Transaction Marks ACR’s Eleventh Strategic Add-on

EXTON, Pa., July 14, 2026 — ACR (AmerCareRoyal, LLC), a leading provider of foodservice essentials and operational supplies and a portfolio company of Oridian Capital Partners, acquired the assets of RediBagUSA, a well-established supplier of reusable retail bags, high-quality paper products, and sustainable packaging solutions serving grocery, restaurant, deli, medical, and industrial markets across the United States.

The addition of RediBagUSA enhances ACR’s environmentally conscious product offering and strengthens its ability to support customers across a wider range of end markets. The transaction aligns with ACR’s ongoing strategy to scale through complementary acquisitions while delivering expanded product solutions, deeper sourcing capabilities, and consistent service across its distribution footprint.

Established in 1957 as a domestic manufacturer, RediBagUSA has built a strong reputation as a provider of paper, reusable, recyclable, and compostable food safety bags, along with gloves, trash can liners, and other essential supplies. Recognized for innovation and deep category expertise, the company leverages its broad supplier network, patented products, and customization capabilities to strengthen customer loyalty and attract new business.

“This acquisition represents another important milestone in ACR’s growth journey,” said Scott Milberg, Chief Executive Officer of ACR. “By bringing RediBagUSA into our organization, we are expanding our product breadth and strengthening our ability to meet evolving customer needs. Their sourcing expertise, brand portfolio, and customer relationships complement our platform well and create meaningful opportunities for continued expansion.”

“Oridian is pleased to support ACR in this next phase of growth,” said Doug McCormick, Managing Partner at Oridian Capital Partners. “RediBagUSA is the eleventh acquisition under Oridian’s ownership and continues to underscore ACR’s disciplined approach to building scale through businesses that align strategically and culturally. We believe this combination positions ACR for sustained value creation.”

“We are excited to partner with ACR and become part of a larger, growth-oriented organization while remaining focused on our customers,” said Jeff Rabiea, President and Chief Executive Officer of RediBagUSA. “ACR’s international reach, operational infrastructure, and commitment to reliability will allow us to accelerate our growth while continuing to deliver the quality and service our customers expect.”

RediBagUSA’s Jeff Rabiea will remain actively involved following the acquisition, alongside key members of the management team.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP served as legal counsel to ACR. PMCF acted as financial advisor to RediBagUSA, with Bodman Law serving as legal counsel.

About ACR

ACR is a single stream resource for essential packaging and preparation products used in the foodservice, janitorial, sanitation, education, industrial, hospitality, and healthcare industries. With multiple shipping points across North America, our family of brands service national level customers with outstanding customer service and an ever-growing product line. For more information, visit weareacr.com 

About Oridian Capital Partners (formerly HCI Equity Partners)

Oridian Capital Partners is a lower middle market private equity firm focused on partnering with growth-oriented, family and founder-owned service, distribution, and manufacturing companies. The firm targets entry points in large, stable, fragmented North American markets and drives transformational growth through disciplined M&A consolidation and operational excellence. Oridian is headquartered in Washington, D.C., please visit oridiancapital.com

About RediBagUSA

With more than 63 years of industry experience, RediBagUSA has established a strong reputation for reliability and excellence. Founded in 1957 with the establishment of New York Packaging, the company has steadily expanded its operations and diversified its product offerings to better serve its customers. In 2001, the company further enhanced its capabilities by becoming an importer of packaging products from international manufacturers, operating under the RediBagUSA brand. For more information, visit redibagusa.com

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Recent advancements in AI technology have allowed software providers like Gamorax Capital to combine a volatility-aware trade algorithm with an AI neural network

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., July 14, 2026 — Gamorax Capital, a provider of investment analysis software, recently introduced its AI-enhanced investment intelligence platform, which uses AI-powered sentiment analysis of global events and mainstream market data to strengthen its volatility-aware trading algorithms. According to the company, this approach is designed to deliver enterprise-grade investment intelligence rather than sentiment analysis as a standalone product.

The company says AI-driven sentiment analysis has become an increasingly valuable tool for interpreting how global developments, economic news, and financial events may influence market conditions. By incorporating these insights into its broader analytical framework, Gamorax Capital aims to provide investors with additional context when evaluating potential market opportunities.

Understanding Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment analysis, sometimes known as opinion mining, can be understood as the process of analyzing large volumes of text to determine whether that text expresses a positive, negative, or neutral sentiment. This text can come in a large variety of formats, including emails, online survey responses, tweets, and much more.

