The limited 7mg THC / 7mg CBD single-serve sold out in pre-orders and is available mid-September on the company’s site and at Sprouts Farmers Market stores in Texas and Florida, with backing from Listen Ventures.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 17, 2026 — Magic Cactus, the functional beverage brand built around a microdose of hemp-derived THC, today announced the release of Higher Desert Edition, a limited-edition, higher-potency single-serve of its sparkling cactus water.

The product was initially made available exclusively to Sprouts stores and Magic Cactus subscribers, a community the brand calls The Cactus Club. After the first batch of the limited SKU sold out from pre-orders alone, the company announced a restock shipping mid-September.

The limited launch follows a year of grocery expansion anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, where Magic Cactus ranked #1 in the retailer’s hemp THC beverage set for the first half of the year (SPINS, H1 2026), and a follow-on investment from Listen Ventures, which led the company’s Seed round in early 2025.

INTRODUCING: HIGHER DESERT EDITION

Higher Desert Edition arrives in a single flavor, Mojave Berry, with 7mg of hemp-derived THC and 7mg of CBD per 12-ounce can, a 1:1 ratio designed for a fuller, still clear-headed experience built as a slow-sipping, single-serve occasion rather than the sessionable nature of the brand’s micro-dosed core products. Like the core lineup, each can is built on a sparkling prickly pear cactus base with real fruit juice and premium functional ingredients like L-theanine and magnesium, and stays at only 20 calories with no added sugar.

• Price: $19.99 per 4-pack
• Where: All Sprouts Farmers Market stores in Texas and Florida, and online at magiccactus.com
• Availability: Limited run. The first batch sold out on pre-order; a restock ships mid-September.

“Our entire value proposition since launch has been what we call approachable feel-ability, built for the mainstream consumer. The cannabis connoisseur already had plenty of options and didn’t need another potent product. The gap was a feel-able one, a can you can have two or three of on a Friday night and feel it come on gradually, instead of the zero-to-a-hundred approach that pushed a lot of people away from this industry in the first place,” said Jonny Locarni, Founder and CEO of Magic Cactus. “Higher Desert Edition is a different job. Our community kept asking for a single-serve with a bit more to it, one can that does the work of a strong cocktail for our core consumer. It’s still less than the standard 10mg serving that outsells everything else in most retail channels, and it’s a true one-and-done rather than something you session.”

ALL IN ON GROCERY

Magic Cactus launched in roughly 120 Sprouts Farmers Market stores across Texas and Florida in mid-January 2026, followed by The Fresh Market in North Carolina and Florida in February. The focused grocery rollout, now representing about 40 percent of the brand’s total door count, reflects a deliberate choice to build the brand in the everyday grocery aisle rather than in smoke shops, convenience, and other channels in which potency is the focus.

The strategy is working. Year to date, wholesale revenue is up more than 200 percent over the same period in 2025, with all four core flavors, Lavender Raspberry, Spiced Peach, Wild Black Cherry and Watermelon Hibiscus, now on shelf alongside Higher Desert Edition at Sprouts.

“Grocery is where Magic Cactus resonates most,” Locarni said. “Sprouts shoppers already read labels, they already care about what’s in the can, and they’re already looking for a better option for a Tuesday night or a backyard hang. We’re not asking anyone to walk into a new kind of store. We’re just showing up where they already shop.”

EXPANDING THE OCCASION

Locarni is quick to clarify what Magic Cactus is not: an anti-alcohol brand.

“We’re not trying to replace alcohol or only reach people who’ve stopped drinking entirely,” he said. “We’re trying to give people optionality in drinking environments, to broaden what it means to ‘have a drink’ for the next generation. Sometimes that’s a cocktail. Sometimes that’s a Magic Cactus. The point is to blur the line between drinking and not drinking so there’s a conscious choice available at the same occasions.”

That positioning sets the brand apart on two fronts: from the wave of non-alcoholic brands leaning heavily into sober-curious messaging, and from the high-potency THC products that dominate much of the hemp market. Rather than asking consumers to choose sides, or chasing milligram counts, Magic Cactus is betting the bigger opportunity is expanding the occasion itself, making a THC beverage a normal part of a night out rather than a replacement for one.

