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Edison Partners, a leading growth equity firm focused on founder-led vertical SaaS and AI, financial technology and healthcare IT companies, has once again been named to Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors list.

The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of leading energy company Avangrid Inc., a member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced that it has opened applications for its 2026 Wildlife Rehabilitation Grant Program. The Foundation welcomes eligible wildlife organizations within its service areas to apply by Midnight, November 15, 2026.

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of The West of England Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association (West or the Club) (Luxembourg). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.

Insurity, a leading provider of cloud-based software and analytics for the property and casualty insurance industry, today announced that MEMIC, a workers’ compensation insurance company serving employers and injured workers, has been named Claims Champion of the Year at the 2026 Excellence in AI & Insurance conference. The award recognizes the standout organization in claims management, showcasing exceptional efficiency, accuracy, and customer satisfaction in the claims process.

Earnix, the AI company purpose-built for insurance decisioning, today announced its Q4 2026 Release, introducing new capabilities across its pricing and rating and customer engagement solutions. The enhancements simplify how insurers implement pricing changes, manage data and models, prepare regulatory filings and communicate with customers, combining improvements to existing functionality with AI and automation where they deliver meaningful operational value.

KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to FTAI MRE 2026-2 Cayman Limited and FTAI MRE 2026-2 US LLC (MRE 2026-2 or the Issuer), an aviation ABS transaction. MRE 2026-2 represents the second aviation ABS transaction sponsored by FTAI Aviation (FTAI, or the Company). MRE 2026-2 will be serviced by FTAI Aircraft Leasing DAC, FTAI AirOpCo UK Ltd, and FTAI Aircraft Leasing LLC (FTAI Aircraft Leasing, or the Servicers), which are wholly owned subsidiaries of FTAI Aviation. The Company has a $17 billion market capitalization and currently owns and manages approximately $9 billion of aircraft engines and parts. Affiliates of FTAI will retain the equity position in MRE 2026-2 at closing.

Macy’s is delivering a more thoughtful approach to shopping this holiday season, bringing together its Top 100 Gifts, expert Gift Guide and an expansive assortment designed to help customers recognize the people who matter most. Through its There’s Magic Inside campaign, beloved brands and new discoveries pair with helpful guidance and convenient ways to shop - making it easier to find meaningful gifts across fashion, beauty, home, toys, tech, food, décor and more.

Army veteran Michael Makar says receiving a new heating, ventilation and air conditioning system for his Cibolo, Texas, home felt like winning the lottery. The replacement was made possible by a $25,000 Housing Assistance for Veterans (HAVEN) grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) through First National Bank Texas (FNBT).

Jade Global today announced the launch of JadeOrbit OmniLens AI on Snowflake Marketplace, a Snowflake Native App that lets joint customers monitor Snowflake cost, performance, and governance risk and act on AI-generated recommendations inside their own account.

Hightouch, the leading agentic marketing platform, today announced a partnership with Independent Media, publisher of The Independent. Independent Media will use Hightouch to connect its customer data to marketing tools.

Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Association today released the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award semifinalists. This list includes 15 of the nation’s best defensive backs, representing six conferences and one independent university. The semifinalists are selected by a screening committee whose members compile a list of up to 15 players based on performance on the field, athletic ability and character. This list is not final, and unlisted players who continually have outstanding performances as the season progresses may be recognized as one of the three finalists.

Varcity announced the groundbreaking of Varcity at Purdue with an earth-moving ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 14, marking a milestone for the company's first University-Branded Retirement Community and a new model centered on lifelong learning and purpose beyond primary career years. Set in the Purdue University Discovery Park District, the 13.5-acre community will offer 239 rental residences for adults 55+ when it opens in summer 2028.

ORACLE AI WORLD -- Intel and Oracle today announced plans for a multiyear collaboration intended to expand Intel® Xeon®-based computing on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The collaboration is intended to meet the growing demand for enterprise applications, agentic AI, and inference, and is expected to span current and future Xeon platforms, including planned OCI X14 offerings based on Intel’s next-generation server processor codenamed Diamond Rapids.

FINNY AI Inc. (“FINNY”), the AI growth engine for financial advisors, today launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector for Claude for Financial Advisors, Anthropic's suite of tools to help with research, preparation and documentation tasks. The launch brings FINNY's AI-powered growth intelligence and prospecting tools directly into Claude, enabling advisors to access campaign insights, manage prospect data and leverage FINNY's resources within existing AI workflows.

