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Mascarene Partners Secures Strategic Minority Investment From Liberty Mutual Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Mascarene Partners, a middle-market infrastructure investment platform focused on North American transportation and industrial businesses, has received a strategic minority investment from Liberty Mutual Investments, the investment firm for Liberty Mutual Group.

Churchill Asset Management Committed Nearly $16 Billion Across 380+ Transactions In 2025

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Churchill Asset Management, Nuveen’s middle-market private capital platform, said it recorded its highest levels of investment and capital raising in 2025 as it enters its 20th anniversary year.

Advyzon Adds Schwab Asset Management’s Wasmer Schroeder Strategies As First Manager Traded Fixed Income Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Advyzon Investment Management, the investment solutions arm of wealthtech platform Advyzon, is expanding its fixed-income lineup through a new relationship with Schwab Asset Management, which introduces Wasmer Schroeder Strategies to Advyzon’s Manager Traded Strategy program.

USA TODAY To Buy The Detroit News From MediaNews Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

USA TODAY announced it has signed a binding letter of intent with MediaNews Group to acquire The Detroit News, a deal the company framed as a strategic investment aimed at expanding the USA TODAY Network’s local reach in the Detroit metropolitan area.

Tradespace: $15 Million Series A Raised To Bring IP Development In House And Cut Patent Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Tradespace, an AI-native intellectual property platform, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by AVP, with participation from existing investors Eniac Ventures, Amplo VC, and Scrum Ventures.

G2 Consulting Group Buys Construction Testing Services To Expand In Michigan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

G2 Consulting Group, a Troy, Michigan-based provider of geotechnical, environmental, and construction engineering services, has acquired Construction Testing Services, adding a long-standing local firm with more than 40 years of experience serving clients across Michigan’s Bay Area and Thumb region. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Ruder Finn Acquires Missouri Creative To Expand Global Brand Experience And Immersive Design Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Ruder Finn has acquired Missouri Creative, a UK-based creative agency focused on visual storytelling, immersive design, and experience-led brand activation, as the independent marketing and communications firm continues to build out its global creative platform.

Nexus Agriscience Acquires Biotech Institute Hemp IP To Expand Molecular Farming For Natural Ingredients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Nexus Agriscience, a molecular farming company focused on plant-based solutions for flavor, fragrance, and functional ingredient markets, said it has acquired the intellectual property assets of Biotech Institute's hemp division, adding genetics and research capabilities that it says will accelerate expansion into new natural-ingredient markets.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition of Bluejay Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Mirum Pharmaceuticals announced it has completed its acquisition of Bluejay Therapeutics, expanding Mirum’s footprint in rare liver disease with the addition of brelovitug, a late-stage monoclonal antibody being developed for chronic hepatitis delta virus.

The Trade Desk Names Tahnil Davis As Interim CFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

The Trade Desk has appointed Tahnil Davis as interim chief financial officer, effective January 24, as the company begins a search for a permanent successor. Davis, the company’s chief accounting officer, has been with The Trade Desk for nearly 11 years and succeeds Alex Kayyal. She will report to the CEO and co-founder, Jeff Green.

Faropoint Completes $273 Million Fund II Portfolio Refinancing Across 61 Last Mile Industrial Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Faropoint announced it has completed a $273 million refinancing for a 61-asset portfolio of light and infill industrial properties totaling nearly 3.5 million square feet, marking its largest portfolio refinance to date by number of assets. The firm, which focuses on last-mile industrial properties in high population growth markets, said the financing proceeds came from a bank syndicate led by Capital One and J.P. Morgan for “Project Walk-Off,” a portfolio spanning eight major U.S. metros across the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest.

Southfield Capital Acquires Contextual.io, Embedding AI Orchestration Into Its Lower Middle Market Value Creation Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Southfield Capital announced it has acquired Contextual.io, an AI orchestration platform and solutions provider, and will integrate the business into the firm’s partnership model as it seeks to expand technology-enabled value creation across its lower-middle-market portfolio. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Float: Nearly C$100 Million In Debt Facilities Raised To Expand High-Yield Business Accounts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Float Financial announced it has secured close to C$100 million through two debt facilities from Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank, and an unnamed tier-1 Canadian bank, positioning the company to expand its business banking and credit offerings for Canadian companies.

Humana Launches $3 Million Scholarship Fund For Xavier Ochsner College Of Medicine

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Humana has established a $3 million scholarship fund for incoming medical students at the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM), aiming to help address physician workforce shortages and improve access to care across Louisiana.

DeepWay Raises About $173 Million Pre-IPO To Support Hong Kong Listing Plan

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

DeepWay, a Chinese developer of assisted-driving technology and freight solutions for heavy-duty electric trucks, has raised about RMB 1.2 billion (roughly $172–$173 million) in a Pre-IPO funding round as it prepares for a planned Hong Kong listing.

Microsoft Unveils Maia 200, A New Inference Accelerator To Cut AI Token Costs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Microsoft has introduced Maia 200, a first-party AI accelerator designed specifically for inference workloads, positioning it as a step change in the economics of AI token generation and in the company’s broader heterogeneous AI infrastructure strategy.

