The Walt Disney Company has appointed Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand to the newly created role of Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer as Disney increases its focus on technology, data and artificial intelligence across the company.
EnTrust Global’s Blue Ocean maritime finance platform has closed Blue Ocean Income Fund IV with $1.3 billion in committed capital, giving insurance investors a more capital-efficient way to access asset-backed maritime financing opportunities.
An investor group led by One Step Up CEO Harry Adjmi has acquired The Limited, bringing the longtime American women’s fashion brand into a portfolio that also includes New York & Company, Fashion to Figure and Hard Tail. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Alterra Mountain Company is investing more than $350 million across its mountain destinations for the 2026-27 winter season, funding resort expansions, snowmaking, avalanche mitigation, guest amenities and employee housing.
Spartan Logistics has acquired Allen Logistics, adding 100,000 square feet of warehouse capacity in Whitehouse, Ohio, and expanding the third-party logistics company’s presence in Northwest Ohio. The transaction became effective September 1, 2026.
Lee Equity Partners has made a strategic investment in Marwood Group as the healthcare-focused advisory firm expands through acquisitions, senior hiring and development of additional consulting capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Conti Federal Services has been awarded a $55.4 million firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District to build a new Special Tactics Complex for the Oregon Air National Guard’s 125th Special Tactics Squadron in Portland.
Bregal Sagemount has made a majority growth investment in A-Rent Test Equipment, backing the company’s expansion across electrical infrastructure, data centers, utilities and other power-intensive markets. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Procaccianti Companies and Rugger Capital have acquired Charleston Harbor Resort, a 217-room waterfront property in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, while Suntex Marina Investors has separately acquired the adjacent Charleston Harbor Marina.
SecureSky has acquired Soveren, adding real-time Data Security Posture Management technology to its exposure management and AI-powered Managed Detection and Response platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Verily Health has secured new investment from NVIDIA and existing backer CU Healthcare Innovation Fund II as the precision health technology company expands its data and artificial intelligence platform. The financing extends Verily’s March fundraising. The company did not disclose the size of the additional investments. Verily’s existing investors also include Alphabet, Series X Capital and UCHealth.
Tempus AI has been selected to receive up to $9.5 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to develop and clinically validate an autonomous AI agent designed to help manage patients with heart failure.
Real Estate Business Analytics has appointed David Woolenberg as CEO following a year of record growth in which the multifamily housing data company’s revenue nearly doubled.
Ride Therapeutics has secured a strategic investment commitment of up to $7.3 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to advance its Molecular Logistics platform for delivering genetic medicines to the lung.
One Biosciences and Institut Curie have secured €3.3 million through France 2030’s i-Démo program to accelerate development of what they aim to commercialize as the first single-cell diagnostic platform for guiding treatment decisions in triple-negative breast cancer.
Smith Micro Software founder Bill Smith has returned as President and CEO as the mobile software company seeks to capitalize on new products, expanding customer relationships and a growing pipeline of opportunities.
Agereh Technologies has appointed board member Michael Plotnikoff as Chief Executive Officer as the intelligent infrastructure company realigns its leadership around commercial growth and product development.
Adient has appointed longtime board member Peter Carlin as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, bringing an executive already familiar with the automotive seating company’s strategy into its management team.
Latham & Watkins has hired Victor Levy as a Partner in its Antitrust & Competition Practice in Paris, strengthening the global law firm’s European competition, regulatory and transactional capabilities.
Starlight Investments has closed its second U.K. build-to-rent fund, with Fund II and associated investment vehicles securing £680 million in total capital commitments to support the acquisition and development of more than 6,000 rental homes across the country.
Frazier Life Sciences has raised more than $1.1 billion in new commitments for its Public Fund through an oversubscribed fundraising, bringing total committed capital for the strategy to approximately $2.8 billion.
NeoVolta has secured a senior credit facility of up to $30 million from RoHo Capital Opportunity Fund, a joint venture between Horizon Technology Finance and CR Financial Holdings, the parent company of Roth Capital Partners.
Centre Partners and Altivare Capital Partners have completed the acquisition of Navajo Expedited, a technology-enabled freight logistics company serving commercial shippers across the United States.
CargoSense has acquired wireless technology developer Adapt-IP, adding real-time location tracking and three-dimensional asset measurement capabilities to its AI-powered supply chain platform for data center operations.
KAVIA AI has secured a strategic investment from Tata Elxsi as part of its seed financing, deepening a partnership between the enterprise AI software engineering company and the global design and technology provider.
Lafayette Square has provided a senior secured growth financing facility to Hollywood Trucks Technologies to support manufacturing and deployment of its next-generation ECOLUXE autonomous energy-production trailers.
Simplicity Group has acquired Whitney and Associates and affiliated Altitude Capital Management RIA, expanding its presence in Des Moines and adding a platform serving independent financial advisors across insurance, wealth management, and marketing.
Prime Capital Financial has added Jack Kornutik, CFP, to its Connecticut wealth management team as the advisory firm continues expanding its presence in the Northeast.
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