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Newmark Completes Acquisition Of Altus Group’s Development Advisory Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Newmark has finalized its acquisition of the Development Advisory business from Altus Group, a strategic move to strengthen its Project Management operations within the company's broader Occupier Solutions platform. This acquisition marks a significant milestone for Newmark, as it will now integrate approximately 335 skilled professionals based in North America and Asia Pacific into its team.

Yellow Wood Partners To Acquire Nestlé Holistic Health Platform For $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Yellow Wood Partners has made a major strategic move by agreeing to acquire Nestlé's Holistic Health division, which specializes in vitamins, minerals, and supplements, for a substantial $1 billion. The portfolio includes well-known brands such as Nature's Bounty, Nuun, Osteo Bi-Flex, and Gard. Among these, Nature's Bounty stands out as the second-largest brand in the overall U.S. vitamins, minerals, and supplements market, reflecting its popularity and trust, as it is utilized by over 20% of households across the United States.

Salute To Acquire T5 Operations And Expand To More Than 15 GW Of Data Center Capacity Under Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Salute has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire T5 Operations, which is the operations business segment of T5 Data Centers' Services division. This strategic acquisition aims to significantly enhance Salute's capabilities in facility management, mission-critical operations, and commissioning for hyperscale, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing (AI/HPC), and cloud data centers.

N-Power Medicine Raises $32 Million Series B To Expand Community Oncology Research Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

N-Power Medicine has successfully secured $32 million in a Series B financing round, a significant milestone that will support the expansion of its community oncology network. This funding round will also strengthen pharmaceutical partnerships and support the continued development of innovative products to improve cancer care.

RangeWater And Heitman Acquire 280-Unit Bell Buckhead West In Atlanta

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

RangeWater Real Estate has acquired Bell Buckhead West, a premier multifamily community with 280 upscale residential units in Atlanta's vibrant Buckhead neighborhood. This acquisition was made possible through a strategic joint venture with Heitman Investment Management, a well-known player in real estate investment management.

S&P Global Completes Sale Of Upstream Energy Software Portfolio To SLB

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

S&P Global has successfully completed the divestiture of its geoscience and petroleum engineering software portfolio to SLB, a move that signals a strategic shift for both companies. Although the financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed, S&P Global has said the divestment is not expected to materially affect its consolidated financial results or the financial performance of its Energy division.

Oliver AI Raises Pre-Seed Funding From Menlo Ventures And Unusual Ventures For Agentic AI Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Oliver AI has raised pre-seed funding from Menlo Ventures and Unusual Ventures to scale OliverDB, its high-performance analytical data platform designed specifically for agentic AI workloads.

Nooks Acquires FullyRamped To Expand Revenue Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Nooks has acquired FullyRamped, an AI-native sales coaching company known for realistic AI role-play agents, as Nooks expands its Revenue Agent Platform across more of the revenue lifecycle.

Numa Acquires SocketTime To Expand AI Operating System For Auto Dealerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Numa has acquired SocketTime, a fixed-operations software company, expanding its AI operating system deeper into automotive dealership service operations.

Spotnana Acquires TROOP To Expand Meetings And Events Travel Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Spotnana has completed its acquisition of TROOP, a meeting-planning and group-travel logistics platform, expanding its technology for managing meetings, events, and transient corporate travel through a unified platform.

DAZN To Acquire EverPass Media To Expand U.S. Commercial Sports Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

DAZN has agreed to acquire EverPass Media, expanding its presence in the U.S. commercial sports market and establishing EverPass' technology as the foundation for the global launch of DAZN for Business.

eComID Raises $17 Million Seed Round Led By Systemiq Capital For AI-Powered Shopping Passport

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

eComID has raised a $17 million seed round led by Systemiq Capital, with participation from Regeneration.VC, Course Corrected, Stadium, and returning investor CapitalT.

SBVA Appoints Former SoftBank Vision Fund Investors Kaz Yoshimaru And Chris Lee As Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

SBVA has appointed former SoftBank Vision Fund investment professionals Kaz Yoshimaru and Chris Lee as Venture Partners, strengthening the firm's investment network across the U.S., Japan, and Southeast Asia.

San Francisco State University And Ziplines Education Launch AI And Career Certificate Programs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

San Francisco State University and Ziplines Education have launched a new collection of short-format professional certificate programs designed to help working adults across the Bay Area develop skills in artificial intelligence, project management, business analytics, and digital marketing.

