For deal sourcers, staying current on private company activity is critical to spotting active buyers, tracking market trends, and uncovering emerging investment opportunities ahead of competitors.
In April alone, we added more than 2,000 new private company transactions, bringing the total to over 22,000 searchable deals across sectors, industries, and transaction types in Dakota Marketplace.
Inside Dakota Marketplace, you’ll find the transactions tab that provides structured, filterable data on deal types, values, and dates, while our editorial team curates daily updates through the Dakota transactions newsletter, helping you cut through the noise and focus on what matters most.
To ensure the most comprehensive coverage of private market activity, Dakota monitors over 10,000 websites including company websites, newswires, and numerous third-party news providers to capture and verify transaction data as it happens.
Below are the top 10 financial transactions.
- Transaction Date: 4/30/2026
- Industry: Capital Markets
- Type: Buyout / Private Equity
- Transaction Value: $7.6B
BPCE completed its acquisition of Novo Banco for approximately €6.7 billion (~$7.2 billion) in a deal that closed in April 2026, becoming sole shareholder of Portugal's fourth-largest bank after acquiring Lone Star Funds' 75% stake plus the Portuguese State and Resolution Fund's combined 25% holding. The acquisition is the largest cross-border banking deal in the euro zone in the last decade, making Portugal BPCE's second-largest domestic retail market and adding 1.7 million customers and a €17 billion corporate loan portfolio to the group.
- Transaction Date: 4/1/2026
- Industry: Insurance
- Type: Acquisition / Merger
- Transaction Value: $3.2B
Brookfield Wealth Solutions completed its acquisition of Just Group Plc for approximately £2.4 billion (~$3.2 billion) in a deal that closed in April 2026, adding a leading UK retirement services provider with over 700,000 customers and £30 billion in pension savings under management. The acquisition increases Brookfield's global insurance assets under management to approximately $180 billion and positions Just to capture growth in the UK pension risk transfer market, projected at £40-50 billion in annual transfers.
- Transaction Date: 4/28/2026
- Industry: Financial Services
- Type: Buyout / Private Equity
- Transaction Value: $2.5B
CC Capital and OneIM completed their acquisition of Insignia Financial for approximately A$3.9 billion (~US$2.5 billion) at A$4.80 per share via scheme of arrangement, closing in April 2026, taking private Australia's leading diversified wealth management group with A$342 billion in funds under management and advice. The transaction reflects a 56.9% premium to Insignia's undisturbed share price and brings the 180-year-old wealth manager — owner of MLC and provider of superannuation, financial advice, and wrap platforms — into the acquirers' permanent capital portfolios.
- Transaction Date: 4/29/2026
- Industry: Consumer FInance
- Type: Credit
- Transaction Value: $1.25B
Upstart Holdings announced a $1.25 billion forward-flow agreement with funds managed by Fortress Investment Group, under which Fortress will purchase consumer loans originated through Upstart's AI lending marketplace over the next 15 months. The agreement expands an initial forward-flow partnership the two firms announced in 2025, providing Upstart with committed capital to scale loan originations while delivering Fortress diversified access to AI-underwritten consumer credit.
- Transaction Date: 4/14/2026
- Industry: Capital Markets
- Type: Acquisition / Merger
- Transaction Value: $1B
Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Ardian SAS acquired approximately $1 billion of U.S. private equity fund stakes from China Investment Corporation in a secondaries transaction, with Ardian buying at a double-digit discount and Goldman at a single-digit discount. The sale reflects CIC's effort to reduce exposure to illiquid dollar-denominated private market assets, part of a broader trend of global investors rotating out of U.S. PE through the secondaries market.
- Transaction Date: 4/17/2026
- Industry: Banks
- Type: Acquisition / Merger
- Transaction Value: $811M
CVB Financial completed its all-stock merger with Heritage Commerce Corp for approximately $811 million ($13.00 per HTBK share, 0.6500 CVBF shares per HTBK share) in a deal that closed in April 2026, expanding Citizens Business Bank's footprint into the San Francisco Bay Area. The combination creates a California business bank with approximately $22 billion in assets and more than 75 offices and branches, and is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings with projected 2027 EPS accretion of 13.2%.
- Transaction Date: 4/1/2026
- Industry: Banks
- Type: Acquisition / Merger
- Transaction Value: $604M
Associated Banc-Corp completed its all-stock merger with American National Corporation for approximately $604 million in a deal that closed in April 2026, with American National shareholders receiving 36.250 Associated shares per American National share, adding 33 branches across Nebraska, Iowa, and Minnesota. The combination establishes Associated as the #2 bank in the Omaha MSA and #10 in Minneapolis/St. Paul by deposit market share, expanding the Wisconsin-based franchise's Midwest footprint.
- Transaction Date: 4/17/2026
- Industry: Capital Markets
- Type: Acquisition / Merger
- Transaction Value: $550M
Payward completed its acquisition of Bitnomial for up to $550 million in cash and stock (based on a $20 billion Payward equity valuation), gaining the first fully CFTC-licensed crypto-native derivatives stack in the United States — including a Futures Commission Merchant, Designated Contract Market, and Derivatives Clearing Organization. The acquisition enables Payward to offer CFTC-regulated spot margin, perpetuals, and options across Kraken and NinjaTrader, completing its regulated derivatives buildout following earlier expansions in the UK and EU.
- Transaction Date: 4/22/2026
- Industry: Capital Markets
- Type: Buyout / Private Equity
- Transaction Value: $473M
First Eagle Investments completed its acquisition of Diamond Hill Investment Group for approximately $473 million ($175.00 per share) in an all-cash transaction that closed in April 2026, representing a 49% premium to Diamond Hill's pre-announcement share price. The acquisition expands First Eagle's traditional fixed income footprint and adds Diamond Hill's US-focused multi-cap equity platform, bringing combined pro forma assets under management and advisement to approximately $213 billion as of March 31, 2026.
- Transaction Date: 4/24/2026
- Industry: Financial Services
- Type: Buyout / Private Equity
- Transaction Value: $425M
A TPG-led consortium with GIC and ICICI Bank agreed to acquire Aseem Infrastructure Finance for approximately Rs 4,000 crore (~$470 million), gaining India's largest non-bank lender dedicated to green infrastructure projects, with Rs 154.3 billion in AUM and nearly half of its lending portfolio in climate-friendly sectors. The consortium plans to merge Aseem with a newly formed joint venture and inject an additional Rs 60 billion (~$705 million) of capital, creating a major Indian green finance platform led by former Tata Cleantech Capital head Manish Chourasia.
At Dakota, we understand how important it is to stay current on deal activity as it happens. That’s why our editorial team continuously monitors the news for real-time updates on platform investments, add-ons, divestitures, and more to deliver daily highlights straight to your inbox through our transactions newsletter.
Inside Dakota Marketplace, the transactions tab provides structured, filterable data with deal dates, types, sectors, and financials, allowing you to build a customized feed that aligns with your focus areas.
Whether you're evaluating a new investment opportunity or tracking trends within a target sector, Dakota Marketplace helps you cut through the noise and focus on what matters most.
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