BUILDING BRAND AT A CATEGORY TURNING POINT

The expansion comes as the hemp beverage category awaits regulatory clarity. Federal legislation passed in November 2025 capped finished hemp products at 0.4mg THC per container, a limit the industry views as impractical. Congress has since delayed the effective date to December 11, 2026, creating space for a more workable framework.

Magic Cactus supports a regulated hemp beverage market with clear dosing standards, age gating and third-party testing, and believes its low-dose, grocery-first approach is exactly the kind of product responsible regulation should protect.

“We built this brand for a world where we’re regulated differently than traditional cannabis products, similar to the bifurcation between beer and wine versus liquor and spirits. We’ve always operated like we’d be regulated the way a beer is,” Locarni said. “Whatever the final framework looks like, we want to be the example of what a responsible THC beverage brand looks like on a grocery shelf.”

BACKED BY LISTEN VENTURES

Listen Ventures, the Chicago-based consumer venture firm behind brands like Calm, Factor, Angel’s Envy, and many more, led Magic Cactus’s Seed round in early 2025 and made a follow-on investment in the company in 2026. Magic Cactus has also raised capital from Tonic Ventures and other consumer-focused investors.

“There is a sea of hemp THC beverages in the market but very few brands. Magic Cactus has built a cult following, a brand that people want to be seen drinking. That badge value is what sets it apart. And once you taste it, it’s easy to see why people keep coming back,” said Jeff Cantalupo, Founder and Managing Partner at Listen Ventures.

LOOKING AHEAD

Over the coming months Magic Cactus is focused on deepening its grocery footprint and launching additional products built for the grocery channel.

FOLLOW ALONG

ABOUT MAGIC CACTUS

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in North Scottsdale, Arizona, Magic Cactus is a functional beverage brand that gives adults a clear-headed option for social occasions. The brand’s core products contain a base of lightly sparkling prickly pear cactus water, and combine a microdose of hemp-derived cannabinoids with functional ingredients like magnesium and L-theanine. Magic Cactus sells direct-to-consumer at magiccactus.com, and is available at various retailers including Sprouts Farmers Market, The Fresh Market, Total Wine, and more. Magic Cactus donates 10 percent of profits to organizations treating substance abuse, a commitment rooted in founder Jonny Locarni’s experience losing his father to alcohol.

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The Industry Collective
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Participation in one of America’s top-ranked startup accelerators and incubators will support commercialization, manufacturing scale and market adoption of Iron Rain™

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif., Sept. 17, 2026 — ARCYN Defense Corp., a U.S. defense technology company developing next-generation counter-drone systems, today announced its selection for the 2026 MassChallenge Security & Resiliency Traction Program.

Selected through a competitive application and pitch process, ARCYN joins a select cohort of companies developing technologies for defense, national security, critical infrastructure and resilience.

MassChallenge is one of the nation’s leading startup accelerators and incubators and was recently ranked No. 2 on TIME and Statista’s 2026 list of America’s Best Incubators & Accelerators. Its programs connect high-potential companies with experienced business leaders, industry experts, government stakeholders, prospective customers, strategic partners and investors.

“Selection by MassChallenge is an important validation of ARCYN’s team, technology and market opportunity,” said Dr. Aaron Poynton, Chief Executive Officer of ARCYN Defense. “The program will help us accelerate Iron Rain’s path to market, strengthen our manufacturing strategy and build the partnerships needed to scale.”

ARCYN will use the program to advance manufacturing readiness, sharpen its commercialization strategy, expand customer and partner engagement and strengthen relationships across the investment community. The company is entering an important stage of growth as it prepares Iron Rain for continued development, testing, integration and scalable production.

Iron Rain is a configurable counter-drone platform that combines artificial intelligence, advanced sensors and high-speed, non-explosive kinetic technology. Designed to defend against individual drones and coordinated swarms, the system is intended to provide military forces, critical infrastructure operators and other high-value assets with a precise, scalable and cost-effective layer of protection.

The need for effective counter-drone technology continues to grow as inexpensive unmanned systems become more capable, more widely available and increasingly difficult to defeat using traditional methods. ARCYN is developing Iron Rain to help close that gap with a flexible system designed for real-world operational environments.

ARCYN’s selection for MassChallenge builds on the company’s growing momentum, including its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Army DEVCOM Armaments Center and its ongoing engagement with government and industry partners.

Together, these milestones support ARCYN’s strategy of advancing Iron Rain from development toward field-ready capability while building the manufacturing, commercial and strategic foundation required for long-term growth.

