertically integrating part of its materials supply chain.

LS Power To Acquire 606 MW Brazos Valley Energy Center From Constellation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

LS Power has agreed to acquire the 606-megawatt Brazos Valley Energy Center from Constellation, expanding its generation portfolio in Texas as electricity demand increases from economic growth, AI, data centers, and electrification.

Affinia Adds Wilson Partners To Create Top 20 UK Accounting Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Affinia has added Wilson Partners to its integrated accounting and advisory platform, strengthening the RedBird Capital Partners-backed company’s position among the U.K.’s 20 largest accounting firms.

Partners Group To Invest Over $1 Billion In AVK And Acquire Majority Stake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

Partners Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in AVK Power Solutions and plans to initially invest more than $1 billion of equity to scale the company’s power infrastructure platform for European data centers and AI computing facilities.

FGS Global Acquires Rich Feuer Anderson To Expand Government Affairs And Regulatory Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2026

FGS Global has acquired Rich Feuer Anderson, a bipartisan Washington, D.C. government affairs firm specializing in financial services, energy, technology, and regulatory policy.