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Featherless, a neutral infrastructure platform for open-source AI models, has raised a $20 million Series A co-led by AMD Ventures and Airbus Ventures, with significant participation from BMW i Ventures, Kickstart Ventures, Panache Ventures, and Wavemaker Ventures. The capital will support global footprint expansion, deeper technical integrations, enterprise deployments, and advancement of the company's open-source agent runtime.

Nura Studios, an animation technology company founded by veterans from Apple, Unity, Roblox, Adobe, and Canva, has emerged from stealth with the announcement that its Showcraft animation platform will enter Early Access on May 19. The company is backed by seed funding from iGlobe Partners, Fellows Fund, and Shanda Ventures.

Ridgeline Capital Management, an early-stage venture firm focused on applied technologies for critical operations, has announced the oversubscribed final close of Ridgeline Ventures Fund II at more than $180 million in commitments, including SBA commitments and backing from Fortune 500 companies, including FedEx and Cisco Investments. The fund closed in December 2025.

Genius Sports, a global leader in real-time sports data, has completed its acquisition of Legend, a global digital sports and gaming media network. The transaction positions Genius Sports as the only company operating synergistic businesses across official sports data, media, and advertising, a combination the company believes unlocks a structurally differentiated position in the sports technology and iGaming landscape. Financial terms were not disclosed.

VideoTutor, an AI tutoring startup founded by Gen Z entrepreneurs and backed by $11 million in seed funding from YZi Labs, Baidu Ventures, and Amino Capital, has announced that VideoTutor-related content has surpassed 50 million cumulative views on TikTok, driven largely by organic student sharing. The milestone reflects growing demand for AI tutoring that generates visual, animated instructional content rather than text-based answers.

Parexel, a leading global clinical development partner, has acquired Vitrana, a provider of an AI-enabled, end-to-end pharmacovigilance technology platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Parexel's technology capabilities, providing an integrated platform that leverages intelligent automation and AI to accelerate patient safety and pharmacovigilance processes, deliver first-time quality, and enhance compliance.

Williams-Sonoma has launched Dormify as the company's tenth brand. Designed for students and young consumers navigating dorms and compact living spaces, Dormify offers a curated selection of stylish, functional home furnishings.

Ctruh, a full-stack platform enabling brands to deploy 3D and extended reality experiences at scale, has raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures and co-led by Avinya Ventures. The round saw additional participation from India Accelerator, Finvolve, Founders Avenue, Anthill Ventures, and LVX, alongside angel investors including Vivek Sinha, former COO of Unacademy, and Shivakumar Ganesan, founder of Exotel. The latest raise brings Ctruh's total capital raised to $4.5 million and will fund deep-tech research and development as well as market launches in the United States and UAE in 2026.

Purple Innovation, the comfort innovation company behind the GelFlex Grid mattress technology listed on Nasdaq under the ticker PRPL, has appointed Robert Lucian as Chief Financial Officer, effective April 27, 2026. Lucian succeeds Todd Vogensen, who is departing the company on May 1, 2026.

WisdomTree, a global financial innovator listed on the NYSE under the ticker WT, has completed its acquisition of Atlantic House Holdings Limited, a London-based active manager specializing in defined outcome and derivatives-driven investment strategies, for £150 million, approximately $200 million. The acquisition advances WisdomTree's strategy of expanding in structurally growing areas of asset and wealth management.

Banner Corporation, the holding company for Banner Bank, has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Pacific Financial Corporation, the holding company for Bank of the Pacific, in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $177 million in aggregate. Following the closing, the combined company is expected to have approximately $18 billion in assets. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026.

Static Media, a leading digital media company operating 32 brands, has acquired Engadget, the long-running digital platform for technology enthusiasts previously owned by Yahoo. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition deepens Static Media's footprint in the tech and auto vertical, where it already operates SlashGear, Jalopnik, and BGR, and brings the company's combined portfolio to more than 220 million monthly visits.

