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Apprentice.io Acquires Ganymede To Unify R&D And Commercial Manufacturing On An AI-Native Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Apprentice.io announced it has acquired Ganymede, an AI-powered cloud platform designed to capture, standardize, and automate lab and process data, in a move aimed at connecting laboratory operations with manufacturing execution inside a single system.

Blue Origin Unveils TeraWave, a 6 Tbps Space-Based Network For Global Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Blue Origin has introduced TeraWave, a satellite communications network it says will deliver symmetrical connectivity with aggregate capacity reaching up to 6 terabits per second worldwide, targeting enterprise, data center, and government users that require high-reliability links for critical operations.

Yelp To Buy AI Lead-Management Platform Hatch For $270 Million To Expand Services SaaS Push

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Yelp announced it has agreed to acquire Hatch, an AI-powered lead management and customer communication platform, in a deal aimed at accelerating Yelp’s AI transformation and broadening its SaaS tools for services businesses.

Base AI Acquires EverAfter AI to Build AI Engagement OS For Customer-Led Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Base AI announced it has acquired EverAfter AI, combining Base’s customer lifecycle marketing capabilities with EverAfter’s customer-facing post-sale experiences to create what the companies call the first “Engagement OS” for B2B customer-led growth.

Maple Brings Institutional Yield Products to Base’s Onchain Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Maple announced it has launched on Base, Coinbase-incubated Layer 2 network, in a move aimed at expanding distribution for its institutional-focused credit and yield products across one of the largest and fastest-growing onchain ecosystems.

Smithfield Foods To Acquire Nathan’s Famous For $450 Million, Securing Hot Dog Brand Rights In Perpetuity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Smithfield Foods announced it has agreed to acquire Nathan’s Famous in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $450 million, aiming to secure long-term control of the iconic all-beef hot dog brand and expand growth across retail and foodservice. Under the definitive merger agreement, Smithfield will purchase all outstanding shares of Nathan’s Famous for $102.00 per share in cash.

Jump And Focus Financial Partners Team Up On AI Workflows To Boost Advisor Productivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Jump, an AI software provider for financial advisors, has struck a strategic partnership with Focus Financial Partners to help Focus-affiliated advisory and business management firms streamline meeting-related work and turn client conversations into structured, actionable data.

Kestra Financial Adds Advanced Planning Chief And Partners With RightCapital To Expand Advisor Tools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Kestra Financial announced it is expanding its advanced planning offering with a new senior hire and a strategic technology partnership to help affiliated advisors deliver more personalized, comprehensive financial strategies for clients.

Deutsche Börse To Buy Allfunds In €5.3 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Deutsche Börse AG (DBAG) and Allfunds Group plc announced they have agreed terms for a recommended cash-and-share acquisition of Allfunds, with Allfunds shareholders set to receive total consideration of €8.80 per share.

Vestmark and T. Rowe Price Launch “Custom Premier” Personalized Model Portfolio Solution For RIAs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Vestmark and T. Rowe Price have launched Custom Premier, a new model portfolio solution designed to help registered investment advisors deliver personalized, tax-efficient portfolios across ETFs and mutual funds while maintaining operational scale and efficiency.

Fisent Technologies Posts 206% Revenue Growth in 2025 As BizAI Adoption Accelerates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Fisent Technologies said it delivered triple-digit growth in 2025 as enterprises expanded deployments of its BizAI platform to automate unstructured content processing across regulated and complex workflows.

EQT To Acquire Coller Capital In $3.2 Billion Share Deal, Launching New Secondaries Segment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

EQT AB announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Coller Capital, a global secondaries specialist with nearly $50 billion in total assets under management and $33 billion in fee-generating AUM as of Dec. 31, 2025, in a move that would add a dedicated secondaries platform to EQT’s private markets franchise.

Lovell Minnick Partners Closes Continuation Vehicle For SRS Acquiom

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Lovell Minnick Partners has closed a single-asset continuation vehicle for SRS Acquiom, providing fresh capital and an extended ownership runway to support the transaction-services provider’s next phase of growth. The deal, led by Carlyle AlpInvest, allows Lovell Minnick to continue its partnership with SRS Acquiom after initially making a majority investment in 2018, while also bringing in new and existing investors and management as shareholders alongside the two firms.

Epiris Sells Structured Minority Stake In UK Funeral Plans Provider Pure Cremation To Centerbridge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Epiris announced Epiris Fund III and Pure Cremation CEO Dean Lamble have agreed to sell a structured minority interest in Pure Cremation to Centerbridge Partners, which will invest across both the company’s debt and equity instruments. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.