About ARCYN Defense
ARCYN Defense Corp. is a U.S. defense technology company developing next-generation systems to protect military forces, critical infrastructure and other high-value assets from drones and emerging aerial threats. Its flagship Iron Rain platform combines artificial intelligence, advanced sensing and kinetic technology to deliver precise, scalable and cost-effective counter-drone protection.

Learn more at www.arcyndefense.com

About MassChallenge
MassChallenge is a global startup accelerator and incubator that helps high-potential companies overcome barriers to growth and bring important new technologies to market. Its programs connect founders with mentors, business leaders, government stakeholders, customers, strategic partners and investors.

Learn more at www.masschallenge.org

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Small Buyout Opportunities Fund VI Targets a Market of Over 500,000 Small and Lower Middle Market Companies, Representing Approximately 96% of All Businesses in America

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 — Siguler Guff & Company, LP (“Siguler Guff” or the “Firm”), a multi-strategy private markets investment firm with $19 billion of assets under management, today announced it has raised more than $3 billion for its small buyout strategy, with over $2.3 billion for commingled vehicles, including Small Buyout Opportunities Fund VI (“Fund VI” or the “Fund”), and nearly $700 million in separately managed accounts. The fundraise further highlights Siguler Guff’s standing as one of the nation’s largest and most active investors across the small and lower middle market and received strong support from existing and new investors.

Siguler Guff believes the size and fragmentation of the U.S. small and lower middle market can create opportunities to access established businesses and support value creation through active ownership. Fund VI will continue the Firm’s approach of partnering with experienced private equity sponsors through fund commitments and select direct equity co-investments.

The Fund’s strategy continues to target established companies with less than $200 million in annual revenue and typically up to $50 million in annual EBITDA, with an emphasis on businesses holding leading positions in niche markets. Its investments in portfolio companies are often founder or family-owned providers of products and services with long operating histories and resilient fundamentals across economic cycles.

Since the launch of the small business investment strategy in 2006, Siguler Guff has committed more than $10 billion across over 1,000 U.S. companies with an aggregate employee base of more than 400,000; completed more than 300 equity co-investments; served as the largest LP for more than 87 sponsors; and backed 46 first-time funds. Through its combination of fund investments and co-investments, the strategy seeks to provide differentiated exposure to lower middle-market opportunities while benefiting from deep sponsor relationships and diversified deal flow.

“We are pleased to have completed the largest fundraising in the history of our small buyout strategy. The small and lower middle market is a vital part of the U.S. economy, with more than 500,000 businesses and approximately 96% of all U.S. firms,” said Kevin Kester, Partner, and Co-Managing Partner of Small Business Investments at Siguler Guff. “We believe supporting family-and founder-owned American businesses as they professionalize and grow continues to offer an enduring investment opportunity.”

“In this market, deep relationships and specialized expertise can create a meaningful advantage,” said Jonathan Wilson, Partner, and Co-Managing Partner of Small Business Investments at Siguler Guff. “Our experience has given us the insight and network to identify compelling opportunities and partner with high-quality sponsors and companies.”

“This record close reflects the scale, maturity and success of the small buyout franchise our team has built over more than two decades,” said Drew Guff, Co-Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of Siguler Guff. “We are grateful to our existing and new investors for their confidence and partnership in this important and growing strategy.”

Editor’s Note
References to the size and composition of the U.S. small and lower middle market are based on the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. 

About Siguler Guff
Siguler Guff is a multi-strategy private markets investment firm with approximately $19 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2025. With 30 years of experience investing in private markets, Siguler Guff seeks to focus opportunistically on market niches globally. The Firm’s core investment strategies include Small Business Buyout, Emerging Markets, Opportunistic Credit, Real Estate and Small Business Credit. Siguler Guff’s institutional investment knowledge, sector immersion approach and longstanding relationships can provide access to compelling investment opportunities within each of its targeted strategies. The Firm serves institutional clients, including corporate and public employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, government agencies, and financial institutions, along with family offices and high net worth investors. For further information, please visit www.sigulerguff.com

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Disco Cow earns $20,000 in funding to scale dairy innovation.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Sept. 17, 2026 — Illinois startup Disco Cow has been crowned grand prize winner of the second annual Midwest Dairy Accelerator, following a live pitch competition yesterday at the Green Acres Event Center, a historic barn event venue near Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minn. Founder Kate Colehour earned $20,000 in prize funding to help scale dairy-based innovation for her growing brand.