MaintainX: Interview With Chris Turlica, Co-Founder And Head Of MaintainX, An Autodesk Company, About AI-Powered Maintenance And Asset Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

MaintainX is an AI-powered maintenance and asset management platform that gives frontline technicians tools and data designed to make their work simpler, safer, and smarter. Its mobile-first platform supports work order management, predictive maintenance, technician guidance, inventory and parts management, safety compliance, and enterprise visibility across asset-intensive operations. MaintainX became an Autodesk company following the completion of Autodesk's approximately $3.6 billion acquisition in August 2026. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Co-Founder and Head of MaintainX, an Autodesk Company, Chris Turlica, to learn more.

Jetstream Venture Fund Invests In ImageAiD And Moonrise Medical To Expand AI Healthtech Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Jetstream Venture Fund has made new investments in ImageAiD and Moonrise Medical, expanding its healthtech portfolio with two companies developing AI-enabled vascular diagnostic technologies.

Arcline Completes Acquisition Of AstroNova

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Arcline Investment Management has completed its previously announced take-private acquisition of AstroNova, a provider of mission-critical identification and marking technologies serving the aerospace and defense and labeling and packaging industries.

InspeCity Raises ₹100 Crore ($10.5 Million) To Build In-Space Servicing Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

InspeCity has raised ₹100 crore ($10.5 million) in a funding round led by Speciale Invest and Ashish Kacholia, with participation from Antler Elevate, Antler India, Manish Gandhi, Shastra VC, and other investors.

Nasuni Acquires DryvIQ To Expand File Data Intelligence For Enterprise AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Nasuni has acquired DryvIQ as part of a strategy to expand its file data intelligence capabilities and help enterprises better understand the large volumes of unstructured information increasingly being used for artificial intelligence and broader data initiatives.

Viably Acquires Harp Renewables To Expand Global Organics Processing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Viably has acquired Harp Renewables, adding organics processing technology, intellectual property, manufacturing expertise and an established global installed base to its growing waste and recycling solutions platform. The transaction became effective July 30, 2026.

Echo Acquires Minimus Assets As Hardened Open-Source Security Platform Expands Across Linux Distributions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Echo Software has acquired key assets from Minimus after Minimus decided to wind down operations, expanding Echo's hardened open-source software platform while giving existing Minimus customers a path to keep using related technology.

DreamStart Labs Names Adrian Merryman Interim CEO As Henrik Esbensen Steps Down After Decade

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

DreamStart Labs has announced a leadership transition, with co-founder Henrik Esbensen stepping down as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Adrian Merryman taking over as Interim CEO. The transition became effective August 25, 2026.

Savant Wealth Management: $542 Million Firm Socha Financial Group Joins

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Savant Wealth Management announced that it has partnered with Socha Financial Group, LLC, a Corning, New York-based registered investment adviser with approximately $542 million in assets under management.

LPL: $395 Million Firm ClearHaven Wealth Management Joins Linsco

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors Ryan Lewis, Dan Hocking and Steve Braatz have joined Linsco by LPL Financial to launch ClearHaven Wealth Management, a Minnesota-based practice serving approximately $395 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets.

Paul Weiss Adds Mandeep Lotay As Head Of European Structured Finance & Securitizations In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has announced that Mandeep Lotay will join the firm as Head of European Structured Finance & Securitizations and a partner in its Finance Group, based in London.

BakerHostetler Adds Daniel Passage As Debt Finance Of Counsel In Los Angeles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

BakerHostetler has added Daniel Passage as of counsel in its Los Angeles office, where he joins the firm’s Business Practice Group and Debt Finance team.

DHL Acquires Aero Cargas S.A. To Enter Uruguay And Strengthen Latin American Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of DHL Group, has acquired Aero Cargas S.A., a logistics and freight forwarding company in Uruguay. The acquisition strengthens DHL Global Forwarding's presence in Latin America and gives the company its first direct operation in Uruguay, an increasingly important logistics hub for regional and international trade.

Descartes Acquires Extensiv For $120 Million To Add AI-Enabled 3PL Warehouse Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

The Descartes Systems Group has acquired Extensiv, a provider of warehouse management and fulfillment solutions for third-party logistics providers and the brands they serve. Descartes acquired Extensiv for approximately $120 million, satisfied from cash on hand.

Nscale Secures $3 Billion For Texas And North Carolina AI Campuses Supporting Up To 315 MW Of Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Nscale has closed approximately $3 billion of financing commitments across two senior secured delayed draw term loan facilities supporting large-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure deployments in Texas and North Carolina.

EY US Invests $100 Million In Employee Rewards Focused On AI Adoption, Innovation And Future Skills

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

EY US is investing $100 million in a new employee recognition and rewards program designed to incentivize professionals who develop future-focused skills, adopt advanced technologies, contribute to innovation and deliver measurable business impact.