Mergers & Acquisitions

Cresset Expands Santa Barbara Office With $600 Million Advisor Cory Boggs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Cresset has expanded its Santa Barbara, California, office with the appointment of Cory Boggs as Managing Director and Wealth Advisor. Boggs previously served as a wealth manager at Manchester Capital Management, where he managed more than $600 million in client assets.

RBC Adds $1.5 Billion Focus Wealth Management Team In South Florida

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

RBC Wealth Management-U.S. has added the seven-person Focus Wealth Management team to its Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, office, strengthening the firm’s presence in South Florida and its capabilities for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Vista Equity Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In Quantios From Hg

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Hg has agreed to sell its majority stake in Quantios, a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for the global trust and corporate services industry, to Vista Equity Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Johnson & Johnson Secures $2.58 Billion Option To Acquire Sail Biomedicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Johnson & Johnson has entered into strategic agreements with Sail Biomedicines to develop in vivo CAR-T therapies for immune-mediated diseases and has secured an exclusive option to acquire Sail for $2.58 billion. And Johnson & Johnson will collaborate with Sail on the biotechnology company’s lead immune-mediated disease program and its broader platform. The partnership includes incentives to expand Sail’s technology into additional therapeutic targets.

Intercontinental Exchange To Acquire MarketAxess For $5.7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

Intercontinental Exchange has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MarketAxess Holdings, creating an integrated fixed-income marketplace spanning electronic execution, market data, indices, analytics and post-trade services.

LIMPID: PetPeotalk Acquired To Power Kinfora AI Pet Healthcare Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

LIMPID Corp., the AI pet healthcare company behind the Kinfora platform, has completed the acquisition of 100% of PetPeotalk, a vision-AI company specializing in pet behavior analysis, now a wholly owned subsidiary. PetPeotalk founder Ryan Kwon has joined LIMPID as Chief Technology Officer.

Wild Bioscience Acquires F1 Seed To Create Britain’s First Independent Precision-Breeding Wheat Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Wild Bioscience, a University of Oxford spinout that designs improved crops for resilient agriculture, has acquired F1 Seed, an independent wheat breeding business led by Bill Angus. The acquisition unites Wild Bio's evolutionary biology, gene editing, and AI-led trait discovery with F1 Seed's decades of breeding excellence and diverse germplasm pipeline, positioning the combined business to design, breed, and deliver new wheat varieties end-to-end.

Net At Work Acquires Kinzit, Further Growing Its Managed Services Expertise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Net at Work, a North American provider of technology solutions and managed services for small- and mid-sized businesses, has acquired Kinzit Technologies, a managed services provider and cybersecurity firm. The acquisition further enhances Net at Work's ability to deliver advanced technology solutions that help businesses drive operational efficiency.

Leonardo DRS To Acquire Raft In $450 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

Leonardo DRS has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Raft LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at $450 million. Raft, founded in 2018 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, provides open-architecture mission software specializing in multi-domain data fusion and artificial intelligence for national security customers.

AiRWA Announces Completion Of Acquisition Of Best Life

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

AiRWA has completed its previously announced acquisition of Hong Kong Best Life Trade Co., Limited, an import-export company operating across multiple international markets. The deal marks another step in AiRWA's ongoing effort to diversify its revenue base while continuing to invest in its core artificial intelligence business.