Nippon Express (NX Group) Invests in Spiral Inc.

Nippon Express (NX Group) Invests in Spiral Inc.

September 5, 2024

Aerospace & Defense

Nippon Express Holdings, through its NX Global Innovation Fund, acquired a minority stake in Tokyo-based Spiral Inc., a startup that develops the MarkFlex Air autonomous indoor drone flight control system. The investment aims to support Spiral’s overseas expansion (including plans for a Vienna subsidiary), accelerate adoption of indoor drones at logistics and construction sites, and deepen NX Group’s capabilities in logistics and infrastructure inspection solutions.

Nippon Express Holdings Acquires SH HoldCo GmbH (Simon Hegele Group)

October 10, 2024

Transportation

Nippon Express Holdings, Inc. (NXHD) agreed to acquire all shares of SH HoldCo GmbH (Simon Hegele), a Germany-based contract logistics group focused on the healthcare sector, entering a sale and purchase agreement on September 30, 2024. Simon Hegele will become a fully owned subsidiary of NXHD to combine NX's global network with Simon Hegele's specialized healthcare logistics capabilities.

UJET Acquires Spiral

November 18, 2025

Software

UJET has acquired Spiral, a conversational analytics and AI company, to accelerate its AI roadmap and add a standalone customer intelligence product to its CCaaS platform. The deal integrates Spiral's conversation- and feedback-analysis capabilities into UJET's AI-first contact center offering while allowing Spiral to continue operating as a standalone product under the name Spiral by UJET.

Spire Capital Invests in The Inception Company

January 12, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Spire Capital has made a growth investment in The Inception Company, a Fairfield, New Jersey-based provider of virtual engagement platforms and production services, to support expansion of studios, product development, sales and marketing, and complementary acquisitions. Founder Doug Mack will move to a board role while Spire partners will join the company's board; Santander provided debt financing and Intrepid acted as Inception's financial advisor.

Applied Aerospace Acquires NeXolve

March 10, 2025

Aerospace & Defense

Applied Aerospace, a Greenbriar Equity-backed aerospace manufacturer based in Stockton, California, has completed the acquisition of NeXolve, a Huntsville, Alabama developer and manufacturer of advanced polyimide films, resins and deployable space subsystems. The NeXolve brand will be retained as a product line and its team and facilities will form an Advanced Materials & Deployable Systems division to expand Applied Aerospace's capabilities in deployable sunshields, solar sails and passive deorbit systems for government and commercial space customers.

XTI Aerospace Acquires Drone Nerds; Unusual Machines Invests $25M in XTI

November 10, 2025

Aerospace & Defense

XTI Aerospace acquired Drone Nerds, a major U.S. drone distributor and service provider, in a transaction announced in November 2025 that included approximately $40 million in purchase consideration. Concurrently, Unusual Machines made a $25 million strategic investment in XTI via convertible preferred stock to support XTI's expansion of vertical flight and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) capabilities.