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Private Equity Veteran Speed Liu Joins FTI Consulting In Hong Kong As Senior Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

FTI Consulting has hired private equity veteran Speed Liu as a Senior Managing Director in its Business Transformation practice in Asia, based in Hong Kong, strengthening the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment amid rising demand for operational turnaround and exit-readiness work across the region.

Nexxa.ai: $9 Million Seed Funding Closed To Scale AI Agents For Heavy Industry Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Nexxa.ai has raised a $9 million seed round to scale specialized AI agents designed for heavy-industry workflows, as the company looks to expand deployments across rail, construction, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors.

AheadComputing Raises Additional $30 Million Seed2 Round To Reimagine CPU Architecture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

AheadComputing, a Portland, Oregon-based IP design house developing high-performance RISC-V CPU cores, has raised an additional $30 million in a Seed2 financing round, bringing total funding to $53 million. The round was co-led by Eclipse, Toyota Ventures, and Cambium, with participation from Corner, Trousdale Ventures, EPIQ, MESH, and Stata.

American Express Global Business Travel Cuts Borrowing Costs And Upsizes Term Loan To $1.486 Billion Through 2031

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

American Express Global Business Travel Group announced it has refinanced and expanded its senior secured first lien term loan facility, lowering borrowing costs while adding incremental liquidity to support growth investments and integration efforts.

Fair Holdings Completes $227 Million Take-Private Acquisition Of TrueCar

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Fair Holdings, led by TrueCar founder Scott Painter, has completed a $227 million take-private acquisition of TrueCar in a deal backed by a strategic group that includes PenFed Credit Union, Zurich North America, AutoNation, Atlantic Coast Automotive, and several technology partners.

BioTissue Sells Surgical And Wound Care Unit To BioStem, Sharpening Focus On Ocular Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

BioTissue Holdings has completed the sale of its non-ocular Surgical and Wound Care business to BioStem Technologies, a deal that shifts BioTissue toward a tighter strategic focus on eye-care innovation while expanding BioStem’s footprint in placental-derived products for advanced wound care.

Benepass: $40 Million Series B Closed To Expand Benefits Platform for Employers Facing Rising Healthcare Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Benepass has raised $40 million in Series B funding to expand its benefits capital management platform as employers look for new ways to rein in rising healthcare costs without simply shifting more expense onto employees. The round was led by Centana Growth Partners, with participation from FoW Partners and existing backers Portage Ventures and Threshold Ventures.

Renterra: $9 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI-Driven Equipment Rental Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Renterra has raised $9 million in a Series A round to accelerate growth of its equipment rental software platform and expand its use of practical AI tools for rental operators.

Claim Health: $4.4 Million Seed Funding Raised To Automate Post-Acute Revenue Operations With AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Claim Health, a Y Combinator-backed startup building AI-native revenue operations infrastructure for post-acute care, has raised a $4.4 million seed round led by Maverick Ventures, with participation from Peak XV, Y Combinator, and DHVP. The financing also included checks from C-suite executives at large post-acute care providers, which the company said reflect growing demand for modernized revenue workflows in home health, hospice, and personal care settings.

ActBlue Acquires Hey Victor to Expand Low-Cost Campaign Websites for Democrats

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

ActBlue has acquired Hey Victor, a website-building platform for Democratic campaigns, and will operate it as “Hey Victor by ActBlue.” The company said the move expands its down-ballot toolkit and is intended to make modern campaign websites more accessible to candidates without large budgets or specialized digital teams.

Mindgruve Accelerates European Growth With Acquisition Of Ameo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Mindgruve has acquired Hamburg-based commerce agency Ameo, a longtime provider of Amazon advertising and analytics services in Europe, as the company deepens its presence in international retail media and cross-border commerce. The deal expands Mindgruve’s footprint in Europe and aims to help U.S. brands scale performance in Germany and other major European markets, where marketplace dynamics and measurement standards can vary widely.

Helium Ventures Acquires InsurGrid, An Insurance Data Platform Used by 2,500 P&C Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Helium Ventures, an AI-native holding company that buys and operates software businesses, has acquired InsurGrid, a platform used by more than 2,500 property and casualty insurance agents to collect and verify insurance policy data.

Polycorp Acquires Iron Horse Engineering To Expand Rail Boot And Embedded Track Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Polycorp, a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners, has acquired Iron Horse Engineering Co., a rail-industry specialist known for inventing the original rail boot and for its embedded track technologies, as Polycorp looks to expand its rail product lineup and engineering capabilities.

Jack Morton And Impact XM To Merge, Forming Expanded Global Experiential Agency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Impact XM and Jack Morton said they will merge to create a combined global brand experience and experiential marketing agency operating under the Jack Morton name, bringing together more than 1,000 specialists across strategy, creative, client service, production, fabrication, and innovation.

Zèya Global Raises $2.45 Million Strategic Growth Round For P2P Barter Marketplace App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Zèya Global, a Miami-based peer-to-peer barter marketplace app built around swipe-based item exchanges, has closed a $2.45 million strategic growth round led by Storage Innovations LLC.

Campfire Interactive Acquires Cover 4 PM To Broaden AI-Driven Profit Optimization For Manufacturers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Campfire Interactive announced it has acquired Cover 4 PM, adding program and project management capabilities to its AI-enabled profit optimization platform for automotive suppliers and manufacturers.

