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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.

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.