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Paw Prosper Acquires Blue-9 Pet Products To Expand Integrated Conditioning And Fitness Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Paw Prosper, an animal health and wellness platform focused on helping pets stay healthy, recover quickly, and age gracefully, has acquired Blue-9 Pet Products, a provider of behavior management, communication, and skill development tools.

Knife River Expands Into Utah With Acquisition Of Morgan Asphalt In Salt Lake City

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Knife River announced that it has acquired Morgan Asphalt, an aggregates-based asphalt paving company serving the Salt Lake City, Utah area. The transaction marks Knife River’s entry into Utah and expands its presence in the Mountain Region.

upGrad Acquires Internship Platform Internshala In 90% Stock-Swap Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

upGrad, Asia’s leading integrated skilling and workforce development company, has acquired Internshala, the world’s largest early-talent marketplace, for an undisclosed amount in a 90% stock-swap transaction.

Merchant Partners With IFC Advisors To Advance Purpose-Driven Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Merchant, a global operating company providing growth capital and strategic resources to leading independent financial services firms, announced a partnership with IFC Advisors, a Los Angeles-based SEC-registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.5 billion in assets.

EP Wealth Onboards $300 Million Firm Thompson Wealth Management Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

EP Wealth Advisors, a fee-only registered investment advisor, announced a partnership with Thompson Wealth Management that adds over $300 million in assets under management and deepens EP Wealth’s presence in Arizona.

Medimaps: Strategic Merger With Radiobotics To Expand Musculoskeletal Imaging Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Medimaps Group S.A. announced that it has entered into a strategic merger agreement with Radiobotics ApS, bringing together two specialized artificial intelligence medical imaging companies to create a global provider of AI-driven musculoskeletal imaging software.

Zoetis: $160 Million Acquisition Of Animal Genomics Business To Advance Precision Animal Health

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2026

Zoetis announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the animal genomics business of Neogen Corporation for $160 million, subject to customary closing adjustments. The transaction is designed to strengthen Zoetis’ leadership in Precision Animal Health and accelerate innovation in livestock genomics.

Old Well Labs: AI Investment Intelligence Platform Welcomes Strategic New Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Old Well Labs (OWL), an AI-powered platform that helps allocators and investment managers find, monitor, and connect with one another, announced a new strategic investment from Capital Allocators, Teamworthy Ventures, and Hammoud Ventures. The oversubscribed fundraising round was led by existing investor Nellore Capital, with participation from TFJ Capital and several other industry-focused investors.

Blue Arbor Technologies: $5 Million Investment Raised From Ottobock

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Blue Arbor Technologies, a Michigan-based medical device company developing next-generation neuromuscular interfaces for people with limb loss, has announced a strategic partnership with global prosthetics and human bionics leader Ottobock, anchored by a $5 million investment to launch its Series A financing.

Brantley Gilbert Becomes Equity Partner In Real American Beer And Launches Non-Alcoholic RAB ZERO With USO Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Brantley Gilbert has become an investor and equity partner in Real American Beer, marking a significant expansion for the fast-growing light beer company as it launches its first non-alcoholic offering, RAB ZERO.

Orion Announces Unified Managed Household Roadmap To Advance Household-Level Personalization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

At its annual Ascent conference, Orion unveiled plans to significantly advance its Unified Managed Household strategy, expanding advisors’ ability to manage client assets across entire households within a single, coordinated framework. The enhanced Unified Managed Household service, set to launch in 2026, is designed to help advisors scale their practices more efficiently while delivering personalized, household-level guidance.

Henry Costa Partners Strengthens Leadership With Two Senior Partner Appointments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Henry Costa Partners, the independent merchant bank focused on the financial services sector, has announced two senior leadership appointments as it enters its next phase of growth. Jeanie Kim has joined as Partner to lead the firm’s Advice & Principal Investments business segment, and Katherine Rainwood has joined as Partner and assumed the role of group Chief Operating Officer.

Rebound Technologies: Strategic Investment Raised To Scale IcePoint Thermal Energy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Rebound Technologies, the developer of the IcePoint thermal energy storage and cooling platform, has closed a strategic investment led by Taronga Group, with participation from INNOPOWER, Skyview Ventures, and True North Institute.

Precision BioSciences: $7.5 Million Milestone From TG Therapeutics For Azer-Cel Clinical Progress In Multiple Sclerosis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Precision BioSciences, a clinical-stage gene editing company leveraging its proprietary ARCUS platform, announced it has received $7.5 million in proceeds from TG Therapeutics following the achievement of a clinical milestone tied to azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel). The payment was triggered by progress in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating azer-cel in progressive forms of multiple sclerosis.

Sparqle: €1.2 Million Raised To Expand Sustainable Delivery Platform Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Sparqle, a sustainable delivery platform connecting retailers and e-commerce brands with low-emission logistics solutions, has secured €1.2 million in a new investment round to accelerate its European expansion.

