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Dash Bio Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand Automated Bioanalysis Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Dash Bio has raised $30 million in Series A financing to expand its automated bioanalysis platform for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Oak HC/FT led the round, with participation from existing investors Freestyle Capital and Swift Ventures. The financing brings Dash Bio’s total capital raised to $47.5 million.

Adams Street Raises More Than $5 Billion For Secondaries Investment Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Adams Street Partners has secured more than $5 billion in capital commitments for its latest secondaries investment program, including the closing of Global Secondary Fund 8 at $2.7 billion.

Zenity Raises $125 Million Series C To Expand AI Agent Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Zenity has raised $125 million in a Series C financing round led by Norwest to expand its artificial intelligence agent security and governance platform. New investors Qumra Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi Ventures and LG Technology Ventures joined the round. Existing investors Vertex Ventures, Third Point Ventures, DTCP and Intel Capital also participated.

Visa To Acquire BioCatch For $2.4 Billion To Expand Fraud Prevention Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Visa has entered into an agreement to acquire BioCatch from funds advised by Permira and other shareholders for $2.4 billion in cash.

Horizon3 Raises $250 Million At More Than $2 Billion Valuation As ARR Jumps 120%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Horizon3 has raised $250 million in an oversubscribed Series E financing round at a valuation exceeding $2 billion. The valuation is more than three times the $650 million valuation Horizon3 received during its Series D financing slightly more than a year earlier.

Orbital Sentry Raises Pre-Seed Funding For Geosynchronous Infrared Imaging Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Orbital Sentry has closed a pre-seed financing round to develop persistent infrared imaging systems designed to operate from geosynchronous orbit.

Arnold & Porter Adds M&A And Private Equity Partner Chee-Kwan Kim In Seoul

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Arnold & Porter has appointed Chee-Kwan “CK” Kim as a partner in the M&A team of its Corporate & Finance practice. Kim will be based in the firm’s Seoul office, strengthening Arnold & Porter’s capabilities in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and Korea-originated transactions.

Inocras Raises $31 Million In Oversubscribed Series B-3, Bringing Total Funding To $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Inocras has raised $31 million in an oversubscribed Series B-3 financing round to expand its whole-genome sequencing and bioinformatics platform in the United States.

Vector Velocity Provides $50 Million Credit Facility To Outside Interactive

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Vector Velocity, the direct credit investment strategy of Vector Capital, has completed a $50 million senior secured credit investment in Outside Interactive.

VENU Secures $25 Million Debt Financing For Regent Bank Amphitheater

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Venu Holding Corporation has secured a $25 million financing facility to support construction of the Regent Bank Amphitheater in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Upsizes JPMorgan Facility To $651 Million And Reduces Funding Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Granite Point Mortgage Trust has refinanced the assets previously financed through its two remaining commercial real estate collateralized loan obligations, GPMT 2021-FL3 and GPMT 2021-FL4.

Base Power Raises $1 Billion Series D At $13 Billion Valuation And Launches U.S.-Made Home Battery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Base Power has raised $1 billion in a Series D financing round at a $13 billion post-money valuation and launched Base Core, a home battery manufactured at the company’s Austin facility.

OLIX Raises $312 Million At $3.3 Billion Valuation To Build Frontier AI Inference Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

OLIX has raised $312 million in a Series B funding round at a $3.3 billion valuation, two years after the London-based artificial intelligence infrastructure company was founded.

Index Ventures Raises $3.5 Billion Across New Seed, Venture And Growth Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Index Ventures has announced $3.5 billion in investing capital across new seed, venture and growth funds as the firm marks its 30th anniversary.

Marriott: Bonvoy Membership Tops 295 Million As Credit Card Fees Help Franchise Revenue Rise 19%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Marriott International’s Bonvoy loyalty program surpassed 295 million members during the second quarter of 2026 as new credit card agreements and the company’s expanding hotel system supported double-digit growth in franchise revenue.

Prysmian To Acquire Atkore For $3.8 Billion To Expand North American Electrical Solutions Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Prysmian has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Atkore for $95 per share in cash, giving the electrical infrastructure company an implied enterprise value of approximately $3.8 billion, or €3.3 billion.

Integer To Be Acquired By KKR For $5.7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Integer Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by KKR in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.7 billion.

Avantus Secures $1.05 Billion Corporate Credit Facility Led By SMBC, ING, HSBC, KKR And Truist

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Avantus has closed an upsized $1.05 billion corporate credit facility to support the development and construction of its utility-scale solar and energy storage portfolio across California and the Desert Southwest.

Senior: Aerospace Profit Jumps 42% As Margin Expands 270 Basis Points

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Senior plc’s Aerospace division delivered substantial earnings growth during the first half of 2026 as rising commercial aircraft production, stronger defense demand, improved pricing, and operational efficiencies expanded profitability.

PostNL: AI Agents And Parcel Lockers Support Expanded €180 Million Cost-Savings Plan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

PostNL expanded its cost-reduction program to as much as €180 million as the Dutch delivery company increases its use of artificial intelligence, automates support functions, and builds a larger network of parcel lockers.

