SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 10, 2026 — Heron Power, an American advanced power electronics manufacturer, today announced a $60 million credit facility provided by J.P. Morgan and TriplePoint Capital, and the appointment of Zach Kirkhorn, former Chief Financial Officer of Tesla, to its board of directors.
The facility follows the $140 million Series B Heron closed in February 2026, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Fund and Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Heron is converting a 286,000 square foot facility in Morgan Hill, California into Heron Factory One with mass production targeted to begin in late 2027. Heron has identified more than 40 gigawatts of customer interest in Heron Link, its 5 megawatt medium voltage power conversion system.
Kirkhorn has backed Heron Power since its Series A in 2025 and has advised the company on financial and operational topics. He spent 13 years at Tesla and served as CFO through the company’s first full year of profitability and its scale-up of vehicle and battery manufacturing across North America, Europe, and Asia.
“A strong balance sheet and bench of advisors is key as we move from engineering to scale” said Drew Baglino, CEO and Founder of Heron Power. “Our customers plan projects years in advance and need a dependable power conversion partner. By adding Zach to the board, we benefit from his hard-won wisdom navigating the challenging path from 1st delivered unit to profitability.”
“Having been with Heron since nearly the beginning, as an investor and advisor, I’ve seen firsthand the exceptional capability, experience, and pace of execution of this team,” said Zach Kirkhorn. “Modernizing the grid and reducing the cost of delivering power is one of our most important industrial challenges. It’s terrific to be working with Drew again and an honor to support the team as a member of the board.”
“Heron Power is addressing a key bottleneck in the modern grid: scaling next-generation power electronics that can support faster deployment and reliability as demand grows,” said Julia Grinshpun, Managing Director, Climate Tech at J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking. “J.P Morgan is proud to support Heron’s next phase of growth as the company prepares to ramp manufacturing.”
About Heron Power
Heron Power Electronics Company builds hardware for a better grid, helping the electricity sector grow faster with scalable, reliable and software-controlled infrastructure. Heron’s first product, the Heron Link, enables renewable energy, battery storage, and data center developers to connect directly to medium voltage transmission without a transformer. Led by founder and CEO Drew Baglino, the company designs and manufactures its products in California, combining expertise in power electronics, software, and high-volume manufacturing.
Round led by fintech-focused growth-equity firm Ten Coves Capital; BNY, a global financial services company, becomes a strategic investor
NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026 — Luminary, an AI-native wealth transfer and administration platform that turns static estate documents into structured, source-verified data powering workflows for financial advisors, trust companies, law firms and accounting firms, today announced it has raised $22 million in Series A funding led by Ten Coves Capital, a growth-equity firm focused on B2B software and fintech. BNY and 8VC — Luminary’s lead investor in its $9.5 million 2023 seed round — also participated, alongside previous investors Fin Capital, Focus Financial Partners, Rockefeller Capital Management’s FinTech Innovation Fund and a number of family offices. The round brings Luminary’s total funding to nearly $32 million.
A portion of Luminary’s NYC based team gathered in its Bryant Park headquarters.
“Scaling wealth transfer services starts with data that can serve as a single source of truth for advisors and the families they serve. We’re proud to back Luminary as it delivers a platform that helps advisors bring a new standard of care to their clients,” said Steve Piaker, founder and managing partner of Ten Coves Capital. “Trillions of dollars will change hands in the years ahead as wealth passes from one generation to the next, and we believe Luminary is the solution that will give advisors the information and tools to deliver the proactive guidance and support services that their clients expect.”
Led by founder and CEO David Barnard, Luminary was built on the idea that wealth transfer is not a one-time event, but rather a set of ongoing services that will define the future of wealth management. The platform helps wealth, tax, and legal advisors serving high-net-worth families scale ongoing guidance on tax-efficient wealth transfer strategy, trust and entity structuring and administration to keep a family’s strategic plan aligned with its generational and charitable intent. This new capital will help Luminary continue to build on its industry-leading AI capabilities and integrations, push further into administration workflows and add to its commercial team to meet strong, growing demand across the wealth ecosystem.
