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Moving iMage Technologies has appointed Bart Bedard as its new Chief Financial Officer, filling the role vacated by Bill Greene, who has retired from the company after making substantial contributions to MiT's growth and transformation. Bedard brings over 30 years of US and international financial and accounting leadership experience in CFO and senior finance positions, with a strong track record of supporting strategic growth plans and identifying and implementing efficiency, cost reduction, and financial controls improvement initiatives. He has directed financial reporting, audits, budgeting, compliance, and dozens of sourcing and other significant cost-saving initiatives throughout his career.

York Space Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ALL.SPACE, a UK-headquartered provider of advanced satellite communications terminals and multi-network connectivity solutions, in a move designed to create a complete communications ecosystem capable of operating in contested environments across commercial and government networks. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in the United Kingdom with operations in Europe and the United States, ALL.SPACE developed its high-performance, software-defined Hydra Terminal Range to enable simultaneous multi-link, multi-orbit, and multi-band connectivity across LEO, MEO, GEO, and HEO networks. The platform provides resilient, network-agnostic communications for platforms on the move across space, air, land, and maritime domains.

Powerus, a US-based autonomous systems company building next-generation drone infrastructure for defense and critical infrastructure, has announced the debut of its Guardian-2 Interceptor system following a successful demonstration that led to a limited procurement order from the US Air Force. The Guardian-2 is a low-cost, semi-autonomous, high-speed counter-drone interceptor platform built to defeat hostile unmanned aerial threats at scale, purpose-built for deployment in the Middle East to defend against Shahed-type attack drones. Its design emphasizes high-volume production and rapid capacity expansion, offering a major cost advantage over traditional drone defense systems that have historically required extensive training and long development timelines.

Ventric Health, maker of the Vivio System — the only FDA-cleared non-invasive device for measuring elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure — has appointed Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, and Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, to its Clinical Advisory Board. The appointments are designed to reinforce Ventric Health's commitment to clinical excellence as the company scales the commercial expansion of the Vivio System into primary care, cardiology, and other outpatient healthcare environments. As leaders in cardiovascular medicine with decades of experience in diagnosing, treating, and managing complex heart failure, both physicians bring the kind of clinical credibility that is essential for a medical device company working to reshape how heart failure is detected and managed in outpatient settings.

Blue Owl Capital reported first-quarter adjusted distributable earnings per share of 19 cents, beating analyst estimates of 18 cents, as the alternative asset manager emphasized growth across its businesses beyond direct lending. Assets under management jumped 15% to $314.9 billion, driven by the company's real assets business, which invests in real estate including data centers and other infrastructure. The results come against a backdrop of heightened scrutiny on private credit and direct lending, where Blue Owl has faced meaningful investor redemptions and market pressure after deciding late last year to merge two of its private credit funds — a merger it subsequently abandoned after its shares fell sharply.

Pmtbox, an enterprise commerce platform built to unify payments, risk, and data for merchants, has raised $15 million in seed funding in what the company says is Utah's largest reported seed round in the last decade. The round was led by Tandem Ventures, with participation from Element Ventures, Cynosure Investment Partners, and Aaron Skonnard, Founder and CEO of Pluralsight. The funding will be used to expand pmtbox's engineering, risk, and enterprise teams while accelerating go-to-market efforts across verticals where commerce complexity is highest. In connection with the raise, Alex Bean, Founding Partner at Tandem, joins the pmtbox board of directors alongside new independent director Nick Thomas, founder of Finicity — two of Utah's most successful fintech founders.

Microporous, a leading manufacturer of advanced battery separators and a portfolio company of Trent Capital Partners, has secured final funding for a new manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia. Financing is being provided by Trent Capital Partners, Eagle Point Credit Management, and Elda River Capital Management, completing the capital structure needed to move from planning into construction. With comprehensive financing now in place, construction on the new plant is set to begin in May 2026. The Danville facility will produce battery separators for lithium-ion batteries across automotive, industrial, and grid applications.