The competition marked the finale of the Midwest Dairy Accelerator, an intensive 10-week virtual program designed by Midwest Dairy in partnership with innovation advisory firm VentureFuel, to help emerging food and beverage brands scale innovative products that use Midwest dairy as a key ingredient.

Throughout the program, founders gained access to workshops, one on one mentorship and direct collaboration with leaders across the dairy ecosystem, including ingredient experts, processors, manufacturers, retailers, academics and food industry executives. Programming covered consumer insights, ingredients and innovation, manufacturing, distribution, retail strategy, marketing and business pitching.

“The Midwest Dairy Accelerator has connected Disco Cow with an incredible network of experts, resources, and people who are genuinely excited about the future of dairy, said Disco Cow founder Kate Colehour. The $20,000 grand prize is going to help us move from founder-led production to scaled manufacturing, which supports our growing retail presence and gets whipped cottage cheese into the hands of more consumers!”

“Dairy farmers have a long-standing legacy of innovation, and that commitment continues to shape the future of our industry,” said Corey Scott, CEO of Midwest Dairy. “It has been a pleasure to equip emerging dairy brands with the expertise, connections and resources to strengthen the dairy category and create new opportunities for consumers.”

“The vision and execution demonstrated by Disco Cow represents the kind of innovation that drives meaningful commercial impact,” said Fred Schonenberg, CEO of VentureFuel. “We’re proud to have partnered with Midwest Dairy for a second year to accelerate breakthrough ideas and support entrepreneurs innovating with real dairy.”

For more information on the program and this year’s winner, visit MidwestDairyAccelerator.com.

About Midwest Dairy

Midwest Dairy represents 3,600 dairy farm families and works on their behalf to build dairy demand by inspiring consumer confidence in dairy products and production practices. Midwest Dairy is committed to Bringing Dairy to Life! by giving consumers an excellent dairy experience and is funded by farmers across a 10-state region, including Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. For more information, visit MidwestDairy.com and follow Midwest Dairy on Facebook and YouTube.

About VentureFuel

VentureFuel helps established organizations accelerate growth through strategic startup partnerships. Powered by its repeatable Innovation Engine™, VentureFuel identifies, validates and commercializes emerging technologies, transforming innovation into measurable business outcomes in months instead of years. The company has facilitated more than 100 corporate-startup partnerships, unlocking more than $1 billion in enterprise value creation for clients. Learn more at venturefuel.net and listen to The VentureFuel Visionaries podcast wherever podcasts are available.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 — CyboPal today announced that its first product, CyboPal ONE, will launch on Kickstarter on Sept. 22, 2026. The campaign will be open to backers worldwide and has already attracted more than 6,000 followers. Until Sept. 22, early supporters can lock in their launch offer with a $30 deposit at cybopal.com.

From a Static Desktop to a Responsive Robotic Terminal

Computers have become dramatically more capable with the rise of AI, but the physical desktop has remained largely unchanged. Screens remain fixed, while users continue to adjust their posture and position around them.

CyboPal ONE is a Desktop Robotic Terminal (DRT) that combines a display with robotic movement, voice and gesture interaction, allowing the computer to respond more naturally to how and where people work.

Users can call the screen closer when leaning back, adjust it for different working positions, and switch between landscape and portrait orientations using voice and gestures. They can also use voice commands to interact with AI agents and perform computer tasks without relying entirely on a keyboard and mouse.

“AI is changing what computers can do. We believe it should also change what a computer is,” said Frederic Peng, Founder and CEO of CyboPal. “With CyboPal ONE, we want to make the computer come alive — able to move, respond, and adapt to the way people work.”

Built for a More Adaptive Workflow

• Professionals: change working positions without repeatedly readjusting the screen.
• Creators and developers: switch between viewing positions, screen orientations and tasks.
• AI power users: interact with AI agents and perform computer tasks by voice.

Since its debut at CES 2026, CyboPal ONE has been demonstrated at industry events including IFA 2026, where creators, media and technology professionals experienced its robotic movement, gesture control and voice interaction firsthand.