Duetti: $200 Million Secured To Scale Independent Music Catalog Acquisitions And Expand Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Duetti, a music-tech and financial services company focused on helping independent creators monetize and manage their music rights, has secured $200 million in new capital to accelerate catalog acquisitions and expand its technology and services globally.

617 Collective Acquires Nominee Design, Expanding Its Founder-Led Agency Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

617 Collective, a New York-based holding company focused on founder-led marketing, PR, and creative agencies, announced it has acquired Nominee Design, an Oklahoma-based strategic brand and creative studio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

One To One Health Partners With Frist Cressey On $12 Million Investment To Scale AI-Enabled Primary Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

One to One Health announced it has raised a $12 million minority growth investment from Frist Cressey Ventures to expand its employer-sponsored primary care model and accelerate development of its AI-enabled clinical platform, Intelligent Care Manager.

BV Investment Partners Launches Altimeter Solutions Group After Acquiring Alacrity’s Managed Repair Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

BV Investment Partners has acquired the Managed Repair Program division of Alacrity Solutions and rebranded the business as Altimeter Solutions Group, launching a standalone platform focused on property-insurance managed repair. The transaction is the first investment from BV’s $2.465 billion Fund XII, with capital also coming from BV Funds XI and XII, and was completed in partnership with Altimeter’s existing leadership team.

Transworld Business Advisors Partners With BizScout To Syndicate Active Listings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Transworld Business Advisors, which is known as one of the largest business brokerages, has signed a multi-year strategic partnership to syndicate all of its active listings to BizScout, a fast-growing small business acquisition marketplace and data platform, in a move the companies say is designed to better match vetted inventory with verified, high-intent buyers.

GSK Awards $2 Million In COiMMUNITY Grants To Help Close Vaccination Gaps And Pledges $3 Million for 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

GSK announced it has awarded $2 million in grants to 16 state, regional, and national nonprofit organizations through its COiMMUNITY Initiative, as the biopharma company seeks to support local efforts to improve vaccine education, communication, and immunization uptake across the United States.

GoNetspeed Expands Manchester Fiber Network With $1.6 Million Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

GoNetspeed is investing more than $1.6 million to expand its 100% fiber-optic internet network in Manchester, Connecticut, a buildout the company said will extend multi-gigabit service access to more than 5,000 additional homes and businesses.

Aprio Adds Denver’s TaxOps SALT Team And Names Judy Vorndran as National Practice Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Aprio has expanded its national state and local tax practice with the addition of the SALT team from TaxOps, a Denver-area tax services firm, strengthening the accounting and advisory firm’s multistate tax capabilities and widening its coverage across additional jurisdictions.

Perkins Howe Innovation Center Partners With Adaptation Ventures To Expand Funding Pathways For DisabilityTech Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Perkins Howe Innovation Center, the innovation hub of Perkins School for the Blind, has partnered with Adaptation Ventures to create a new pipeline that connects DisabilityTech founders to early-stage investors, aiming to speed the development and adoption of accessible products and services.

Lovell Minnick Closes Continuation Vehicle For SRS Acquiom In Carlyle AlpInvest-Led Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Lovell Minnick Partners has closed a single-asset continuation vehicle for SRS Acquiom in a transaction led by Carlyle AlpInvest, extending Lovell Minnick’s ownership partnership with the M&A and loan transaction services provider first established through a majority investment in 2018.

Blueprint Equity Closes Oversubscribed $333 Million Fund III In Single Close

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

Blueprint Equity has raised a $333 million third fund, Blueprint Equity III, in a single close that the firm said was oversubscribed and completed in 12 days, pushing the San Diego-based growth equity manager past $600 million in assets under management.

True Wind Capital Backs Ultimate Knowledge Institute In Growth Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

True Wind Capital has made a growth investment in Ultimate Knowledge Institute, a cybersecurity workforce readiness provider, as the private equity firm looks to back expansion of UKi’s competency-driven training and readiness platform across government and commercial customers.

PraxisPro: $6 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform Life Sciences With AI for Commercial Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

PraxisPro, a data intelligence company focused on improving how life sciences organizations generate and govern commercial insights, has raised a $6 million oversubscribed seed round led by AlleyCorp. Flybridge, South Loop Ventures, Zeal Capital Partners, True Ventures, Techstars, Alumni Ventures, and Daring Ventures also participated in the financing.

OpenEvidence: $250 Million Series D At $12 Billion Valuation Raised To Expand AI ‘Medical Superintelligence’ Platform for Doctors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 21, 2026

OpenEvidence, an AI-powered medical search platform used by clinicians, said it has raised $250 million in a Series D financing that values the company at $12 billion, positioning it as the highest-valued healthcare AI company. Thrive Capital and DST Global co-led the financing. This round brings the total funding raised over the past 12 months to roughly $700 million. And it listed a broad roster of prior investors, including Sequoia, Google Ventures, Nvidia, Kleiner Perkins, Blackstone, Henry Kravis, Coatue, Thrive Capital, Conviction, ICONIQ, Greycroft, Breyer Capital, BOND, Craft Ventures, Goanna, Meritech, Alkeon, and Mayo Clinic, among others.