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Sowell Management Names Daryl Seaton CEO In Planned Leadership Transition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Sowell Management, a registered investment advisor serving financial advisors nationwide, announced that it has appointed Daryl Seaton as chief executive officer as part of a long-planned leadership transition.

Property Finder: $170 Million Raised In Round Led by Mubadala And UAE Sovereign Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

UAE-based proptech Property Finder has secured a $170 million investment led by Mubadala Investment Company, alongside another UAE sovereign wealth fund and BECO Capital, reinforcing its standing as one of the region’s best-capitalized property classifieds technology platforms according to Wamda.

Jason Kidd Joins Prep Network Board After Maple Park Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Prep Network, a youth sports platform spanning live events, subscription content, and collegiate athlete recruitment, has appointed two-time Hall of Famer and Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd to its Board of Directors.

Turbett Surgical Announces Recapitalization And Growth Investment From J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Turbett Surgical, a Rochester, New York based medical device company focused on improving operating room and sterile processing department efficiency, said it has completed a recapitalization and growth investment led by J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital.

Raymond James Brings In $201 Million Plymouth, Michigan Team From UBS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Raymond James has recruited financial advisor Ronald Shmyr to Raymond James & Associates, the firm’s employee advisor channel, adding a Plymouth, Michigan-based practice overseeing about $201 million in client assets, according to Upper Midwest regional director Dominic Prioli.

LPL Brings In $2 Billion Advisors To Form Moto Wealth Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

LPL Financial announced wealth advisors Breanne Bovara, CPWA, and Derrick Petry, CFA, have joined Linsco by LPL Financial to launch Moto Wealth Partners, bringing with them approximately $2 billion in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets from their prior firm. The team is joining LPL from Fifth Third Private Bank and will be based in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, serving high net worth and ultra high net worth families nationwide with a strong footprint in those markets.

Balerion Space Ventures Backs Northwood Space In $100 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Balerion Space Ventures announced it has made a strategic investment in Northwood Space’s $100 million Series B financing round, framing the deal as a bet on the ground-layer systems that underpin every mission in orbit and an area the firm believes is becoming a binding constraint as launch cadence and satellite deployments accelerate.

Mission Wealth Announces Merger With PBL Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Mission Wealth has announced a strategic merger with PBL Wealth Management, LLC, an independent fiduciary wealth advisory firm founded by Adam Broughton, CFP, CPWA. The partnership expands Mission Wealth’s presence in Texas and supports its continued national growth, with Broughton joining Mission Wealth as a Partner and Senior Wealth Advisor.

Chamelio: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale Legal Intelligence Platform For In-House Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Chamelio, a legal intelligence platform built for in-house legal departments, announced it has raised $10 million in seed funding as it looks to expand product development and accelerate go-to-market efforts. The round was led by Work-Bench and Emerge, with participation from additional investors.

Ambienta’s Sustainable Credit Opportunities Strategy Closes Above €500M Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Ambienta SGR announced it has completed the final close of its Ambienta Sustainable Credit Opportunities vehicles, with total commitments surpassing the strategy’s original €500 million target.

Bayer Plans C$45+ Million Canola Innovation Centre In Winnipeg, Targeting 2028 Opening

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Bayer Crop Science announced it will invest more than $45 million CAD to build a new canola research and development facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, a move the company framed as a long-term bet on Canada’s role in canola innovation and on accelerating its precision breeding strategy.

Mesh: $75 Million Series C Raised At $1 Billion Valuation To Build A Universal Crypto Payments Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Mesh announced it has raised $75 million in a Series C round that values the company at $1 billion, positioning the crypto payments network as a bid to make digital assets easier to spend and settle across a fragmented ecosystem of wallets, exchanges, chains, and stablecoins. The company said the financing brings its total funding to more than $200 million.

FLORA: $42 Million Series A Raised To Build Unified Creative AI Workspace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

FLORA announced it has raised a $42 million Series A round led by Redpoint as it builds what it describes as a unified creative environment for the generative era.

Ascension Secures Up To £10 Million British Business Bank Commitment To Boost Regional Tech Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

The British Business announced it has made a new commitment of up to £10 million to Ascension Ventures through its Regional Angels Programme, aiming to expand access to early-stage equity for high-growth technology companies across the UK.

Consello Acquires Morpheus Risk, Launching Global Risk And Investigations Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Consello, a global advisory and investing platform, has acquired Morpheus Risk, a UK-based risk and threat assessment firm that provides insight and operational support to multinational companies. The deal expands Consello’s ability to help executives address operational, reputational, and security challenges as geopolitical volatility and corporate risk exposures rise.

Uber Launches AV Labs to Accelerate Autonomous Vehicle Data Flywheel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Uber announced it is launching AV Labs, a new team focused on speeding progress across the autonomous vehicle ecosystem by tackling what it calls one of the toughest constraints in the field: building a scalable data flywheel that captures real-world, long-tail driving scenarios.