Boardwalk Pipelines has completed its acquisition of Spire Marketing, a gas marketing business formerly owned by Spire Inc., which will now operate under the name Boardwalk Continuum Marketing. The acquisition expands Boardwalk's footprint into growing end-use markets, including LNG exports and gas-fired power generation, while adding marketing and trading capabilities to its existing network of interstate and intrastate pipelines and underground storage assets.

Techcyte, a leading provider of AI-powered digital diagnostics for anatomic and clinical pathology, has completed a $15 million capital raise led by Van Tuyl Companies, with participation from existing investors Zoetis and Mayo Clinic. The investment supports Techcyte's path to profitability and continued expansion of its Fusion platform across veterinary, environmental, and human diagnostic segments.

Hut 8 Corp., an energy infrastructure platform integrating power, digital infrastructure, and compute, has closed a $3.25 billion offering of 6.192% senior secured notes due 2042 through its wholly owned subsidiary Hut 8 DC. The notes are rated BBB-minus by both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings and represent the first investment-grade construction bond issued for a single-sponsor data center project.

Apollo Sports Capital, an investment platform of Apollo, has led a landmark $225 million structured investment in Pickleball Inc., the newly formed parent company of the Carvana PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball. The capital raise creates the largest, singularly operated pickleball ecosystem, integrating professional and amateur play with leading technology, retail, and infrastructure platforms. Pickleball Inc.'s newly merged business verticals generated over $140 million in combined revenue in 2025. Tom Dundon and the Pardoe family will remain the majority shareholders, adding several additional pickleball assets spanning facilities, courts, ecommerce, and technology.

Inspirit Capital, a London-based investment firm specializing in corporate carve-outs, has completed the acquisition of Kaplan Languages Group from Kaplan. Financial terms were not disclosed. KLG will continue to operate under the Kaplan name through a transitional licensing arrangement until a refreshed standalone brand identity is unveiled.

Lone Star Funds has completed the acquisition of RadiciGroup's High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals businesses and signed binding transaction agreements for the acquisition of DOMO Engineered Materials from DOMO Group, with closing expected imminently. The simultaneous acquisitions will bring together two established platforms to form a global, independent tier-1 compounder.

Archwest Capital, a leading private lender to residential real estate investors backed by Bain Capital, has announced that its platform has surpassed $2.5 billion in funding and closed its second residential transition loan securitization in six months. The $275 million securitization generated strong investor demand with an average of 2.4x oversubscription, with the A1 tranche nearly 5.0x oversubscribed. The transaction mirrors the structure of Archwest's 2025-RTL1 deal, featuring a two-year revolving period that allows for reinvestment of payoffs into new collateral.

Tenet Transportation Tech and Crown Data Systems have announced a strategic merger to create what the two companies describe as the premier technology platform for cartage and air freight carriers. The combined entity serves more than 400 customers and partners across the United States and Canada, bringing together Tenet's modern AI-powered operating system with Crown's three decades of trusted relationships and software expertise in the air freight industry. The merger unites more than 40 employees and significantly expands the resources and partner ecosystem available to both companies' customers going forward.

DAZN Group has reached an agreement to merge ViewLift, a leading provider of streaming and digital solutions for US sports content owners, into DAZN, the world's leading sports entertainment platform. The transaction is designed to give DAZN a significant foothold in the US sports market, where it is already the primary international destination for American sports through NFL Game Pass and NHL.TV outside the United States. ViewLift's sports clients include 15 major US professional sports teams, five Regional Sports Networks, and global sports properties including the NHL and LIV Golf, making the acquisition a meaningful entry into domestic sports distribution for DAZN. The transaction remains subject to customary closing conditions.

Park Systems, the world's leading provider of atomic force microscopy solutions, has completed the acquisition of Rocky Mountain Nanotechnology LLC, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of ultra-high-purity solid platinum and platinum-iridium AFM probes. The acquisition marks Park Systems' first entry into probe manufacturing and is described by the company as a strategic step to bring a critical component of AFM-based nanoprobing and electrical measurement in-house, securing supply chain continuity for high-performance specialty probes that its electrical measurement solutions are built upon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Medisolv, a national leader in healthcare quality data management, has announced the acquisition of Health Elements AI, whose technology automates the clinical data abstraction process for quality reporting and clinical registries. The acquisition is designed to address one of the most persistent and costly challenges in healthcare quality programs: the reliance on time-intensive manual chart review to capture the clinical data needed for reporting, performance improvement, and registry submissions. By bringing Health Elements AI into its platform, Medisolv aims to reduce administrative burden for the healthcare organizations it serves while improving the completeness and reliability of the clinical data they work with.