Follow CyboPal ONE on Kickstarter ahead of its Sept. 22 launch: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cybopal/cybopal-worlds-first-active-tracking-ai-robotic-monitor

About CyboPal

CyboPal is a Hong Kong-based robotics and AI company rethinking how people interact with computers. Built on the belief that the physical interface should evolve with the AI era, CyboPal develops adaptive computing experiences that combine intelligence, movement, and natural interaction. Its first product is CyboPal ONE, a Desktop Robotic Terminal. Learn more at cybopal.com.

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CodeTogether will showcase to investors and industry leaders how its proprietary approach helps software organizations scale AI without losing control.

ATLANTA, Sept. 17, 2026 — CodeTogether is selected as one of the Southeast’s most promising tech companies to be showcased at Venture Atlanta 2026, the Southeast’s premier technology innovation event and one of the nation’s leading venture capital conferences. Venture Atlanta brings together the region’s fastest-growing technology companies with top-tier investors, corporate innovation leaders, and potential strategic partners from across the country.

Chosen through a highly competitive application process, CodeTogether joins a select group of emerging companies recognized for their innovation, market opportunity, leadership team, customer traction, and growth potential. This year’s showcase companies span sectors including AI, enterprise software, fintech, healthcare, cybersecurity, climate technology, robotics, manufacturing, defense technology, and other emerging markets.

“AI is fundamentally changing the economics of software development. Companies can create more software, faster than ever before, but that also means more spend, more output and more risk moving through engineering organizations at a pace traditional management systems weren’t built to handle,” said Alison Silverstein, CEO of CodeTogether. “Being selected for the Venture Atlanta Showcase gives us an opportunity to introduce CodeTogether to investors and industry leaders at exactly the moment this problem is becoming impossible for companies to ignore. We’ve spent four years building the visibility and intelligence layer engineering organizations need, and AI has made that foundation more important than ever.”

CodeTogether helps software organizations scale AI without losing control. Its platform gives leaders visibility into how AI is being used, what it costs, what it produces, and whether it is actually creating value. By connecting AI investment to delivered software value, CodeTogether helps leaders see what’s working, what isn’t, and where to redirect investment while it still matters.

As in previous years, Venture Atlanta 2026 is anticipated to be a sold-out event.

“Venture Atlanta is where promising companies get discovered and where the right connections can change what comes next,” said Allyson Eman, CEO of Venture Atlanta. “This year’s companies represent some of the Southeast’s strongest and most ambitious founders and technologies. Being selected in such a competitive field is a significant achievement, and we’re excited to give these companies a platform to connect with hundreds of investors and influential leaders who can help turn visibility into capital, partnerships, and growth.”

Each year, Venture Atlanta brings together hundreds of venture capital firms, corporate venture groups, private equity investors, and Fortune 500 innovation leaders seeking the next generation of high-growth technology companies. Venture Atlanta alumni include some of the Southeast’s most successful technology companies, including Bark, CallRail, Car360, Flock Safety, Florence Healthcare, ParkMobile, Salesloft, Kabbage, Bitcoin Depot, PrizePicks, Stax, SingleOps, Pindrop, and Terminus.

To learn more about CodeTogether, visit www.codetogether.com. For more information about Venture Atlanta, visit www.ventureatlanta.org.

About CodeTogether
CodeTogether is the control layer for AI-powered software development, helping software organizations scale AI without losing control. Its platform gives leaders visibility into how AI is being used, what it costs, what it produces, and whether it is actually creating value. By connecting AI investment to delivered software value, CodeTogether helps leaders see what’s working, what isn’t, and where to redirect investment while it still matters. Built on four years of production technology, CodeTogether helps organizations take control of AI and compound the return.

About Venture Atlanta
Venture Atlanta, the Southeast’s technology innovation event, is where the region’s most promising tech companies meet the country’s top-tier investors. As the Southeast’s largest investor showcase helping launch more than 1,000 companies and raise over $8.8 billion in funding to date, the event connects the region’s top entrepreneurs with local and national investors and others in the technology ecosystem who can help them raise the capital they need to grow their businesses. The annual nonprofit event is a collaboration of the Atlanta CEO Council, Metro Atlanta Chamber, and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).

Contact:
Alison Silverstein
CEO & Founder
[email protected]
202-355-4141

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Six-time entrepreneur Frank Addante’s new company gives each user their own digital twin, not just an assistant, and private memory graph across phone, text, email, voice, web, and app.