“We started Luminary to democratize the kind of advice and service previously accessible only to a select few, family-office clients,” said Barnard. “The AI-era has come along at an ideal time to solve the data and collaboration challenges that have impeded the pace of innovation and limited the delivery of personalized wealth transfer planning and administration services. As access to sophisticated investment and banking products have become more ubiquitous, tax and wealth transfer are the new alpha for high-net-worth clients. We are grateful to our investors who share our vision and are excited to support our customers’ growth and strengthen their client relationships in the years to come.”
“You hear a lot about the great wealth transfer, but nobody is covering the real story: the fact that the tools built to handle it are decades behind the money. Sophisticated trust and estate strategy has historically been available to the ultra-wealthy on a one-off basis, running on spreadsheets, PDFs and institutional memory,” said Joe Lonsdale, founder and managing partner at 8VC. “Luminary is the infrastructure and data layer that gives advisors the tools for the moment families shift from building wealth to creating a legacy, however they choose to define it.”
Luminary’s platform supports client assets totaling more than $500 billion. Its customers span the high-net-worth wealth management ecosystem, including Caprock, IEQ Capital and Wealth Enhancement Group, as well as leading tax advisory practices, AM Law 100 legal practices and trust companies, who rely on Luminary to deepen client relationships, differentiate their services and scale efficiently.
Powered by human-in-the-loop AI, Luminary creates data from information trapped in static documents and connects it to tools for visualization, reporting, what-if scenario modeling, tracking the value created through tax planning and supporting ongoing trust administration. Key elements of the platform include Luminary Insights, which surfaces planning opportunities, spots concerns and identifies missing documents; Estate 360, which turns a single document upload into a fully automated, firm-branded estate overview; reporting templates that let a firm build once and scale a standardized output across its full client base; Luminary’s deterministic tax engine, which calculates federal, state, inheritance, and asset taxes; and the estate waterfall, which visualizes legacy planning scenarios and projects outcomes.
Schedule a demo today to learn more about how Luminary helps advisors serving complex clients scale the advice and services that keep a family’s generational and charitable legacy aligned with their intent.
About Luminary Luminary is domain-specific AI for wealth transfer services. Built on the premise that wealth transfer is not a one-time event but an ongoing set of services — starting with advice and extending through administration and settlement — Luminary transforms static estate and ownership documents into structured, source-verified data that powers scenario modeling, beneficiary outcome and tax modeling, exemption tracking, trust and entity structuring and secure multi-party collaboration. Adopted by leading wealth managers, attorneys, CPAs and trust companies, Luminary helps advisors serving high-net-worth families scale wealth transfer guidance as an ongoing client deliverable — turning insight into client-ready visualizations, tracking tax alpha and keeping each family’s estate plan aligned with its intent. The result is efficiency that drives competitive differentiation and organic growth.
The founding team, led by CEO David Barnard and Joe Lonsdale, brings deep experience in wealth management and software development, and is backed by leading venture capital investors, prominent wealth management firms and family offices. Learn more at withluminary.com.
About Ten Coves Capital Ten Coves Capital backs high-growth companies across the FinTech ecosystem where its capital, network, and decades of experience can help accelerate growth and value creation. Investing across payments, banking & lending, asset management, capital markets, and insurance & benefits (among other segments), the Ten Coves team has helped scale over 40 companies that are solving industry pain points, enabling workflows, and providing critical infrastructure to the largest financial institutions down to SMBs. For more information, visit www.tencoves.com.
Fonds II erreichte zusammen mit dem über ergänzende Anlagevehikel eingeworbenen Kapital Kapitalzusagen in Höhe von 680 Millionen Pfund und wird den Erwerb und die Fertigstellung von mehr als 6.000 „Build-to-Rent”-Wohnungen („BTR”) in ganz Großbritannien unterstützen. Der Fonds II ist teilweise investiert und umfasst drei bedeutende Mietwohnanlagen , die sich derzeit im Bau befinden, darunter zwei in Manchester und eine in Basildon.
Der erfolgreiche Abschluss von Fonds II stellt einen bedeutenden Meilenstein beim weiteren Ausbau der britischen Plattform von Starlight dar und spiegelt das Vertrauen der Investoren in die BTR-Strategie, die operative Exzellenz und die disziplinierte Umsetzung des Unternehmens wider. Der Fonds II stieß auf großes Interesse bei einer vielfältigen Gruppe globaler institutioneller Anleger aus ganz Europa, dem asiatisch-pazifischen Raum und Kanada, darunter sowohl bestehende Kommanditisten als auch mehrere neue Investoren. Anfang dieses Jahres erhielt der Fonds zudem eine bedeutende Zusage von der National Housing Bank von Homes England, was die Übereinstimmung der Strategie mit den landesweiten Bemühungen zur Erhöhung des Angebots an dringend benötigten Mietwohnungen unterstreicht.
