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Lonergan Names Kirsten Settle And Michael Cunningham As Managing Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Lonergan has named Kirsten Settle and Michael Cunningham as Managing Partners as the executive search firm expands its leadership following 25 years in business.

Savory Fund Closes $201.5 Million Fund III For Emerging Restaurant Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Savory Fund has closed its third private equity fund at $201.5 million, surpassing its $200 million target as the firm looks to back additional founder-led restaurant brands across the United States

Runpod Surpasses $325 Million In ARR And Appoints Brian Erickson As CFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Runpod has surpassed $325 million in annual recurring revenue and appointed Brian Erickson as Chief Financial Officer as the AI infrastructure company prepares for its next phase of growth.

Senphonix Receives NIH Grant To Advance SleeveSense Continuous Vitals Monitoring Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Senphonix has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I award from the National Institutes of Health through the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to advance SleeveSense, its investigational wearable platform for continuous, long-term vital-sign monitoring.

Helium Ventures Acquires Jitsu And Expands Self-Hosting Product Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Helium Ventures has acquired Jitsu, an open-source customer data platform and Segment alternative, and is expanding the product with new self-hosting capabilities, enterprise controls, and integrations.

HealthpointCapital Invests In Opsitek To Expand Surgical Operations And Patient Flow Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

HealthpointCapital has made a significant investment in Ospitek, a provider of surgical operations and patient flow intelligence software designed to improve efficiency across hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, and other surgical settings.

Aatmunn Secures Up To $8 Million Growth Investment From Memento Growth Partners To Scale SPANR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Aatmunn has secured a growth investment of up to $8 million from Memento Growth Partners to accelerate adoption of SPANR, its intelligence platform for industrial operations.

Terminus Capital Partners Makes Majority Growth Investment In PickTrace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Terminus Capital Partners has made a majority growth investment in PickTrace, a provider of workforce management, labor compliance, and operations technology built specifically for agricultural businesses.

AppWork Acquires Paraspot AI To Expand Into AI Vision-Powered Inspections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

AppWork has acquired Paraspot AI, a video-based AI inspection platform for multifamily, single-family, and student housing, expanding AppWork’s maintenance operations and risk management platform into computer vision-powered property inspections.

GA Telesis Acquires Three Airbus A320neo Airframes To Expand Aftermarket Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

GA Telesis has acquired three additional Airbus A320neo airframes, expanding its inventory of next-generation aircraft assets and supporting its global aftermarket and component-services platform.

Mogul Raises $15.5 Million Series A At $126 Million Valuation To Scale AI-Powered Real Estate Investing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Mogul has raised an oversubscribed $15.5 million Series A funding round led by Draper Associates, bringing the AI-powered real estate investing platform’s total funding to more than $23.6 million and valuing the company at $126 million.

HydRegen Raises $8 Million Series A To Bring Biocatalysis To Industrial Chemical Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

HydRegen has raised $8 million (£6 million) in the first close of its Series A financing to expand its biocatalysis platform across pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, agrochemical, materials, and bulk chemical manufacturing. The round was led by Genoa Ventures, with participation from Clean Growth Fund and First Imagine! Ventures. Oxford Technology Management, Headington Holdings, Oxonian, Foxglove Capital, and Rapid Innovation Group also participated.

Ensorcia Group To Acquire Argentina Wildcats To Expand Lithium Development Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Ensorcia Group Holdings has entered into an agreement to acquire Argentina Wildcats, expanding its lithium holdings and advancing the company’s Kati 1 development program in Argentina.

Otter.ai Secures $320 Million Growth Investment From General Catalyst

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Otter.ai has secured $320 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund to accelerate the AI notetaking and conversational knowledge company’s enterprise expansion, international growth, go-to-market strategy, and product development.

Gibraltar To Sell D.S. Brown To Saint-Gobain For $208 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Gibraltar Industries has agreed to sell its Infrastructure business, D.S. Brown, to Saint-Gobain for $208 million in cash as it continues to simplify its portfolio and focus resources on its building products and structures businesses.

AtlasClear To Acquire Ark Financial Services In Deal Worth Up To $24.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

AtlasClear Holdings has entered into a definitive business combination agreement to acquire Ark Financial Services, the parent company of investment bank Dawson James Securities, in a transaction valued at up to $24.5 million.

Specialty1 Partners Expands AI Investments Across More Than 225 Dental Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Specialty1 Partners is expanding its investment in artificial intelligence technologies across its national specialty dental network, targeting clinical documentation, patient access, administrative automation, contract management, and employee productivity.

Brellium Raises $23 Million And Launches CortexLM For AI-Powered Clinical Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Brellium has raised $23 million in venture funding and launched CortexLM, a proprietary AI system designed to analyze patient notes for gaps in clinical care, documentation, billing compliance, and revenue integrity. The financing was led by Left Lane Capital and First Round Capital, with participation from Digital Health Venture Partners. Brellium plans to use the capital to expand into additional medical specialties, serve more provider organizations, and move deeper into the healthcare revenue cycle.

