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Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing Buys Fremont Advanced Manufacturing Facility For $110 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI), has acquired a 290,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing property in Fremont, California, for $110 million in a transaction backed by a long-term net lease with Western Digital.

KSM Launches Investment Banking Practice With Addition Of Charter Capital Partners’ Investment Banking Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

KSM (Katz, Sapper & Miller) has launched an investment banking service line, adding the investment banking team from Grand Rapids-based Charter Capital Partners to build out a dedicated M&A advisory and succession planning platform.

Orrick: IP Practice Expanded With Three More Partner Hires

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Orrick has added three partners to its intellectual property practice, bringing in two New York-based litigators and one Los Angeles-based trial lawyer as the firm continues to build out its patent litigation bench across key U.S. venues. Joining in New York are Danielle Vincenti Tully and Michael B. Powell, both of whom focus on patent disputes in federal courts nationwide and proceedings at the U.S. International Trade Commission. In Los Angeles, Orrick has added Josh Glucoft, a patent and technology disputes partner with extensive experience running parallel district court, ITC and Patent Trial and Appeal Board matters.

University Of Baltimore Launches AI-Enabled Business Accelerator For Baltimore Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

The University of Baltimore has launched an AI-Enabled Business Accelerator, a nine-week program designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs build scalable ventures that use artificial intelligence in practical, market-ready ways.

UAE Rain Enhancement Research Program Names Sixth-Cycle Grant Awardees

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP), managed by the National Center of Meteorology (NCM), has selected three projects for its sixth cycle of research grants, awarding each recipient up to $1.5 million over three years, with annual funding capped at $550,000.

Puratos Acquires Vör Foods to Expand U.S. Clean-Label Nut Butter and Filling Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Puratos has acquired Vör Foods, a high-growth manufacturer of ultra-clean-label nut butters and nut-based fillings headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania, in a deal aimed at accelerating innovation in sweet goods and strengthening Puratos’ U.S. manufacturing footprint.

OneRyan Global Takes Controlling Stake in Mr Gatti’s Pizza

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Mr Gatti’s Pizza announced that Dallas-based OneRyan Global LLC, the family office of businessman and philanthropist G. Brint Ryan, has acquired a controlling interest in the Texas-born pizza and family entertainment brand. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Sidley Adds Securities Enforcement and Regulatory Partner Peter Malyshev In Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Sidley Austin has hired Peter Malyshev as a partner in its Regulatory and Enforcement practice in Washington, D.C., adding a veteran commodities, derivatives, and digital assets adviser as the firm continues to build out its financial regulatory bench.

BigBear.ai Acquires CargoSeer Technology To Expand AI Tools For Customs Cargo Inspection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

BigBear.ai announced it has acquired certain technologies from CargoSeer Ltd., an AI software company focused on cargo-scanning enhancement and trade risk management for customs enforcement missions worldwide, in a deal with undisclosed financial terms.

Airwallex Buys Paynuri To Enter Korea With Payments, Prepaid, And FX Licenses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Airwallex has acquired South Korea’s Paynuri Co. Ltd., securing local regulatory permissions, including Payment Gateway and Prepaid Electronic Payment Instrument licenses, along with a Foreign Exchange Business registration, as the global financial platform moves to deepen its presence in Northeast Asia.

Rapid Care Acquires DeepDoc to Expand AI-Powered Medical Record Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Rapid Care announced it has acquired DeepDoc, an AI platform focused on analyzing and summarizing medical records, as the company looks to deepen its medical record intelligence capabilities and accelerate its broader AI roadmap.

WNC Logs $2.2 Billion In 2025 Affordable Housing Acquisitions And Expands Investor Base and National Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

WNC & Associates and its affiliated companies said they closed 2025 with $2.2 billion in affordable housing acquisitions, representing $400 million in year-over-year growth from 2024, as the firm scaled investment activity and expanded its institutional investor roster heading into 2026.

University Of Arkansas GORP Seeks Applicants For Spring 2026 Outdoor Recreation Startup Cohort

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

The University of Arkansas’ Greenhouse Outdoor Recreation Project (GORP), the school’s flagship business incubator for outdoor recreation startups, is accepting applications for its spring 2026 cohort as the program returns with new multi-year funding.

Churchill Asset Management Raises Over $16 Billion For Latest Senior Lending Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Churchill Asset Management, the U.S. private capital affiliate of Nuveen Private Capital, said it has raised more than $16 billion in committed capital for its most recent senior lending program, marking the largest capital raise in the firm’s history.

AiStrike: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale AI-Native And Preemptive Cyber Defense Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

AiStrike has raised $7 million in seed funding to expand an AI-native platform designed to help security teams move from reactive alert handling to what the company calls “preemptive” cyber defense. The round was led by Blumberg Capital, with participation from Runtime Ventures, Oregon Venture Fund, and strategic angel investors.

o9 Solutions CFO Anand Govind Joins Citi As Tech Investment Banking Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Anand Govind, chief financial officer of enterprise planning software company o9 Solutions, is joining Citigroup as a managing director in technology investment banking, focusing on enterprise software and artificial intelligence, according to a LinkedIn post and an internal memo reviewed by Bloomberg News.

