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Dentons Adds Montréal Restructuring Partner Eric Stachecki

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Dentons has expanded its Canadian restructuring bench with the addition of Montréal-based partner Eric Stachecki, strengthening the firm’s Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy group amid continued demand for turnaround and creditor-side advisory work.

American Resources Secures $200 Million Equity Facility to Scale U.S. Critical Minerals Refining

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

American Resources announced ReElement Technologies has closed a $200 million strategic equity facility from Transition Equity Partners that the companies plan to use to scale U.S.-based critical mineral and rare earth refining capacity, starting with an expansion of ReElement’s Marion, Indiana operations.

Nuclera Extends Series C Funding To $87 Million To Advance Antibody Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Nuclera, a biotech company developing a benchtop platform for rapid access to functional proteins, has raised a $12 million extension to its Series C financing, bringing total Series C funding to $87 million.

KatRisk Acquires Symfos To Expand Underwriting And Portfolio Risk Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

KatRisk, a global provider of catastrophe risk models and climate analytics, has acquired Symfos, a UK-based software company whose Orchestra platform is used by insurers and reinsurers for underwriting and portfolio intelligence.

Euna Solutions Acquires GrantExec To Expand AI-Powered Grants Discovery And Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Euna Solutions has acquired GrantExec, an AI-native startup focused on simplifying grant discovery and research for nonprofits, universities, and community-focused organizations, as Euna looks to deepen AI-driven capabilities across its end-to-end grants platform.

Klearly: €12 Million Series A Raised To Expand Restaurant Payments Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Klearly, an Amsterdam-based payments platform built for restaurants, bars, and clubs, announced in a LinkedIn post that it has raised a €12 million Series A round led by PayPal Ventures as it pushes beyond the Netherlands into new European markets. The funding included participation from Italian Founders Fund alongside existing backers Global PayTech Ventures, Antler Elevate and Shapers.

Net At Work Acquires Kansas MSP NCS To Expand Midwest Footprint And Add Nterfuse Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Net at Work announced it has acquired Network Computer Solutions (NCS), a Kansas-based managed services provider, in a deal aimed at accelerating the buyer’s expansion across the U.S. Midwest and deepening its managed services bench.

Charles River Plans $570 Million Combined Purchase Of K.F. Cambodia and PathoQuest Remainder Stake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Charles River Laboratories International announced it has agreed to acquire K.F. (Cambodia) Ltd. for about $510 million and to buy the remaining 79% of PathoQuest SAS for €51.6 million, bringing the combined deal value to roughly $570 million, according to a company statement.

Zepo Intelligence: $15 Million Seed Round Raised To Protect Workspaces From AI-Driven Social Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Zepo Intelligence, a human-centric cybersecurity startup focused on defending employees against AI-powered manipulation, has raised a $15 million seed round backed by European investors Kibo Ventures, eCAPITAL, and TIN Capital.

Verna: $4 Million Raised To Help Organizations Deliver Nature Recovery Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Verna announced it has raised $4 million to meet growing demand for software that helps organizations take verifiable action on nature recovery, as companies and public bodies move from nature risk reporting toward long-term delivery on the ground.

CACI Wins Up To $416 Million Navy Task Order To Sustain And Modernize NAVSEA Maintenance Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

CACI International announced it has been awarded a five-year, single-award task order valued at up to $416 million to support the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Navy Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution (NMMES) program.

Vossloh Acquires Nordic Tamping Service To Expand Track Maintenance Offering In Scandinavia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Vossloh announced it has acquired Nordic Tamping Service AB (NTS), a Borlänge, Sweden-based provider of ballast tamping services for railway tracks, expanding the German rail supplier’s maintenance and lifecycle offering across Scandinavia. The financial terms were not disclosed.

AbbVie And RemeGen Strike Ex-China Deal For PD-1/VEGF Bispecific RC148 In Solid Tumors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

AbbVie and China-based biopharma RemeGen have signed an exclusive licensing agreement covering development, manufacturing and commercialization of RC148, a PD-1/VEGF-targeted bispecific antibody being studied across multiple advanced solid tumors, including certain lung cancers.

Creative Planning Makes First International Acquisition With Switzerland’s Baseline Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Creative Planning said it has acquired Baseline Wealth Management, a Swiss-registered investment advisor with offices in Geneva and Zurich, marking the U.S. firm’s first international deal and its initial expansion into Europe.

U.S. Bancorp To Buy BTIG In Up To $1 Billion Deal To Expand Capital Markets Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

U.S. Bancorp announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BTIG, a privately held investment bank and brokerage firm, in a bolt-on transaction designed to broaden U.S. Bank’s markets-based capabilities and deepen support for institutional and corporate clients.