Godspeed Capital Acquires GreenVest To Build Environmental Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Godspeed Capital Management has acquired GreenVest, a provider of ecological restoration, compensatory mitigation, stormwater management, nature-based resilience, and environmental consulting services.

Soufflé Therapeutics Raises $135 Million Series B Led By Juvia Group To Advance Clinical Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Soufflé Therapeutics has closed an oversubscribed $135 million Series B financing to advance its lead programs into clinical development and expand its pipeline of cell-specific oligonucleotide therapies. The round was led by Juvia Group and included TCG Crossover Management, BB Biotech, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Balyasny Asset Management, and a leading sovereign wealth fund. Existing investors including Amgen Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Breyer Capital, The Invus Group, Janus Henderson, Leaps by Bayer, Polaris Partners, Safar Partners, TAS Partners, Temasek, and Vida Ventures also participated.

Sensydia Raises More Than $6 Million To Advance Cardiac Performance System Toward FDA Authorization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Sensydia has secured an oversubscribed initial closing of more than $6 million in new financing to advance its Cardiac Performance System through its ongoing ACOUSTIC-1 study and prepare the technology for potential commercial launch. The financing was led by Colle Capital Partners with substantial participation from Orlando Health Ventures.

ID Finance Secures €545 Million To Expand Plazo Consumer Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

ID Finance has secured €545 million in debt and equity financing from international investors to accelerate growth of Plazo, its consumer finance platform in Spain.

Mayer Brown Adds Former CFTC Senior Counsel Danielle Abada As Capital Markets Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Mayer Brown has expanded its Capital Markets practice with the addition of Danielle Abada as a partner in the firm's New York office. Abada joins from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, where she served as Senior Special Counsel in the Market Participants Division and previously as Senior Counsel to CFTC Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson.

Baker McKenzie Adds Ricardo Perera As Mexico City Tax Controversy Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Baker McKenzie has strengthened its Tax Controversy practice in Mexico by adding Ricardo Perera as a partner in its Mexico City office.

Albert Raises $55 Million Series B Led By TCV To Scale Chemistry-Native AI For R&D

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Albert has raised $55 million in Series B funding to expand its chemistry-native artificial intelligence platform for research and development organizations in the chemicals and materials industries. The round was led by TCV, with participation from new investors Delta-v Capital, Socium Ventures, HighSage Ventures, Coral Capital, and Legion VC. Existing investors Coatue, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, Index Ventures, and Applied Ventures also participated. Albert plans to use the funding to expand its chemistry-native AI capabilities and help customers shorten product development cycles.

Collective X Health Launches With $3.2 Million Pre-Seed To Build Women’s Health Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Collective X Health has emerged from stealth with $3.2 million in oversubscribed pre-seed funding to build a B2B women’s health and performance intelligence platform grounded in research on female physiology. The round was co-led by Council Capital and Anthemis Female Innovators Lab Fund, with participation from SoGal Ventures, Emerson Collective, Muse Capital, and Seed Ventures. Founding customers include Human Powered Health and Altra Running, which are licensing Collective X’s women’s health intelligence through an API.

MDIA Receives $3 Million From Knight Foundation To Expand Public Innovation Authority Model Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

MDIA has received a $3 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to expand its Public Innovation Authority model from Miami-Dade County into additional communities across the United States.

Scuba Emerges From Stealth With $34 Million To Build Shared Context Engine For Teams And AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Scuba has emerged from stealth with $34 million raised across pre-seed and Seed rounds to build what it describes as a shared context engine for teams and their AI agents. Accel led the pre-seed round, while IVP joined Accel to co-lead the Seed financing. BoxGroup, Conviction, Homebrew, and Scribble Ventures also participated. Scuba's angel investors include founders from companies including Slack, Instagram, Stripe, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Datadog, Vanta, Harvey, Dropbox, Abridge, Duolingo, Granola, Warp, Zynga, Groupon, Coda, Opendoor, and Flatiron Health.

OlsAro Raises €5 Million Seed To Scale Climate-Resilient Cereal Genetics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

OlsAro has raised €5 million in Seed funding to accelerate commercialization of its SeedAX seed genetics platform for developing climate-resilient cereal crops. The round was led by Industrifonden, with Nordic Foodtech VC joining as co-lead. Existing investors Future Food Fund, PINC, AgFunder, and GU Ventures also participated in the financing.

Affinity Labs Raises $2 Million Pre-Seed Led By Fuel Ventures To Scale Creator-Led Software Brands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 20, 2026

Affinity Labs has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to expand its portfolio of software products built in partnership with content creators.