PARK CITY, Utah, Sept. 17, 2026 — Hello Haven, a personal AI company founded by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante and Duc Chau, emerged from stealth today with Haven, your digital twin, powered by its personal AI operating system, designed as your own private, persistent AI. A user’s Haven builds a memory graph of that individual user, learns how they make decisions, remembers everything and completes tasks on the user’s behalf across phone, text, email, voice, web, and the app. Haven also announced a $15 million pre-seed funding round led by Mayfield.

Large language models are trained on data drawn from many sources and many people. Users often have to repeat their history, preferences, and constraints before the model can provide a useful response. Haven gives each user a private memory graph that grows with every interaction, learning that person’s preferences, relationships, history, and decisions, then drawing on it to interpret a request, make a choice, select the right model(s) or tool(s), and act the way that individual would. Two Havens can respond differently to the same request because each reflects its individual user.

There are no two Havens alike.

“Haven is your true digital twin. While a personal assistant knows what you asked it to do, Haven knows what you would do and proactively does it for you,” said Frank Addante, founder and CEO at Haven. “Your Haven remembers the choices you have made and the boundaries you have set, so it can act without asking you to start over each time.”

Haven can prepare a daily briefing, triage your inbox, send follow-ups, process returns, place orders, and make calls. Users can also create recurring autonomous tasks in plain language, such as asking Haven to send a reminder text or call before appointments and meetings.

Since opening its private beta last month, people have interacted with their Havens more than 2 million times.

An Operating System for Your Life

Haven is designed as an operating system for a person’s life. Each user’s private memory graph feeds into a hyper-personalized orchestration layer that holds their identity, memory, judgment, permissions, and intent. As an operating system, Haven chooses the model or combination of models best suited to the task and connects it to the necessary tools and applications. Because a person’s context lives in that layer rather than inside any one model, Haven becomes the layer everything else connects into.

Users can reach Haven by phone, voice, text, email, web or the Haven app. Memory and context carry across every channel, so a task can begin in one place and continue in another.

“The first wave of AI gave us chatbots that could answer almost any question. The next wave will know you, remember what matters, and do the work. Personal AI that works persistently for you is the ultimate AI product,” said Navin Chaddha, managing partner at Mayfield. “Decades after backing Frank at Rubicon Project, we’re excited to partner with him again at the inception stage of building this next wave of Personal AI.”

A Digital Twin, Everywhere You Go

Haven plans to open a developer platform allowing creators and developers to build code and “no code” apps that connect to an individual’s Haven. The company will also make a user’s digital twin portable across products and devices, extending into applications, televisions, automobiles, connected devices, and robotics.

“The interface will keep changing. A person’s context should not have to,” said Duc Chau, co-founder of Haven. “You’ll be able to sign in with Haven, and your memory, your permissions, and your judgment come with you.”

Haven is now available today at my.hellohaven.ai, on the Apple App Store, and on Google Play.

See a “Day in a Life” with Haven: https://my.hellohaven.ai/meethaven

About Hello Haven

Hello Haven is the creator of the world’s first personal AI digital twin. Hello Haven’s vision is to empower every person on the planet with a digital twin, so they can be human beings, not human doings.  Drawing on more than 500 AI models and more than 100 app integrations, a user’s Haven learns about them over time, remembers everything and does things for them. All data is stored in a user’s private personal memory graph, owned and controlled solely by the individual. Haven is available on iPhone via the Apple App Store, on Android via the Google Play store, and at my.hellohaven.ai. 

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Total funding of $112M accelerates MIND’s ambition to lead the multibillion-dollar DLP market as AI transforms both the scale of the data security problem and what is possible in solving it

SEATTLE, Sept. 17, 2026 — MIND^®, the AI-native data loss prevention (DLP) platform, today announced $72M in Series B funding, just a year after its $30M Series A round, led by Crosspoint Capital Partners with participation from existing investors YL Ventures and Paladin Capital Group. The round brings MIND’s total funding to $112M and will fuel the company’s strategic growth as enterprises rebuild data security for a world where AI moves faster than their controls. The investment comes at a defining moment for the multibillion-dollar DLP market, as AI both accelerates the risks surrounding sensitive data and creates an opportunity for MIND to fundamentally reinvent how organizations protect it.

