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Bed Bath & Beyond Acquires Tokens.com For Tokenized Real Asset Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Bed Bath & Beyond announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Tokens.com as it moves to establish what it described as a foundational layer for a unified investment and personal finance platform focused on real estate finance and tokenized asset liquidity.

Donaldson Acquiring Filtration Group’s Facet Filtration Business For $820 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Donaldson Company announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Filtration Group’s Facet Filtration business in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $820 million, adding fuel and fluid filtration products used in mission-critical applications such as aerospace and defense and power generation.

Ondas: Acquisition Of Rotron Aero Expands Long-Range Autonomous Attack And Unmanned Defense Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Ondas announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rotron Aero, a UK-based developer of advanced unmanned aerial systems and long-range autonomous platforms designed for extended-reach operations and autonomous strike missions.

Red Nucleus Acquires Bridge Medical Consulting To Expand HEOR Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Red Nucleus has acquired Bridge Medical Consulting, a specialized health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) consultancy, as the company deepens its value, evidence, and market access offerings for biopharmaceutical clients facing heightened scrutiny around drug pricing, value demonstration, and reimbursement decisions. Red Nucleus said the deal strengthens its ability to help customers prove the clinical and economic value of increasingly specialized therapies amid complex regulatory and payer requirements.

Radian Group Completes Acquisition Of Inigo For $1.67 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Radian Group announced it has completed its acquisition of Inigo Limited, a specialty insurance group that underwrites through Lloyd’s of London, positioning Radian to expand beyond its core U.S. private mortgage insurance franchise into a global, diversified multi-line specialty insurer. The deal is intended to broaden Radian’s underwriting and product capabilities while improving how the company deploys what it described as excess capital.

Brookfield To Buy Peakstone Realty Trust In $1.2 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Brookfield Asset Management and Peakstone Realty Trust announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which a Brookfield private real estate fund will acquire all outstanding shares of Peakstone for $21.00 per share in cash, valuing the transaction at an implied enterprise value of approximately $1.2 billion.

CrossCountry Consulting: Business Advisory Firm Buys CDS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

CrossCountry Consulting, a business advisory and technology solutions firm, has acquired CDS, a financial due diligence provider headquartered in San Francisco, to deepen its transaction advisory capabilities for private equity and corporate clients.

Daytona: $24 Million Series A Raised For Building Composable Computers For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Daytona, an infrastructure company building programmatic, composable computers for AI agents, has raised $24 million in Series A funding. The round was led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Pace Capital and existing investors Upfront Ventures, E2VC, and Darkmode, alongside strategic investments from Datadog and Figma Ventures. As part of the financing, FirstMark General Partner Matt Turck joined Daytona’s board of directors.

Cadastral: $9.5 Million Raised To Build ‘AI Analyst In A Box’

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Cadastral, an AI-native software company building vertically specific intelligence for the commercial real estate industry, has raised $9.5 Million in funding from Navitas, JLL Spark Global Ventures, AvalonBay, Equity Residential, and 1Sharpe.

Willie’s Remedy+: Willie Nelson-Backed THC Drinks Brand Raises $15 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Willie’s Remedy+, a THC-infused beverages brand inspired by Willie Nelson, has raised a $15 million Series A round to accelerate a national retail push and continue product development. The financing was led by Left Lane Capital with participation from Second Sight Ventures.

Goodfire: $150 Million Series B At $1.25 Billion Valuation Raised For Interpretability AI Lab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Goodfire, an AI research lab focused on interpretability for understanding and designing neural networks, has raised a $150 million Series B round at a $1.25 billion valuation, according to the company. The financing was led by B Capital, with participation from existing investors Juniper Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, South Park Commons, and Wing Venture Capital, as well as new investors including DFJ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, and Eric Schmidt.

Connect Music: $80 Million Raised To Expand Catalog Acquisitions, Licensing, And AI-Driven Artist Tools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Connect Music, a Memphis-based music rights and technology company led by founder, president and CEO George Monger, has raised $80 million in new financing led by Rockmont Partners and Variant Investments.

Henkel: Adhesives Group To Buy Specialty Coatings Maker Stahl For €2.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Henkel has agreed to acquire Stahl Group, a Dutch-based specialty coatings company, for a purchase price of €2.1 billion. Stahl is majority-owned by French private equity firm Wendel SE. The transaction is intended to expand Henkel Adhesive Technologies further into specialty coatings, an adjacent category that Henkel says is highly complementary to its existing customer base and end markets.

BayHawk Capital: PE Firm Closes $616 Million Inaugural Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

BayHawk Capital, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on founder-owned technology and essential services businesses, has closed its inaugural fund, BayHawk Capital Fund I, with $616 million in total commitments. The fund closed oversubscribed at its hard cap and exceeded its original $475 million target, supported by a mix of endowments, institutions, family offices, and long-standing members of the firm’s network.

