FORWARD FEATURES CALENDAR

Deals & Transactions

Blackstone acquires majority stake in SPANX

Blackstone has acquired a majority stake in SPANX, Inc, a ‘mission-driven’ womenswear brand founded by Sara Blakely in 2000, at a valuation of USD1.2 billion – with Blakely maintaining a significant equity stake in the business.  Blakely, along with SPANX’s existing senior management team, will continue to oversee daily operations,

Agronomics leads USD4m Seed Funding round for California Cultured

Agronomics, a listed company focused on the field of cellular agriculture, has led a Seed Funding Round with a USD2.2 million investment for California Cultured Inc. The financing is in the form of a SAFER (Simple Agreement for Future Equity). Global venture firm SOSV’s IndieBio also participated in the round.

BIOMILQ secures USD21m in Series A financing

North Carolina-based mammary biotechnology company BIOMILQ has successfully closeed USD21 million in Series A financing, which will enable their acceleration of bringing cell-cultured human milk to market.  Leading the fundraise are Danish life science investor Novo Holdings and clean tech leader Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Additional support comes from Blue Horizon,

Ancala Partners and Fiera Infrastructure complete acquisition of Augean plc

Ancala Partners (Ancala), an investor in mid-market infrastructure in Europe, and Fiera Infrastructure Inc. (Fiera Infrastructure), a Toronto-based investment firm focused on the infrastructure asset class, has completed the acquisition of Augean plc (Augean or the Company), for a total consideration of approximately GBP390 million. Augean is a highly regarded

ICV Partners exits Outpatient Imaging Affiliates

ICV Partners, LLC, an investment firm focused on lower middle market companies in business services, consumer goods & services, food & beverage, and healthcare, has sold Outpatient Imaging Affiliates (OIA), a scaled outpatient imaging platform that develops joint ventures with health systems to build and operate outpatient imaging centres.  OIA

Mercer Advisors acquires Lake Point Advisory Group

Mercer Global Advisors, Inc (Mercer Advisors), a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA), has acquired Lake Point Wealth Management, LLC dba Lake Point Advisory Group (Lake Point), a wealth management firm located in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. 

JTC acquires perfORM Due Diligence Services

Professional services firm JTC has acquired perfORM Due Diligence Services (perfORM), a provider of due diligence services to a diverse base of UK and international asset allocators and investment managers. Launched in 2019, perfORM was set up as an Operational Due Diligence (ODD) business to provide solutions to asset allocators

Resistant AI secures USD16.6m in Series A funding from GV and Index Ventures

Resistant AI, a SaaS-based AI and machine learning security company that protects financial services from manipulation, fraud and financial crime, has secured USD16.6 million in Series A funding. GV (formerly Google Ventures) led the Series A, with participation from existing investors Index Ventures (led by partner Jan Hammer), Credo Ventures

Scorechain closes EUR2m pre-Series A financing round

Scorechain, a provider of crypto risk-AML and compliance solutions, has closed a pre-Series A funding round of EUR2 million led by Tioga Capital (Luxembourg) and followed by Blockrocket (Germany) and CVVC Crypto Valley (Switzerland).

Events

12 November, 2026 – 5:00 pm

Directory Listings