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. 

SOURCE Adaptive

LONDON, Sept. 17, 2026 — UK startup Eterna Regeneratives has closed a seed investment round led by Hoxton Ventures and The Venture Collective (TVC) to build its regenerative biomaterial platform spanning enamel repair and bone regeneration, starting with the $43bn global oral care market. Co-founded by Khaled Eissa and Dr Sherif Elsharkawy in 2024, the King’s College London spin-out attracted international attention last year when studies found the team’s revolutionary patented material could successfully regrow damaged tooth enamel using keratin – a protein found in human hair, skin and wool. The research developed by Dr Elsharkawy and Dr Sara Gamea, his PhD student, was picked up widely by national and international media, including from the BBC, Washington Post and Newsweek, putting keratin-based regeneration on the map well before a commercial product existed.

Now working to develop a pipeline of material technologies, Eterna aims to tackle a problem that affects nearly everyone: the slow, irreversible loss of tooth enamel. The team at Eterna Regeneratives believes that symptom management cannot be the only solution. “The only way to truly heal the human body is to help it heal itself,” said Khaled Eissa, co-founder and CEO. “We wanted to create a product that is readily available, scalable and has the potential to deliver long-term results.” “This investment lets us move from lab-based proof of concept to real-world products at pace,” said Dr Sherif Elsharkawy, Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder. “It is a validation of years of research, and a step change in how quickly we can bring this technology to patients.”

Unlike many other tissues in the human body, tooth enamel cannot naturally regenerate once it has been lost. This can lead to hypersensitivity, cavities, tooth pain and the gradual deterioration of teeth. Fluoride, the best option currently available on the market, only superficially addresses the problem – offering minor strengthening of existing enamel but failing to rebuild what has already been lost. Resin, the go-to for professional repair, merely fills a tooth rather than rebuilding it, and has a finite lifespan, often resulting in necessary replacements and high costs for patients. It is against this backdrop that Eterna has created a keratin-based material that can be added to toothpaste, enabling cost-effective and lasting enamel regeneration.

Eterna’s patented keratin-based product has delivered striking results. In vitro experiments carried out on extracted tooth samples revealed a new, enamel-like layer forming directly on the tooth surface, as the material stimulates a mineralisation process. Treated samples showed hardness and mechanical strength restored to levels close to that of native, healthy enamel. Moreover, the technology has shown the capacity to reduce abrasion and even treat decay. This provides a first glimpse into what it might look like to help a tooth heal itself, instead of simply patching over damage. It is also significantly cheaper than alternatives, delivering meaningful treatment at a fraction of the cost.

Hussein Kanji, Partner at Hoxton Ventures

“Eterna is the kind of company we like to back early: powerful, defensible science with a capital-efficient route to market. Its technology has the potential to transform oral care from managing enamel loss to actually repairing it, while opening the door to broader applications in tissue and bone regeneration. Khaled and Sherif are the right scientific team to bring this from the lab and to global scale.”

Gina Kirch, Founding Partner at The Venture Collective:

“Eterna is looking beyond basic healing to achieve complete tissue restoration. For too long, patients have had to settle for treatments that manage damage rather than repair it. Eterna is revolutionizing this standard of care, harnessing its patented keratin technology to help the body regenerate itself more fully than existing options allow.“

Eterna’s second application will build on the same patented knowledge, this time targeting bone regeneration. Today, when someone breaks a bone, soft tissue grows back into the site without resolving the underlying fragility. Medical solutions typically involve inserting a collagen membrane and hoping the bone regrows. But preliminary tests suggest Eterna’s keratin-based technology could be harnessed to regenerate strong, healthy bone.

Oral health is Eterna’s first commercial beachhead, with further IP in the pipeline beyond bone regeneration. The company is expanding its research and commercial teams and building relationships with oral-care companies, professional partners and consumer-health groups, with a clear focus on delivering its first commercial product in the near term. By embedding its material into products already on the market, Eterna aims to bring its sophisticated but accessible science directly to consumers.