„Der erfolgreiche Abschluss von Fonds II spiegelt das starke Vertrauen institutioneller Anleger in die britische Wohnimmobilienstrategie von Starlight wider und die Chancen, die wir weiterhin auf diesem Markt sehen”, sagte Raj Mehta, President, Global Markets, bei Starlight Investments. „Wir sind dankbar für die anhaltende Unterstützung unserer bestehenden Partner und freuen uns, neue Investoren auf der Plattform begrüßen zu dürfen. Dank des zugesagten Kapitals sind wir gut aufgestellt, um weiterhin Wohnraum in den Märkten in ganz Großbritannien bereitzustellen, in denen seit langem ein Angebotsmangel herrscht.”
„Nachdem Fonds II nun geschlossen ist, liegt unser Fokus auf der Umsetzung und der nächsten Wachstumsphase unserer britischen Wohnimmobilienplattform”, sagte Jonnie Milich, Leiter des Bereichs „UK Residential” bei Starlight Investments. Wir haben eine umfangreiche Projektpipeline aufgebaut, ein erfahrenes Team vor Ort zusammengestellt und verfügen über ein wachsendes Portfolio an Wohnanlagen, die sich derzeit in den Phasen Bau, Vermietung und Betrieb befinden. Da wir unsere Projektpipeline weiter ausbauen und neue Wohnanlagen in Betrieb nehmen, wird uns unser Portfolio gemessen an der Größe zu einem der vier größten BTR-Betreiber Großbritanniens machen.”
Die umfassendere britische Plattform von Starlight ist auf den BTR-Sektor ausgerichtet und verfolgt das Ziel, Tausende neuer Wohnungen in größeren regionalen Städten sowie in wichtigen Märkten des Londoner Pendlergürtels zu schaffen, in denen ein ausgeprägter Mangel an Mietwohnungen herrscht. Mit 12 BTR-Projekten, die von der Entwicklungsphase bis hin zur aktiven Vermietung und zum Betrieb reichen, konzentriert sich die Plattform darauf, professionell verwaltete Mietwohnungen in Märkten anzubieten, die durch eine starke Mietnachfrage und solide wirtschaftliche Fundamentaldaten gekennzeichnet sind.
Seit mehr als drei Jahrzehnten ist Starlight ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen im Bereich Immobilieninvestitionen und Vermögensverwaltung, das bei all seinen Immobilienstrategien eine nachweislich erfolgreiche Performance und eine verantwortungsvolle Verwaltung gewährleistet. Starlight baut seine weltweite Präsenz weiter aus und verwaltet und investiert im Auftrag institutioneller Partner auf mehreren Kontinenten.
Über Starlight Investments
Starlight Investments ist ein weltweit führendes Immobilieninvestitions- und Vermögensverwaltungsunternehmen mit Hauptsitz in Toronto, Ontario, Kanada. Starlight ist ein in privatem Besitz befindliches Unternehmen mit Sitz in , das als Eigentümer, Entwickler und Vermögensverwalter von über 70.000 Wohneinheiten in Mehrfamilienhäusern und einer Gewerbeimmobilienfläche von über 7 Millionen Quadratfuß tätig ist. Mit einem verwalteten Vermögen (AUM) von CAD 30 Milliarden $ bietet Starlight eine breite Palette an Anlageinstrumenten für verschiedene Immobilienstrategien an. Die Leitmission von Starlight besteht darin, seine langfristige Ausrichtung mit visionärer Neugier in Einklang zu bringen, um sowohl für Investoren als auch für die Gemeinden positive Auswirkungen zu erzielen. Bei Starlight investieren wir mit Wirkung.
Fund II’s successful closing represents a significant milestone in the continued expansion of Starlight’s UK platform and reflects investor confidence in the company’s BTR strategy, operational excellence, and disciplined execution. Fund II attracted strong participation from a diverse group of global institutional investors from across Europe, APAC, and Canada, including both existing limited partners and several new investors. Earlier this year, the Fund also received a major commitment from Homes England’s National Housing Bank, reinforcing the strategy’s alignment with country-wide efforts to increase the supply of much-needed rental housing.
