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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 August alone, we added more than 2,000 new private company transactions, bringing the total to over 30,000+ searchable deals across sectors, industries, and transaction types in Dakota Private Markets
Inside Dakota Private Markets, 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’s team 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: 8/21/2026
- Industry: Insurance
- Type: Buyout/Private Equity
- Transaction Value: $5.5B
Steadfast Group Limited (ASX: SDF) has agreed to be acquired by a consortium of Dragoneer Investment Group, KKR, and Amwins Group in an all-cash deal valuing the company at approximately A$7.7 billion (A$6.00 per share). Under an asset-split structure, Dragoneer and KKR will jointly acquire Steadfast's retail brokerage network, while Amwins separately acquires its underwriting agency business. The deal will proceed via a court-approved scheme of arrangement, pending a shareholder vote and ACCC/FIRB regulatory clearance, with completion targeted for mid-to-late December 2026.
- Transaction Date: 8/3/2026
- Industry: Insurance
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Transaction Value: $1.27B
Ageas has agreed to sell its 30.95% stake in Maybank Ageas Holdings Berhad (MAHB), its Malaysian insurance joint venture with Maybank operating under the Etiqa brand, to Maybank for total cash consideration of approximately EUR 1.1 billion, implying a valuation of EUR 3.5 billion for 100% of MAHB and roughly a 2x price-to-book multiple on 2025 IFRS equity. The sale is expected to generate an estimated net capital gain after tax of about EUR 450 million for Ageas and to boost its Solvency II ratio by 25 percentage points. The transaction is expected to close in 2026, subject to regulatory approval, and ends a 25-year partnership through which Ageas built Etiqa into Malaysia's number one Non-Life Takaful provider and a market leader in Life and Non-Life Insurance.
- Transaction Date: 8/3/2026
- Industry: Insurance
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Transaction Value: $1.2B
American Family Mutual Insurance Company has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of Bowhead Specialty Holdings (NYSE: BOW) it doesn't already own in an all-cash deal valuing Bowhead at approximately $1.2 billion, with stockholders receiving $34.00 per share, an 11% premium to the July 31, 2026 closing price. American Family, a minority stockholder since its founding investment in Bowhead in 2020, will fund the deal with cash on hand with no financing conditions; Bowhead will operate as a standalone entity within American Family's platform under continuing CEO Stephen Sills. The deal, approved by Bowhead's board, is targeted to close before year-end 2026, pending regulatory and stockholder approval.
- Transaction Date: 8/5/2026
- Industry: Capital Markets
- Type: Buyout/Private Equity
- Transaction Value: $433M
Allianz Global Investors will acquire UOB Asset Management (UOBAM), spanning eight Asian markets with roughly S$42 billion in assets, for S$555 million, generating an estimated S$330 million pre-tax gain and boosting UOB's CET1 ratio by about 14 basis points. Alongside the sale, UOB and AGI will form a long-term distribution partnership giving UOB's 8 million-plus customers access to AGI's investment capabilities as part of UOB's open-architecture wealth strategy. All 500 UOBAM employees will transition to AGI, with operations continuing uninterrupted; the deal is expected to close in 2027, pending regulatory approval.
- Transaction Date: 8/10/2026
- Industry: Financial Services
- Type: Credit
- Transaction Value: $414M
inKind, a restaurant commerce platform providing upfront capital and demand generation to operators, closed an oversubscribed $414 million second financing tranche led by Citi and Cross River, alongside Sagard, Varadero Capital, and Trinity Capital, bringing total capital raised to more than $1.2 billion. This is debt/credit financing—capital inKind lends onward to restaurants, not equity into inKind itself—and follows Liberty Mutual's recent $320 million commitment; proceeds will fund over $1 billion in growth capital to nearly 10,000 restaurants over the next year. inKind currently connects 5 million+ diners with 8,500+ restaurants representing roughly $30 billion in annual GMV.
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- Transaction Date: 8/10/2026
- Industry: REITs
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Transaction Value: $117.5M
TPG Mortgage Investment Trust has agreed to acquire Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment Corporation in a stock-and-cash merger implying a value of $3.10 per CHMI share, a 29% premium to CHMI's August 7, 2026 closing price, with CHMI stockholders receiving 0.3063 shares of MITT stock plus $0.93 in cash per share. Upon closing, MITT stockholders will own approximately 73% of the combined company and CHMI stockholders approximately 27%, with the combined entity holding a $9.0 billion portfolio and continuing to trade under MITT's ticker with T.J. Durkin as CEO. The deal, unanimously approved by both boards, is expected to close in Q4 2026 pending stockholder and regulatory approvals.
- Transaction Date: 8/27/2026
- Industry: Banks
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Transaction Value: $111.3M
First Financial Corporation has agreed to acquire First Illinois Corporation, parent of Hickory Point Bank and Trust, in a stock/cash merger valued at approximately $111.3 million, or $45.00 per share, expanding First Financial's presence in central Illinois with Hickory Point's eight branches across Decatur, Springfield, and Champaign. First Illinois stockholders may elect to receive 0.5727 shares of First Financial stock or $44.35 in cash per share, subject to a 70%/30% stock-cash proration, and the combined company will have approximately $6.9 billion in total assets. The deal, unanimously approved by both boards and backed by voting agreements from First Illinois directors, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026, pending regulatory and First Illinois stockholder approvals.
- Transaction Date: 8/6/2026
- Industry: Financial Services
- Type: Growth Equity
- Transaction Value: $110M
Founded in April 2025, this Brazilian fintech offering payroll-linked lending and financial wellness tools for CLT and independent workers raised R$550 million combining equity and FIDC receivables funding, roughly 15-16 months post-founding. With only ~25,000 users currently and a target of 1 million within three years, this is an early-stage raise sized more for building out credit-fund liquidity and market infrastructure than pure operating burn, so typical software-sector runway norms apply less directly here — expect 18-24 months of runway given the tech/marketing/hiring spend, with the FIDC portion providing separate liquidity for loan demand rather than counting toward operating burn. A follow-on raise or additional FIDC capital infusion is likely within 12-18 months as user growth and credit book scale.
- Transaction Date: 8/13/2026
- Industry: Financial Services
- Type: Growth Equity
- Transaction Value: $100M
This fintech/payments and kiosk-based financial services company secured an expanded, milestone-driven capital commitment of up to $100 million from Hawk Capital Investors, staged as $35 million through October 2026 for kiosk deployment and platform buildout, followed by up to $65 million from February-April 2027 contingent on hitting operating and commercial milestones. Given the staged structure ties additional capital directly to execution progress rather than a fixed runway, the relevant marker isn't a traditional burn-based runway but the milestone gate itself around Q1-Q2 2027, when Hawk's follow-on tranche (or a new investor if milestones aren't met) becomes the next catalyst to watch.
- Transaction Date: 8/19/2026
- Industry: Consumer Finance
- Type: Growth Equity
- Transaction Value: $100M
This fintech unicorn founded by Sachin Bansal raised $100 million from Prosus in its first institutional funding round, reportedly at a $1.3 billion valuation, well below the $2 billion mark it had previously sought. With the round arriving just months ahead of a targeted IPO at that $2 billion valuation, and the company having just posted consolidated profitability in Q4 FY26 after a net loss for the full year, the next catalyst is the IPO itself rather than a traditional follow-on raise, pending CCI clearance and market conditions.
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.
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Whether you're evaluating a new investment opportunity or tracking trends within a target sector, Dakota helps you cut through the noise and focus on what matters most.
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