About Eterna

Eterna Regeneratives is a UK biotechnology spin-out from King’s College London, founded in 2024 by Khaled Eissa and Sherif Elsharkawy. Backed by Hoxton Ventures and The Venture Collective, Eterna is building a biomaterials platform for mineralisation and tissue regeneration, with initial applications in enamel repair and bone. Their patented platform uses keratin, derived from sheep’s wool, to guide new mineral growth at the site of damage, working with the body’s own chemistry beyond just protection. The company has now grown into a new lab space in Canary Wharf, where they are focused on commercialising their product, building their IP pipeline, and partnering with healthcare companies to bring their product to the mass market.

SOURCE Eterna Regeneratives Ltd

LONDON, Sept. 16, 2026 — Ayan Capital, which offers halal car finance, has secured a senior Shariah-compliant facility of up to £75 million ($100 million), originated by investment manager Triple Point. The facility will fund Ayan’s next phase of growth as it prepares its UK banking licence application.

Since launching in early 2024, more than 150,000 people have started an application with Ayan. The company holds a 4.9 Trustpilot rating, sees more than 60% of website visitors begin an application, and maintains a loss rate below the industry average. Two-thirds of its team are engineers, with technology built in-house.

Nearly 50 million Muslims live in the West, its fastest-growing demographic. Ayan estimates Muslims in the UK hold around $90 billion in bank deposits and take $40 billion in financing a year. Most still rely on conventional banking, though 85% say they would use halal products if priced the same. Ayan’s founders have done this before with Alif, a fintech and banking group serving more than 10 million customers across Central Asia. Ayan applies the same playbook in the UK: halal car finance first, then cards, savings, and a full-service digital bank.

The facility will fund new originations, lowering Ayan’s cost of funding and supporting more competitive pricing. Ayan intends to raise a Series A round in the coming months to fund its banking licence application. Backers include Cur8 Capital, Empakt Ventures, IT Park Ventures and Caucasus VC.

Under Ayan’s Ijara wa Iqtina structure, the company buys and owns each vehicle throughout the term, carrying ownership risk, while customers pay fixed monthly rentals and take ownership at the end. Contracts are reviewed annually by independent Shariah advisers, and through AyanCare, Ayan also takes enhanced responsibility for unexpected mechanical and electrical repairs.

Ellis Diamanti, Head of Specialty Finance at Triple Point, said: “Ayan pairs an impressive management team with a technology-first platform, providing an excellent customer experience while meeting the growing appetite for Shariah-compliant financial products.”

Abdullo Kurbanov, CEO and co-founder, said: “There is a lot to do, but this facility lets us serve more customers, more competitively. Over time we want to build a challenger bank that is open to everyone, whether they are looking for halal finance or not, and that raises the bar for what customers should expect.”

Contact: Nabihah Nabil, [email protected] 

SOURCE Ayan Capital

HONG KONG, 17 septembre 2026 — D-Robotics, l’un des principaux fournisseurs d’infrastructures de développement en robotique, a annoncé aujourd’hui la clôture d’un tour de table de série C de 400 millions de dollars américains. Ce tour de financement a permis d’obtenir un investissement stratégique de la part d’une entreprise mondiale de premier plan du secteur de l’internet ainsi que des plus grandes institutions d’investissement, tout en conservant la participation des actionnaires existants.

Ce financement vise à renforcer la gamme de puces Sunrise™ à tous les niveaux de calcul et à mettre au point une plateforme logicielle couvrant l’intégralité de la chaîne de développement robotique. L’ensemble constitue une infrastructure matérielle-logicielle intégrée destinée aux robots IA qui prend en charge tous les scénarios de développement, des catégories de robots arrivés à maturité aux robots humanoïdes polyvalents.

Au cours du premier semestre de 2026, le chiffre d’affaires de D-Robotics a enregistré une augmentation exponentielle en glissement annuel, les livraisons cumulées de puces de la série Sunrise™ ont dépassé les 8 millions d’unités, son activité d’IA incarnée est entrée en phase de production de masse, et son infrastructure d’IA intégrant matériel et logiciel a été validée à grande échelle.

La puce informatique Sunrise™ S600 dédiée à l’IA incarnée, lancée par l’entreprise en novembre 2025, a été adoptée en l’espace de six mois par plus de 20 clients de premier plan dans le domaine de l’IA incarnée (entre autres TARS, Spirit AI, X Square Robot, UBTECH, PaXini Tech, Astribot, FOURIER et Booster Robotics). Ces partenaires couvrent les domaines suivants : robots humanoïdes, robots industriels sur roues, fabrication flexible de produits électroniques grand public, modèles de fondation incarnés et perception omnimodale, la plupart de ces technologies faisant déjà l’objet d’une production en série.