“The successful close of Fund II reflects the strong institutional conviction behind Starlight’s UK residential strategy and the opportunity we continue to see in the market,” said Raj Mehta, President, Global Markets, Starlight Investments. “We are grateful for the continued support of our existing partners and pleased to welcome new investors to the platform. With the capital committed, we are well positioned to continue delivering homes in chronically undersupplied markets across the UK.”
“With Fund II now closed, our focus is on execution and the next phase of growth for our UK residential platform,” said Jonnie Milich, Head of UK Residential, Starlight Investments. “We have built a significant pipeline, an experienced local team and a growing portfolio of communities moving through construction, lease-up and operations. As we continue to advance our pipeline and bring new communities online, our portfolio will place us among the UK’s top four BTR operators by scale.”
Starlight’s broader UK platform is dedicated to the BTR sector, with a vision to deliver thousands of new homes across major regional cities and key London commuter belt markets experiencing pronounced rental housing undersupply. With 12 BTR communities spanning development through to active leasing and operations, the platform is focused on delivering professionally managed rental housing in markets supported by strong rental demand and economic fundamentals.
For more than three decades, Starlight has been a leading global real estate investment and asset management firm, delivering proven performance and responsible management across its real estate strategies. Starlight continues to broaden its global footprint, managing and investing on behalf of institutional partners across several continents.
About Starlight Investments
Starlight Investments is a leading global real estate investment and asset management firm headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A privately held owner, developer and asset manager of over 70,000 multi-residential suites and over 7 million square feet of commercial property space with CAD $30 billion in AUM, Starlight offers a range of investment vehicles across various real estate strategies. Starlight’s guiding mission is to balance its tenure with visionary curiosity to create positive impact for investors and communities alike. At Starlight, we invest with impact.
Le Fonds II, associé aux capitaux levés par le biais de véhicules d’investissement connexes, a atteint 680 millions de livres sterling d’engagements de capital et permettra de financer l’acquisition et la livraison de plus de 6 000 logements destinés à la location (« BTR ») à travers le Royaume-Uni. Le Fonds II est partiellement mobilisé et comprend trois grands ensembles de logements locatifs en cours de construction, dont deux à Manchester et un à Basildon.
La clôture réussie du Fonds II marque une étape importante dans l’expansion continue de la plateforme britannique de Starlight et témoigne de la confiance des investisseurs dans la stratégie BTR de la société, son excellence opérationnelle et sa rigueur dans la mise en œuvre de ses projets. Le Fonds II a suscité une forte participation de la part d’un groupe diversifié d’investisseurs institutionnels internationaux issus d’Europe, de la région Asie-Pacifique et du Canada, comprenant à la fois des commanditaires existants et plusieurs nouveaux investisseurs. Au début de cette année, le Fonds a également obtenu un engagement important de la part de la National Housing Bank de Homes England, ce qui renforce l’adéquation de la stratégie avec les efforts déployés à l’échelle nationale pour accroître l’offre de logements locatifs, dont le besoin se fait cruellement sentir.
« La clôture réussie du Fonds II témoigne de la forte conviction des investisseurs institutionnels quant à la stratégie de Starlight dans le secteur résidentiel britannique et des opportunités que nous continuons à percevoir sur ce marché », a déclaré Raj Mehta, président de la division Global Markets chez Starlight Investments. « Nous sommes reconnaissants du soutien constant de nos partenaires actuels et ravis d’accueillir de nouveaux investisseurs sur la plateforme. » « Grâce à ces capitaux engagés, nous sommes bien placés pour continuer à livrer des logements sur les marchés du Royaume-Uni qui souffrent d’une pénurie chronique. »
« Le Fonds II étant désormais clôturé, nous nous concentrons désormais sur la mise en œuvre et la prochaine phase de croissance de notre plateforme immobilière résidentielle au Royaume-Uni », a déclaré Jonnie Milich, responsable du secteur résidentiel britannique chez Starlight Investments. « Nous avons constitué un important portefeuille de projets, une équipe locale expérimentée et un ensemble croissant de complexes immobiliers à différents stades de leur cycle de vie : construction, mise en location et exploitation. » « À mesure que nous continuons à développer notre portefeuille de projets et à mettre en service de nouveaux complexes résidentiels, notre portefeuille nous placera parmi les quatre premiers opérateurs BTR du Royaume-Uni en termes de taille. »
La plateforme britannique élargie de Starlight est dédiée au secteur du BTR (logement locatif à long terme), avec pour objectif de livrer des milliers de nouveaux logements dans les grandes villes régionales et sur les principaux marchés de la périphérie londonienne, qui connaissent une pénurie marquée de logements locatifs. Avec 12 programmes immobiliers BTR, allant de la phase de développement à celle de la location active et de l’exploitation, la plateforme a pour objectif de proposer des logements locatifs gérés de manière professionnelle sur des marchés caractérisés par une forte demande locative et des fondamentaux économiques solides.