Military Con, a new large-scale live experience celebrating the people, stories, and culture of America’s military community, today announced its launch and inaugural events, taking place June 4-6, 2027 at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas, and September 4-6, 2027 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, today announced it is joining Anthropic’s Claude for Financial Advisors, expanding how CAISey, its AI-powered intelligence agent, can be brought into specialized advisor workflows with Claude. CAIS’ new connector is designed to help advisors more efficiently access and review private markets information across portfolio monitoring, investment research and related workflows.

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced its board of directors approved a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.50 per share, payable Dec. 1, 2026, to stockholders of record on Nov. 6, 2026.

New York Road Runners and GEICO announced a partnership making GEICO the official insurance partner of the TCS New York City Marathon, uniting two organizations focused on serving runners, fans and communities across New York City.

Splight, the grid infrastructure technology company, today announced that its Dynamic Congestion Manager (DCM) is live on Chile’s National Electric System (SEN), where it powers the country’s first AI-based automatic transfer control scheme. The deployment has increased usable transmission capacity by 60 percent on the Mulchén–Santa Clara and Santa Clara–Charrúa 2x220 kV corridors spanning the Biobío and La Araucanía regions, achieving this additional capacity without the need for any additional transmission infrastructure.

Mirantis, delivering open, standards based infrastructure for the next generation of AI clouds, today announced an enterprise virtualization offer built for enterprise IT teams looking to transition VMware workloads to Mirantis’s OpenStack-based private cloud ahead of rising VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) renewal costs.

Lucky Strike Entertainment (NYSE: LUCK), one of the world's premier owner-operators of location-based entertainment destinations, announced today that Bowlmor Cupertino has been rebranded as Lucky Strike Cupertino, marking the transition of the company’s final operating Bowlmor location. The milestone celebrates the brand that first turned bowling into a night out and marks the next chapter for a company that continues to grow as more people rediscover the lanes. The new Lucky Strike Cupertino location arrives just in time for holiday party season, giving Bay Area companies, teams and groups a new destination for year-end celebrations.

Jump, the leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for advisors and financial professionals, today announced an expansion of its work with Anthropic through Claude for Financial Advisors, Anthropic’s offering for wealth management professionals. Building on Jump’s existing one-click Claude connector, which already brings client meeting context into Claude, Jump is adding purpose-built Claude skills that use Jump to turn conversations, decisions and commitments into concrete next steps.

Airbyte, creator of the open data movement platform, today announced new capabilities that enable users to chat directly with their data, and use agents and AI assistants to monitor Airbyte pipelines, diagnose and resolve issues.

Amperity, an enterprise-grade Customer Data Platform that helps brands act on trusted customer context, today announced that Stellantis has selected Amperity to support its customer data transformation and deliver more relevant, personalized experiences across its brands and customer touchpoints.

Spicenet has completed a $5M Series A led by dao5, with participation from Babylon and Astrarizon. The round follows a $3M seed co-led by Hack VC and Magnus Capital.

Diamond Properties announced the acquisition of 150 Loomis Parkway, a 461,038-square-foot multi-tenant industrial property located in Ravenna, Ohio, within the Akron industrial market.

AMTC-- Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced during the annual Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) 2026 the purchase order for a Bell 407GXi to HALO-Flight, further expanding the ability to deliver rapid, life-saving air medical transport to patients across South Texas. This aircraft marks the seventh IFR-equipped Bell 407GXi to soon join the HALO fleet, enhancing reliability and providing time-sensitive care across the region.

Nexsan®, the pioneer of highly reliable, cost-effective enterprise-class storage solutions, today announced that DCIG ranked its Unity™ NV6000™ as a TOP 3 solution in the technology analyst firm’s 2027-28 DCIG TOP 3 Cyber Resilient General Purpose Backup Appliances (GPBAs) report. The NV6000 was awarded placement on the list based on its ability to provide a balance of capacity, performance and hybrid-storage economics to organizations.

HoloMD, developer of Dr. Holo™, a human-supervised AI platform advancing Continuous Precision Psychiatry™, is delighted to announce the appointment of Irene Lang as Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder. Founder Bruce Alan Kehr, M.D., will transition to Chief Medical Innovation Officer.

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today announced the latest results of its Milliman Pension Buyout Index (MPBI). During September, the estimated cost to transfer retiree pension risk to an insurer in a competitive bidding process dropped 20 basis points, from 99.9% to 99.7% of a plan’s accounting liabilities (accumulated benefit obligation, or ABO). That means the estimated retiree PRT cost is now 99.7% of a plan’s ABO.