Le programme D-Robotics Gravity, qui vient d’être mis à jour, propose aux innovateurs du secteur de la robotique un accompagnement de bout en bout, allant du développement de produits et du choix de la chaîne d’approvisionnement à la stratégie de mise sur le marché et aux tournées de présentation en vue des levées de fonds. Le programme a déjà épaulé plus de 500 innovateurs en robotique dans 10 domaines de pointe (notamment les robots humanoïdes en source ouverte, l’entraînement sportif par IA, les modèles d’IA incarnée, l’imagerie par IA et les robots d’assistance à domicile), plusieurs de ces produits étant aujourd’hui commercialisés à grande échelle à la suite de leur succès retentissant.

Plus de 500 universités et plus de 100 000 développeurs issus de plus de 20 pays ont désormais créé, sur la base de la plateforme de D-Robotics, des centaines de types de robots intelligents au service de millions d’utilisateurs à travers le monde.

À propos de D-Robotics

D-Robotics est l’un des principaux fournisseurs d’infrastructures de développement en robotique, qui propose par exemple des plateformes de calcul à haute performance, des systèmes d’exploitation et des applications. Ses plateformes alimentées par ses puces Sunrise™ et ses kits de développement robotique RDK™ sont à l’origine d’une large gamme de robots IA, allant des robots humanoïdes et quadrupèdes aux robots destinés aux services à domicile et aux robots de compagnie, en passant par les robots mobiles autonomes utilisés en logistique. À ce jour, plus de 500 universités et plus de 100 000 développeurs répartis dans plus de 20 pays ont créé sur la plateforme de D-Robotics des centaines de robots IA au service de millions d’utilisateurs à travers le monde. Pour en savoir plus, rendez-vous sur en.d-robotics.cc

*TOPS effectif avec une densité de 1/2, TPP (performance de traitement totale) < 4 800

HONGKONG, 17. September 2026 — D-Robotics, ein führender Anbieter von Infrastruktur für die Robotikentwicklung, gab heute den Abschluss einer Serie-C-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 400 Millionen US-Dollar bekannt.  An dieser Runde beteiligten sich ein weltweit führendes Internetunternehmen sowie erstklassige Investmentinstitute mit strategischen Investitionen; zudem gab es weitere Folgeinvestitionen von bestehenden Investoren. 

Die Finanzierung zielt darauf ab, das Produktportfolio der Sunrise™-Chips in allen Rechenleistungsklassen zu erweitern und eine Softwareplattform zu entwickeln, die die gesamte Roboterentwicklungskette abdeckt.  Gemeinsam bilden sie eine integrierte Hardware-Software-Infrastruktur für KI-Roboter, die jedes Entwicklungsszenario unterstützt – von ausgereiften Roboterkategorien bis hin zu universell einsetzbaren humanoiden Robotern.

In der ersten Hälfte des Jahres 2026 stieg der Umsatz von D-Robotics im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum um ein Vielfaches, die kumulierten Auslieferungen der Chips der Sunrise™-Serie überstiegen 8 Millionen Einheiten, das Geschäft mit eingebetteter KI (Embodied AI) trat in die Massenproduktionsphase ein und die hardware-software-integrierte KI-Infrastruktur des Unternehmens durchlief eine groß angelegte Validierung.

Der Sunrise™ S600, der im November 2025 eingeführte Rechenchip für verkörperte KI des Unternehmens, wurde innerhalb von sechs Monaten von mehr als 20 führenden Kunden im Bereich der verkörperten KI übernommen – darunter TARS, Spirit AI, X Square Robot, UBTECH, PaXini Tech, Astribot, FOURIER und Booster Robotics.  Diese Partner decken Bereiche wie humanoide Roboter, industrielle Radroboter, flexible Fertigung von Unterhaltungselektronik, verkörperte Basismodelle und omnimodale Wahrnehmung ab, wobei sich die meisten bereits in der Serienproduktion befinden. 