Depuis plus de trois décennies, Starlight figure parmi les leaders mondiaux de l’investissement immobilier et de la gestion d’actifs, affichant des performances éprouvées et une gestion responsable dans l’ensemble de ses stratégies immobilières. Starlight poursuit son expansion à l’échelle mondiale, en assurant la gestion et en réalisant des investissements pour le compte de partenaires institutionnels sur plusieurs continents.
À propos de Starlight Investments
Starlight Investments est une société d’investissement immobilier et de gestion d’actifs de premier plan à l’échelle mondiale, classée au, dont le siège social est situé à Toronto, dans l’Ontario, au Canada. société privée spécialisée dans la détention, la promotion et la gestion d’actifs immobiliers, qui gère plus de 70 000 logements collectifs et plus de 7 millions de pieds carrés de surfaces commerciales, avec un encours sous gestion (AUM) de CAD 30 milliards de dollars , Starlight propose une gamme de véhicules d’investissement couvrant diverses stratégies immobilières. La mission première de Starlight consiste à trouver un équilibre entre son expérience et sa curiosité visionnaire afin de générer un impact positif tant pour les investisseurs que pour les communautés. Chez Starlight, nous investissons de manière à générer un impact.
SINGAPORE, Sept. 10, 2026 — DeepCtrls recently completed a new Series B+ financing round, led by CATL, with strategic investment from Aramco Ventures, alongside participation from Taiping Innovation Investment, GF Xinde Investment Management and Fosun Capital. Existing investors, including Source Code Capital and Forebright Capital, also increased their investments.
Over the past two months, DeepCtrls has completed three consecutive financing rounds. The strong investor momentum reflects a broader industry shift: AI is moving from the digital world into the physical world, while energy and computing infrastructure are becoming critical foundations for the continued growth of AI. Physical AI is emerging as a key technology pathway for transforming this infrastructure.
DeepCtrls is a pioneer and leader in the industrial application of Physical AI for energy systems. Since its founding, the company has focused on the deep integration of AI and physical principles, building a proprietary technology platform powered by its PhyAI™ Physical AI Engine. The technology enables AI to perceive, predict, make decisions and optimize in real time within real-world physical environments, extending AI capabilities from the digital world into complex physical systems.
After years of technology development and industrial deployment, DeepCtrls has successfully advanced from technology validation to large-scale commercial adoption, serving more than 390 leading enterprise customers worldwide and becoming one of the earliest companies globally to achieve industrial closed-loop control powered by Physical AI.
As demand for AI computing continues to accelerate, DeepCtrls is expanding the application of Physical AI from industrial energy systems into computing infrastructure. The company has launched solutions including intelligent liquid cooling control and computing-energy coordination, providing more intelligent and adaptive energy infrastructure to support the continued growth of AI computing.
CATL, a global leader in the new energy industry and a long-standing strategic customer of DeepCtrls, is further strengthening collaboration with the company through this investment. The partnership will deepen exploration across AI and new-energy applications, create more industrial scenarios for Physical AI deployment, and accelerate the integration of technological innovation with real-world industrial needs.
The investment from Aramco Ventures reflects its conviction in DeepCtrl’s Physical AI technology and supports the company’s continued development and international growth.
Li Hui, Founder and CEO of DeepCtrls, said:
“The next phase of AI will be defined by the ability to control complex systems in the real world. Energy and computing are the two foundational infrastructures of AI development. By connecting computing and energy through Physical AI, DeepCtrls is transforming energy systems from a constraint on AI growth into intelligent infrastructure that enables the continued evolution of AI — ultimately building the AI brain for the infrastructure of the AI era.”
