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Deals Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026

CCC and Varonis signed cash acquisition agreements, Humana announced BlackRock’s planned purchase of WCAS’s roughly $2.8 billion stake in CenterWell clinic ventures, and Fermi signed a 15-year lease with about $6.5 billion in contracted revenue.
October 18, 2026 · 4 min read
Mergers & Acquisitions

Micro-Cap Deals Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026

Bumble signed a $1.3 billion all-cash acquisition agreement with Ithaca Holdings, while Clear Channel Outdoor completed its approximately $6.2 billion acquisition by Mubadala Capital. Gibraltar agreed to sell D.S. Brown for $208 million in cash, and Faraday Future signed an all-stock robotics transaction.
October 18, 2026 · 3 min read

Going Public (IPOs)

Tattvance Corp Files S-1 for AI Tattoo Platform

The development-stage company is seeking capital to finish an AI Tattoo Generator and a planned studio and artist platform.
October 16, 2026 · 2 min read

Cashlin Seeks OTC Quotation After Cashlin Flow Acquisition

The Wyoming software company is offering common stock on a best-efforts basis and says it will seek an OTC quotation.
October 16, 2026 · 1 min read

Lycia Therapeutics Files for IPO to Fund LYTAC IgE and Graves'

The clinical-stage biotech is seeking public capital to advance LYTAC degraders aimed at IgE and Graves' disease.
October 10, 2026 · 2 min read

Mergers & Acquisitions

International Seaways to Buy Bruton in $370 Million Stock Deal

The tanker operator will fold Bruton’s four VLCCs, including newbuildings, into a fleet of about 70 vessels spanning crude and product.
October 16, 2026 · 2 min read

Amplitude to Acquire Statsig in All-Stock Deal

The analytics platform is buying the experimentation company to fold feature-flag and A/B testing into its AI analytics stack.
October 15, 2026 · 2 min read

ASP Isotopes Unit Locks Joint Venture With Necsa

The pact binds Quantum Leap Energy and the South African nuclear research corporation to build and run a HALEU plant at Pelindaba.
October 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Deal Scrutiny

DOJ extends review of Patrick’s all-stock LCI acquisition

Requests for additional information extend the antitrust waiting period for Patrick’s proposed acquisition of LCI.
October 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Curium refiles for Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (LNTH) acquisition

Curium’s September 21 antitrust refiling starts a new waiting period for its acquisition of Lantheus.
October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

ICE deal gets more review time after antitrust refiling

The September 29 refiling sets a new October 29 waiting-period deadline, subject to extension or early termination.
October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

Going Public (IPOs)

Cashlin Seeks OTC Quotation After Cashlin Flow Acquisition

The Wyoming software company is offering common stock on a best-efforts basis and says it will seek an OTC quotation.
IPO Watch · October 16, 2026 · 1 min read

Tattvance Corp Files S-1 for AI Tattoo Platform

The development-stage company is seeking capital to finish an AI Tattoo Generator and a planned studio and artist platform.
IPO Watch · October 16, 2026 · 2 min read

Iambic Therapeutics prices $150 million IPO at $16 a share

The AI drug-discovery company sold 9.375 million shares, with an additional 1.40625 million available on over-allotment.
IPO Watch · October 16, 2026 · 1 min read

Centinel Spine Holdco Files to Sell Class A Common Stock

The pure-play total disc replacement company said it will use proceeds to fund sales, R&D and debt repayment.
IPO Watch · October 10, 2026 · 1 min read

Lycia Therapeutics Files for IPO to Fund LYTAC IgE and Graves'

The clinical-stage biotech is seeking public capital to advance LYTAC degraders aimed at IgE and Graves' disease.
IPO Watch · October 10, 2026 · 2 min read

Winklevoss Zcash ETF Seeks Nasdaq Listing for ZEC Shares

The proposed trust would hold Zcash and aim to track its price for brokerage-account investors.
IPO Watch · October 9, 2026 · 2 min read

ADARx prices IPO at $17 a share

The late-clinical siRNA company is selling 26.25 million shares in a $446.25 million offering.
IPO Watch · October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

