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Surveying And Mapping has announced the acquisition of Donaldson, Garrett & Associates, a Georgia-based land surveying firm serving commercial, utilities, and local government clients. The deal expands SAM's labor resources and client reach in Georgia while strengthening the company's ability to support growing infrastructure and development activity across the Southeast region. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Kalos Ventures Management has announced the final close of its oversubscribed $78.8 million inaugural fund, backed by investors including ZOMA Capital, GCM Grosvenor, MassMutual, Sorenson Impact Advisory, and Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates organization. The New York-based early-stage venture capital firm is building a concentrated portfolio of technology companies addressing critical infrastructure needs across the workforce, care, and education sectors.

DigitalBridge Group has announced the closing of two securitized financing note issuances totaling $400 million through its subsidiaries DigitalBridge Issuer and DigitalBridge Co-Issuer. The transaction consists of $300 million in Series 2026-1 6.326% Secured Fund Fee Revenue Notes and a $100 million variable funding note facility that allows borrowing on a revolving basis.

Drummond Scientific Company has announced the acquisition of Accu-Glass, a St. Louis-based manufacturer of high-precision glass capillaries used in medical and diagnostic applications. The deal expands Drummond's manufacturing footprint from a single-site facility to a broader network of capability-driven businesses and signals the company's broader vision to build a portfolio of complementary companies serving the life science and MedTech communities. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has announced its rebrand to RS2 Healthcare Partners, formalizing the firm's exclusive strategic focus on healthcare investing in the lower middle market. The rebrand is accompanied by the appointment of Craig Stern as Co-Managing Partner alongside David Belluck, and the closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle for Loftware, a leading global enterprise labeling and artwork management software provider, with AKKR Strategic Capital serving as lead investor.

BuzzFeed, Inc. has announced a transaction agreement under which Allen Family Digital, an affiliate of Byron Allen's family office, will acquire a majority stake in the company for $120 million. Under the terms of the deal, Allen Family Digital will purchase 40 million shares at $3.00 per share, funded with $20 million in cash at closing and a $100 million promissory note due five years from closing, accruing interest at 5% annually. Upon closing, Allen Family Digital will own approximately 52% of BuzzFeed's outstanding shares. The transaction is expected to close by the end of May 2026.

BMO Financial Group has announced a definitive agreement with Stonepeak to sell its Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses, including related loan portfolios in the United States and Canada. The combined loan and lease portfolio totals approximately C$14.5 billion as of March 31, 2026. Financial terms include cash consideration and an earnout contingent upon the businesses achieving specified future performance targets. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

VoltaGrid has announced a $1 billion strategic equity investment from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Halliburton Company, alongside a definitive agreement to acquire Propell Energy Technology Ltd. and its affiliates. The investment is composed of a $775 million primary capital raise and a $225 million secondary purchase from existing investors. Both transactions are subject to customary closing conditions and are expected to close in mid-2026.

Alcoa has announced a $65 million capital investment at its Mosjøen smelter in Norway to expand foundry production capabilities and incorporate post-consumer recycled aluminum into its casting process for the first time. The investment will expand and upgrade the Mosjøen casthouse, increasing production capacity by up to 75,000 metric tons through a new open mold foundry casting line, melting furnaces, and additional casthouse improvements.

4AM has closed an oversubscribed seed round of more than $4 million led by CAVU Consumer Partners — the firm behind poppi, Necessaire, and Vital Proteins — and is launching its hero product, Clean Sheets, in 1,745 Target stores nationwide. The round also attracted participation from B4 Capital and Type Capital, alongside a tightly curated group of strategic angel investors including Joe Cloyes of Youth to the People, Cassandra Grey of Violet Grey, Brian Bordainick of Starface, dermatologists Dr. Muneeb Shah and Dr. Joyce Park, Maggie Sellers Reum of Hot Smart Rich, and Michelle Hu of Etoile. The launch caps a year of four-times year-over-year revenue growth, four sold-out production runs, and a number-four ranking in TikTok Shop's Cleansers category.

GECU, one of the largest locally owned federal credit unions in Texas and New Mexico, has announced the appointment of Alex Rascón as President and CEO. Rascón, who has been with GECU for 28 years, succeeds Crystal Long, who retired May 1, 2026, after decades of dedicated service to the institution.

Massage Envy has announced the appointment of Abe Hong as Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Hong will lead the company's technology strategy, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and enterprise systems, with a focus on supporting franchisees, enhancing the member and guest experience, and advancing the brand's digital capabilities across its national franchise network.

Carnegie Investment Counsel has promoted Ben Connard, CFA, to Chief Investment Officer, formalizing a leadership role that has been developing since he joined the firm in connection with its expansion into Stamford, Connecticut in early 2025. In his new position, Connard will lead Carnegie's investment strategies and oversee portfolio construction across equity and fixed income asset classes, working to enhance collaboration across the firm's 10 U.S. offices.

The University of Oklahoma has announced Project 200, a generational investment in research, talent, and infrastructure designed to strengthen the health of Oklahomans, grow the state's economy, and expand opportunity through scientific discovery. By 2032, the initiative is projected to generate nearly $100 million annually in new federal research funding, support more than 2,000 new jobs, produce an estimated $95 million in new state and local tax revenue, and help train more than 1,000 scientists in Oklahoma.