About DeepCtrls
DeepCtrls is pioneering the next evolution of AI — from Generative AI that creates and reasons in the digital world to Physical AI that understands, optimizes and controls the physical world. Founded by a team with deep research roots at Tsinghua University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, DeepCtrls has developed the proprietary PhyAI™ Physical AI Engine, enabling autonomous optimization and closed-loop control for complex energy and computing infrastructure.
Recognized within the global AI ecosystem, DeepCtrls has been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program, supporting its continued innovation in applying AI to real-world industrial systems. Backed by leading investors including Tencent, Sequoia China, Source Code Capital and Forebright Capital, DeepCtrls serves more than 390 enterprise customers worldwide, including Tencent, ByteDance, NVIDIA, TSMC, LG and PTT, with deployments across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America.
-Adani Airports captará aproximadamente 1.000 millones de dólares en capital primario de destacados inversores globales
La inversión de fondos gestionados por Alpha Wave Global, Premji Invest, Temasek y BlackRock valora a AAHL en aproximadamente 18.000 millones de dólares antes de la inversión.
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Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) ha firmado acuerdos vinculantes para captar ₹9.825 crores(aproximadamente 1.000 millones de dólares) de capital social primario de un consorcio de inversores líderes nacionales e internacionales.
La transacción valora a AAHL en aproximadamente 18.000 millones de dólares antes de la inversión, estableciendo un importante referente de valoración institucional externa para la plataforma aeroportuaria.
El consorcio inversor está compuesto por Alpha Wave Global, Premji Invest, Temasek y fondos gestionados por BlackRock. Tras la finalización de los tres tramos, los inversores poseerán en conjunto aproximadamente el 5,54% de AAHL.
Los fondos se destinarán a la modernización del aeropuerto y a la ampliación de su capacidad para atender a unos 200 millones de pasajeros anuales, al desarrollo integrado de Adani Airport City, que contempla aproximadamente 22 millones de pies cuadrados de desarrollo de uso mixto en su primera fase, y a la continua expansión de los servicios de asistencia en tierra y las actividades no aeronáuticas de AAHL.
AHMEDABAD, India, 9 de septiembre de 2026 — Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), una filial de Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) y uno de los mayores operadores aeroportuarios privados de la India, ha firmado acuerdos vinculantes para captar ₹9.825 crore (aproximadamente 1.000 millones de dólares) de capital social de un consorcio de inversores integrado por Alpha Wave Global, Premji Invest, Temasek y fondos gestionados por BlackRock. Esta transacción valora a AAHL en aproximadamente 18.000 millones de dólares antes de la inversión y representa una de las mayores inversiones de capital social de instituciones financieras en el sector de infraestructura aeroportuaria de la India.
La participación de un consorcio de inversores nacionales e internacionales a largo plazo representa un importante respaldo institucional a la escala, las capacidades operativas y el potencial de crecimiento a largo plazo de AAHL. La inversión aporta capital institucional a largo plazo al negocio en un momento en que el sector de la aviación de la India está entrando en una fase sostenida de crecimiento de pasajeros, expansión de capacidad e inversión en infraestructura.
AAHL y los inversores han suscrito un Acuerdo de Suscripción de Acciones y un Acuerdo de Accionistas en virtud del cual los inversores suscribirán nuevas acciones de AAHL en tres tramos, y se espera que el último tramo se complete en julio de 2027. Una vez completados los tres tramos, los inversores poseerán colectivamente aproximadamente el 5,54 % de AAHL.
Los fondos se destinarán a tres prioridades estratégicas: la expansión y modernización de la infraestructura aeroportuaria en toda la cartera de AAHL; la aceleración del desarrollo de ecosistemas integrados de Adani Airport City alrededor de sus aeropuertos con el desarrollo de aproximadamente 22 millones de pies cuadrados de desarrollo de uso mixto planificado en la primera fase; y la expansión de los negocios orientados al pasajero y otros negocios no aeronáuticos, incluido nuestro negocio de asistencia en tierra. Se espera que estas inversiones aumenten la capacidad para atender a unos 200 millones de pasajeros al año, profundicen la monetización comercial, mejoren la experiencia del pasajero y fortalezcan aún más el ecosistema aeroportuario integrado de AAHL.