In financial markets, however, sentiment analysis can also involve processing large volumes of news articles, economic reports, corporate announcements, and other mainstream data sources to assess how current events may influence overall market conditions.

Rather than relying on manually reviewing these sources, companies such as Gamorax Capital use AI to ingest and analyze extensive news feeds, generating proprietary sentiment signals based on current events. According to the company, those signals are then incorporated into its investment intelligence platform, where they complement volatility-aware algorithms instead of serving as independent trading indicators.

AI tends to be more objective about classifying data as positive or negative than a human reviewer. Additionally, AI is often able to perform this process faster than its human counterparts without sacrificing much in the way of accuracy, though how well this works depends on the quality of an AI’s training.

Using Sentiment Analysis in Investing

Unlike consumer-facing applications that analyze customer opinions or brand perception, sentiment analysis in investing often focuses on evaluating how macroeconomic developments, geopolitical events, corporate news, and other market-moving information may influence financial markets.

Processing this information manually can be difficult, given the speed and volume of global news. AI-powered systems are able to analyze these data streams continuously, generating sentiment assessments that may provide additional context alongside traditional market indicators.

According to Gamorax Capital, its platform integrates these AI-generated sentiment signals directly into its volatility-aware algorithms, allowing enterprise-grade investment intelligence to reflect both prevailing market conditions and the potential impact of current events. The company says this integrated approach is intended to provide a more comprehensive analytical framework than relying on sentiment or volatility data independently.

Making Data Accessible

It should be noted that not all sentiment analysis tools offer the same quality of interface, as some may be more technical than others. This may be fine for investors comfortable with numerical complexity, but for others that either lack the time or training needed to properly use this kind of tool, it may be better to locate one that emphasizes user-friendliness, particularly for retail investors.

Recognizing the need for accessible investment intelligence, Gamorax Capital says its platform combines AI-driven analysis, proprietary sentiment derived from global news and market events, and volatility-aware algorithms within a single interface. According to the company, the goal is to make enterprise-grade analytical capabilities more accessible while presenting complex market intelligence in a format that is easier for investors to interpret.

About Gamorax Capital

Gamorax Capital is a software company based in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The company specializes in developing professional-grade investment analysis software for ETFs.

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Multi-year program supports development of disposable molecular diagnostic platforms for point-of-care, field-use, and emergency response settings

BOSTON, July 14, 2026 — Sapphiros today announced it has been awarded a multi-year project agreement through the Rapid Response Partnership Vehicle (RRPV), to advance rapid, portable, connected, molecular diagnostic platforms for detection of biothreats and emerging infectious diseases.

RRPV is a consortium funded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The agreement includes a 24-month base period to support the continued development of Sapphiros’ proprietary molecular diagnostics platform, with a focus on enabling rapid  detection of priority biothreat pathogens  in point-of-care and decentralized settings.

The  program is designed to advance disposable molecular testing capabilities for blood-based pathogens that can deliver laboratory-quality results through a simple, automated workflow. To ensure biosafety, the Sapphiros molecular device utilizes a novel, closed blood collection tube that eliminates the risk of blood-borne contamination during sample transfer to the device.

The program leverages Satio’s integrated capillary blood collection system to facilitate phlebotomist-free blood collection at the point of need. Satio, has developed a single use collection device equipped with an integrated safety lancet, designed to minimize user handling and biohazard exposure while ensuring consistent sample volumes for reliable testing in emergency response and field settings.

“Our program reflects the urgent need for diagnostic technologies that can move quickly from outbreak recognition to field deployment,” said Mark Gladwell, CEO of Sapphiros. “By combining  connected, disposable molecular platform and innovative blood collection approach, we aim to deliver rapid, reliable testing solutions that can support clinicians, public health responders and communities during biological threats and emerging health emergencies.”

This funding marks Sapphiros’ second agreement with BARDA, following the previously announced agreement to develop an over-the-counter, single use low-cost digital antigen test capable of detecting and differentiating respiratory viruses.

This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR); Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), under Other Transaction Number: 75A50123D00005.

About Sapphiros Sapphiros, backed by KKR and Neoenta, is a privately held consumer diagnostics company shaping the future of consumer and public health diagnostics by developing accessible, affordable and scalable health technologies. The company brings together advanced science, intelligent design and scalable manufacturing to make high-quality diagnostic testing more broadly available. Sapphiros’ portfolio spans sample collection, next-generation diagnostics and extreme-volume manufacturing capabilities designed to deliver fast, accurate results across a wide range of health needs.

