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OneMain And TPG Extend And Expand Forward Flow Partnership To $2.4 Billion Through 2028

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

OneMain Holdings and TPG announced they have extended and expanded their forward flow agreement, under which TPG will continue purchasing consumer and auto loans originated by OneMain through June 30, 2028.

Cowbell: Simon Hughes Named As Chief Commercial Officer As It Pushes Next Phase of Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Cowbell has appointed Simon Hughes as chief commercial officer, elevating the executive who built the company’s U.K. operation to oversee worldwide commercial strategy as the cyber and specialty insurer targets its next growth cycle.

Constant Contact Buys GURU Conference And Marketing Education Assets From GURU Media Hub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Constant Contact has acquired select event and education assets from GURU Media Hub, a deal the digital marketing platform says will expand its role in hands-on, results-focused marketing education for small businesses and nonprofits.

AIM Investment Group Acquires Micro Forms, Adding Nearly 60-Year Precision Metal Stamping Manufacturer In Texas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

AIM Investment Group has acquired Micro Forms, a Garland, Texas-based precision metal stamping and engineering manufacturer founded in 1967, adding the business to AIM’s portfolio of industrial companies.

Sonesta Names Keith Pierce And Jeff Leer Co-CEOs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Sonesta International Hotels announced it has appointed Keith Pierce and Jeff Leer as co-chief executive officers, effective April 1, 2026, as the company prepares for the retirement of current CEO John Murray at the end of March.

Atomic Insights: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised To Modernize Money Movement And Payment Workflows For RIAs And Family Offices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 15, 2026

Atomic Insights, a fintech provider of money-movement and workflow automation tools for registered investment advisors and family offices, has raised $10 million in seed funding as it expands a platform designed to centralize payment requests, automate approvals, and connect directly to custodians and banks through real-time APIs.

Aikido: $60 Million Series B Raised At $1 Billion Valuation For Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Aikido announced it has raised a $60 million Series B financing at a $1 billion valuation, marking one of the fastest reported paths to unicorn status for a European cybersecurity company. The round was led by DST Global’s Tom Stafford, with participation from PSG Equity, Singular, Notion Capital, and other investors.

NewYork GreenCloud Buys California Biomass Plant to Launch Carbon-Negative AI Factory

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

NewYork GreenCloud (NYGC) announced it has acquired the Buena Vista Biomass Power (BVBP) facility in Ione, California, and plans to redevelop the site into what it describes as its first large-scale carbon-negative “AI Factory” that pairs renewable, behind-the-meter power with liquid-cooled AI compute.

Amplitude Acquires InfiniGrow To Bring Revenue Analytics To Marketers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Amplitude has acquired InfiniGrow, an AI marketing analytics company, as the Nasdaq-listed analytics platform seeks to expand its AI-driven capabilities beyond product analytics into marketing and revenue use cases. Financial terms were not disclosed.

House Of Vanderbilt Adds Impact Partners Co-Founders Jonathan Zaback And Jay Kolbe To Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

House of Vanderbilt, known as the first official family office of the Vanderbilt family, has appointed Impact Partners co-founders Jonathan Zaback and Jay Kolbe to its advisory board as the organization seeks to broaden its strategic reach across communications, reputation leadership, and the family office ecosystem.

Energy Management Collaborative Acquires Earth Savers To Expand Capabilities in Healthcare

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Energy Management Collaborative (EMC), a provider of turnkey energy efficiency solutions, has acquired Earth Savers, an LED lighting solutions company with a long track record in healthcare facilities, in a deal aimed at deepening EMC’s presence in the healthcare vertical across North America.

Crowe Invests In Crowe Advisory Services India To Expand Consulting Capabilities And Grow In India

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Crowe has made a strategic investment in Crowe Advisory Services India LLP (CAS), a move aimed at expanding Crowe’s consulting and advisory footprint and strengthening delivery capabilities in India, one of the world’s fastest-growing major markets.

Jeff Wyler Automotive Family Acquires Midwest Auto Group And Launches The Wyler Collection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

The Jeff Wyler Automotive Family (JWAF) said it has acquired Midwest Auto Group (MAG), a move the company described as a major step in its expansion into premium and ultra-luxury automotive retail.

ALKEME Insurance Buys Five Agencies To Expand Coast-To-Coast Brokerage Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

ALKEME Insurance announced it acquired five agencies during the last quarter as it accelerates a national roll-up strategy aimed at broadening property and casualty offerings and adding employee benefits capabilities in key growth markets.

Credent Adds $250 Million AUM With MainStreet And First State Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Credent Wealth Management has acquired Michigan-based MainStreet Financial Advisors and Tulsa-based First State Investment Advisors, extending the Indiana-headquartered RIA’s national footprint as it enters 2026 following its recently announced long-term capital partnership with Crestline Investors.