Esta transacción se produce tras la exitosa colocación privada de acciones (QIP) de AEL por valor de ₹15.000 crore en julio de 2026, la mayor QIP realizada por una empresa no financiera en la India. En conjunto, estas transacciones reflejan el acceso continuo de la cartera de Adani a importantes fuentes de capital institucional a largo plazo, tanto nacional como global.
“Esta alianza marca un hito importante en el desarrollo de la plataforma de Adani Airports, y nos sentimos privilegiados de contar con inversores tan destacados y con visión de futuro en este camino”, declaró Jeet Adani, director no ejecutivo de Adani Airport Holdings Limited. “El sector de la aviación en la India es uno de los principales motores del crecimiento del PIB del país. Cada expansión de la conectividad aérea impulsa el comercio, el turismo, el empleo y el desarrollo regional mucho más allá de las puertas del aeropuerto. Con el respaldo de estos socios, seguiremos invirtiendo para anticiparnos a ese crecimiento, ampliando nuestra infraestructura, los desarrollos urbanos y los negocios no aeronáuticos para construir una de las plataformas aeroportuarias integradas líderes en el mundo”.
“Seguiremos desarrollando las capacidades de AAHL para convertirla en la plataforma aeroportuaria más grande del mundo”, declaró Arun Bansal, consejero delegadode Adani Airport Holdings Limited. “Esta ambición se ve impulsada por las oportunidades de crecimiento exponencial en toda la India, el creciente poder adquisitivo del consumidor indio y el dinamismo de nuestros proyectos urbanísticos como potentes catalizadores económicos en los principales centros urbanos del país. Agradecemos profundamente a nuestros socios su confianza y esperamos continuar trabajando juntos en este camino para construir una plataforma aeroportuaria de primer nivel para la India”.
Los principales asesores de la transacción fueron Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, AZB & Partners, JSA Advocates and Solicitors, TT&A Advocates and Solicitors, Jefferies India Private Limited, SBI Capital Markets Limited y Ernst & Young LLP.
La transacción está sujeta a las condiciones precedentes habituales, incluida la obtención de las aprobaciones correspondientes.
The investment will help advance shovel-ready housing projects, bringing safe, stable housing within reach for more local families.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 9, 2026 — Health Net, one of California’s most experienced Medi-Cal managed care health plans and company of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), today announced a $2 million investment in Stanislaus Equity Partners, Inc. (STEP) to help more residents access safe, stable, affordable housing. The multi-year grant will provide flexible gap financing for 50 affordable housing projects already in the local pipeline, helping move shovel-ready developments closer to completion.
STEP will use the grant to support affordable housing projects across Stanislaus County, prioritizing developments that are ready to move forward but face funding shortfalls. By filling these gaps, the investment aims to unlock additional public and private resources, helping bring more affordable units online faster and strengthen housing stability in the region.
“Stable housing is inseparable from good health,” said Dorothy Seleski, Medi-Cal Plan President at Health Net. “When families have a safe and affordable place to call home, they have a stronger foundation for their health, their future and their ability to thrive. By partnering with Stanislaus Equity Partners, we’re helping to fill the funding gap, create pathways to safe, affordable housing—so individuals and families can thrive, not just survive.”
Recognizing that access to safe, affordable housing is foundational to long-term health and well-being. Stanislaus Equity Partners will deploy the funding through grants, forgivable loans and low-interest loans. These flexible financing tools will accelerate affordable housing development and help reduce displacement risks for Stanislaus County residents.
“Stanislaus County has experienced the real and lasting impacts of California’s housing crisis,” said Jessica Filbrun, CEO of Stanislaus Equity Partners. “This investment from Health Net is a powerful example of how the health care sector can be a partner in building healthier communities. By supporting affordable housing, we’re investing in the well-being of working families, seniors, and vulnerable neighbors throughout our county.”
According to the California Housing Partnership, more than 12,700 low-income households in Stanislaus County do not have access to an affordable home, and 81% of extremely low-income households spend more than half of their income on housing costs, placing them at severe risk of housing instability and homelessness.
“Stanislaus County has experienced the real and lasting impacts of California’s housing crisis,” said Assemblymember Juan Alanis. “This investment from Health Net is a powerful example of how the health care sector can be a partner in building healthier communities. By supporting affordable housing, we’re investing in the well-being of working families, seniors, and vulnerable neighbors throughout our county.”