Das kürzlich erweiterte D-Robotics Gravity Program (DGP) bietet Innovatoren im Bereich Robotik umfassende Unterstützung, die von der Produktentwicklung über die Auswahl der Lieferkette bis hin zur Markteinführungsstrategie und Roadshows zur Kapitalbeschaffung reicht. Bis heute hat das Programm mehr als 500 Robotik-Innovatoren in 10 Zukunftskategorien unterstützt – darunter Open-Source-Humanoide, KI-Sportcoaching, verkörperte KI-Modelle, KI-Bildgebung und Heimbegleitroboter –, wobei mehrere Produkte zu Durchbruchserfolgen wurden und mittlerweile in großem Maßstab ausgeliefert werden.

Bis heute haben mehr als 500 Universitäten und über 100.000 Entwickler aus mehr als 20 Ländern Hunderte von KI-Robotern auf der Plattform von D-Robotics entwickelt, die weltweit von Millionen Nutzern genutzt werden.

Informationen zu D-Robotics

D-Robotics ist ein führender Anbieter von Infrastruktur für die Roboterentwicklung, die Hochleistungs-Rechenplattformen, Betriebssysteme und Anwendungen umfasst.  Angetrieben von den Sunrise™-Chips und RDK™-Robotik-Entwicklerkits treiben die Plattformen eine breite Palette an KI-Robotern an – von humanoiden Robotern und Vierbeinern bis hin zu Haushalts-, Begleit- und Logistik-AMRs.  Bis heute haben mehr als 500 Universitäten und über 100.000 Entwickler in mehr als 20 Ländern Hunderte von KI-Robotern auf der Plattform von D-Robotics entwickelt, die weltweit Millionen von Nutzern zur Verfügung stehen. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter en.d-robotics.cc

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-D-Robotics completa una ronda de financiación Serie C de 400 millones de dólares, impulsando un auge de categorías de productos en la industria de la robótica

HONG KONG, 17 de septiembre de 2026 — D-Robotics, proveedor líder de infraestructura para el desarrollo de robótica, anunció hoy el cierre de una ronda de financiación de Serie C por valor de 400 millones de dólares estadounidenses. La ronda atrajo la inversión estratégica de una destacada empresa global de Internet, junto con un grupo de instituciones de inversión de primer nivel, y continuas inversiones de seguimiento por parte de los accionistas existentes.

La financiación tiene como objetivo mejorar la cartera de productos Sunrise™ Chip en todos los niveles de computación y desarrollar una plataforma de software que abarque toda la cadena de desarrollo de robots. Juntos, conforman una infraestructura integrada de hardware y software para robots con IA, capaz de dar soporte a cualquier escenario de desarrollo, desde categorías de robots consolidadas hasta robots humanoides de propósito general.

En el primer semestre de 2026, los ingresos de D-Robotics se multiplicaron en términos interanuales, los envíos acumulados de chips de la serie Sunrise™ superaron los 8 millones de unidades, su negocio de IA incorporada en sistemas físicos entró en fase de producción en masa y su infraestructura de IA, que integra hardware y software, completó su validación a gran escala.

El Sunrise™ S600, el chip de computación para IA corpórea de la compañía lanzado en noviembre de 2025, ha sido adoptado por más de 20 clientes líderes en el sector de la IA corpórea en un plazo de seis meses, entre ellos TARS, Spirit AI, X Square Robot, UBTECH, PaXini Tech, Astribot, FOURIER y Booster Robotics. Estos socios abarcan ámbitos como los robots humanoides, los robots industriales con ruedas, la fabricación flexible de electrónica de consumo, los modelos fundacionales de IA corpórea y la percepción omnimodal, contando la mayoría de ellos ya con producción en masa.

El programa D-Robotics Gravity Program (DGP), recientemente renovado, ofrece a los innovadores del sector de la robótica un apoyo integral que abarca desde el desarrollo del producto y la selección de la cadena de suministro hasta la estrategia de salida al mercado (GTM) y las rondas de presentación para la captación de fondos. Hasta la fecha, el programa ha respaldado a más de 500 innovadores en 10 categorías de vanguardia —entre ellas, robots humanoides de código abierto, sistemas de entrenamiento deportivo basados en IA, modelos de IA corporeizada, tecnologías de imagen por IA y robots de compañía para el hogar—, logrando que múltiples productos se conviertan en éxitos rotundos que ya se comercializan a gran escala.

Hoy en día, más de 500 universidades y más de 100.000 desarrolladores de más de 20 países han creado cientos de tipos de robots inteligentes basados en la plataforma de D-Robotics, prestando servicio a millones de usuarios en todo el mundo.