Real Techniques is calling time on overdue makeup sponge replacements with its “Swap Your Sponge” campaign, following new research revealing that 64% of women have used their makeup sponge knowing it was dirty. The campaign aims to educate beauty lovers on proper sponge care and maintenance while reinforcing one important reminder: even your favorite makeup sponge has an ‘expiration’ date; replace it every 30 days for a flawless finish.

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that adults in England and Wales who live with a rare metabolic condition called Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) will have access to a newly licensed new treatment option available on the NHS to reduce extremely high levels of triglycerides (a type of fat) in their bloodstreams, if the response to diet and conventional triglyceride lowering therapies has been inadequate. REDEMPLO® (plozasiran) has received Marketing Authorisation as an adjunct to diet to reduce triglyceride levels in adult patients with FCS, diagnosed via genetic testing or clinical criteria.1 Following this marketing authorisation, NICE has issued Technology Appraisal guidance recommending funding for the NHS in England and Wales to use it as a treatment option to treat genetically confirmed FCS in adults if the response to diet and conventional triglyceride lowering therapies has been inadequate, in accordance with a commercial arrangement.2

The West Family Scholarship Fund, in partnership with Capital Repertory Theatre, is launching a new scholarship opportunity to support emerging leaders in New York’s performing arts ecosystem, from performers and creators to the managers and innovators who make the work possible. The selected scholarship recipient may receive $5,000 per year. The scholarship is renewable for up to three additional years, provided the recipient maintains at least a B average, for a potential total award of up to $20,000. In addition, the recipient will also receive an internship with theREP bridging financial gaps and real-world experience.

Sycamore Tree Capital Partners, L.P. (“Sycamore Tree” or the “Firm”), a specialist asset manager with private and alternative credit investment expertise, today announced the closing of its eighth collateralized loan obligation, STCP 2026-8 (“STCP CLO 8” or the “Fund”), a $504 million vehicle investing in the broadly syndicated loans of U.S. companies.

Orangeburg County School District (OCSD), NetSource Enterprise Technologies, and Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) today share a video success story on their partnership of more than 15 years. The latest investment is a pair of 180-inch LED video walls in the gymnasium of the new Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School. The walls build on years of shared work across the district’s 27 schools and centers, including FrontRow Conductor, classroom sound reinforcement, and digital signage.

VGS, the trusted digital and agentic infrastructure, today announced the return of Agent Connect, the premier industry gathering shaping the future of agentic commerce. The one-day event brings together the humans behind the agents to explore the future of AI-driven payments. Agent Connect will take place at Terra Gallery in San Francisco on March 9, 2027.

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, is offering a wide selection of products from Banner Engineering, a global automation leader delivering sensors, safety, vision, and connectivity for smart factories.

Red Rocks Credit Union today launched a new digital banking experience built around a straightforward goal: make managing money easier, faster, and more secure for members.

Peoples Financial Services Corp. ("PFIS" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: PFIS), the bank holding company for Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company (the "Bank"), announced today that Scott Campagna has joined the organization as Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer.

IFF (NYSE: IFF)—a global leader in flavors, fragrances and health and biosciences, today launched its latest report, “GLP-1 Consumer Moments of Opportunity.” The report uncovers ten emerging consumer moments that reflect the changing needs of consumers using GLP-1 medications.

Only 1 in 3 middle and high school students report strong opportunities for civic participation at school, according to a new report by YouthTruth, a national nonprofit that administers K-12 school climate and culture surveys.

Patch My PC, a leading provider of automated third-party application management and patching solutions, today announced a partnership with 2Pint Software, a specialized software company focused on advanced endpoint management, enterprise-scale operating system deployment and intelligent content delivery, that will expand Patch My PC’s role across the Windows device lifecycle. By combining 2Pint Software’s deployment technology with Patch My PC application management expertise, the companies are building a more unified approach to provisioning, deployment and ongoing endpoint management, beginning with an experience that brings operating systems, applications, drivers, configuration and deployment visibility together.

Carma, an innovative network and digital infrastructure platform that serves data centers, fiber carriers, and network operators, announced today that it has secured a strategic investment from M33 Growth, a Boston-based venture and growth stage investment firm. The investment is intended to accelerate Carma's product roadmap and expand its engineering, implementation, and go-to-market teams.

Tremont AI, an AI company specialized in preclinical drug safety, today announced a research collaboration with AstraZeneca to develop and evaluate AI solutions for accelerated safety screening in preclinical toxicologic pathology studies.