In the past year, MIND has achieved over 17x revenue and 8x customer growth, analyzed billions of data events in real time across GenAI, Agentic AI and IT environments, and stopped sensitive data loss across hundreds of thousands of endpoints. It launched the MIND AI DLP Agents, which autonomously take on the day-to-day work of running a DLP program. MIND was also the first data security company accepted into Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program and the first to earn ISO/IEC 42001 certification for responsible AI.

“Security leaders are being asked to protect data that moves at AI speed with complex, manual and incomplete tools designed for a slower world,” said Eran Barak, Co-Founder and CEO of MIND. “DLP is a massive, established market, but it was not built with AI in mind. AI is accelerating the problem, giving people and autonomous systems new ways to access and move sensitive data at unparalleled speed. It also gives us the technology to reinvent how that data is protected. We believe this is the moment to redefine DLP and build MIND as the leader in data security for the AI era. In less than two years since emerging from stealth, we’ve built an eight-figure revenue business trusted by dozens of customers. Our results, and this funding, put MIND among a select group of cybersecurity companies scaling at this pace, but what matters most is how this will accelerate our growth and bring Stress Free DLP to every enterprise working to achieve AI governance and security.”

“As we expand our staff’s use of AI, protecting patient information without slowing innovation is essential,” said Conrad Band, CIO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. “MIND lets us discover and block protected health information from entering AI tools across our endpoints without any performance impact. It’s given our team the confidence to keep moving forward with AI adoption while keeping patient data protected.”

“MIND delivers on ‘Stress Free DLP’,” said Mark DeCarlo, Sr. Manager Security Engineering and Technology of National Geographic Society. “We use MIND to identify and label sensitive documents and restrict public sharing. It’s giving us something we didn’t have before, which is visibility into where and when our data interacts with AI agents. It’s become a key part of how we protect data across our organization.”

AI has moved beyond experimentation. It’s now embedded in how organizations operate, making the question not whether they’ll adopt AI, but whether they can trust the data that powers it. While 90% of enterprises have deployed GenAI tools and over two-thirds are using AI agents, 65% lack confidence in their AI data security controls and 1 in 5 initiatives fail due to weak data foundations.

MIND raised its Series B to accelerate the development of its simple, autonomous and complete Stress Free DLP platform and meet the exponential demand for more effective data security to address today’s unprecedented challenges. The investment will help MIND expand its presence across key enterprise markets, deepen strategic technology and channel partnerships and scale its team to serve a rapidly growing customer base. Ultimately, it gives the resources to move faster and help organizations protect their sensitive data, whether at rest and in motion. The ambition is to do more than just modernize an established category. It is to define the next era of DLP and establish MIND as its leader.

MIND delivers complete data protection, helping organizations understand what sensitive data they have, recognize risk and take action before data is lost:

• Discover sensitive data across SaaS, GenAI, Agentic AI, endpoints, on-premise file shares and emails
• Classify using both the content and context of sensitive data for every file with the MIND multi-layer AI classification engine
• Detect risky data activity with context-aware intelligence that separates meaningful risk from noise and dramatically reduces false positives
• Remediate data exposure and security issues autonomously, reducing manual investigation and response
• Prevent sensitive data loss with policy-driven controls that can automatically block risky activity in real time or work with users to fix risks and educate them on policies

“AI is fundamentally changing data security, increasing the importance of a unified approach to DLP that can help protect sensitive data wherever it lives or moves,” said Zach Sivertson, Managing Director at Crosspoint Capital Partners. “Since our Series A investment and MIND’s selection as an RSAC Innovation Sandbox finalist, MIND has demonstrated strong momentum. That progress has further strengthened our conviction in the company. We’re proud to lead this Series B and deepen our partnership with MIND as it helps enterprises reimagine how they protect sensitive data in the AI era.”

For more information, visit www.mind.io.

About MIND

MIND is on a mission to help organizations thrive in a digital world in the AI era by protecting their most sensitive data, mitigating risks and preserving brand reputation. MIND is the first-ever data security platform that puts DLP and insider risk management (IRM) programs on autopilot to deliver both data security posture and data loss prevention. We enable businesses to mind what really matters—their most sensitive data. Founded and led by cybersecurity leaders and industry veterans, MIND is based out of Seattle, WA. For more information, contact us at [email protected].