VME Companies to Sell Shares for Offshore Module Work

The Tyler, Texas holding company is seeking public capital to fund project execution, pay down credit lines, and build engineering capacity.
IPO Watch · September 18, 2026 · 2 min read

Wella Co. Seeks NYSE Listing as Pure-Play Hair and Nail Owner

The company is preparing an initial public offering to fund a debt takeout and tax obligations tied to a reorganization.
IPO Watch · August 31, 2026 · 1 min read

Bamboo Insurance Files to Sell Shares in Homeowners MGU

The capital-light manager said it will not receive proceeds from the sale of Class A common stock by selling stockholders.
IPO Watch · August 28, 2026 · 1 min read

Deal Scrutiny

DOJ extends review of Patrick’s all-stock LCI acquisition

Requests for additional information extend the antitrust waiting period for Patrick’s proposed acquisition of LCI.
Deal Scrutiny · October 14, 2026 · 1 min read

Valaris Ltd (VAL) says DOJ closed Transocean deal probe

The companies received notice on September 30 that the U.S. antitrust investigation had closed, with conditions to completing the acquisition remaining.
Deal Scrutiny · October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

ICE deal gets more review time after antitrust refiling

The September 29 refiling sets a new October 29 waiting-period deadline, subject to extension or early termination.
Deal Scrutiny · October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

Curium refiles for Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (LNTH) acquisition

Curium’s September 21 antitrust refiling starts a new waiting period for its acquisition of Lantheus.
Deal Scrutiny · October 2, 2026 · 1 min read

Mergers & Acquisitions

Micro-Cap Deals Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026

Bumble signed a $1.3 billion all-cash acquisition agreement with Ithaca Holdings, while Clear Channel Outdoor completed its approximately $6.2 billion acquisition by Mubadala Capital. Gibraltar agreed to sell D.S. Brown for $208 million in cash, and Faraday Future signed an all-stock robotics transaction.
Weekly Deals · October 18, 2026 · 3 min read

Deals Roundup for Week of Oct. 12, 2026

CCC and Varonis signed cash acquisition agreements, Humana announced BlackRock’s planned purchase of WCAS’s roughly $2.8 billion stake in CenterWell clinic ventures, and Fermi signed a 15-year lease with about $6.5 billion in contracted revenue.
Weekly Deals · October 18, 2026 · 4 min read

International Seaways to Buy Bruton in $370 Million Stock Deal

The tanker operator will fold Bruton’s four VLCCs, including newbuildings, into a fleet of about 70 vessels spanning crude and product.
Deals · October 16, 2026 · 2 min read

Proofpoint to Buy Varonis in $6.3 Billion Cash Deal

The combined platform is meant to protect against AI-accelerated threats and data risks as Proofpoint, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, takes the data-security firm private.
Deals · October 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Gibraltar Industries to Sell D.S. Brown for $208 Million

The building-products maker said the asset purchase will fund debt reduction as it narrows the portfolio around residential, agtech and infrastructure.
Deals · October 15, 2026 · 1 min read

Penske and Mitsui to Take PAG Private for $16.3 Billion

The take-private of the automotive retailer by Penske Corporation and Mitsui & Co. prices remaining shares at $212.00 in cash after a July proposal and a special-committee review.
Deals · October 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Ocugen to License OCU400 to Roots Pharmaceutical

The gene-therapy company locked in MENA commercial rights to its retinitis pigmentosa program with a 22% royalty and $255 million in potential sales milestones.
Deals · October 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Fortune Brands to Sell Fiberon Decking Assets

The home-products company said the Fiberon sale is part of active portfolio management to concentrate resources in its highest-return opportunities.
Deals · October 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Daily Journal Completes All-Cash Purchase of Revir Technologies

The closed deal adds Scout, an AI platform for managing and searching digital evidence, to Daily Journal’s courts and justice technology stack.
Deals · October 15, 2026 · 2 min read

Cronos Completes CanAdelaar Purchase for €57.5 Million

The cannabinoid company closed its all-cash acquisition of the Dutch Wietexperiment leader to build a European platform and a borderless product strategy.
Deals · October 15, 2026 · 2 min read