Acerca de D-Robotics

D-Robotics es un proveedor líder de infraestructura para el desarrollo de robótica, que abarca plataformas de computación de alto rendimiento, sistemas operativos y aplicaciones. Impulsadas por sus chips Sunrise™ y sus kits de desarrollo robótico RDK™, sus plataformas potencian una amplia gama de robots con IA, desde modelos humanoides y cuadrúpedos hasta robots de servicio doméstico, de compañía y robots móviles autónomos (AMR) para logística. Hasta la fecha, más de 500 universidades y más de 100.000 desarrolladores en más de 20 países han creado cientos de robots con IA utilizando la plataforma de D-Robotics, prestando servicio a millones de usuarios en todo el mundo. Obtenga más información en en.d-robotics.cc

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HONG KONG, Sept. 17, 2026 — D-Robotics, a leading provider of robotics development infrastructure, today announced the closing of a US$400 million Series C funding round. The round attracted strategic investment from a leading global internet company, alongside with top-tier investment institutions, and continued follow-on investments from existing shareholders.

The funding aims to enhance Sunrise™ Chip product portfolio across all computing levels, and to develop a software platform spanning the entire robot development chain. Together, they form an integrated hardware-software infrastructure for AI robots, supporting every development scenario, from mature robot categories to general-purpose humanoid robots.

In the first half of 2026, D-Robotics’ revenue grew several times year-over-year, cumulative shipments of the Sunrise™ series chips exceeded 8 million units, its embodied AI business entered the mass production stage, and its hardware-software integrated AI infrastructure completed large-scale validation.

The Sunrise™ S600, the company’s embodied AI computing chip launched in November 2025, has been adopted by more than 20 leading embodied AI customers within six months — including TARS, Spirit AI, X Square Robot, UBTECH, PaXini Tech, Astribot, FOURIER and Booster Robotics. These partners span humanoid robots, industrial wheeled robots, flexible consumer electronics manufacturing, embodied foundation models and omni-modal perception with the majority already in mass production.

The newly upgraded D-Robotics Gravity Program (DGP) provides robotics innovators with end-to-end support, spanning product development and supply-chain selection to GTM strategy and fundraising roadshows. To date, the program has backed more than 500 robotics innovators across 10 frontier categories — including open-source humanoids, AI sports coaching, embodied AI models, AI imaging and home companion robots — with multiple products becoming breakout successes now shipping at scale.

Today, more than 500 universities and over 100,000 developers from more than 20 countries have created hundreds of types of intelligent robots based on the D-Robotics’ platform, serving millions of users worldwide.

About D-Robotics

D-Robotics is a leading provider of robotics development infrastructure, spanning high-performance computing platforms, operating systems, and applications. Powered by its Sunrise™ chips and RDK™ robotics developer kits, its platforms drive a broad range of AI robots, from humanoids and quadrupeds to home-service, companion, and logistics AMR robots. To date, more than 500 universities and over 100,000 developers across 20+ countries have created hundreds of AI robot on the D-Robotics’ platform, serving millions of users worldwide. Learn more at en.d-robotics.cc

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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Sept. 16, 2026 — Rapta^®, a company transforming precision manufacturing through AI-powered quality assurance and process intelligence, today announced the closing of an $8 million funding round. The round was co-led by Voyager Capital and Access Venture Partners, with participation from DeepWork Capital, LongKnife, Elevate Capital, Ringbolt Capital, Portland Seed Fund, BVC, and other existing investors.

The investment will accelerate deployment of Rapta’s Manufacturing Intelligence Platform across defense, aerospace, and other high-precision production environments.

As part of the financing, Diane Fraiman, Managing Director at Voyager Capital, and Kirk Holland, Managing Director at Access Venture Partners, have joined Rapta’s Board of Directors.

“The biggest hurdle to optimizing manufacturing operations isn’t ambition – it’s proprietary, siloed data architectures that scatter production data across systems and make harmonizing processes, scaling, or integrating new technology far harder than it should be,” said Aaron Brown, CEO of Rapta. “Rapta unifies that data into a single, traceable production record so manufacturers can modernize without re-platforming. Diane and Kirk join us at a critical moment in that work, and their experience will help ensure we deliver on our commitment to transform manufacturing in a dramatically changing marketplace.”