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 14, 2026 — Every, the all-in-one back office for startups and small businesses, launched Every Benefits, a new model for health benefits that pairs fully insured plans with employer-funded reimbursement arrangements to lower employer costs without reducing employee experience. Administering this kind of arrangement has been operationally out of reach for most startups and small businesses, until now. Every is the first platform built to bring an HRA provider, benefits administration, insurance brokerage, and payroll together as one system.

Every Benefits can reduce startup health insurance costs by up to 12%, based on a typical 25-employee company, while maintaining the same carriers, networks, and overall employee experience. For example, a 25-person company could save approximately $31,000 in a typical year, while a 100-employee company could see savings of approximately $125,000 annually.

The Problem Every Benefits Solves

Health insurance premiums have climbed 24% over the last five years, according to KFF’s Employer Health Benefits Survey. The average 25-person startup on a Platinum PPO is now spending more than $261,000 a year on a benefit most of its employees barely use. Yet founders renew every year, because cutting benefits isn’t a option. Nine out of ten employers say benefits are the single most important lever for attracting and retaining talent after salary.

The math is broken. Insurance carriers charge extremely high costs for premium benefit plans, regardless of whether that level of coverage is actually used by employees. Founders pay the full bill whether anyone visits a doctor or not. The average employee never comes close to hitting their deductible.

How Every Benefits Works

Every Benefits flips the model. Employers choose a lower-premium plan—such as a Gold or Silver option and pair it with an employer-funded reimbursement arrangement designed to cover employees’ out-of-pocket costs, including the deductible. Employees enroll in the plan and are reimbursed for eligible expenses, effectively reducing their upfront costs to $0 in many cases.

As a result, a Silver plan can feel similar to a Gold plan, and a Gold plan can feel similar to a Platinum plan. Employees keep the same carrier and the same in-network experience, while employers avoid paying higher premiums upfront. Because reimbursements are paid only when expenses are incurred, unused amounts are simply never spent.

For a 25-person company with average characteristics, this reduces annual benefits spend from approximately $261,000 to $230,000—about $31,000 in a typical year.

• 50 employees: approximately $62,000 in typical-year savings
• 100 employees: approximately $125,000 in typical-year savings
• Average savings: up to 12% on health benefits spend

Employees keep a $0 effective deductible experience, while employers avoid paying higher premiums to cover out-of-pocket costs upfront.

Savings figures are based on a 25-employee company on a small group, fully insured Platinum PPO. Actual savings depend on plan selection and utilization and may vary. Every Benefits is available in select states; see every.io for current availability.

Why Only Every Can Run This

Administering this kind of arrangement requires insurance, reimbursement, payroll, and banking to operate as a single system. In a typical setup, a company would need to engage a broker, a benefits administration platform, a payroll provider, an HRA provider, and a bank or card issuer separately.

Every is a licensed insurance broker, a benefits administration platform, a payroll provider, and a banking partner—all built on one platform. One vendor relationship, not five. Every Benefits is what gets built when one company owns the whole stack.

The full native benefits suite includes health, dental, vision, FSA, dependent care FSA, and commuter benefits. One platform, not multiple vendors.

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“Every founder I talk to is frustrated with their benefits renewal,” said Rajeev Behera, co-founder and CEO of Every. “They know they’re paying for more coverage than their team typically uses. They know premiums keep going up, but the product they are buying hasn’t improved. But there is no alternative – cheaper coverage will upset your employees. We built Every Benefits so owners never have to make that trade again. Same carrier. Same network. You just stop paying for coverage your team isn’t using.”

“This is the kind of product you can only build if you’ve already built the rest of the back office,” said Barry Peterson, co-founder and CTO of Every. “Payroll, banking, and benefits running as one system is what makes the model work. It’s also what makes it defensible.”

About Every

Every is the all-in-one back office for startups. Banking, payroll, benefits, accounting, and tax—built to launch, operate, and scale on a single platform. Founders from the best ecosystems trust Every to run the back office so they can focus on building and selling.

Every is a Series A company that has raised $32 million in venture funding from Y Combinator and Redpoint. Read the TechCrunch announcement of Every’s $22.5 million Series A.

Every was founded by Rajeev Behera and Barry Peterson. Rajeev was the co-founder and CEO of Reflektive, an HR SaaS company he scaled to 250 employees and raised $100M from a16z, Lightspeed, and TPG. Barry was Director of Engineering at Reflektive and has decades of experience scaling engineering teams at startups and Fortune 500 tech companies.