JuliaHub has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Dorilton Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, AE Ventures, and former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia, and simultaneously launched Dyad 3.0, an agentic AI platform the company describes as Claude Code for the physical world. Dyad is designed to allow engineering teams to model, simulate, and validate industrial systems — from heat pumps and satellites to semiconductors — using autonomous AI agents, compressing design and testing cycles from months to days. The platform is already in use at several Fortune 100 companies across aerospace, government, automotive, HVAC, and utilities sectors.

BioOrbit, a biotech company developing in-space manufacturing of cancer therapies, has closed a £9.8 million ($13.2 million) seed round, which the company describes as the largest seed round in the history of in-space manufacturing. The round was co-led by LocalGlobe and BREEGA, with support from Seedcamp, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, Type One Ventures, 7percent Ventures, and others. BioOrbit was founded by Cambridge scientist Katie King and oncology researcher Dr. Leonor Teles, and is building a manufacturing process that removes gravity from the equation entirely — conducting drug production in orbit to achieve formulation qualities impossible on Earth.

CFP Board has appointed Kathryn Berkenpas, CFP, as its new Chief Operating Officer following a national search, with her appointment effective May 4, 2026. Berkenpas currently serves as Managing Director, Corporate Growth at CFP Board and is the first CFP professional to hold the organization's COO role — a distinction the organization says reflects its commitment to leadership that is deeply grounded in the financial planning profession. She succeeds K. Dane Snowden, who was promoted to CEO in March, and will step into one of the most operationally central roles at the body that sets and upholds standards for personal financial planners in the United States.

True Global Ventures has significantly increased its investment in Prezent, nearly doubling its position through a secondary transaction, signaling continued confidence in the company's execution, market positioning, and long-term growth trajectory. The investment coincides with the launch of Prezent Vivo, a new offering that fuses purpose-built artificial intelligence with expert services to deliver enterprise communication outcomes, with a clear focus on the life sciences industry. Prezent has grown more than 200% in annual recurring revenue year-over-year and is currently in a scale-up phase, making it one of the strongest-performing companies in True Global Ventures' portfolio.

American Binary, a US technology company focused on post-quantum cryptography and network security, has announced that Whitfield Diffie has joined its Advisory Board. Diffie is widely recognized as a pioneer of modern cryptography and co-inventor of public-key cryptography, whose work — including the Diffie-Hellman key exchange — fundamentally changed how secure communication is established over open networks. His contributions laid the foundation for the systems that support today's global digital infrastructure, and he is a recipient of the ACM Turing Award, one of the most prestigious honors in computer science. Diffie has held leadership roles across the telecommunications, computing, and academic sectors throughout a career that spans decades.

Boyne Capital, a Miami-based lower-middle-market private equity firm, has closed its third investment fund, BCM Fund III, with total limited partner commitments of $355 million, exceeding its $275 million target and reaching its hard cap. Including parallel funds and GP commitments, total commitments exceed $400 million, with over 10% of total capital coming from Boyne employees — a meaningful signal of internal conviction in the fund's strategy and prospects. The fund closed just 90 days after launch, reflecting strong demand from a diverse group of limited partners, including family offices, fund-of-funds, foundations, endowments, and high-net-worth individuals.

WRITER, an enterprise AI agent platform trusted by Fortune 500 companies globally, has launched event-based triggers for WRITER Agent, enabling enterprises to automate complex workflows across their entire technology stack without any manual initiation required. The update represents what WRITER describes as a fundamental shift in how enterprises deploy AI agents — moving from systems that require employees to initiate every workflow to agents that listen for real-world business signals and act autonomously. WRITER Agent can now respond to triggers across Gmail, Gong, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Microsoft SharePoint, Slack, and more, automatically initiating research, generating deliverables, updating systems, and orchestrating handoffs.

Establishment Labs Holdings has entered into a $300 million senior secured term loan facility with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, refinancing its existing debt and providing additional capital for future strategic growth initiatives. The facility is structured in two tranches: a $265 million tranche used to refinance existing indebtedness with a maturity through 2031, and a $35 million tranche available for future growth initiatives. The loan carries a fixed interest rate with a potential step-down based on leverage targets, no amortization prior to maturity, and flexible prepayment capability, consistent with the terms of the company's prior credit agreement with updates reflecting current market terms.