Apple Unveils New AirTag With Longer Range, Louder Speaker, And Expanded Precision Finding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Apple has introduced a new AirTag designed to make it easier to keep track of everyday belongings using the Find My app, adding a longer effective finding range and a louder built-in speaker while keeping the same pricing as the prior model. Apple positioned AirTag as an object-tracking accessory built on the Find My network and reiterated that it includes protections to guard against unwanted tracking.

Ricursive Intelligence: $300 Million Series A At $4 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance AI-Driven Semiconductor Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Ricursive Intelligence, a newly launched frontier AI lab founded by Dr. Anna Goldie and Dr. Azalia Mirhoseini, announced a $300 million Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners that values the company at a $4 billion post-money valuation. The round comes less than two months after Ricursive’s public debut and includes participation from DST Global, NVentures, Felicis Ventures, 49 Palms Ventures, Radical AI, and Sequoia Capital, among others.

Jelou: $10 Million Series A Raised To Build WhatsApp-Native AI Agents For Payments and Financial Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Jelou announced it has raised a $10 million Series A to expand Brain, its platform for building AI agents that can securely execute business and financial operations directly inside WhatsApp. The round was led by Wellington Access Ventures, with participation from Krealo, Credicorp’s corporate venture arm, and Collide Capital. Jelou said it has now raised $13 million in total funding, including a prior $3 million seed round led by Act One Ventures and Arca Continental Ventures.

Eclipsebio Acquires Terrain Bio To Build An AI-Driven Design, Make, Test Platform or RNA Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Eclipse Bioinnovations announced it has acquired Terrain Bio, adding AI and machine learning capabilities for RNA sequence design and manufacturing analytics to Eclipsebio’s sequencing-based analytics platform as the company pushes toward a fully integrated workflow for RNA therapeutic development.

CleanCapital Buys Majority Stake In Staten Island Battery Storage Portfolio In JV With Osaka Gas USA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

CleanCapital has acquired a majority interest in a 7.7 MW and 30.8 MWh battery storage portfolio through a joint venture with Osaka Gas USA, positioning CleanCapital as the managing member and lead operator of the partnership. The deal expands CleanCapital’s ownership of distributed energy storage assets and deepens Osaka Gas USA’s footprint in the U.S. power market as both companies target reliability and resilience needs in constrained, high-demand regions.

XCF Global, Southern Energy Renewables, And DevvStream Sign Deal For Proposed Three-Party Merger

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

XCF Global, DevvStream, and Southern Energy Renewables Inc. said they have agreed to a binding term sheet outlining a proposed three-party merger that would combine the companies into what they describe as an integrated low-carbon fuels and environmental-attribute platform.

Blackstone To Buy Arlington Industries In Energy Transition Partners Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Blackstone and Arlington Industries said they have entered into a definitive agreement for funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners to acquire Arlington, a U.S. designer and manufacturer of electrical products.

Simpro Group Acquires Delight To Add AI Customer Engagement And Drive Repeat Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Simpro Group announced it has acquired Delight, an AI-driven customer engagement solution built for field service and trade businesses, as it pushes to expand from traditional field service management into what it calls an AI-first operating platform that runs a trade business end to end.

Adams Outdoor Advertising Buys Parkway Outdoor Assets To Deepen Charlotte Billboard Footprint

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Adams Outdoor Advertising announced it has completed the acquisition of select assets from Parkway Outdoor, adding 15 billboard assets in the Charlotte, North Carolina market. The package includes 14 static faces and one digital display, bolstering Adams Outdoor’s inventory along key airport and commuter corridors.

Graham Acquires FlackTek To Add Advanced Materials Processing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Graham, a manufacturer of mission-critical fluid, power, heat transfer, and vacuum technologies serving defense, energy, process, and space end markets, said it has acquired FlackTek Manufacturing and FlackTek Sales, expanding its engineered products portfolio into advanced mixing and material processing.

Netmore Acquires Actility To Create LoRaWAN Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Leonard Green Launches $3.6 Billion Sage Equity Investors Fund To Scale GP-Led Single-Asset Continuation Investing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., announced it has reached a final close for Sage Equity Investors and related entities, collectively known as Sage I, securing more than $3.6 billion in total commitments for its inaugural program focused primarily on single-asset continuation funds sponsored by third-party private equity managers.

Radware Acquires Pynt To Add Pre-Production API Security Testing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Radware has completed its acquisition of Pynt, an API security testing company, expanding Radware’s API security capabilities beyond runtime protection and into earlier stages of the development process. The deal adds pre-production testing designed to help organizations identify and remediate API security risks before APIs go live, complementing Radware’s existing in-production defenses.

Nubank To Invest Over R$2.5 Billion In Office Expansion As It Shifts To A New Hybrid Work Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2026

Nubank announced it will invest more than R$ 2.5 billion, about $475 million, over the next five years to expand and upgrade its office footprint, with Brazil as the centerpiece of a broader push to scale infrastructure alongside its customer and employee growth.