Sign In Solutions Acquires The Receptionist To Expand Visitor Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Sign In Solutions announced it has acquired The Receptionist, adding a Denver-based visitor management provider with more than 5,500 customers across 35 countries as the company continues a multi-acquisition strategy aimed at building a unified visitor management platform for organizations ranging from small businesses to large enterprises.

Hughes Hubbard Acquires Schulman Bhattacharya, Expanding Litigation And Arbitration In Washington, D.C.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced it has acquired Schulman Bhattacharya, adding a Washington, D.C.-based commercial litigation and arbitration boutique to deepen the firm’s disputes capabilities in the capital region.

X Square Robot Raises $140 Million in Series A++ Funding To Scale Embodied AI Models And Robot Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

X Square Robot, a China-based developer of general-purpose embodied artificial intelligence, said January 12, 2026 that it has completed a Series A++ funding round of about $140 million, or roughly RMB 1 billion, as it accelerates development of what it calls a “robot brain” foundation model for the physical world and expands commercialization across logistics, manufacturing and healthcare use cases.

Aquilance: $16 Million Strategic Growth Raised To Expand Delivery Of Unbundled Family Office Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Aquilance, a technology-enabled provider of personal financial administration services for wealthy families and their advisors, has secured a $16 million strategic growth investment led by Ten Coves Capital as it looks to scale demand for “unbundled” family office-style services across wealth management firms, RIAs, and trust companies.

Department Of War Commits $1 Billion Direct-To-Supplier Investment With L3Harris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

The Department of War (DoW), working in partnership with L3Harris Technologies, said it has signed a letter of intent laying out investment terms aimed at expanding U.S. production capacity for solid rocket motors—an input the Department described as a critical node in the munitions supply chain.

CIM Group Closes $167.67 Million Loan To Recapitalize 15-Property WoodSpring Suites Extended-Stay Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

CIM Group announced it has closed a $167.67 million loan package to affiliates of Concord Hospitality and Whitman Peterson to recapitalize a 15-property WoodSpring Suites extended-stay hotel portfolio spanning Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Aquisor Launches European Buy-Side M&A Origination Firm For Private Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Aquisor, a European buy-side M&A advisory firm focused on deal origination for private equity investors, has launched under founders Dirk-Jan Vorgers and Ekaterina Kupriyanova, who previously led the European office of Harvey & Company.

NGP VAN Launches API And Data Products Team With Seven-Figure Investment To Modernize Integrations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

NGP VAN announced it has formed its first dedicated API and Data Products Team and committed a seven-figure investment to modernize and expand the company’s APIs, a move aimed at strengthening the integration infrastructure used across the progressive technology ecosystem.

bricks.sh Raises €1.6 Million Pre-Seed And Launches Public Beta For Internal Tools Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

bricks.sh announced it has closed a €1.6 million oversubscribed pre-seed round and opened a public beta of its platform designed to help companies build internal tools faster while preserving customization.

Ciari Guitars: Interview With CEO Jonathan Spangler About The Travel Guitar Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Ciari Guitars is a company that designs and sells professional-grade electric “travel” guitars that use a patented folding mechanism so a full-size instrument can fold down to fit in a backpack or carry-on for easy transport. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ciari Guitars CEO Jonathan Spangler to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Sema4.ai: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Rob Bearden About The Enterprise AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Sema4.ai is a company that builds an enterprise AI agent platform that helps companies create, deploy, and manage secure AI agents that automate complex workflows across their data, documents, and business applications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sema4.ai co-founder and CEO Rob Bearden to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

HPS/PayMedix Secures $33 Million Investment To Expand Healthcare Financing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

HPS/PayMedix announced it has closed $33 million in combined equity and debt financing to accelerate national growth of PayMedix, its healthcare financing and payments platform designed to simplify how consumers and providers manage medical bills.

Ares Raises Over $7 Billion For Leading Credit Secondaries Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Ares Management Corporation announced it has raised about $7.1 billion for its Credit Secondaries strategy, including the final close of its inaugural Ares Credit Secondaries Fund, related vehicles, and anticipated leverage.

Mevaldi: New Investment Secured To Speed Industrial Scale-Up

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Mevaldi announced it has raised new investment from ICOS Capital, with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and ICIG Ventures also participating, as the company looks to accelerate the industrial scale-up of its technology and expand the market reach of its bio-based chemical building blocks.

Fidelis Capital Partners With Opto Investments To Expand Private Markets Program For Ultra-Wealthy Families

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 13, 2026

Fidelis Capital, an advisor-owned wealth management firm focused on ultra-high-net-worth individuals, multi-generational families, and institutions, announced it has selected Opto Investments as a strategic partner to enhance and scale its private markets program.