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Visit every.io for a free analysis of your current plan. No commitment. We’ll show you exactly what Every Benefits would save your company.

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The appointment reinforces the company’s long-term investment in technology and innovation

MIAMI, July 14, 2026 — eCapital Corp. (“eCapital”), an AI-powered fintech company building the next generation of specialty finance, today announced the appointment of Rosario Ingargiola as Chief Digital Assets Officer, a newly created executive leadership role designed to advance the company’s technology platform, accelerate innovation and redefine how businesses access and manage working capital.

“Specialty finance is entering a period of profound transformation, and technology will define the companies that lead the next decade,” said Marius Silvasan, CEO of eCapital. “At eCapital, technology isn’t supporting our strategy; it is our strategy. We’re combining deep industry expertise with intelligent platforms to redefine what’s possible for our clients. Rosario’s entrepreneurial mindset, technical depth, and ability to execute at scale make him an exceptional addition to our leadership team.”

As Chief Digital Assets Officer, Ingargiola will report directly to Silvasan and lead eCapital’s efforts to advance the infrastructure that supports the company’s next phase of growth. Working across the business, he will focus on modernizing how eCapital originates, manages and distributes assets, with an emphasis on improving efficiency, transparency, scalability and long-term enterprise value.

A serial technology entrepreneur and fintech founder, Ingargiola has dedicated his career to developing institutional technology platforms across capital markets and digital assets. He has created patented financial market infrastructure and led enterprise transformation across product strategy, engineering, and regulated financial markets. Most recently, he served as Chief Product and Technology Officer at Derisked Digital Group following the acquisition of Bosonic, the institutional digital asset infrastructure company he founded, and Bosonic Securities LLC, its FINRA-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered Alternative Trading System (ATS). Earlier in his career, he founded an institutional foreign exchange trading platform acquired by a global investment bank and co-founded an AI-powered algorithmic trading platform.

“Having spent much of my career building companies from the ground up, I recognize organizations with the vision and conviction to reshape an industry,” said Ingargiola. “That’s what drew me to eCapital. The company has an exceptional foundation, a world-class leadership team, and a clear strategy for the future. I look forward to helping realize that vision by scaling our technology capabilities and creating long-term value for our clients and partners.”

The appointment reflects eCapital’s disciplined approach to building the leadership, technology, and capabilities required to lead the next era of specialty finance.

About eCapital

eCapital Corp. is an AI-powered fintech company transforming how businesses access and manage working capital. The company serves businesses across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom through a broad range of financing solutions, including asset-based lending, receivables finance, payroll funding, supply chain finance, and other customized financing products.

Through its proprietary platform, eCapital combines data, decisioning, funding, and servicing to deliver faster, more flexible financing solutions across the business lifecycle. Since its inception, eCapital has funded more than 44,000 clients and delivered over $144 billion in capital across 80+ industries. eCapital is building the next generation of specialty finance, one that is more intelligent, connected, and responsive to the needs of modern business. To learn more, visit ecapital.com.

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CLEVELAND, July 14, 2026 — Auxilium Health today announced the close of an oversubscribed $3.4 million seed round, a year after closing its pre-seed, to advance its Aer™ biomaterial platform toward FDA clearance and first-in-human studies.

Backed by returning and new regional and strategic investors, the round more than doubles the company’s prior raise and reflects growing conviction in both the technology and the progress behind it.

For nearly four decades, biomaterials have tried to win what surgeons and scientists call the “race for the surface,” the contest between a patient’s healing cells and bacteria to colonize a material first, by killing bacteria after they arrive.

Auxilium takes a different approach. Its Aer™ platform is an engineered matrix-like product that mimics the body’s own extracellular matrix, built to win that race structurally by resisting bacterial attachment while welcoming regenerative cells, all without relying on antibiotics.

The new capital will advance the company’s lead product toward FDA clearance and into first-in-human use while deepening the team and the research behind it. Over the last year, Auxilium’s full-time team has doubled, attracting top researchers and scientists to relocate to Cleveland to join the mission.

“Last year, the question was whether the science was real. This year, it’s how fast we can get it to patients,” said Isaiah Kaiser, PhD, Founder and CEO of Auxilium Health. “We’re grateful to our investors and partners who believe in the science and the team behind what we’re building. Their confidence lets us move with the urgency this problem deserves.”