Brink’s Company: $6.6 Billion Acquisition Of NCR Atleos

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

The Brink’s Company, a global provider of cash and valuables management, digital retail solutions, and ATM managed services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NCR Atleos Corporation in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion.

Oska Health: €11 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale AI-Based Chronic Care Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Oska Health has raised €11 million in seed funding to scale its continuous care model for high-risk, chronically ill patients. The round was led by Capricorn Partners and SwissHealth Ventures, with participation from Revent, Calm Storm, LBBW Venture Capital, BMH, GoHub Ventures, and Aurum Impact.

Sprouty: Parenting App Company Launches Ethical AI Companion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Sprouty, a parenting app used by more than 2 million families worldwide, has announced plans to introduce an ethical AI companion designed to help parents interpret child-specific data during early parenthood, a period often marked by uncertainty and heightened anxiety. The feature is intended to provide contextual, non-medical insights based solely on parent-entered information and informed by a knowledge framework developed through years of collaboration with pediatricians.

Choreo Buys Assets Of $110 Million Firm Insight Wealth Strategies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Choreo announced it has acquired the assets of Insight Wealth Strategies, an Irvine, Calif.-based registered investment adviser with approximately $110 million in assets under management. The transaction strengthens Choreo’s presence on the West Coast and adds deep CPA-driven planning expertise focused on entrepreneurs and business builders.

Procode AI: $4 Million Raised For AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Management And Acquisition Of The Auctus Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Procode, an AI-powered revenue cycle management company serving private practice surgeons, has launched from stealth with $4 million in funding and the acquisition of The Auctus Group, a leading U.S. biller for plastic surgeons and a top-three biller in dermatology. The company was founded in 2024 by Jeff Cripe, Kameron Rezzadeh, M.D., and James Baez-Silva. The investment round was led by Story Ventures, with participation from CHAP Health Ventures, Progression Fund, and Dmitry Shevelenko, Chief Business Officer of Perplexity.

FlyFocus: €4.5 Million Raised To Expand Production, Scale Internationally, And Launch Two New UAV Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

FlyFocus, a Poland-based defence technology company specializing in unmanned aerial systems and avionics, has raised €4.5 million in its first institutional funding round. The round was led by ff Venture Capital with participation from the NCBR Investment Fund, the venture capital arm of Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development.

YOU(th): $4.5 Million Raised By Youth Health Tech For Preventive Health Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Youth Health Tech, the company behind YOU(th), announced it has raised $4.5 million in early-stage funding to expand its preventive health screening platform and make proactive healthcare more accessible globally.

Kinfolk: $7 Million Seed Raised For AI Workforce Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Kinfolk, an AI native workforce operations platform designed for modern HR and People Operations teams, has raised $7 million in seed funding led by AlbionVC, with participation from PROfounders Capital, Ascension, Emerge, and angel investors including Tony Jamous and Saurav Chopra.

Wootzwork: $6.6 Million Raised For Offshore Manufacturing Execution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Wootzwork, an advanced engineering and manufacturing solutions company, announced it has raised $6.6 million in a Series A round to bring greater predictability and accountability to offshore manufacturing. The Houston-based company said the funding will support the expansion of its global engineering and program teams, scale its manufacturing control systems, and enable it to manage larger and more complex OEM programs across regions.

NVIDIA: $2 Billion Investment In Coherent To Scale AI Data Center Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

NVIDIA and Coherent, an optical components and photonics technology company, announced a multiyear strategic partnership to advance advanced optics technologies aimed at scaling next-generation AI data center infrastructure.

Wealthspire Launches Enhanced Family Office Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Wealthspire, an independent wealth management, retirement advisory, and business management firm with nearly $600 billion in assets under management or advisement, today announced the launch of Wealthspire Family Office. The move marks the next phase in the firm’s strategic evolution following its capital restructuring and integration initiatives last fall.

Bregal Sagemount: $3.5 Billion Raised For Growth-Focused Private Equity Fund V

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private equity firm, announced the final close of Bregal Sagemount V at its $3.5 billion hard cap, marking a meaningful increase from its prior $2.65 billion Fund IV. The fund was oversubscribed and raised in just over four months after launching in the fourth quarter of 2025.

J.F. Lehman Acquires Forged Solutions Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

J.F. Lehman & Company announced that investment affiliates, including JFL Equity Investors VI, L.P., have acquired Forged Solutions Group, Inc., a provider of high specification forgings serving the aerospace, defense, and space markets.

Global Eggs: $1 Billion Investment From Warburg Pincus At $8 Billion Valuation Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Warburg Pincus announced an agreement to invest up to $1 billion in Global Eggs, valuing the company at $8 billion and marking a major growth investment in the multinational table egg producer and distributor. The equity for the transaction is being provided by Warburg Pincus Capital Solutions Founders Fund.

Bain Capital: Investment In Swedish Non-Food Consumables Distributor Tingstad

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Bain Capital announced an investment in Tingstad, a leading Swedish family-owned distributor of non-food consumables, through its Private Equity team in Europe. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.