EPIC Insurance Brokers Acquires The Bond Exchange To Expand National Surety Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has acquired The Bond Exchange, a Mission Viejo, California-based surety bond agency, in a move aimed at scaling EPIC’s national surety practice and adding deeper underwriting and brokerage expertise for complex bonding programs.

Human Capital Education Buys Kennedy & Company To Expand Strategy And CRM Services For Colleges

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Human Capital Education has acquired Kennedy & Company Education Strategies, combining two higher-education advisory firms that help colleges and universities manage change, improve performance, and drive sustainable growth. The deal brings together complementary capabilities across institutional strategy, enrollment and pricing, financial sustainability, and technology-enabled services.

Allshares Buys Stock & Option Solutions To Expand U.S. Equity Plan Administration Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Allshares has acquired Stock & Option Solutions (SOS), a U.S.-based specialist in equity compensation and stock plan administration, as the company pushes deeper into what it called its largest and fastest-growing market. The deal adds a long-standing U.S. services platform to Allshares’ ownership management software and positions the combined organization to support clients operating across multiple countries and equity technology systems.

Copeland Bolsters AI-Driven HVAC And Cold Chain Offerings With Bueno Analytics Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Copeland announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Bueno Analytics, an Australia-based software company that uses embedded AI and machine learning to deliver building analytics, energy management, and operational efficiency tools for commercial buildings and cold chain environments.

BlueRidge Life Sciences Buys Design Science To Add Human Factors And Usability Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

BlueRidge Life Sciences, a life sciences consulting and services platform backed by Renovus Capital Partners, has acquired Design Science, a human factors and usability engineering consultancy that works with medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies.

LatticeFlow AI Acquires AI Sonar To Add On-Prem Discovery To Evidence-Based AI Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

LatticeFlow AI announced it has acquired Dublin-based AI Sonar Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CloudSphere Ltd., in a deal the company unveiled during the World Economic Forum in Davos. The acquisition adds AI Sonar’s “AI discovery” capabilities—aimed at detecting “shadow AI” across enterprise environments—to LatticeFlow AI’s governance platform, which focuses on technical evaluations and evidence generation.

Infinity Natural Resources Buys Chase Oil Stake In South Bend Field In $36 Million Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Infinity Natural Resources announced it acquired Chase Oil Corporation’s working interest in the company’s South Bend field in Pennsylvania in an all-stock transaction valued at about $36 million, adding producing wells, near-term volumes, and additional drilling inventory in one of its core dry gas areas.

Gamebeast Buys RTrack To Broaden Roblox Market Research And Intelligence Offerings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Gamebeast has acquired RTrack, a Roblox market research platform that helps developers and enterprises track trends, player behavior, and game performance using structured analysis of publicly available data.

D-Wave Closes Quantum Circuits Deal, Adding Error-Corrected Gate-Model Tech To Dual-Platform Roadmap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

D-Wave Quantum announced it has completed its acquisition of Quantum Circuits Inc., a move the company expects will accelerate development of a scaled, error-corrected gate-model quantum computer to complement its commercial annealing systems.

Modern Wealth Adds $300 Million Rochester Advisory Team To Expand New York Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Modern Wealth Management has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire a Rochester, New York-based advisory practice led by veteran advisor Craig Houck, expanding the firm’s East Coast presence and adding a four-person team to its Rochester office. Houck will join Modern Wealth as a managing director, bringing approximately $300 million in client assets to the platform.

FGS Global Launches AI Advisory Practice And Acquires Threat Intelligence Consultancy Memetica

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

FGS Global announced it has launched a new AI Advisory practice and acquired Memetica, a specialist consultancy focused on AI-driven threat detection and mitigation across social, dark web, and fringe platforms. The firm said the new practice will sit within its recently formed AI and Innovation group, led by Aaron Kwittken, Global Head of AI and Innovation.

Prime Capital Financial Acquires $600 Million Firm Bradshaw Rogers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Prime Capital Financial has acquired Bradshaw Rogers Financial Partners, adding a planning-led wealth management firm with integrated tax capabilities and roughly $600 million in assets under management to its national platform.

Raise Acquires Murmur To Expand Supplier Marketplace And Modernize Contingent Workforce Sourcing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Raise, a workforce deployment company, has acquired Murmur, a technology-enabled supplier marketplace platform, in a deal aimed at helping enterprises better manage complex supplier ecosystems and strengthen contingent workforce programs.

Riverview Landscapes Acquires Meticulous Landscaping in Ocean County, New Jersey

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Riverview Landscapes, a provider of commercial landscaping and snow services across the Northeast, has acquired Meticulous Landscaping, a well-known landscape maintenance company based in Ocean County, New Jersey. The deal marks Riverview’s 20th acquisition since the company was founded in 2022.