Hovercraft Ventures: Experience And Innovation Platform Acquires Visual Endeavors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Hovercraft Ventures, a global experience and innovation venture platform, has acquired Visual Endeavors, a Santa Cruz, California-based design and creative solutions agency known for immersive work across live entertainment, brand activations, and experiential installations.

CW Advisors: Acquisition Of $849 Million Firm Rovin Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

CW Advisors has acquired Rovin Capital in a deal aimed at expanding the firm’s presence in the western U.S. and supporting a broader regional growth strategy. Boston-based CW Advisors, a registered investment advisor and subsidiary of Osaic Holdings, said the transaction adds a fee-only RIA with offices in Lehi, Utah, and Mesa, Arizona. Rovin has $849 million in combined assets under management and under advisement. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Marshall University: Haas Foundation Gives $1 Million Toward New CNC Training Lab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Marshall University’s Marshall Advanced Manufacturing Center is moving closer to a new headquarters after receiving a $1 million donation from the Gene Haas Foundation. The contribution will support plans for a $20 million, 55,000-square-foot facility to be built on the former ACF Industries site on Third Avenue in Huntington, an initiative university officials have identified as a top fundraising priority.

NASA: Johnson Space Center Expands Research And Workforce Development Partnership With The University Of Texas System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and the University of Texas System announced a new agreement designed to broaden research collaboration and strengthen workforce development efforts across NASA centers and UT System facilities.

Sparxell: University Of Cambridge Spin-Out Raises €4.2 Million To Scale Biodegradable Structural Color Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Sparxell, a University of Cambridge spin-out developing bioinspired colour technologies, has raised €4.2 million in a pre-Series A round to scale its 100% bio-based, biodegradable approach to colour. SWEN Capital Partners led the financing through its Blue Ocean 2 fund, alongside Alpha Star Capital and Cambridge Enterprise.

KKR Buying Arctos In $1.4 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

KKR announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arctos Partners, the institutional investor known for buying minority stakes in professional sports franchises and for providing structured capital solutions to alternative asset managers.

Climatic: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised For Pioneering Daily Lung Health

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Climatic emerged from stealth with $10 million in seed funding to pioneer the daily lung health category and bring proactive respiratory care into everyday wellness. The company is positioning lung care as a consistent part of daily health and performance, arguing that respiratory support has historically been treated as something people address only reactively during illness or environmental crises.

Timber Bay Partners Closes $281 Million GP-Led Secondaries Fund III

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Timber Bay Partners, a Cincinnati-based private equity firm focused on GP-led secondary transactions, has announced the final close of Timber Bay Fund III at $281 million in total capital commitments.

Huntington Bank Taps Ameriprise To Run Retail Investment Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Huntington Bank has selected Ameriprise Financial Services as its new provider of retail investment programs, shifting oversight of its retail brokerage, investment advisory, and insurance services from its bank-owned platforms to the Ameriprise Financial Institutions Group.

CAPTRUST Onboards $2.4 Billion Firm Meritage Portfolio Management Addition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has expanded its Kansas City footprint with the addition of Meritage Portfolio Management, a Kansas City-based wealth and investment management firm serving high-net-worth clients as well as retirement plans, endowments, and foundations.

Prosperity Life Group: Rona Guymon Named As President Of Retail Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Prosperity Life Group has appointed insurance executive Rona Guymon as President, Retail Life and Annuity, a newly created role focused on expanding the company’s retail life and annuity franchise.

Bitwise Launches Digital-Asset Model Portfolios For Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Bitwise, a crypto asset manager with more than $15 billion in client assets, has launched a suite of model portfolio solutions designed to help financial advisors allocate to digital assets through ETFs.

Midas: $10 Million Raised For AI Verification Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Midas, an AI security and reliability company focused on mathematical verification, has launched publicly after closing a $10 million funding round led by Nova Global. The company says it is building a “mathematical trust infrastructure” to ensure AI outputs and underlying reasoning are provably correct before they are used in real-world systems where mistakes are costly.

AngioDynamics Launches Investigator-Led Pulmonary Embolism Research Fund With PERT Consortium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

AngioDynamics, a vascular-focused medical technology company, and The PERT Consortium, a multidisciplinary organization focused on improving pulmonary embolism care, have launched the ALPHA-PE Research Fund, an investigator-led program to support independent, physician-driven research on pulmonary embolism.

Gerber Taylor Closes $111 Million Co-Investment Fund, Beating $75 Million Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Gerber Taylor announced it had completed a final close of its latest co-investment vehicle, GT Co-Invest II, LP, at $111 million as of December 31, 2025, surpassing its original $75 million fundraising target in roughly ten months.

Morningstar Expands Index Business With $365 Million CRSP Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2026

Morningstar has completed its previously announced $365 million acquisition of the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) from the University of Chicago, adding a major suite of U.S. equity benchmarks and deep historical data products to its index and research businesses.