Media Contact for MIND:

Michelle Kearney
Hi-Touch PR
443-857-9468
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Adaptive’s agents get the facts the ledger doesn’t have, from the schedule, the daily logs, and the field, then do the accounting work that was waiting on them

NEW YORK, Sept. 17, 2026 — Adaptive, the agentic accounting platform for construction, today announced it has raised $30 million in Series B funding led by Tidemark, with participation from existing investors Emergence Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Pathlight, Definition, and 3KVC. The round brings Adaptive’s total capital raised to $57 million and will accelerate the company’s expansion of Project Accounting Agents across job costing, AP, billing, WIP, payments, and compliance.

Construction accounting runs on facts that don’t make it into the accounting system: whether a job is 40 or 60 percent complete right now, how a delayed material package will impact the schedule, and therefore the cost to complete, which cost code a charge belongs to, and what’s actually owed a subcontractor this month. That information sits in the schedule, the daily logs, an email approving extra work, and the head of the superintendent running the job, not in the ledger. Closing that gap has always meant someone in the office calling, texting, and emailing to pull the facts across, then typing them in by hand.

“The hardest part of construction accounting isn’t the accounting. It’s finding out what’s actually happening on the job, and what that means for the numbers,” said Matt Calvano, co-founder and CEO of Adaptive. “What’s the true cost to complete? Which cost code does this belong to? What do we actually owe this subcontractor? Finance teams are blocked on all of it, and the only way they get answers today is calling, texting, and emailing people who are busy building. Our agents go get those answers, and then they do the accounting that was waiting on it.”

Adaptive is the first accounting system built to understand what’s actually happening on a job, pulling data directly from schedules, daily logs, and the field itself. That project data then feeds agents that handle the full project accounting workflow. They code invoices to the right job, phase, and cost code and match them against purchase orders, draft change orders and chase signatures, prepare billings, assemble monthly WIP, and keep lien waivers and vendor insurance current. The agents handle the coordination and information gathering, but they never post to the general ledger on their own: a person reviews every action and provides the judgment and approval before it touches the books.

“Every contractor we work with wants the same thing: a close they can trust, delivered on time,” said Jared Westergard, Founder, Blackline Financial. “Adaptive’s Project Accounting Agents handle the invoice coding and change order tracking, so our team can focus on the question clients are actually asking: ‘What does this number mean for my business?'”

More than 750 construction companies now run on Adaptive, ranging from $5 million to $1 billion in annual revenue, including general contractors, specialty trades, and real estate developers working across more than 10 accounting systems, from QuickBooks to Sage Intacct, Foundation, and Acumatica. Adaptive also partners with over 40 accounting firms.

“Adaptive is one of the clearest examples we’ve found of a System of Action: it doesn’t just help construction finance teams do the work, it increasingly does the work itself,” said Dave Yuan, Founder & Managing Partner at Tidemark. “By bridging the back office and the field, Adaptive eliminates much of the manual coordination required to understand job-level costs. Customers already see it as one of the most important tools in their stack, and we’re excited to partner with Matt, Henry, and the team on their journey to build the defining application layer for construction finance.”

“What stood out to us was how customers talked about Adaptive, consistently describing it as one of the most important systems in their business,” said Andrew Walsh, Partner at Tidemark. “That kind of enthusiasm is rare in construction software. We believe Adaptive will become synonymous with construction accounting, and Matt, Henry, and the team are the ones to get it there.”

The Series B will fund continued development of Adaptive’s Project Accounting Agents and the expansion of the company’s Boston- and New York-based teams.

To learn more, request a demo, or visit www.adaptive.build.

About Adaptive

Adaptive is the agentic accounting platform for construction. Its agents pull in the project context, including schedules, daily logs, and answers gathered straight from the field, and use it to do job costing, AP, billing, WIP, payments, and compliance work on behalf of finance teams, allowing them to shift from catching up to getting ahead. The company has raised $57m of venture capital and 750+ construction companies run on Adaptive across 10+ ERP systems. For more information, visit www.adaptive.build. 

About Tidemark

Tidemark is a growth equity firm purpose-built to help companies win and scale. Tidemark is powered by a community of investors, entrepreneurs, and operators who are energized by ideas, a love of competition, and the drive to give back. The firm gives 10% of its profits to its foundation, Tidemark10, to support the communities it serves. For more information, visit www.tidemarkcap.com. 

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