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Orion Launches Dynamic Account Opening With Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Orion has launched a digital account-opening system within its Advisor Portal, with Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions becoming the first custodian integrated with the new experience.

Vitol Distributes $5.9 Billion To Shareholders As 2025 Profit Declines

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Vitol paid approximately $5.9 billion to its shareholders through its annual share repurchase program in 2025, according to a company filing reviewed by Reuters.

PowerTransitions Acquires Five New York Power Plants Totaling 323 MW

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

PowerTransitions has completed the acquisition of five natural gas-fired electricity generation facilities in New York with a combined capacity of 323 megawatts.

Gibson Dunn Adds Investment Funds And Real Estate Tax Partner James Manzione

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Gibson Dunn has added James Manzione as a partner in the law firm’s New York Tax Practice Group. Manzione is returning to Gibson Dunn after previously working as an associate in its New York office. He most recently served as a partner at another international law firm.

Cetera Appoints Craig Bartlett To Lead Cetera Financial Specialists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Cetera has appointed Craig Bartlett as Community Leader of Cetera Financial Specialists, the company’s network of financial professionals specializing in tax-focused wealth management.

Viso Business Capital Arranges About $25 Million For 10 Casago Franchise Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Viso Business Capital has completed its tenth acquisition loan for a Casago franchise operator, bringing the total Small Business Administration financing arranged across the transactions to approximately $25 million.

50T Funds Appoints George Jamgochian As Head Of Capital Formation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

50T Funds has appointed George Jamgochian as Head of Capital Formation to lead institutional fundraising and investor relations for the digital asset investment firm.

Sidus Space Appoints Alan Khalili As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Sidus Space has appointed Alan Khalili as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 27, 2026. Khalili succeeds John Burke, who served as interim CFO during the company’s leadership transition.

Microporous Secures Financing From Eagle Point And Elda River For Virginia Battery Separator Plant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Microporous has secured strategic credit financing from Eagle Point Credit Management to support construction of a lithium-ion battery separator manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia. Elda River also participated in the financing.

Align Ventures Closes $125 Million Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Align Ventures has closed an oversubscribed $125 million early-stage venture fund focused on consumer brands and related technologies.

Vital Capital Partners Fully Subscribes $16 Million Healthcare DST Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Vital Capital Partners has fully subscribed a Delaware statutory trust offering that raised approximately $16 million from accredited investors.

Pegasus Tech Ventures Secures More Than $300 Million Across Five Corporate Venture Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Pegasus Tech Ventures secured more than $300 million in new commitments across five corporate venture capital funds established during the first half of 2026.

Church’s Texas Chicken Secures Growth Equity Investment From Golub Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Church’s Texas Chicken has received a strategic growth equity investment from Golub Capital to support restaurant development, remodeling and continued expansion. Financial terms were not disclosed.

FHLBank Chicago Adds $17 Million To Downpayment Programs, Bringing 2026 Funding To $48 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago has committed an additional $17 million to its Downpayment Plus programs, increasing total funding for 2026 to $48 million.

Apple Hospitality REIT Expands Credit Facility To $1.3 Billion And Term Loan To $160 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Apple Hospitality REIT has completed a series of refinancing transactions that increased its borrowing capacity and extended its debt maturities.

Coforge Secures More Than $230 Million European AI Transformation Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Coforge has secured a five-year contract valued at more than $230 million for an AI-led business transformation program with an undisclosed European customer. The agreement represents one of Coforge’s largest AI transformation engagements in Europe.

VAST Data Expands AMD Partnership To Improve AI Inference Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

VAST Data has expanded its collaboration with AMD to help cloud providers and enterprises build infrastructure for AI training, inference and agentic AI applications.

Swarmer Promotes Garrett Kasper To Chief Communications Officer And Launches Innovation Division

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Swarmer has promoted Garrett Kasper to Chief Communications Officer and reassigned responsibilities across its senior leadership team.

Innovation Growth Partners Specialty Appoints David Nikolai As Programs Division President

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Innovation Growth Partners Specialty has appointed David Nikolai as President of its Programs Division. Nikolai has more than 30 years of experience across insurance brokerage and underwriting.

Providence Equity Partners Makes Significant Investment In SCG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Providence Equity Partners has made a significant investment in SCG, a U.K. provider of communications, connectivity and managed IT services for small and medium-sized businesses. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ALPHEA Raises $5 Million To Develop Distributed Infrastructure For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

ALPHEA has raised $5 million in strategic funding to develop a distributed cloud and operating environment designed for autonomous AI agents. Participants supporting the project include MH Ventures, IBC Ventures, Titan Ventures and Becker Ventures. The company did not provide a complete investor list or disclose its valuation.

Street Group Secures Hg Investment At Valuation Above £200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Street Group has secured a strategic growth investment from Hg that values the U.K. property technology company at more than £200 million.

Kensington Credit Opportunities ETF Surpasses $100 Million In Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

The Kensington Credit Opportunities ETF has surpassed $100 million in assets slightly more than six months after its launch. The actively managed fixed-income fund trades under the ticker KAMO and invests across U.S. high-yield bonds, investment-grade credit and U.S. Treasury securities.

Carrier Appoints PTC CEO Neil Barua To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

ispace-EUROPE Wins €65 Million Contract From The European Space Agency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

ispace-EUROPE has received a €65 million contract from the European Space Agency to complete the development, launch and operation of MAGPIE, Europe’s first lunar rover designed to explore polar ice.

Rossen Law Firm Adds Veteran Trial And Appellate Attorney Shlomi Presser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Rossen Law Firm has added veteran criminal defense and appellate attorney Shlomi Presser to its South Florida legal team. Presser brings more than 20 years of experience representing clients in state and federal criminal cases, including misdemeanors, serious felony prosecutions, trials and appeals.

Cognizant And Gulf Edge Form AI Partnership To Support Thailand’s Digital Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Cognizant and Gulf Edge have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate enterprise AI adoption and support Thailand’s development as a regional AI economy.

Tikehau Capital Closes Sixth European Direct Lending Strategy At €5.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Tikehau Capital has completed the final closing of the sixth generation of its European Direct Lending strategy with €5.2 billion in commitments, excluding leverage.

kausable Raises €12 Million Seed Round To Develop Self-Adapting AI Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

kausable has raised €12 million in seed funding to develop reasoning-first AI models designed to adapt to changing conditions without requiring continuous retraining. The round was led by UVC Partners and Entourage, with additional participation from HTGF and Mätch VC. The company is also backed by angel investors affiliated with organizations including Black Forest Labs, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Noxtua and the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems.

Southern Ridge Advisory Joins Thoroughbred Financial And Osaic

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2026

Southern Ridge Advisory has joined Thoroughbred Financial, an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction affiliated with Osaic. The practice is led by Steve Allen and his son, John Allen. Steve built Southern Ridge after developing a successful accounting practice and established the advisory business around long-term client relationships.