Crescent Cove Advisors, LP, a San Francisco-based private investment firm providing growth capital to high-growth technology companies, has announced the final close of Crescent Cove Fund IV with more than $446 million committed, surpassing its target and closing oversubscribed. Fund IV attracted commitments from a diversified base of new and existing institutional investors, including Ventura County Employees' Retirement Association and Keebeck, the wealth management firm, as well as endowments, foundations, a sovereign wealth fund, registered investment advisers, family offices, investment platforms, asset managers, and OCIO providers. Additional capital was secured through two major national consultants.

Raymond James has welcomed financial advisors Seth Lawless and Charters "Jay" Osborne to Raymond James and Associates in Lexington, Kentucky, where they will operate as Osborne Lawless and Associates of Raymond James. The advisors arrive from Merrill Lynch, where they previously managed approximately $400 million in client assets. Their team specializes in serving multigenerational families, business owners, healthcare professionals, and retirees, and has been recognized as a 2026 Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Management Team. They are joined by client relationship consultant Rob Mitchell and senior registered client relationship associates Karie Howard and Lee Ann Myers.

Gateway Investments, LLC and Retirement Advisory Services Corp, a Garden City, New York-based advisory team led by Managing Director Thomas Santucci, has transitioned approximately $1.5 billion in assets under administration to Osaic's Empowered Independence W-2 channel. The six-advisor team has been affiliated with Osaic since 2004 through its 1099 channel and made the strategic decision to move to the W-2 structure to streamline operations and dedicate more time to client relationships. The transition also reflects a deliberate investment in the development of the firm's next generation of advisors, a priority that the Empowered Independence model is specifically designed to support.

Colossal Biosciences has announced the bluebuck as the sixth species in its de-extinction portfolio, adding an iconic and historically significant antelope to a roster that already includes the woolly mammoth, dodo, thylacine, moa, and dire wolf. The bluebuck, known scientifically as Hippotragus leucophaeus, was hunted to extinction around 1800 for its distinctive silvery slate-blue hide, making it the first large African mammal lost during recorded history and the only one to disappear just 34 years after it was first scientifically documented. Colossal says the bluebuck effort responds to a growing antelope endangerment crisis: according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 29 of the world's 90 antelope species are currently threatened with extinction, and populations are declining in 62% of all antelope species.

Vireo Growth has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FLUENT Corp. in an all-stock transaction, combining two multi-state cannabis operators to create a leading platform in Florida's medical cannabis market. Under the terms of the deal, each FLUENT shareholder will receive 0.0705359 of a Vireo subordinate voting share for each FLUENT share held. The transaction is expected to give Vireo approximately 74 stores and approximately 144,000 square feet of combined cultivation and production canopy in Florida, a limited-license state where Vireo says scale is a decisive competitive advantage. FLUENT generated approximately $71.5 million in revenue from its Florida operations in 2025.

Creati Gen AI Inc. has raised $20 million led by Redpoint Ventures and launched Buzzy, a conversational AI video-editing product the company describes as the world's first AI Video Photoshop, a new category of video editing that allows users to modify any video simply by describing the changes they want. Instead of relying on complex tools or reshooting footage, creators can describe changes — such as removing background people, fixing eye contact, or adjusting lighting — and have them applied precisely at the pixel level. The announcement comes from the team behind Creati Studio, which has grown to over 20 million users and $15 million in annual recurring revenue within its first year of operation.

Anthropic has developed BioMysteryBench, a new bioinformatics benchmark consisting of 99 real-world questions written by domain experts, designed to evaluate how well Claude and other AI models perform on complex biological research tasks. The benchmark was created to address what Anthropic describes as the limitations of existing scientific AI evaluations, which tend to test knowledge and reasoning but fall short of capturing the messy, open-ended, method-agnostic nature of real research. BioMysteryBench tasks models with analyzing actual biological datasets — spanning DNA and RNA sequencing, proteomics, metabolomics, and more — using a minimal set of canonical bioinformatics tools, access to databases including NCBI and Ensembl, and the ability to install additional software as needed.

