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PARIS & NEW YORK & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--73 Strings, the AI-powered valuation and portfolio intelligence platform for alternative asset managers, today announced the launch of Extraction Agent, a new agentic AI solution that automates financial data extraction and mapping through a multi-agent AI workflow that learns from previous user corrections to reduce repetitive manual work and accelerate recurring portfolio reporting. For alternative asset managers overseeing portfolios of companies w

WINDSOR, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LPs Expect Private Markets Managers to Level Up in 2027: SS&C Intralinks Survey

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SupportNinja, a leading strategic outsourcing and CX transformation partner, today announced its acquisition of Aventus, bringing AI-native, human-led customer experience (CX) solutions to ecommerce and direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands through the newly launched Aventus by SupportNinja.The acquisition combines Aventus’ deep ecommerce specialization and expertise in platforms like Shopify, Gorgias, Kustomer, Redo, and Zendesk with SupportNinja’s proprietary NinjaAI

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (NYSE: HIMS), the leading health and wellness platform, today announced four new partners joining Hims & Hers Benefits: Grüns®, Medjet®, Tonal™, and Viome™. The program launched in March with two partners and has grown to include 14, with benefits designed to support subscribers’ whole-body health, including through a GLP-1 weight loss journey. "Building health is an everyday activity. It starts with understanding your body and co

LOS ANGELES & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WSHB Support Services, the management services organization supporting Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP, today announced that John Flannery, former Chief Executive Officer of GE and current Managing Director at Charlesbank Capital Partners (“Charlesbank”), has joined its Board of Managers. WSHB Support Services was formed in October 2026, while simultaneously receiving a strategic investment from Charlesbank. Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP remains

MONTRÉAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xsolla will participate in the Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), taking place November 10-11, 2026, at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal. The global commerce company will also take part in Pocket Gamer Connects Montreal on November 10, with sessions and panels focused on game development and commercial strategy. Xsolla will meet with developers and industry professionals at MIGS and Pocket Gamer Connects Montreal to discuss commercial opportunities and s

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Insurance Company (The Standard) welcomes Michael Leonard as regional vice president in Retirement Plans. In this role, Leonard will serve advisors throughout the California Central Valley including Sacramento and northwestern Nevada including Reno. Leonard has 18 years of retirement plan industry experience focused on helping advisors and employers evaluate and implement retirement plan solutions that meet the evolving needs of both sponsors and partic

AUSTIN, Texas & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Billd, a leading provider of financial solutions for commercial subcontractors, today announced a $100 million credit facility with Victory Park Capital (“VPC”), a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in private credit and asset-backed finance. The facility will support Billd’s continued growth and expand its ability to provide flexible financing solutions to commercial construction subcontractors across the United States. “For the pa

DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vision Specialty Contracting (“Vision” or the “Company”), a specialized electrical, plumbing and underground utility contractor primarily serving agricultural production facilities, today announced a strategic growth investment from Haven Capital Partners (“Haven”). Mike Blanchard, Chief Executive Officer, and the Company’s leadership team will continue to lead Vision and will remain significant shareholders. In connection with the investment, William Lay has

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A Place for Mom, the nation’s leading senior care advisory platform that has guided millions of families through the aging journey, today released its 2026 State of Caregiving report, an annual study examining how caregivers make decisions, manage ongoing responsibilities, and seek support as their loved ones’ needs change. In recognition of National Family Caregivers Month, the report emphasizes the sustained commitment and challenge of caregiving, while underlining

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Shinka, the independent, agnostic mediation layer for video advertising, today announced it has closed a €1.9M ($2.2M) seed round, led by a group of Irish angel investors, with backing from Enterprise Ireland. Meanwhile, Crowley Millar served as legal counsel to Shinka, supporting it throughout the seed funding round. The timing reflects the market at a tipping point, as digital formats are expected to account for 49% of worldwide OOH advertising revenue in 2026. This n

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Retailers can now use AI to dream up, assort and price a season's worth of products in days, but most of the data behind those tools only knows what sold last season. First Insight, the predictive consumer intelligence platform, is adding two new capabilities. The first is an MCP Server that brings the voice of real shoppers into the AI assistants retailers already use, like Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. The second is Storylines, which turns stacks of custo

BENSALEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Investors who suffered losses on Lululemon Athletica, Inc ("Lululemon" or the "Company") stock may have claims to recover those losses. The Law Offices of Howard G. Smith today reported that it is conducting a securities fraud investigation on behalf of Lululemon Athletica, Inc (NASDAQ: LULU) investors into whether the Company may have violated the federal securities laws. The investigation comes after a September 3, 2026 disclosure concerning Lululemon Athletica,

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Counterpart, the company pioneering Agentic Insurance™, today announced the launch of a Community Association Program developed in collaboration with RT ProExec, the professional and executive liability practice of RT Specialty. Built and brought to market in a matter of weeks, the program demonstrates how Counterpart works with major wholesale trading partners to turn specialized market opportunities into tailored insurance solutions. Designed for homeowners’ associa

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GenNx360 Capital Partners (“GenNx360”), a New York City-based private equity firm investing in U.S. lower middle market industrial services and business services companies, is proud to announce its recognition on Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list, which recognizes private equity firms with demonstrated track records of supporting founder-led companies. This year’s list recognizes GenNx360 among 294 firms across the investment landscape; it is the second year

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regions Bank on Thursday announced the company is ranked No. 1 in Overall Satisfaction in the JD Power 2026 U.S. Small Business Banking Satisfaction StudySM. The top ranking reinforces Regions’ commitment to helping small-business owners succeed through trusted relationships, personalized service and convenient banking tools and solutions. Regions scored above the industry average across nearly every dimension measured in the study. The results point to a bank

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prime Finance, a leading commercial real estate credit platform, today announced its acquisition of a portfolio of eight performing commercial real estate loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of approximately $760 million from Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”). The portfolio is backed by a diversified mix of office and multifamily properties across five U.S. states. “As commercial real estate capital structures continue to reset, we are iden

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allvue Systems, the leading provider of alternative investment software, today announced that BPM, a premier provider of accounting and advisory services, has selected Allvue as the technology foundation for its newly launched fund administration business.As BPM expands its service offerings to include fund administration, the firm has chosen to build its practice on Allvue’s purpose-built platform — bringing together BPM’s deep accounting and client service expertise

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Navan (NASDAQ: NAVN), the global AI-powered business travel and expense platform, today released the eighth annual State of Corporate Travel and Expense Report, in partnership with Skift. This year’s report reveals 87% of travelers and 89% of travel and finance managers consider business travel essential or necessary, and 58% of travelers expect to travel more in 2027. Yet manual work, fragmented technologies, and differing traveler and manager priorities con

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fact Base, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Masataka Takeuchi; hereinafter "Fact Base"), which operates the drawing management system "ZUMEN", announced today that it has raised a total of approximately USD 28.8 million in their Series D funding round, consisting of a third-party allotment of new shares and the transfer of existing shares. The round was led by Insight Partners (Headquarters: New York, USA), which also participated as the lead investor in Fac