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Marlan Space, Loft Orbital, and Mistral join $1B agentic AI space ventureParis Summit Unveils $1 Billion Space AI Megadeal Led by Marlan Space and Loft Orbital Marlan Space and Loft Orbital have partnered with frontier AI developer Mistral AI and imager…Deals·9 Sept 2026

Marlan Space Loft Orbital Mistral AI

NVIDIA Moves to Acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 BillionNvidia, the world's most valuable company, is buying the platform that hosts most of the world's open-source AI models, pushing further up the AI stack from hardware into software.Deals·4 Sept 2026

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Funds in market Blackstone Capital Partners IXBlackstone$25B Ares Senior Direct Lending Fund IIIAres Management$15B Starwood Global Opportunity Fund XIIIStarwood Capital Group$10B1,274 more in Dealroom

Largest managers The Vanguard Group, Inc.$11.1T Vanguard Capital Management, LLC$8.44T Fidelity Management & Research Company$5.69T22,505 more in Dealroom

Largest allocators Japan Post BankJP$1.9T Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)JP$1.61T

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Pfizer–Vertex Combination Pushes Past $86B as Boards GreenlightAfter six weeks of negotiation, the two pharma majors agreed to a cash-and-stock combination at $325 per Vertex share, with antitrust review the principal remaining hurdle.Deals·17 May 2026

Pfizer Inc Vertex, Inc.Goldman Sachs

Adobe Walks Away From Figma Renegotiation, Pays $1.5B Termination FeeThree years after first walking away from the original $20B transaction, Adobe declined to re-engage on a $14B revised structure, paying out a contractual termination payment.Deals·15 May 2026

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Globalcycle Holdings, L.P.$650MFund raise

HGI Multifamily Equity Fund II, LP$499MFund raise

EQT Acquired Real Estate Firm Stockbridge$375MBuyout

Armadin, Inc.$265MCompany raise

7wire Ventures Fund III, L.P.$150MFund raise

Blackstone hospitality continuation vehicle$8.4BSecondaries

Greenland Global LP$79.2MCompany raise

Tamarind Hill Fund III, L.P.$70MFund raise

Walmart spins off Sam's Club$48BExit

Strides Fund LLC$50MFund raise

Metro Diner Holdings LLC$45MCompany raise

TPG Rise Climate III final close$3BFund raise

Penn United Technologies, Inc.$40.9MCompany raise

Expressable, Inc.$35.5MCompany raise

Thoma Bravo take-private of a cloud security company (target unnamed)$15BBuyout

hiyo Inc.$20.8MCompany raise

Remitian Inc.$20MCompany raise

Pfizer and Vertex combination$86BM&A

HERD-I, INC.$18.4MCompany raise

Ensho Therapeutics, Inc.$15.6MCompany raise

Hockey Parent Holdings, L.P.$15MCompany raise

AeroShield Materials, Inc.$15MCompany raise

Globalcycle Holdings, L.P.$650MFund raise

HGI Multifamily Equity Fund II, LP$499MFund raise

EQT Acquired Real Estate Firm Stockbridge$375MBuyout

Armadin, Inc.$265MCompany raise

7wire Ventures Fund III, L.P.$150MFund raise

Blackstone hospitality continuation vehicle$8.4BSecondaries

EQT Agrees to Acquire California-Based Real Estate Firm Stockbridge

Swedish private equity firm EQT AB has agreed to acquire U.S. manager Stockbridge for $375 million, expanding its real estate platform into industrial assets and alternative housing sectors.

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Stockbridge Capital Group, LLC EQT Partners

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AI coding agent startup Factory raises $200M at $5B valuationFactory has raised $200 million at a $5 billion valuation, marking one of the venture capital market’s aggressive bets on autonomous software development.Venture Capital·16 Sept 2026

Blackstone Insight Partners Sequoia Capital

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Chevron Completes $53B Hess Acquisition After Arbitration WinChevron closed its long-delayed combination with Hess after an international arbitration panel rejected Exxon and CNOOC's challenge to Hess's stake in Guyana's prolific Stabroek Block.M&A·27 Jul 2026

Athene Prices Record $12B Pension Risk Transfer DealApollo's retirement services arm absorbed the largest single PRT transaction of the year, taking on a Fortune 100 industrial's frozen defined-benefit obligations.Insurance·27 Jul 2026

Apollo Global Management Athene Holding Ltd.