Pendral, an enterprise AI platform born from the real-world, regulated healthcare operations of Evry Health, a health insurer solving deep technology and operational challenges in America's most complex industry since 2018, today announced a strategic partnership with PLEXIS Healthcare Systems, a leading provider of enterprise core administration and claims processing solutions.

Serent Capital, a growth-focused private equity firm partnering with founder-led B2B software and technology-enabled services companies, announced today that it has been named to Inc. Magazine's Founder-Friendly Investors list for the eighth consecutive year. Serent Capital has been named to the list every year since Inc. launched it in 2019. The list honors private equity and venture capital firms with a track record of backing entrepreneurs and supporting founder-led businesses through scale and transformation.

California’s election is being decided at the kitchen table. Seven in ten likely voters name an economic issue as the state’s top problem — cost of living (38%), housing (19%), and the economy and jobs (12%) — and their ballot choices suggest they want the bill sent to the top, according to a new poll by AIMSA, distributed by Quadratín California.

NextGen Healthcare, a leading provider of innovative, cloud-based healthcare technology solutions, has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s Dream Employers 2027.

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets asset manager, today announced the appointment of Peter Larsen as Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Distribution. The appointment reflects the growth of HarbourVest’s infrastructure platform as investors increasingly look to diversify their private markets portfolios with non-correlated offerings.

Kodak will host the Third-Quarter 2026 Earnings call on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 5:00 pm EST. Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Continenza and Chief Financial Officer David Bullwinkle will host a conference call with financial analysts and investors to present the financial results.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced it will release its financial results for the third quarter of 2026 ended September 30, 2026 on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 before market open. The press release will be available on the D-Wave Investor Relations website: ir.dwavequantum.com.

WEX® (NYSE: WEX), a global leader in intelligent payment solutions, and Euclid AI, the leading provider of agentic AI solutions for asset-based trucking, today announced an agreement to bring AI agents to WEX over-the-road (OTR) customers. Through the agreement, WEX and Euclid AI will work jointly to help WEX customers save time and money by embedding agentic AI at scale across their businesses.

Security flaws in the PHP programming language, used by a majority of websites globally, highlights the potential of a systemic risk scenario and risk aggregation that has long-worried cyber insurers and resulted in a reluctance to increase their risk appetites aggressively, according to a new AM Best commentary.

Nebraska cattle producers are expanding their international reach through a new direct-sourcing initiative with Coupang, Inc., a U.S. technology and Fortune 150 retail company. Created in partnership with Omaha-based Nebraska Beef Ltd., the initiative marks Coupang’s first direct-sourcing program for U.S. beef, creating an immediate export pathway for premium Nebraska beef to South Korea — the world’s top market for U.S. meat exports.

XGS Energy, Inc. (XGS), a developer of next-generation geothermal power systems, today announced the appointment of Katherine Piper as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. In this role, Piper will oversee all legal, corporate governance, compliance, and risk management matters across XGS’ expanding multi-gigawatt portfolio of power generation assets for utilities, industrial operators, and data centers.

SkyWater Technology today announced the launch of OnRamp, a foundry initiative designed to help early-stage quantum hardware startups move from laboratory prototype to commercial manufacturing. Through OnRamp, selected teams work directly with SkyWater's fab engineers to assess their device concepts, develop a foundry-validated manufacturing roadmap, and gain access to SP90, SkyWater's 200 mm silicon nitride photonics platform for quantum applications.

Tema ETFs (“Tema”) announced that its LAZR ETF has increased its Anthropic allocation to 10.5%, coinciding with yesterday’s highly anticipated S-1 filing.

ExchangeRight, one of the nation's leading providers of diversified REIT and DST investments, has announced that the Essential Income REIT has acquired the Dow Texas Innovation Center, a 664,100-square-foot research and development campus in Lake Jackson, Texas, within the Houston MSA.

Alterome Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage precision oncology biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing alteration-specific therapeutics to target validated oncogenic drivers, today announced that the first clinical data from the Phase 1 dose-escalation portion of its ongoing Phase 1/1b clinical trial evaluating ALTA3263, an orally available KRAS-selective, pan-mutant (ON/OFF) inhibitor, will be presented in a late-breaking oral presentation at the 38th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics. A second presentation will feature preclinical data demonstrating the antitumor activity of ALTA3263 as monotherapy and in combination with cetuximab and other targeted agents in colorectal and pancreatic cancer models.