Shell To Sell 0.5 GW European Onshore Renewables Portfolio To TotalEnergies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Shell has entered into an agreement to sell a portfolio of European onshore renewable energy assets to TotalEnergies. The portfolio includes operational and development-stage projects across Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.

BP Completes Sale Of Gelsenkirchen Refinery To Klesch Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

BP has completed the sale of its Gelsenkirchen refinery and related businesses in Germany to Klesch Group. The transaction supports BP’s effort to simplify its portfolio, strengthen its balance sheet and direct capital toward assets and markets where it believes it can generate stronger returns.

Alibaba Introduces 2.4 Trillion-Parameter Qwen3.8-Max AI Model With 1 Million-Token Context Window

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Alibaba’s Qwen team has officially released Qwen3.8-Max, describing it as the largest and most capable model in the Qwen family to date. Built on the architectural foundation of Qwen3.5, the flagship model contains 2.4 trillion total parameters, with approximately 95 billion parameters activated during inference. It supports a context window of up to 1 million tokens, enabling it to work with large collections of documents, extensive software repositories, long videos and complex tasks that require sustained reasoning across many steps.

Corvias Completes 1,215 Renovations In $210 Million Military Housing Modernization Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Corvias has completed more than half of Project Homestead, a $210 million military housing modernization initiative covering homes at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Fort Meade in Maryland and Fort Rucker in Alabama.

Octapharma To Build $1.5 Billion Critical Care Manufacturing Facility In South Carolina

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Octapharma plans to invest $1.5 billion in its first U.S.-based manufacturing and production facility, creating approximately 1,500 full-time jobs in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

ADP: Client Funds Strategy Contribution Jumps 22% To $1.31 Billion As Yield Tailwind Continues

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

ADP’s client funds investment strategy became a larger contributor to earnings during fiscal 2026, as higher average balances, improving portfolio yields, and lower short-term financing costs increased the strategy’s net impact by 22%.

GFL Environmental: Revenue Jumps 16% As Acquisitions Add Nearly 10 Percentage Points Of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 2, 2026

GFL Environmental reported 16.3% revenue growth during the second quarter of 2026, with recently completed acquisitions contributing nearly 10 percentage points of the increase as the waste-management company continued expanding its North American operating footprint.

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Dash Bio Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand Automated Bioanalysis Platform

Adams Street Raises More Than $5 Billion For Secondaries Investment Program

Zenity Raises $125 Million Series C To Expand AI Agent Security Platform

Visa To Acquire BioCatch For $2.4 Billion To Expand Fraud Prevention Capabilities

Horizon3 Raises $250 Million At More Than $2 Billion Valuation As ARR Jumps 120%

Orbital Sentry Raises Pre-Seed Funding For Geosynchronous Infrared Imaging Platform

Arnold & Porter Adds M&A And Private Equity Partner Chee-Kwan Kim In Seoul

Inocras Raises $31 Million In Oversubscribed Series B-3, Bringing Total Funding To $100 Million

Vector Velocity Provides $50 Million Credit Facility To Outside Interactive

VENU Secures $25 Million Debt Financing For Regent Bank Amphitheater

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Upsizes JPMorgan Facility To $651 Million And Reduces Funding Costs

Base Power Raises $1 Billion Series D At $13 Billion Valuation And Launches U.S.-Made Home Battery

OLIX Raises $312 Million At $3.3 Billion Valuation To Build Frontier AI Inference Platform

Index Ventures Raises $3.5 Billion Across New Seed, Venture And Growth Funds

Marriott: Bonvoy Membership Tops 295 Million As Credit Card Fees Help Franchise Revenue Rise 19%

Prysmian To Acquire Atkore For $3.8 Billion To Expand North American Electrical Solutions Platform

Integer To Be Acquired By KKR For $5.7 Billion

Avantus Secures $1.05 Billion Corporate Credit Facility Led By SMBC, ING, HSBC, KKR And Truist

Senior: Aerospace Profit Jumps 42% As Margin Expands 270 Basis Points

PostNL: AI Agents And Parcel Lockers Support Expanded €180 Million Cost-Savings Plan

Shell To Sell 0.5 GW European Onshore Renewables Portfolio To TotalEnergies

BP Completes Sale Of Gelsenkirchen Refinery To Klesch Group

Alibaba Introduces 2.4 Trillion-Parameter Qwen3.8-Max AI Model With 1 Million-Token Context Window

Corvias Completes 1,215 Renovations In $210 Million Military Housing Modernization Program

Octapharma To Build $1.5 Billion Critical Care Manufacturing Facility In South Carolina

ADP: Client Funds Strategy Contribution Jumps 22% To $1.31 Billion As Yield Tailwind Continues

GFL Environmental: Revenue Jumps 16% As Acquisitions Add Nearly 10 Percentage Points Of Growth

Chipotle: Comparable Sales Rise 2.2% As Beef And Labor Costs Cut Restaurant Margin 220 Basis Points

Align Technology To Add Three Directors And Raise 2026 Share Repurchases To Up To $500 Million

Kohl’s Names Wendy Arlin Board Chair And Appoints Former Panera Brands CEO Niren Chaudhary As Director