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Broadfield Appoints Jonathan Crompton Partner And Head Of Asia Disputes And Investigations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Broadfield has appointed Jonathan Crompton as Partner and Head of its Dispute Resolution & Investigations Practice in Asia as the global law firm expands its capabilities across financial services, technology, cyber and cross-border disputes.

Solen Software Group Acquires distrib-u-tec To Expand Food Distribution ERP Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Solen Software Group has acquired distrib-u-tec, the ERP business of InterSect Business Systems, expanding its portfolio of mission-critical software for food distribution, packing and processing companies across North America.

NFP Acquires Moores Insurance Management To Expand Twin Cities Risk Capital Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

NFP, an Aon company, has acquired Minneapolis-based Moores Insurance Management, expanding its property and casualty capabilities for high-net-worth individuals and commercial clients in Minnesota.

Tempo Therapeutics Raises $14.5 Million To Advance Regenerative Tissue Technology Toward Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Tempo Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $14.5 million financing round to advance its Microporous Annealed Particle regenerative technology through potential regulatory clearance and commercialization.

Suominen Appoints Eevaleena Mäki-Uuro Chief Strategy And Transformation Officer And Anni Luoma Chief Legal Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Suominen has appointed Eevaleena Mäki-Uuro as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer and Anni Luoma as Chief Legal Officer as the Finnish nonwovens manufacturer strengthens its leadership team around strategy execution and business transformation.

Markel International Appoints Nick Rugg Head Of Financial Institutions And Fintech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Raymond James Expands Advisor Succession And Capital Solutions Under Emma Boston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 19, 2026

Raymond James Financial is expanding its advisor succession and capital solutions capabilities by bringing together resources focused on succession planning, acquisitions and strategic capital.

Crusoe Raises $3.9 Billion Series F At $30.9 Billion Valuation To Expand Vertically Integrated AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Crusoe has announced the initial closing of an anticipated $3.9 billion Series F financing at a $30.9 billion post-money valuation, giving the AI infrastructure company additional capital to expand its data centers, energy infrastructure and AI cloud platform. The oversubscribed round was co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital and Valor Equity Partners, with significant participation from Founders Fund, GIC, NVIDIA, Qatar Investment Authority, Radical Ventures and TPG.

InPost: FedEx- And Advent-Led Consortium Completes €7.8 Billion Buyout After Securing 89.8% Of Shares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

A consortium led by FedEx and Advent International has completed its tender offer for InPost after securing approximately 89.8% of the Polish parcel-locker company's shares, clearing the threshold required for the €7.8 billion ($8.9 billion) acquisition, according to Bloomberg. The transaction gives FedEx a major foothold in Europe's rapidly growing out-of-home parcel delivery market.

Nscale Files For U.S. IPO On NYSE Under NSCL Ticker

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Nscale has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering, moving the full-stack AI cloud and data center company toward a public listing in the United States.

Angle Health Raises $600 Million At $2.7 Billion Valuation To Expand AI-Native Healthcare Benefits Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Angle Health has raised $600 million at a $2.7 billion valuation as the AI-native healthcare benefits company accelerates expansion across the small and midsize business market. The financing consists of a $200 million Series C and a $400 million tender offer.

CoreWeave Prices Upsized $3.7 Billion Convertible Senior Notes Offering To Fund AI Cloud Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

CoreWeave has priced an upsized $3.7 billion private offering of 2.875% convertible senior notes due 2033, increasing the deal from the previously announced $3 billion as the AI cloud infrastructure company continues raising capital to support its expansion.

H.I.G. Capital To Acquire Industrial Asset Integrity Company MISTRAS Group For Approximately $866 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

H.I.G. Capital has agreed to acquire MISTRAS Group in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $866 million, including outstanding debt, taking the technology-enabled industrial asset integrity and laboratory testing company private.

Strategic Value Partners Names Goldman Sachs Executive Matt Gibson As President

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Strategic Value Partners has appointed longtime Goldman Sachs executive Matt Gibson as President, adding a senior leader with more than 25 years of experience across investment banking, asset management and global client businesses.