Capital One Closes $35B Acquisition of Discover FinancialThe combination creates the largest US credit card issuer by loan volume and gives Capital One ownership of the Discover payments network.M&A·26 Jul 2026

Digital Realty and Blackstone Form $12B Data Centre Joint VentureThe partnership will develop hyperscale campuses across three continents, with Blackstone providing the bulk of new equity capital.Real Estate·26 Jul 2026

Blackstone Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

MetLife Sells $9B Legacy Universal Life Block to Talcott ResolutionThe transaction continues MetLife's multi-year run-off of capital-intensive legacy products in favour of fee-based group and specialty lines.Insurance·26 Jul 2026

Talcott Resolution Sixth Street Metlife Inc

ConocoPhillips Closes $22.5B Acquisition of Marathon OilThe all-stock deal consolidates two of the largest independent US shale operators, with ConocoPhillips guiding to $500M of annual synergies within a year of close.M&A·25 Jul 2026

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Pfizer and Vertex combinationM&A · Announced$86B

Stripe and Advent bid for PayPalBuyout · Announced$53B

Chevron completes Hess acquisitionM&A · Closed$53B

Medline IPO filingExit · Pending$50B

Walmart spins off Sam's ClubExit · Announced$48B

Capital One completes Discover acquisitionM&A · Closed$35B

Mubadala and BlackRock data centre platformM&A · Announced$30B

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BlackRock Buys 25% Stake in Aladdin Private-Markets Tech Stack From PreqinThe minority stake deepens BlackRock's data layer for private markets and accelerates its push to become the operating system for alts.Asset Management·15 May 2026

Global Infrastructure Partners

Stripe Acquires Plaid in $6.5B All-Stock DealThe combination unites the two most strategically important pieces of US embedded finance infrastructure, with a clear path to vertical integration of payments and account connectivity.Deals·14 May 2026

Andreessen Horowitz Stripe Qatalyst Partners

Saudi PIF Lifts Stake in Nintendo to 12% — Largest Outside HoldingThe Public Investment Fund disclosed an additional purchase taking it to a 12% stake, formally becoming Nintendo's largest non-domestic shareholder.Deals·12 May 2026

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Mubadala and BlackRock Launch $30B Global Data Centre PlatformThe joint platform — capitalised with $7B of initial equity — will build out hyperscaler colocation campuses across the US, Europe and Asia, with first acquisitions already identified.Deals·10 May 2026

Mubadala Investment Company

Pfizer-Vertex Talks Advance Toward $82B CombinationCash-and-stock structure would mark the largest pharma deal since the 2019 Bristol-Celgene transaction, with antitrust review the principal hurdle.Deals·9 May 2026

Pfizer Inc Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma Goldman Sachs

Greenland Global LP$79.2MCompany raise

Tamarind Hill Fund III, L.P.$70MFund raise

Walmart spins off Sam's Club$48BExit

Strides Fund LLC$50MFund raise

Metro Diner Holdings LLC$45MCompany raise

TPG Rise Climate III final close$3BFund raise

Penn United Technologies, Inc.$40.9MCompany raise

Expressable, Inc.$35.5MCompany raise

Thoma Bravo take-private of a cloud security company (target unnamed)$15BBuyout

hiyo Inc.$20.8MCompany raise

Remitian Inc.$20MCompany raise

Pfizer and Vertex combination$86BM&A

HERD-I, INC.$18.4MCompany raise

Ensho Therapeutics, Inc.$15.6MCompany raise

Hockey Parent Holdings, L.P.$15MCompany raise

AeroShield Materials, Inc.$15MCompany raise