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St. Joseph Acquires Fastbase AI And Plans Corporate Rebrand Around 350 Million-Company Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

St. Joseph Inc. has acquired Fastbase AI Corporation as the publicly traded company moves to expand its focus on artificial intelligence and data intelligence technologies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Star Equity To Acquire Harte Hanks For $38.4 Million, Targeting $10 Million In Annual Cost Synergies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Star Equity Holdings has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Harte Hanks in a transaction valuing the customer experience and business process outsourcing company at approximately $38.4 million of equity value.

Privacy Bee Acquires EraseMe.app To Expand Data Removal Technology And Ongoing Privacy Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Privacy Bee has acquired EraseMe.app, adding the personal data removal company’s customers and technology to its platform as it expands tools for continuously identifying and removing exposed consumer information online.

King & Spalding Adds Ching And Kummer As Finance Partner Hiring Reaches 12 In 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Dentons Adds Edward Mackenzie As Real Estate Special Counsel In Christchurch

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Dentons has added Edward Mackenzie as Special Counsel in its Real Estate team in Christchurch, strengthening the firm’s property capabilities across Canterbury and New Zealand’s wider South Island.

Advocate Technologies Raises $18 Million To Bring Transparency To A Trillion-Dollar Commercial Insurance Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Advocate Technologies has emerged from stealth with $18 million in Seed funding and a platform designed to create standardized pricing and coverage benchmarks for commercial insurance, addressing a market where buyers historically have lacked the price transparency available across most major financial asset classes.

Expedition Therapeutics Raises $115 Million Series B As EXPD-101 Enters Phase 2 COPD Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Expedition Therapeutics has raised an oversubscribed $115 million Series B financing as the biotechnology company advances its next-generation DPP1 inhibitor EXPD-101 into a global Phase 2 clinical trial for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Simpson Thacher Opens Chicago Office With Five-Partner Private Equity And Family Office Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is opening an office in Chicago with five incoming partners, significantly expanding its capabilities in serving middle-market private equity firms, family offices, and other private capital clients.

King & Spalding Adds Joel Goldberg To Expand Houston Energy And Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 15, 2026

King & Spalding has added Joel Goldberg as a partner in its Energy industry team and Corporate practice group in Houston, expanding the firm’s capabilities across conventional energy, renewable power, LNG, battery storage, carbon capture, and infrastructure projects.