About Auxilium Health
Auxilium Health develops a new class of bioaerogels that reduce the risk of bacterial colonization and guide tissue regeneration. Its Aer™ platform spans wound repair, bone regeneration, and localized delivery, with a lead product advancing toward FDA clearance and clinical studies. Headquartered at the Cleveland Clinic’s Global Innovation Center, the company is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Ohio Department of Development, and the Polymer Industry Cluster.

Regeneration begins at the surface.

Media Contact
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Director of Marketing & Engagement
Project Medtech
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Company Website: https://www.auxiliumhealth.xyz/
Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/auxilium-health-inc

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Led by Motorola Solutions, with participation from Index Ventures and Dylan Field, this round brings BRINC’s total capital raised to well over a quarter billion dollars.

SEATTLE, July 14, 2026 — BRINC, the leader in public safety drone technology, today announced a $125 million financing round led by Motorola Solutions, with participation from Index Ventures and Dylan Field, Figma’s CEO and founder. The investment brings BRINC’s total capital raised to well over a quarter billion dollars and will fuel the company’s mission to deploy 911 response drones at the 80,000 police and fire stations across the United States.

The capital will be used to expand BRINC’s domestic manufacturing capability, bring new products to market, and scale go-to-market operations. By the end of the year, BRINC will move into a new facility three times the size of its current factory, expanding its production capacity to meet surging demand from public safety agencies.

“Every second matters in an emergency,” says Blake Resnick, Founder & CEO of BRINC. “Our 911 response drones put eyes on scene before first responders arrive, giving everyone the situational awareness they need to act decisively and keep people safe. This investment enables our organization to build more products, expand our manufacturing capacity, and put a drone on the roof of every police and fire station in America.”

The round comes at a moment of significant commercial momentum. BRINC more than tripled revenue in 2025 and quintupled monthly production capacity. This year, the company has signed nearly four times as many 911 response drone contracts as it did over the same period in 2025, with agencies including the Los Angeles Fire Department, St. Louis Police Department, and hundreds of others across the country.

BRINC builds drones for every mission. Lemur 2 is the most capable indoor drone. Responder leads the market in time on scene. Guardian is the 911 response drone built to replace helicopters. And because BRINC has exclusive integrations with Motorola Solutions, and interoperability with other public safety technology providers, every product in the fleet is just a button-press away.

Agencies looking to learn more can reach out to their local BRINC representative or get in touch at brincdrones.com/contact.

About BRINC

BRINC is an American developer of technology in the service of public safety. The company builds a connected ecosystem of tools designed to save lives. BRINC manufactures its products in the US, has co-located R&D and production, and is vertically integrated, controlling the entirety of its supply chain. Over 900 public safety agencies and 20%+ of the SWAT teams in the US use its products to de-escalate dangerous situations and safeguard human life. The company is backed by top investors, including Sam Altman, Index Ventures, Motorola Solutions, Dylan Field, Elad Gil, Patrick Shanahan, Julius Genachowski, Shyam Sankar, Alexandr Wang, Bradley Tusk, and Jeff Weiner. For more information visit brincdrones.com.

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Trusted by more than 500 financial institutions, Hadrius raises Series A funding to transform compliance from fragmented, manual workflows into a consolidated, AI-native function.

NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 — Hadrius, the agentic compliance infrastructure for financial services firms, today announced $27 million in seed and Series A funding led by CRV, with participation from Y Combinator, Pathlight Ventures, and the founders of Altruist, Jump AI, and FINNY. The funding will accelerate Hadrius’ vision to consolidate compliance into a single AI-native workflow. More than 500 financial institutions and investment firms already run their compliance programs on Hadrius.

In 2026, artificial intelligence is widening the gap between what compliance teams need to review and what legacy compliance solutions are capable of reviewing. With two-thirds of investment advisers currently using AI, the volume of communications, marketing content, and trades are growing rapidly. At the same time, regulators know that AI has made comprehensive review technologically possible. Firms are now expected to review more, prove more, and respond faster with the same headcount. Agentic compliance is the CCO’s solution.

“If AI is generating the communications, the marketing, and the trades, only AI can review them at the same scale,” said Thomas Stewart, Co-founder and CEO of Hadrius. “Our vision is a world where AI scales compliance team bandwidth by reviewing everything at the speed it was created, applying the right context globally, and maintaining audit-ready documentation.”