Govini Names JulieAnne Evanina As CMO And Taps Crystal Benton Burnett As SVP of Communications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Govini announced it has appointed JulieAnne Evanina as chief marketing officer and Crystal Benton Burnett as senior vice president of communications, adding senior marketing and public affairs leadership as the defense acquisition software company looks to expand its brand and external engagement.

YA Group Buys InQuis Global To Build End-To-End Litigation Consulting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

YA Group, a building consulting and forensic engineering firm, has acquired InQuis Global, a multi-service expert witness and litigation consulting company focused on life care planning, life expectancy consulting, vocational rehabilitation, wage loss analysis, and related support services.

Synopsys To Sell Processor IP Solutions Business To GlobalFoundries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Synopsys announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Processor IP Solutions business to GlobalFoundries, a move the chip design software and IP provider framed as part of a broader effort to concentrate its IP roadmap on interface and foundation offerings and pursue higher-value, AI-driven opportunities from cloud to edge.

Exegy Acquires NovaSparks, Expanding Ultra-Low Latency Market Data Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Exegy has acquired NovaSparks Inc., a provider of real-time market data normalization and distribution technology built on Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) products, in a deal aimed at strengthening Exegy’s offering for the fastest, most demanding electronic trading environments.

Lower Acquires Acopia Home Loans, Expanding Presence Across The Southeast

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Lower, a venture-backed mortgage lender and homeownership fintech platform, has acquired Acopia Home Loans to deepen its footprint across the Southeastern U.S. and add scale to its retail originations business. The deal brings Acopia’s network of 14 branches and 36 loan originators into Lower’s platform and is expected to contribute more than $425 million in annual loan production, according to the companies.

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety Acquires Coastal Sprinkler, Strengthening Fire Protection Services In Southern Texas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, a national provider of fire protection, life safety, and security services, has acquired Coastal Sprinkler, a Beaumont, Texas-based fire sprinkler contractor that has served Southeast Texas since 1987.

Goparity Acquires Spain-Based Crowdfunding Platform Bolsa Social

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Goparity, a Lisbon-based impact investment platform, has acquired Bolsa Social, a Spanish impact crowdfunding platform authorized by Spain’s securities regulator, the CNMV, in a deal that expands the group’s product offering beyond lending into equity crowdfunding and strengthens its foothold across the Iberian market.

Ryan Announces Minority Investment From Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Ryan, LLC, a global tax services and software provider, said Wednesday that Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions and funds managed by Neuberger Berman Private Markets have committed to acquire a “significant minority” equity interest in the company, adding a new long-term strategic shareholder alongside Onex Partners and Ares Private Equity Funds.

depthfirst Raises $40 Million Series A To Bring AI Agents to Software Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

depthfirst, an applied AI lab focused on software security, has raised a $40 million Series A funding round as it positions its “General Security Intelligence” platform as a response to a fast-changing threat landscape shaped by AI-generated code and increasingly automated attacks. The round was led by Accel and included participation from Alt Capital, BoxGroup, Liquid 2 Ventures, Mantis VC and SV Angel, alongside angel investors Jeff Dean, Kirsten Green, Colin Evans, Logan Kilpatrick and Julian Schrittwieser, the company said.

Exelon Adds $10 Million To Customer Relief Fund As Winter Energy Use Rises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Exelon announced it is contributing an additional $10 million to its Customer Relief Fund to help utility customers facing higher bills as cold weather increases energy demand and overall costs remain elevated.

iSono Health Launches ATUSA, A Wearable Automated Breast Ultrasound Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

iSono Health said it has commercially launched ATUSA, an FDA-cleared, wearable and automated 3D quantitative breast ultrasound platform that the company is positioning as a way to bring high-quality breast imaging into everyday clinics without reliance on scarce sonographers or expensive traditional ultrasound systems.

Filevine Acquires Pincites, Unveils ‘LOIS For Word’ Drafting And Redlining in Microsoft Word

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Filevine has acquired Pincites, an AI-powered contract drafting and redlining tool built natively for Microsoft Word, as the legal software company expands its AI-Powered Legal Operating Intelligence System (LOIS) into document creation and negotiation workflows.

Resolve Pain Solutions Acquires Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment Center in Baton Rouge Area

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Resolve Pain Solutions has acquired Spine Diagnostic & Pain Treatment Center, adding a Baton Rouge-area pain management platform as Resolve continues its Southeast-focused expansion strategy.

CalcFocus Lands Growth Investment From Pamlico Capital And Names Sandia Ren As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

CalcFocus announced it has secured a significant growth investment from Pamlico Capital as the insurer-focused software provider looks to accelerate expansion and deepen its push to modernize core systems for life, health, and annuity carriers.

Novee Emerges From Stealth With $51.5 Million To Counter AI Cyberattacks With A Proprietary AI Hacker

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 14, 2026

Novee, an AI offensive security startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, has launched out of stealth with $51.5 million in total funding as it targets the rise of AI-enabled cyberattacks with continuous, AI-driven penetration testing.