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FORT Robotics to Go Public via Business Combination with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp

August 18, 2026

Cybersecurity

FORT Robotics entered into a definitive business combination with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp to become a publicly traded company, valuing the combined entity at an implied pro-forma enterprise value of $556.6 million. The deal is expected to close in Q4 2026 and is designed to accelerate product development across safety intelligence, observability, and cybersecurity, as well as expand go-to-market and targeted acquisitions.

BlackRock Makes Minority Investment in Willow Network

May 2, 2024

Financial Services

BlackRock has made a minority investment in Willow Network, a wealthtech startup that provides education, coaching and a digital marketing platform for financial advisors. The funding will support Willow's launch of two certificate programs — Advisor for Women and Advisor for NextGen — and BlackRock has taken a board seat as part of the transaction; financial terms were not disclosed.

NVIDIA Acquires Run:ai

April 26, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

NVIDIA has acquired Run:ai, an Israel-based Kubernetes-native workload orchestration software provider that optimizes GPU resources for AI workloads. NVIDIA said it will continue offering Run:ai's products, integrate its capabilities into NVIDIA platforms (including DGX and DGX Cloud), and Run:ai's founders indicated the software will be open-sourced to broaden ecosystem access.

Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I to Combine With W3BCLOUD Holdings (SPAC De-SPAC)

August 1, 2022

Data & Analytics

Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I (SLAC) has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with W3BCLOUD Holdings Inc. to take W3BCLOUD public. The transaction values the combined company at an enterprise value of $1.25 billion and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2022, subject to regulatory approvals and SLAC shareholder approval.

Acorns Grow Incorporated to Go Public via SPAC Pioneer Merger (PACX) Valued at ~$2.2B

May 27, 2021

Financial Services

Acorns Grow Incorporated entered into a definitive business combination agreement with publicly traded SPAC Pioneer Merger Corp. to bring Acorns to the public markets. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2021, with the combined company having an expected pro forma fully-diluted equity value of approximately $2.2 billion.

Enerplus Corporation Acquires Bruin E&P HoldCo, LLC for $465M

January 25, 2021

Energy

Enerplus Corporation agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Bruin E&P HoldCo, LLC for US$465 million to expand its Williston Basin position. The acquisition adds ~24,000 BOE/d of production and 151,000 net acres (including 30,000 contiguous acres), and is expected to be immediately accretive to adjusted funds flow and free cash flow while improving Enerplus' drilling inventory and scale in the Bakken/Williston Basin.