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  1. Beacon Holdings acquires Ganazacquisitionreported or published

    Ganaz, a Seattle maker of payroll and HR software for farmworkers, has been acquired by Beacon Holdings, according to a post by its CEO Hannah Freeman, who is stepping away; terms were not disclosed. Beacon has not issued its own release.

    Beacon SoftwareGeekWire (GeekWire)
  2. Closed 2026-10-28
    Inkle acquires Finally's bookkeeping divisionacquisitionClosed

    Inkle, an AI-native small-business tax and accounting firm, says it has acquired the bookkeeping division of Finally in an all-cash deal, its first acquisition; terms were not disclosed. Inkle says the deal makes it a top-500 U.S. CPA firm by revenue.

    Inkle post (Inkle)
  3. Dwelly reportedly makes its tenth UK lettings acquisition of 2026acquisitionreported or published

    Trade press reports that Dwelly acquired London agency Paramount Properties, its tenth deal of 2026, and has secured $170M in funding from investors including EQT Growth and General Catalyst. Trade-press report only: we have not seen a Dwelly or investor release, and when the funding round took place is unverified.

    DwellyAI PropTech News (AI PropTech News)
  6. Baldwin definitive agreementunspecifiedagreement announced completion not established

    Baldwin announced an agreed go-private transaction with approximately $7.7 billion enterprise value.

    The Baldwin GroupBaldwin definitive agreement (The Baldwin Group investor relations)
  7. Sequence’s defining letterunspecified

    Sequence reports BankSouth loan stages fell from nine to three.

    BankSouthSequence HoldingsSequence’s defining letter (Sequence Holdings)
  8. Dwelly task-level evidenceunspecified

    Dwelly reports more than 1,000 maintenance tasks processed during August 2026.

    DwellyDwelly task-level evidence (Dwelly)
  10. Thrive’s new capitalunspecified

    Thrive announced more than $2 billion in new capital.

    Thrive HoldingsThrive’s new capital (Thrive Holdings)
  12. Dwelly financingunspecified

    Dwelly announced $95 million in equity financing.

    DwellyDwelly financing (Dwelly)
  13. AGI launches with committed equityunspecified

    American Growth Insurance announced nearly $70 million committed equity; not necessarily drawn capital.

    American Growth InsuranceAGI launches with committed equity (Rockbridge Growth Equity)
  14. Crescendo leadership changeunspecified

    Crescendo announced Andy Lee as CEO and Matt Price moving to an advisory role.

    CrescendoCrescendo leadership change (Crescendo)
  15. Crescendo’s partnership routeunspecified

    Alorica and Crescendo announced a strategic partnership; this is not acquisition evidence.

    CrescendoCrescendo’s partnership route (Crescendo)
  16. Beacon Series C coverageunspecified

    Accessible WSJ material reports Beacon’s $225 million Series C.

    Beacon SoftwareBeacon Series C coverage (The Wall Street Journal)
  17. Crete becomes Currentunspecified

    Crete Professionals Alliance announced its rebrand as Current.

    CurrentCrete becomes Current (Current)
  18. Tax AI operating evidenceunspecified

    Thrive/OpenAI describe a pilot involving 7,000 tax returns.

    OpenAITax AI operating evidence (OpenAI / Thrive Holdings)
  19. Long Lake Amex GBT agreementacquisitionannounced close unverified

    Reuters reports a $6.3B Amex GBT agreement announced May 4.

    Long LakeLong Lake’s scaled acquisition (Reuters)
  20. Long Lake’s scaled acquisitionunspecifiedagreement announced completion not established

    Reuters reported Long Lake agreed to acquire Amex GBT for $6.3 billion; completion was not established in this review.

    Long LakeLong Lake’s scaled acquisition (Reuters)
  22. OpenAI ownership partnershipunspecified

    Thrive announced an OpenAI partnership involving ownership; percentage unspecified.

    OpenAIOpenAI ownership partnership (Thrive Holdings)