Trusted by five of the top ten U.S. defense primes, Rapta builds computer vision and manufacturing intelligence technology that helps keep America’s most critical production lines operating efficiently and reliably.

“Manufacturing has lagged in automation, but robotics, AI/ML, and computer vision are now delivering on the assembly line at scale. By targeting quality – a leading cause of delays and cost overruns – Rapta delivers immediate ROI,” said Diane Fraiman. “The company’s strong growth, experienced team, and ability to deliver measurable value in complex manufacturing environments give us tremendous confidence in its potential. We are excited to support Rapta as it expands its platform and helps strengthen the future of American manufacturing.”

Rapta helps these manufacturers scale production while improving quality, traceability, and workforce performance. Legacy data architectures and proprietary controls limit the automation and agile, modular processes that manufacturers need to meet modern production demands.

For high-precision manufacturers and industries with strict compliance requirements, process traceability is critical. Rapta automates the tracking of parts, process steps, tools, operators, and quality evidence while connecting traceability across production lines. This approach reduces manual documentation, limits human error, and replaces fragmented tracing procedures with a unified production record.

“Rapta provides work instructions and quality verification, in real time as the work happens, to error-proof the manufacturing process. We contextualize data across IT and OT systems to provide complete execution visibility, traceable build intelligence, and real-time decision making,” said Matthew Thornton, Co-Founder and CMO of Rapta.

“As a leading Tier 2 manufacturer of RF microwave and antenna solutions for mission-critical defense programs, TRAK TECOM knows that manufacturing excellence is built on precision, technical expertise, and uncompromising quality,” said Carole Hutchins, President of TRAK TECOM. “Rapta provides our teams with real-time visibility throughout the manufacturing process, helping us capture critical manufacturing knowledge and make it readily available across our organization. That allows our employees to complete complex builds more efficiently, shortens the learning curve for new team members, and strengthens first-pass quality. The result is greater operational efficiency, increased manufacturing confidence, and a trusted digital record that supports our customers and supply chain.”

About Rapta
Rapta helps aerospace, defense, space, electronics, advanced manufacturing, and sustainment organizations improve production readiness, quality, traceability, and workforce performance. Its Manufacturing Intelligence Platform delivers real-time guidance, verification, and operational decision support where work happens, helping manufacturers accelerate ramp-rates, expand capacity, standardize expert workforce performance, and generate trusted evidence for qualification, certification, and audit requirements. Rapta deploys on premises within the customer’s existing network, keeping production data on the customer’s infrastructure.

Learn more at rapta.ai

Mission: Systematically reduce the barriers to trusted, scalable manufacturing.

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For more information, visit www.rapta.ai or contact [email protected]

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NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2026 — Haymaker Acquisition Corp V (the “Company”) announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 25,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The units are expected to be listed on The New York Stock Exchange LLC (“NYSE”) and begin trading on September 17, 2026, under the ticker symbol “HYACU.” Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to certain adjustments. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. An amount equal to $10.00 per unit will be deposited into a trust account upon the closing of the offering. Once the securities constituting the units begin separate trading, the Class A ordinary shares and warrants are expected to be listed on NYSE under the symbols “HYAC” and “HYACW,” respectively. The offering is expected to close on September 18, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 units at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any.

The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business or industry or at any stage of its corporate evolution. The Company’s primary focus will be on companies in the industrial, consumer and consumer-related products and services industries.

The Company’s management team is led by Christopher Bradley, its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The Board includes Christopher Bradley, Brian Shimko, Harris Heyer, Walter McLallen, William Heyer and James Heyer.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and William Blair are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Roth Capital Partners is acting as co-manager of the offering.

The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 499 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, or by email at [email protected]; William Blair & Company, L.L.C., Attn: Prospectus Department, 150 North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60606, by telephone at 1-800-621-0687 or by email at: [email protected]; or by accessing the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. 

A registration statement relating to the securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and became effective on September 16, 2026. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the expected closing of the proposed initial public offering and search for an initial business combination. No assurance can be given that the offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described, or at all.

Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s registration statement and prospectus for the Company’s initial public offering filed with the SEC. Copies of these documents are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.

Investor Contacts
Haymaker Acquisition Corp V
[email protected] 
Attn: Christopher Bradley

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