This investment builds on Health Net’s broader commitment to supporting the conditions people need to live healthier lives, including access to stable housing and essential community resources. Through strategic investments and trusted local partnerships, Health Net continues working to help California communities become stronger, healthier and more resilient.
About Health Net Founded in California more than 45 years ago, Health Net, LLC (“Health Net”), a company of Centene Corporation, believes that every person deserves a safety net for their health, regardless of age, income, employment status or current state of health. Today, we provide health plans for individuals, families, businesses of every size and people who qualify for Medi-Cal or Medicare. With more than 117,000 of our network providers, Health Net serves more than three million members across the state. We also offer access to substance abuse programs, behavioral health services and managed healthcare products related to prescription drugs. We make these health plans and services available through Health Net and its subsidiaries: Health Net of California, Inc., Health Net Life Insurance Company and Health Net Community Solutions, Inc. These entities are wholly owned subsidiaries of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a leading healthcare enterprise committed to transforming the health of the communities we serve, one person at a time. Health Net and Centene Corporation employ more than 5,700 people in California who work at one of five regional Talent Hub offices. For more information, visit www.HealthNet.com.
Investment led by Companion Fund, launched by Mars and Digitalis Ventures, comes as Sparkle surpasses 600 franchise licenses awarded and enters its next phase of national expansion.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 9, 2026 — Sparkle Grooming Co. (Sparkle), the wellness-focused dog grooming franchise pioneering the Quick-Service Pet Care (QSPC) category, today announced it has secured $6 million in strategic growth financing led by Companion Fund, the venture capital fund managed by Digitalis Ventures in partnership with Mars Petcare.
Sparkle Grooming Co. has secured $6 million in strategic growth financing led by Companion Fund, managed by Digitalis Ventures in partnership with Mars Petcare, as the wellness-focused dog grooming franchise surpasses 600 licenses awarded and accelerates its national expansion.
The investment comes as Sparkle enters its next stage of national growth after surpassing 600 licenses awarded in just 24 months to multi-unit franchise partners nationwide. The financing will help strengthen the platform behind that momentum, giving Sparkle greater capacity to support franchise partners, accelerate expansion and scale the system with discipline.
“The significance of this investment goes well beyond the capital,” said Ben Crawford, co-founder and CEO of Sparkle Grooming Co. “Digitalis brings deep experience across pet care and animal health, along with a perspective that is highly relevant to where we believe this industry is going. Their investment is meaningful validation of the model we are building and gives us additional resources to strengthen the business for what comes next.”
Sparkle was founded to modernize a highly fragmented category by making routine hygiene and grooming a more consistent part of a dog’s overall wellness. Its QSPC model combines recurring memberships, standardized operating systems, proprietary technology and a hospitality-driven customer experience designed to move the category from a transactional service to a routine, trusted care experience while creating a more repeatable business model for franchise owners.
“What stood out to us about Sparkle was the combination of a differentiated consumer proposition and a team that understands how to build and scale a franchise system,” said Ben Jacobs, partner at Digitalis Ventures. “They have demonstrated strong early adoption while remaining focused on the capabilities required to build a durable business over the long term.”
With 10 salons currently open and a growing pipeline preparing to launch across the country, Sparkle is entering its next phase of unit expansion. The company expects to finish 2026 with at least 20 salons open and more than 30 additional openings planned for 2027. Sparkle also continues to pursue select multi-unit franchise partners in priority markets.
For franchise opportunities and more information about Sparkle, visit sparkledogcare.com.
About Sparkle Grooming Co.
Founded in 2022, Sparkle Grooming Co. is a wellness-focused dog grooming franchise redefining routine pet care through a modern, membership-driven model. As the creator of Quick-Service Pet Care (QSPC), Sparkle combines high-quality hygiene and grooming, proprietary technology and hospitality-led service to create a more consistent, trusted care experience for pets, pet parents and franchise partners. Learn more at sparkledogcare.com.
About Digitalis Ventures
Digitalis Ventures invests in companies addressing complex problems in human and animal health. Through its Companion Funds, the firm invests in companies leveraging science, technology and design to improve animal health and supports founders across stages of company development. Companion Fund was launched by Mars and Digitalis to back companies using science, technology and design to improve the lives of pets, pet owners and veterinarians. Learn more at digitalisventures.com.