Qure.ai Wins Gates Foundation Grant To Develop AI Point-Of-Care Ultrasound For TB And Pneumonia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Qure.ai has received a multimillion-dollar grant from the Gates Foundation to expand its global health work, including the development of AI-enabled point-of-care ultrasound algorithms to enable earlier detection of tuberculosis (TB) and pneumonia in under-resourced settings.

Sharon AI Lines Up To $500 Million USD.AI Debt Facility For GPU-Financed Compute Expansion Across Australia And Asia-Pacific

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

SharonAI Holdings and its subsidiaries, an Australian AI infrastructure provider listed on the OTC Markets (SHAZ, SHAZW), said USD.AI has approved a debt facility of up to $500 million to support the company’s planned buildout of large-scale GPU compute capacity across Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

RSA Group Secures $135 Million Capital Infusion And Refinances Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

RSA Group, a cybersecurity company comprised of RSA and Outseer, said it has completed a refinancing transaction with a substantial majority of holders of its existing first- and second-lien term loans, alongside a new $135 million capital infusion backed by existing lenders.

Neurophos: $110 Million Series A Raised To Bring Exaflop-Scale Photonic AI Chips To Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Neurophos has raised $110 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to accelerate the commercialization of its photonic AI chip technology, positioning the Austin-based company to push beyond the power and scalability limits facing today’s AI infrastructure. The financing brings Neurophos’ total funding to $118 million and was led by Gates Frontier, with participation from M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), Carbon Direct Capital, Aramco Ventures, Bosch Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, Space Capital, and additional investors.

Strickland Brothers Secures $360 Million Committed Financing To Fund Acquisitions And Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Strickland Brothers, one of the largest independent quick-lube operators in the U.S., said it has closed a new $360 million committed financing package from Golub Capital and Audax Strategic Capital to support acquisition activity and accelerate national growth.

OpenAI And Gates Foundation Launch Horizon 1000 To Advance AI For Primary Healthcare Across 1,000 African Clinics By 2028

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

OpenAI and the Gates Foundation have launched Horizon 1000, a pilot initiative designed to accelerate the real-world deployment of AI tools in primary healthcare systems across Africa, starting in Rwanda. The partners said they are committing a combined $50 million in funding, technology, and technical support, with the goal of reaching 1,000 primary healthcare clinics and surrounding communities by 2028.

Latham & Watkins: Frank Monaco Named As Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Latham & Watkins has hired Frank Monaco as a partner in its New York office, adding an insurance-focused transactional and regulatory lawyer to the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice. Monaco advises insurers and reinsurers on complex deals and regulatory issues, with a particular emphasis on reinsurance transactions involving the transfer of large blocks of business.

Janet Cho Joins Corrs Chambers Westgarth As Tax Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Corrs Chambers Westgarth has added experienced tax partner Janet Cho to its Sydney office, continuing a run of senior hires aimed at bolstering the firm’s tax offering.

Paul Hastings Expands Asia Energy Platform With Seoul Partner Hire Sungjin Kang

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Paul Hastings has hired Sungjin Kang, a leading energy and infrastructure partner, to join the firm in Seoul as it continues to scale its global Energy & Infrastructure practice and deepen its footprint across Asia.

DEALSAGE Expands M&A Intelligence Platform To Private Equity, Law Firms, And Corporate Development Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

DEALSAGE announced it is expanding its institutional investment and M&A intelligence platform to serve additional customer segments, including private equity sponsors, law firms, corporate development teams, and institutional limited partners.

Sidley Bolsters New York Investment Funds Team With Trio From Clifford Chance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Sidley Austin is expanding its investment funds bench in New York with the addition of partners Cliff Cone, Michael Sabin, and Dan Drabkin, who join from Clifford Chance, where Cone and Sabin co-led the firm’s U.S. Funds and Investment Management practice.

Aptean Acquires OpsVeda To Add Agentic Execution To Logility Supply Chain Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

Aptean announced it has acquired OpsVeda, an AI-powered operations command center, as it pushes to build what it describes as an autonomous, end-to-end supply chain planning and execution platform anchored by Logility. The transaction continues Aptean’s post-Logility integration strategy, following its acquisition of Logility in April 2025 for $14.30 per share in cash.

AbelZeta Sells Remaining China Rights To GPC3 Armored CAR-T Program To AstraZeneca

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 22, 2026

AbelZeta Pharma said AstraZeneca has agreed to acquire AbelZeta’s remaining 50% stake in the China development and commercialization rights for C-CAR031, a Glypican 3 (GPC3)-targeting armored CAR-T therapy being studied in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and other solid tumors.

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.