Epic Charging has acquired Bluedot Technologies, a Palo Alto-based EV fleet charging management and payment platform that provides access to more than 80% of the nation's public charging ports. The deal, completed on May 1, includes all of Bluedot's branding, platform technology, intellectual property, customer contracts, and key team members. Bluedot will continue operating as a separate brand under Epic Charging, with its team transitioning to Epic as part of the transaction.

Johnson Controls has announced the expansion of its Holme, Denmark heat pump and chiller facility, doubling production capacity and adding a state-of-the-art customer experience and test center to meet growing demand for high-capacity heat pumps across Europe. The expansion, which operates on 100% green energy, includes 2,300 additional square meters of new production space and a 1,800 square meter test center compliant with the latest European Heat Pump Association testing standard. The project is expected to create more than 100 new local jobs.

OpenAI has announced Daybreak, its vision for AI-native cyber defense designed to help defenders find vulnerabilities earlier, act faster, and build software that is resilient by design from the start. The initiative combines the intelligence of OpenAI models, the extensibility of Codex as an agentic harness, and partnerships across the security ecosystem to bring secure code review, threat modeling, patch validation, dependency risk analysis, detection, and remediation guidance into the everyday development loop.

Dentons Canada has announced the arrival of Michael Kershaw as a partner in its national Real Estate group, further expanding one of the firm's most active practice areas. The addition follows the recent arrival of Kamil Umar as a partner in the Calgary Real Estate group, strengthening the firm's national real estate platform across both financing and development capabilities.

Norton Rose Fulbright has announced the arrival of Daniel Lin as a partner in its corporate practice, working across the firm's Sydney and Tokyo offices. Lin joins from Sidley, where he was co-managing partner of the Tokyo office, and brings extensive experience advising on energy, infrastructure, and general corporate transactions across Japan, Southeast Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

SoFi Technologies has acquired the assets of PrimaryBid, a United Kingdom-based fintech company that powers retail inclusion in global capital markets, according to a message posted on PrimaryBid's website and confirmed by a SoFi spokesperson. The acquisition specifically covers the assets of PrimaryBid's directed share program. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Boundary Labs has announced the closing of a $2 million pre-seed funding round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from institutional finance partners and angel investors, including VCs BlackWood and FirstBlock Capital. The capital will accelerate the launch of USBD, a stablecoin protocol engineered specifically for financial and blockchain institutions and approved participants that require a new standard of on-chain verifiability in the more than $300 billion stablecoin market.

Kraken Resources has announced the closing of a $400 million private offering of 7.125% senior unsecured notes due 2031 through its subsidiary Kraken Oil & Gas Partners, alongside the completed acquisition of Zavanna Energy Operating, LLC. The notes were issued at par on May 11, 2026, with proceeds used to repay a portion of outstanding borrowings under the company's revolving credit facility.

Latham & Watkins has announced that Marco Caffuzzi has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in its Real Estate Practice. Caffuzzi brings nearly three decades of experience advising on complex real estate transactions across domestic and cross-border markets, joining from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He received his JD from New York Law School and his BA from New York University.

Paymentology, the London-based global issuer-processor, has raised $175 million in a funding round co-led by Apis Partners, a private equity firm specializing in financial infrastructure and services, and Aspirity Partners, a pan-European private equity firm focused on financial technology and services. The investment will support Paymentology's continued global expansion, product development, and team growth as the company builds on strong demand for modern issuer processing at scale.

Telekom Srbija has successfully completed its second international corporate bond issuance, raising approximately €1.95 billion through a multi-tranche offering of senior unsecured notes denominated in U.S. dollars and euros. The transaction generated a total demand of $13.87 billion from approximately 300 leading international institutional investors, making it the largest corporate bond issuance ever executed in the Southeast and Central and Eastern Europe region, as well as one of the most heavily oversubscribed corporate transactions across emerging markets globally during 2025 and 2026.

AMP IT, a Geneva-based energy and mobility company, has completed a new funding round supported notably by the Swiss Technology Fund, bringing the company's total funding to €7 million since its founding in 2021. The capital will support operational scaling, further development of its proprietary software platform, and expansion into selected European markets beyond its core Swiss market.

Stardog has announced the promotion of Navin Sharma to Chief Product Officer, reinforcing the company's leadership in powering enterprise AI through its semantic AI platform. The promotion reflects Stardog's momentum as enterprises accelerate investment in agentic AI systems that require trusted, contextual data foundations to operate reliably in complex, mission-critical environments.

OpenAI has confirmed the launch of the OpenAI Deployment Company, a new business unit designed to help organizations build and deploy AI systems across their most critical workflows, backed by more than $4 billion in initial investment. The venture is a committed partnership between OpenAI and 19 leading global investment firms, consultancies, and system integrators, led by TPG with Advent, Bain Capital, and Brookfield as co-lead founding partners. Additional founding partners include B Capital, BBVA, Emergence Capital, Goanna, Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Corp., Warburg Pincus, and WCAS, alongside consulting and systems integration firms Bain & Company, Capgemini, and McKinsey & Company.

PagerDuty, the San Francisco-based AI-first operations management platform, has appointed John DiLullo as Chief Executive Officer effective May 11, 2026, succeeding Jennifer Tejada, who has served as CEO since 2016 and will transition to Executive Chair of the Board of Directors.

Troutman Pepper Locke has added Kate Pennartz as a partner in its Real Estate Practice Group in Dallas, further strengthening the firm's nationally recognized real estate platform and expanding its capabilities in one of the country's most active development markets. Pennartz joins from Holland & Knight and brings significant experience advising developers, investors and lenders on complex real estate transactions across the full lifecycle of deals.