By consolidating the compliance lifecycle into one AI-native system of record, Hadrius today reduces false positives by 95%, manual compliance work by 70%, and saves 20+ hours per week. By the end of 2026, Hadrius plans to extend AI capabilities across the full compliance spectrum, deploying agentic oversight to:

• Marketing: AI-first review & approval of marketing materials.
• Communications: Multi-channel capture and WORM-compliant archiving, with AI surveillance to flag violations.
• People: Automated personal trading monitoring, attestations, and conflict-of-interest disclosures.
• Trades: Monitoring for trading abuse and policy breaches, with support for pre-clearance workflows.
• Branches: Inspection scheduling, deficiency tracking, and supervisor-rep hierarchy mapping across offices.
• Firm audit readiness: One system of record for policies, risk assessments, testing calendars, and compliance documentation.

“Compliance is one of the largest and least automated labor markets in financial services. It represents a $9.4 billion technology opportunity sitting next to tens of billions in labor spend,” said Brittany Walker, General Partner at CRV. “Before AI, it was fragmented across manual internal teams, point solutions, and expensive consultancies. Hadrius is consolidating that spend onto a single platform, and firms are building their entire compliance programs around it.”

“For us, Hadrius is a no-brainer,” said Michael Schmidtke, Chief Compliance Officer of Csenge Advisory Group. “They’re building a plug-and-play solution around today’s data feeds and AI that the legacy software isn’t keeping up with. Hadrius lets us spend more on what we want and work smarter, better, and cheaper on compliance.”

Hadrius will use the funding to further build out its product roadmap in order to meet demand for category-defining compliance infrastructure. The team recently recruited the former Head of Product at ACA Group along with senior go-to-market leaders from StarCompliance, Orion, and Smarsh, and plans to bring on several other key hires within the next year.

To request a demo of Hadrius, please visit: https://www.hadrius.com/

About Hadrius
Hadrius is agentic compliance infrastructure for financial services firms. Built by compliance professionals and AI experts, Hadrius consolidates every point of compliance risk into an audit-ready system of record, reducing manual compliance review by 70%. Hadrius has raised $27 million in funding and is trusted by more than 500 financial institutions and investment firms.

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Sophia Tavakol
SMT Communications
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Drivr combines AI-powered data extraction, real-time scenario analysis, audit-ready workflows, and integrated independent valuation opinions.

CHICAGO, July 14, 2026 — Stout announces the launch of Drivr, a purpose-built portfolio valuation and monitoring platform that leverages technology to combine Stout’s independent valuation expertise with the monitoring and risk analytics that asset managers employ to manage hard-to-value investments.

Drivr helps alternative asset managers replace fragmented, manual valuation workflows with one integrated platform covering source documentation, portfolio monitoring, scenario analysis, reporting, audit support, and independent valuation opinions.

Built by Stout’s valuation practitioners with input from CFOs, valuation teams, chief risk officers, and auditors, Drivr combines AI-powered data extraction, real-time analytics, traceable source-document support, and flexible reporting to improve transparency, reduce handoffs, and shorten valuation timelines.

With Drivr, asset managers can:

• Centralize portfolio valuation and monitoring workflows
• Extract and organize data from source documents using AI-powered capabilities
• Run real-time scenario and sensitivity analyses across positions, sectors, funds, and portfolios
• Monitor custom KPIs at frequencies ranging from daily to annually
• Provide auditors with transparent, source-linked support
• Access data through dashboards, APIs, CSV downloads, or Snowflake integration
• Incorporate independent valuation opinions from Stout directly into the workflow

“Asset managers do not need another single function, disconnected application. They need a better operating model for valuation and portfolio monitoring,” said Chris Franzek, Managing Director and Co-Leader of Stout’s Portfolio Valuation Practice. “Drivr brings the data, analytics, audit trail, and independent valuation support together in one platform so teams can move faster – think hours or days, not weeks – and scale while increasing rigor and transparency.”

Drivr is now available for asset management firms seeking a more efficient, transparent, and audit-ready approach to portfolio valuation and monitoring.

For more information, visit Drivr.

About Stout

Stout is a global advisory firm delivering clarity and confidence in high-stakes financial, operational, and strategic situations.

We combine financial expertise with data-driven insights to produce work that is timely, defensible, and built to withstand scrutiny. Our approach is practical and grounded in real-world experience. We bring expertise without complexity, making us a trusted partner that is both rigorous and easy to work with.

Discover how Relentless Excellence® drives everything we do at stout.com.

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