Movandi, the semiconductor and systems innovator powering next-generation wireless communications, today announced its new 60GHz connectivity platform, powered by the MV6055 60GHz transceiver, to address the growing bandwidth and latency requirements across multiple markets including physical AI, fixed wireless access (FWA), integrated sensing and communications (ISAC), and network backhaul. The platform supports peak data rates exceeding 5Gbps and line-of-sight deployments beyond one kilometer, providing equipment manufacturers with a scalable architecture for high-capacity wireless connectivity.

Avante, the enterprise AI platform for benefits teams, today announced $30 million in Series A funding led by Frist Cressey Ventures, with participation from new investors Sorenson Capital, Hearst Ventures, and Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, as well as existing investor FUSE. The round brings Avante’s total funding to $40 million.

Great American Insurance Group is pleased to announce the promotions of Jason M. Cohen and Aaron B. Latto to Executive Vice President and Shawn V. Los to Senior Vice President.

Codoxo, the leading provider of AI and generative AI-powered healthcare payment integrity solutions, today announced it will share how payers can look beyond claims data to uncover overlooked fraud patterns and build stronger investigative leads during a live session at the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) Annual Training Conference, taking place Nov. 3-6 at the Town & Country San Diego Resort.

S&S, a tech-forward leader in branded merchandise distribution, has opened a new 162,000-square-foot distribution center in Vancouver, more than doubling its regional footprint. The facility introduces Locus picking automation to the region for the first time, supporting faster, more accurate order fulfillment.

Payouts Network™ announced today that Visa employees can receive approved U.S. relocation reimbursements on eligible debit cards through the Payouts Network platform and Visa Direct. Employees can receive reimbursement funds quickly after expenses are approved, rather than wait for a check in the mail or a traditional bank transfer.

WP Engine, a global web enablement company providing premium products and solutions for websites built on WordPress®¹, today announced the appointment of Gabe Karp as vice president, new ventures. With extensive leadership experience across the ecosystem of WordPress agencies, Karp will help bring the WP Engine’s AI capabilities to market and expand opportunities for customers and agency partners.

Motive Partners (“Motive”), a specialist private investment firm focused exclusively on financial technology and tech-enabled business services, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Mobius (“the Company”) a leading UK-based pension investment platform, from Phoenix Equity Partners. With all required regulatory approvals received, completion marks the beginning of Motive’s partnership with Mobius as the Company enters its next phase of growth and innovation.

Laxxon Medical today announced the appointment of Matthew Cascio as Vice President and Head of Business Development. Cascio brings more than 20 years of global pharmaceutical industry experience spanning corporate development, strategic licensing, research collaborations, and commercial and scientific evaluation of pharmaceutical assets.

PathGuide Technologies, a leader in advanced warehouse management and shipping solutions, announced that Southern Marketing Affiliates (SMA) has reduced packaging material costs by approximately 30–35%. SMA achieved these savings by integrating PathGuide’s Latitude Warehouse Management System (WMS) with automated, right-sized packaging solutions from Packsize. The integration has delivered approximately $80,000 in annual labor savings and paid for itself within seven months.

Terradot, a leader in carbon removal, and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. (“HASI”) (NYSE: HASI), a leading investor in sustainable infrastructure assets, today announced the close of a $34 million senior secured term loan to support Terradot’s enhanced rock weathering (ERW) projects in the US and Brazil.

Super.com, the savings super app for everyday Americans, today announced the appointment of Bernard Kim and Isabelle Winkles to its board as independent directors.

Artificial intelligence is quickly reshaping the relationship between financial professionals and their clients. According to a new Pacific Life survey, 42% of respondents say clients most often conduct financial research using AI tools and digital assistance, while 43% say clients are using AI to validate or challenge financial recommendations.

A new evaluation of Summit County's Benefit Bridge workforce development program, known as NEXT, found that coordinating services through Unite Us, the nation's trusted technology partner for integrating health and community-based care, is projected to drive $43.7M in public-sector savings over 10 years.

If you have suffered a loss on your The Ensign Group, Inc. (“Ensign” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ENSG) investment, contact Lauren Molinaro of Kirby McInerney LLP by email at investigations@kmllp.com, or fill out the contact form below to discuss your rights or interests in the securities fraud class action lawsuit at no cost. Investors have until December 7, 2026 to ask the Court to appoint them as lead plaintiff.

Pegasus Tech Ventures, a global venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, has been named to Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list, which recognizes private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with demonstrated track records of supporting founder-led companies. This year’s list recognizes Pegasus among 294 firms across the investment landscape.