Investing.com, one of the world's largest financial platforms with more than 60 million users each month, has announced the acquisition of Stonki, an AI-powered investing assistant designed to help traders turn ideas into structured, actionable trading plans. The acquisition marks a significant step in Investing.com's evolution toward agentic AI — systems that move beyond answering questions to actively guiding investors through the research, planning, and execution process. The deal builds on the success of WarrenAI, Investing.com's AI-powered financial research assistant launched last year, which has been used by nearly 3 million users to perform market analysis over the past 12 months.

ManpowerGroup has announced the sale of its Jefferson Wells US business to Sikich, a professional services firm specializing in consulting, technology, and compliance, for $100 million. Jefferson Wells delivers solutions in risk and compliance, finance and accounting, and tax across a diverse range of industries, including public and highly regulated companies, through project consulting, integrated resourcing, and executive search. In 2025, Jefferson Wells generated US revenues of $76 million. ManpowerGroup will receive net cash proceeds of approximately $88 million at closing, after working capital and other adjustments.

Intrax, a global leader in international education and exchange programs with a mission to connect people and cultures, has acquired StudyPoint, a national provider of one-on-one tutoring, SAT and ACT test prep, and college admissions support. The acquisition expands Intrax's ability to serve students and families throughout their academic journey by adding a domestic education offering to a portfolio that has historically focused on international exchange, cultural immersion, and J-1 Visa programs. Founded in 1999 in Boston, Massachusetts, StudyPoint has helped over 50,000 students improve grades and test scores through personalized, proprietary curricula and experienced tutors, and now operates in 23 metropolitan areas across the country.

Clearlake Capital Group has completed its acquisition of Qualus Corporation from New Mountain Capital, establishing Clearlake as the new owner of a pure-play, end-to-end electric power solutions platform positioned at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation in the United States and Canada. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Qualus serves a blue-chip customer base comprising the nation's largest investor-owned utilities as well as commercial, industrial, and high-tech clients, delivering an integrated suite of advisory, engineering, technical program management, digital solutions, energy efficiency, and specialized field services across the full infrastructure lifecycle.

Green Boy Group, a global B2B supplier of plant-based, non-GMO, and organic food ingredients, has led an early-stage investment in Fudi Protein, a company developing a proprietary process to extract RuBisCO protein from alfalfa at a commercial scale. The investment further cements Green Boy Group's position as a market leader in plant-based proteins and adds a highly differentiated ingredient to its global distribution portfolio as it moves toward B2B commercialization. Green Boy Group operates offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Sydney, and was founded in 2016 as a specialist in supplying plant-based ingredients to food manufacturers worldwide.

Satellogic has signed a $12 million agreement with a sovereign defense customer to deliver a commissioned, in-orbit NewSat satellite from its operational Aleph-1 constellation, enabling the customer to achieve independent Earth observation capability with significantly greater speed and cost efficiency than traditional satellite procurement. The agreement encompasses the full transfer of ownership and operations of the satellite to the customer, along with comprehensive support to develop the customer's independent capabilities to command the satellite and process and use its data for both military and civilian applications. The transfer process will begin immediately and is expected to be completed in early 2027, subject to the parties meeting contractual and regulatory milestones.

Tesla has announced that its first Semi truck has rolled off a high-volume production line, marking a significant manufacturing milestone for the all-electric long-haul freight vehicle it first unveiled in 2017. Tesla shared the news in a post on social media platform X, saying simply: "First Semi off high volume line." The announcement confirms that Tesla is on track to begin mass production of the Semi in 2026, with volume manufacturing at its Nevada facility while its Cybercab robotaxi is produced in Texas.