The private company data space is vast, fragmented, and often overwhelming. Deal sourcing teams are faced with endless streams of announcements, filings, atSnd rumors, making it difficult to pinpoint the transactions that actually matter.
That’s why inside Dakota Marketplace, we’ve zeroed in on this space. We’ve created a centralized resource where deal sourcers can easily find and track the exact deals they’re looking for.
In this article, we’ve curated 10 top transactions from last week that stood out in the marketplace and signal key trends shaping the deal landscape. By the end of this, you’ll have a better understanding of these deals.
- Transaction Date: 3/10/2026
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Sector: Utilities
- Transaction Value: $4.75B
- Participants: Google
TPG Rise Climate completed the sale of its stake in Intersect's digital power business to Google for $4.75 billion plus the assumption of debt, representing a transaction originally announced in December 2025. As part of the deal, existing Intersect investors spun off the company's grid-tied clean energy assets into a new independent power producer, IPX Power — majority-backed by TPG Rise Climate — bringing the total enterprise value of the combined transactions to $12 billion.
- Transaction Date: 3/9/2026
- Type: Venture
- Sector: Industrials
- Transaction Value: $2B
- Participants: Astra, Citadel, Dell, Jane Street, Lenovo
U.K.-based AI infrastructure hyperscaler Nscale raised $2 billion in Series C funding led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries, with participation from Citadel, NVIDIA, Dell, and others, valuing the company at $14.6 billion. The capital will accelerate Nscale's global buildout of vertically integrated AI infrastructure — spanning GPU compute, networking, data services, and orchestration software — across Europe, North America, and Asia.
- Transaction Date: 3/9/2026
- Type: Buyout/Private Equity
- Sector: Consumer Discretionary
- Transaction Value: $1.3B
- Participants: Monomoy Capital Partners
Monomoy Capital Partners signed a definitive agreement to acquire Jiffy Lube International from Shell subsidiary SOPUS Products for approximately $1.3 billion through its Fund V. The deal represents a corporate carve-out of the 45-year-old quick lube franchisor, which serves roughly 19 million customers annually across more than 2,000 North American service centers, with Monomoy aiming to grow the brand as a stand-alone entity alongside its franchise partners.
- Transaction Date: 3/10/2026
- Type: Credit
- Sector: Information Technology
- Transaction Value: $1.2B
- Participants: N/A
AirTrunk secured a JP¥191.6 billion ($1.2 billion) green loan — the largest data center financing ever completed in Japan — to refinance existing facilities and fund expansion of its TOK1 hyperscale campus in East Tokyo, with twelve banks participating led by SMBC, MUFG, Crédit Agricole CIB, and Société Générale. The financing will support construction of more than 100MW of additional IT load at the TOK1 campus, which is scalable to over 300MW, as AirTrunk continues to build out its four-campus Japan portfolio toward approximately 530MW of total capacity.
- Transaction Date: 3/10/2026
- Type: Credit
- Sector: Materials
- Transaction Value: $1.175B
- Participants: IFC, IDB Invest, Export Finance, JBIC
Rio Tinto secured a $1.175 billion financing package from four international lenders — the IFC, IDB Invest, Export Finance Australia, and JBIC — to support development of its Rincon lithium project in Argentina's Salta Province. The proceeds will fund construction of the $2.5 billion project, which is targeting approximately 60,000 tonnes of annual battery-grade lithium carbonate capacity, with first production expected in 2028 and a full ramp-up over three years across an anticipated 40-year mine life.
- Transaction Date: 3/10/2026
- Type: Venture
- Sector: Information Technology
- Transaction Value: $1.03B
- Participants: Nvidia, Samsung Electronics, Temasek, Sea, Toyota, Mark Cuban, Eric Schmidt, SBVA
Paris-headquartered Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion valuation in what is believed to be the largest seed round ever completed by a European company, co-led by Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital, and Bezos Expeditions, with additional backing from Nvidia, Samsung, Eric Schmidt, and Tim Berners-Lee. The six-month-old startup, founded by Meta's former chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, is developing AI world models as an alternative to large language models — focusing on physical reasoning and real-world prediction rather than the data-intensive generative approach pioneered by OpenAI and others.
- Transaction Date: 3/9/2026
- Type: Buyout/Private Equity
- Sector: Health Care
- Transaction Value: $950M
- Participants: Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Biocare Medical, a global leader in clinical pathology solutions, from an investor group led by Excellere Partners and GHO Capital Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at $950 million. The acquisition adds Biocare's portfolio of immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and FISH solutions — which has generated double-digit revenue and profit growth since 2021 — to Agilent's pathology business, with the deal expected to be accretive to Agilent's top-line growth rate, margin profile, and EPS within approximately 12 months of close.
- Transaction Date: 3/12/2026
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Sector: N/A
- Transaction Value: $921.25M
- Participants: Savills
Savills plc signed a definitive agreement to acquire Eastdil Secured, the global real estate investment bank, for an enterprise value of $1.1125 billion, funded through a combination of cash and newly issued Savills shares representing approximately 16% of the enlarged group's share capital. The acquisition positions the combined entity as the number one adviser on commercial real estate transactions above $100 million in the United States and number two globally, with Eastdil Secured's leading North American capital markets platform complementing Savills' established presence across EMEA and Asia Pacific.
- Transaction Date: 3/10/2026
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Sector: Energy
- Transaction Value: $840M
- Participants: Atlas Energy
Atlas Energy Solutions executed a Global Framework Agreement with Caterpillar Inc. covering approximately 1.4 gigawatts of incremental natural gas power generation assets, with orders scheduled from 2027 through 2029 and aggregate purchase obligations of approximately $840 million over the term. The agreement secures supply certainty and manufacturing capacity as Atlas builds out its private grid platform, positioning the company to own and operate approximately 2.0 gigawatts of power generation assets by 2030 to serve industrial customers seeking behind-the-meter power solutions amid growing AI infrastructure and manufacturing demand.
- Transaction Date: 3/9/2026
- Type: Acquisition/Merger
- Sector: N/A
- Transaction Value: $835M
- Participants: Universal Health Services
Universal Health Services entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Talkspace, a leading virtual behavioral healthcare platform, for $5.25 per share in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $835 million, to be financed through UHS's existing revolving credit facility. The acquisition adds Talkspace's network of approximately 6,000 licensed providers and its 200-million-person coverage reach to UHS's existing behavioral health facilities, with the goal of creating a nationally scaled, end-to-end continuum of care spanning inpatient, outpatient, and virtual settings.
At Dakota, we understand how important it is to stay current on deal activity as it happens. That’s why our editorial team is constantly monitoring the news for real-time updates on platform investments, add-ons, divestitures, and more. Each day, we deliver these highlights directly to your inbox through our transactions newsletter.
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