Global law firm Clifford Chance has announced the promotion of 28 lawyers to its partnership, effective May 1, 2026. The promotions span offices across London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Brussels, Hong Kong, Houston, Sydney, Tokyo, Madrid, and Washington DC, covering a wide range of practice areas including private equity, capital markets, disputes, real estate, debt finance, restructuring, funds and asset management, tax, and corporate transactions. The firm says the promotions reflect its ongoing commitment to enhancing global capabilities across the key products, markets, and sectors where it delivers the greatest value for clients.

Hogan Lovells has announced the return of Xin Tao to its Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology group, where he will advise life sciences, food, consumer platform, and technology companies on global compliance and cross-border transactions. Tao brings nearly 15 years of experience in the field, with a particular focus on clients headquartered in China or expanding their business across the Asia-Pacific region. As a former research scientist, he draws on that scientific background to provide practical advice on complex regulatory matters spanning pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food, cosmetics, and consumer technology — a combination of technical depth and legal expertise that is increasingly valuable in a period of heightened geopolitical and regulatory sensitivity.

Inseego and Nokia have signed an agreement for Inseego to acquire Nokia's Fixed Wireless Access CPE business, a transaction expected to approximately double Inseego's revenue and establish the company as a global leader in wireless broadband across consumer and business markets. The deal will broaden Inseego's portfolio across fixed wireless, mobile broadband, and cloud-managed connectivity, while giving the combined entity a global footprint it did not previously have. Nokia says the transaction reflects its strategic shift to simplify its operational model and focus its portfolio on the infrastructure powering the AI supercycle and the AI-driven transformation of networks.

Chance Studios has raised $3.2 million in funding co-led by Makers Fund and Hashed, with participation from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, Gam3Girl Ventures, and Digital Elm, to build what it describes as a superapp purpose-built for trading card game collectors. The TCG market has grown into a multi-billion-dollar category, but Chance's founders argue that the biggest unmet need for collectors is not authenticity, liquidity, or a fragmented buying experience — it's finding enjoyment and community after the point of purchase. Chance is designed to be the first platform built by TCG natives for TCG collectors, combining instant liquidity, transparent transactions, and a vibrant social layer in a single integrated experience.

SEI and Carlyle have announced an enhanced strategic partnership designed to expand access to institutional-quality private market capabilities across wealth and retirement channels. The partnership builds on a multi-year relationship between the two firms — which previously focused on fund administration and technology enablement — and enters a new phase aimed at developing collaborative solutions for individual investors and their advisors. The companies say the initiative comes as demand for private market exposure continues to grow among wealth and retirement investors who are increasingly seeking more streamlined and efficient access to a broader range of private market strategies.

Reverence Capital Partners has announced the closing of a recapitalization of Osaic, Inc., one of the nation's largest providers of wealth management solutions, representing more than $2 billion in new capital funded at close. The transaction is anchored by a continuation vehicle that will establish a new long-term institutional capital base while maintaining existing governance and board composition. Proceeds from the transaction will be used to provide liquidity to existing investors in Reverence Capital's funds, while Reverence Capital is simultaneously committing incremental capital from its current flagship Fund IV to support Osaic's future growth initiatives.

Marsh McLennan Agency has reached an agreement to acquire TriBridge Partners, an independent benefits broker and retirement and wealth advisor headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. Founded in 2013 through the strategic merger of three well-established regional brokerage and advisory firms, TriBridge offers group health, employee benefits, retirement plan advisory, wealth management, and individual insurance services to clients across the Mid-Atlantic region. The acquisition is designed to strengthen MMA's Mid-Atlantic practice by adding specialized expertise in benefits and wealth advisory to complement its existing property and casualty capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Gymkhana Fine Foods, the premium Indian food brand born from London's two-Michelin-starred Gymkhana restaurant, has closed an $8.5 million Series A funding round led by CAVU Consumer Partners. The raise coincides with the brand's national U.S. debut, launching exclusively at Whole Foods Market stores nationwide and online, bringing restaurant-grade Indian cuisine to American home kitchens for the first time.