Houlihan Lokey Adds Emil Fajersson As Managing Director To Expand GP-Led Secondaries Advisory Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Houlihan Lokey has appointed Emil Fajersson as a Managing Director in its Capital Solutions Group as the global investment bank continues expanding its GP-led secondaries advisory capabilities.

Apella Wealth Acquires $384 Million Firm Longview Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Apella Wealth has acquired San Rafael, California-based Longview Financial Advisors, adding approximately $384 million in assets under management and expanding the registered investment advisor's presence in the San Francisco Bay Area.

MTA Advances Final Contract For $6.97 Billion Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Extension To East Harlem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is advancing the fourth and final major construction contract for Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway, moving the approximately $6.97 billion project closer to extending Q train service north into East Harlem.

Veridion Raises $20 Million Series A To Build Real-Time Data Graph Covering 642 Million Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Veridion has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its company intelligence platform, which continuously collects and refreshes data on businesses around the world. Hoxton Ventures led the round, with participation from Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, GapMinder VC, Day One Capital and LAUNCHub Ventures.

Integral Raises €18 Million Series A To Expand AI-Native Accounting, Tax And Payroll Platform For SMEs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Integral has raised €18 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native professional services platform, which combines proprietary software with licensed accounting, tax and payroll experts serving small and medium-sized businesses.

Marriott International Appoints Chris Buckner As Senior Vice President Of Loyalty

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Marriott International has appointed Chris Buckner as Senior Vice President of Loyalty, strengthening the leadership team responsible for the hotel company's loyalty and card offerings.

Raymond James Names Scott Curtis To Lead Bank Segment As Steve Raney Moves To Executive Consulting Role

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Raymond James Financial is implementing a series of senior leadership changes across its banking and asset management businesses as part of the firm's long-term succession planning.

Expanse Raises $5.3 Million Seed Round To Improve Infrastructure Utilization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Expanse, an AI infrastructure startup focused on helping companies get more work from existing computing hardware, has raised $5.3 million in seed funding.

LawZero Secures Up To C$300 Million From Canada And Germany To Develop Safe-By-Design AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

LawZero has received a commitment of up to C$300 million in joint funding from the governments of Canada and Germany to develop a new form of advanced artificial intelligence designed around safety, reliability and technological sovereignty.

onsemi Launches Embedded Power Platform With Up To 5X Higher Power Density For AI And Electric Vehicles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

onsemi has introduced its Embedded Power Platform, a new semiconductor architecture designed to provide substantially higher power density for AI data centers, electric vehicles and industrial automation.

Metaschool AI Wins Grand Prize For Mobile-First Online High School Serving Ghanaian Students

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Metaschool AI won the $40,000 Michael & Lori Milken Family Foundation Grand Prize at the 2026 Milken–Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, taking the top award at the 17th annual event hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.

Snap Launches SPECS Intelligence To Bring Anticipatory AI Across iPhone, Mac And AR Glasses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Snap has introduced SPECS Intelligence, an anticipatory AI service designed to understand users' goals, routines and priorities and proactively surface information and actions across iPhone, Mac and the company's SPECS augmented reality glasses.

HarbourVest Appoints Tony Ranaldi To Lead Private Credit Evergreen Portfolio Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

HarbourVest Partners has appointed Tony Ranaldi as Managing Director of Evergreen Portfolio Management, giving the veteran private credit investor responsibility for leading portfolio management across the firm's Private Credit Evergreen strategy.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Closes Oversubscribed $1.3 Billion Growth Equity Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management has closed its inaugural North Haven Growth & Innovation Fund with $1.3 billion in capital commitments after the strategy was oversubscribed.

Google And NASA AI Model Detects 50% More Methane Plumes Than Human Experts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Google Research and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed MAPL-EMIT, a deep-learning model capable of identifying methane emissions from space at substantially greater scale than conventional manual analysis.

BOXABL Appoints Larry King As CFO And Heather Clayton As Chief Accounting Officer As Public Company Infrastructure Expands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

BOXABL has appointed Larry King as Chief Financial Officer and Heather Clayton as Chief Accounting Officer as the modular housing company strengthens its finance organization following its transition to the public markets.