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Worldly, the leading sustainability and supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, has acquired Bendi Software, a UK-based supply chain mapping and supplier risk intelligence company.

A trans‑Tasman startup has raised $2 million in pre‑seed funding to help advertising agencies better track and value their work amid the rapid adoption of AI across the sector.

Less than five years after the sneaker maker‘s $3 billion IPO, Vernachio is now asking shareholders to approve a deal, announced April 15, to sell the company’s assets to American Exchange Group for just $39 million.

Oakland-based Afresh an AI-powered company selling software to track demand and manage orders for fresh produce in grocery stores.

Deliverr founder Harish Abbott raised an $85 million Series A round late last year to help automate work done by freight shippers and carriers.

In December 2025, AppDirect acquired Tackle.io, the cloud go-to-market platform that supports more than $20 billion in hyperscaler marketplace transactions.

Power management company Claros recently raised $30m in a seed round to fund the development of an integrated voltage regulator – a type of electronic device placed beneath or on a chip to maintain a stable voltage that is meant to reduce power losses – and a direct current power distribution platform.

Rubi, the company pioneering the next era of manufacturing with technology that transforms carbon into essential materials, today announces a $7.5 million funding round and significant commercial traction, including multi-year offtake term sheets worth over $60M with leading fashion brands and manufacturers, eight new commercial partnerships, and moving pilots into larger-scale production testing.

The investment will be used to enhance SkySelect´s AI sourcing and procurement optimisation tools.

Pivotal recently put $3 million into a company called Binti, Fortune is the first to report, a direct investment not attached to any fundraising round.