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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.

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

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, 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.

Alpaca, a brokerage infrastructure provider whose APIs are used by partners including Kraken, SBI Securities, and Dime!, has raised a $150 million Series D at a $1.15 billion valuation. The round was led by Drive Capital, and Drive Capital co-founder and partner Chris Olsen will join Alpaca’s board as part of the financing. Investors participating in the Series D included Citadel Securities; Opera Tech Ventures, the venture arm of BNP Paribas; MUFG Innovation Partners; Flat Capital; DRW Venture Capital; Kraken; Altered Capital; X&KSK; Bank Muscat; and Endeavor Catalyst, among others. Returning backers included Portage, Horizons Ventures, Social Leverage, Unbound, Diagram, and Derayah Financial, while Revolut CTO Vlad Yatsenko also participated as an angel investor.

Caldera Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a first-in-class bispecific antibody for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other immunologic and inflammatory diseases, launched with $112.5 million in total capital raised and said it has dosed the first subjects in a Phase 1 trial of its lead program, CLD-423.

Prime Pensions (PPI), a provider of retirement plan administration, consulting, and compliance services based in Florham Park, New Jersey, has acquired The Raymond Company Pension Services, a third-party administrator of retirement plans headquartered in Mesa, Arizona.

Gold Royalty announced it has agreed to acquire an additional net smelter return royalty on the Borborema gold mine and property in northeast Brazil from Dundee Corporation for total consideration of $45 million, made up of $30 million in cash and 3,571,429 newly issued Gold Royalty common shares priced using a 20-day volume-weighted average price of $4.20.

emagine announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Waada The Movement, a Netherlands-based consultancy focused on business transformation, data, and software development, in a move designed to deepen emagine’s advisory bench and strengthen end-to-end delivery for complex digital programs.

Tailwind Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm focused on Industrial and Technical Services, has made an investment in Valor Fleet Services, partnering with the Mid-Atlantic towing and roadside services platform to support its next phase of expansion.

TIC Holding Schweiz AG, a buy-and-build platform backed by Winterberg Investment X and managed by Winterberg Advisory GmbH, has acquired HSE Conseils SA, a Laténa (Neuchâtel)-headquartered specialist in construction-related pollutants, environmental services, and occupational health and safety with six additional locations across Switzerland.

Kikin Financial, a UK-based fintech lending platform focused on small and medium-sized enterprises, announced it has secured initial funding through Percent’s private credit platform, with capacity to access up to $20 million as it scales its UK business.

OpenAI has partnered with Cerebras to add 750 megawatts of ultra low-latency AI compute to OpenAI’s platform, expanding the company’s inference capacity with systems designed to deliver faster, more responsive model outputs.

The facilities management landscape is evolving faster than ever. What was once a back-office function confined to spreadsheets and siloed CMMS tools is now emerging as a strategic lever for operational excellence, sustainability, and tenant experience. Facilio, led by Co-Founder & CEO Prabhu Ramachandran, is at the forefront of this transformation - building a connected, AI-powered platform that unifies building operations across continents. From CBRE Pacific in Australia to Brookfield, British Land, Investa, and Dubai World Trade Centre, the world’s leading property operators are embracing Facilio to modernize operations, reduce inefficiencies, and future-proof their portfolios. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ramachandran to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

IO River, a startup positioning itself as an “unbundler” of the legacy content delivery network (CDN) market, has raised a $20 million Series A round to expand its Multi-Edge platform, which aims to let enterprises operate across multiple edge providers through a neutral control layer.