Corning And Meta Strike Multiyear Deal Worth Up To $6 Billion To Speed US Data Center Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Corning and Meta Platforms have signed a multiyear agreement valued at up to $6 billion to accelerate the construction of advanced data centers in the United States to support Meta’s apps, technology roadmap, and AI initiatives. Corning will supply Meta with its latest optical fiber, cable, and connectivity products engineered for the density and scale requirements of next-generation AI data centers.

Fika Ventures Promotes Gabriella Brignardello To Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Fika Ventures, a Los Angeles-based early-stage B2B venture capital firm, has promoted Gabriella Brignardello to Partner, elevating an investor who the firm says has been central to its growth over the past five years.

Brennan Investment Group Acquires 56,000-Square-Foot Industrial Facility Near CVG Airport In Sale-Leaseback

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Brennan Investment Group announced it has acquired a 56,000-square-foot light industrial facility on roughly five acres at 1010 Petersburg Road in Hebron, Kentucky, expanding its Midwest footprint in Cincinnati’s Airport submarket.

Aegis Software Completes Acquisition Of Simio To Build Manufacturing Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Aegis Software announced it has completed its acquisition of Simio, combining Aegis’ manufacturing execution and operations software with Simio’s digital twin simulation and advanced planning and scheduling capabilities. The companies said the combined offering is intended to help manufacturers understand what happened on the factory floor, what is happening now, and what is likely to happen next by pairing manufacturing operations management with glass box, AI-powered simulation and scenario modeling.

10 Federal Acquires Seven-Facility Arkansas Portfolio, Expanding Automated Self-Storage Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

10 Federal, a technology-first self-storage owner and operator, announced it has acquired a seven-facility portfolio in Arkansas, extending its automated operating platform into a third new state in January 2026 after recent entries into Wisconsin and Iowa.

Willkie Adds Private Equity Partner Payom Pirahesh In LA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added private equity partner Payom M. Pirahesh to its Los Angeles office, continuing the firm’s push to expand private equity capabilities across its platform.

Brickanta: $8 Million Seed Funding Raised To Bring AI To Construction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Brickanta, a Y Combinator-backed construction technology startup from the F25 batch, has raised an $8 million seed round as it builds what it describes as an AI-native operating system for the construction industry, according to a LinkedIn post from founder Linus B. Fahlander. Northzone led the financing, with additional participation from angel investors spanning both construction industry operators and AI founders.

Navidence: Seed Round Raised To Standardize Real-World Data For Clinical Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Navidence announced it has completed a Series Seed preferred funding round co-led by Grand Ventures of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Nina Capital of Barcelona, Spain, as the company targets a persistent bottleneck in life sciences research: turning ethically obtained real-world data into evidence that regulators, sponsors, and research teams can consistently interpret and reuse across studies.

Antheia: $24 Million In Second Close Of Series C Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Antheia announced it has completed a second close of its Series C financing, raising an additional $24 million and bringing the company’s total capital secured over the past year to more than $175 million, when including additional available capital and non-dilutive funding. The advanced biosynthesis company said the broader funding mix includes multiple project agreements with the U.S. government.

EPG: Nearly $100 Million Series B Secured To Scale Modular AI Data Center Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

EPG has closed a Series B financing round of nearly $100 million as the Singapore headquartered company looks to expand manufacturing capacity and accelerate global delivery of modular data centers designed for high power density AI workloads.

Memcyco: $37 Million Series A Closed To Target Digital Impersonation And Account Takeover Fraud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Memcyco, a real-time digital risk protection platform focused on stopping brand impersonation scams and account takeover attacks, has raised $37 million in Series A funding, bringing total funding to $47 million. The round was led by new investors NAventures, the corporate venture arm of National Bank of Canada, E. León Jimenes, and PagsGroup, the family office of Steve Pagliuca, with participation from existing investors Capri Ventures and Venture Guides.

Opendate: $14 Million Series A Closed To Build An Operating System For Independent Live Events

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Opendate, an all in one platform that combines booking, ticketing, and marketing for live events, has raised a $14 million Series A round led by High Alpha, with participation from existing investors. The company is positioning its software as a purpose built alternative for independent venues, promoters, festivals, attractions, and other operators navigating higher costs, tighter margins, and continued industry consolidation.

Summize: $50 Million Raised For AI Contract Lifecycle Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

Summize, an AI Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) software provider, has secured a $50 million investment to fuel its next phase of growth, expand globally, and accelerate product development in AI-powered contract intelligence. The financing included participation from existing investors Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners, alongside new backers Kennet Partners and Federated Hermes Private Equity.

NorthRock Partners Onboards $500 Million Firm Martin & Associates And Tops $11 Billion In AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2026

NorthRock Partners announced that an Illinois-based advisory firm, Martin & Associates, has joined the company, extending NorthRock’s presence in the state and pushing the firm past $11 billion in total assets under management. NorthRock said the team, which previously was affiliated with Ameriprise Financial, is expected to add about $500 million in AUM and represents NorthRock’s first transaction of the year.