WOMELSDORF, Pa., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Uglies® Kettle Chips, the snack brand dedicated to reducing food waste and supporting farmers, has earned two major industry honors for its Sweet Potato Kettle Chips portfolio.

The brand's new 1.5 oz. Uglies Hot Honey Sweet Potato Chips was named a 2026 Best New Product Award Winner by Convenience Store News, recognizing the product's innovation and strong consumer appeal within the convenience channel.

In addition, the entire Uglies Sweet Potato Chips lineup, including Original, Hot Honey, and Spicy BBQ, received a Double Gold Award for Taste and Package Design in the 2026 Food & Beverage Magazine Summer CPG Awards. Together, these honors reinforce the Uglies commitment to delivering exceptional flavor, distinctive packaging, and purpose-driven snacking.

"These awards validate everything we set out to achieve with our Sweet Potato Chip platform," said Jim Biondolillo, SVP Sales & Marketing. "We wanted to create a delicious snack consumers could feel good about purchasing. Recognition for both innovation and product excellence shows that great taste and positive impact can go hand-in-hand."

The Sweet Potato Chip line is made from naturally imperfect sweet potatoes that might otherwise go unused because of cosmetic imperfections. Through its Upcycled Certified™ products, Uglies helps farmers recover value from surplus and imperfect produce while reducing food waste across the agricultural supply chain. Since 2017, Uglies has helped rescue more than 38 million pounds of potatoes from food waste.

Hot Honey Sweet Potato Chips combine the sweetness of sweet potatoes with a balanced blend of honey and heat. The new 1.5 oz. package size was developed specifically for convenience stores, travel centers, and grab-and-go retail locations.

The Double Gold recognition also highlights packaging that communicates the Uglies mission and creates strong shelf appeal.

As demand for sustainable snack options continues to grow, Uglies Sweet Potato Chips deliver a unique combination of award-winning flavor, responsible sourcing, and meaningful purpose for consumers today.

About Uglies® Kettle Chips

Uglies® Kettle Chips transforms naturally imperfect potatoes and sweet potatoes into delicious kettle-cooked snacks, helping reduce food waste while supporting farmers, communities, and partners nationwide. The brand is dedicated to giving back a portion of profits to charities that help feed children and reduce the cycle of poverty. Learn more at www.ugliessnacks.com today.

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COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new survey from One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Americans take being on time seriously – and expect others to do the same. Fielded with research partner Prodege, the survey explores how that standard plays out in everyday life, including where people are most likely to run late, what throws them off schedule and how their habits differ across 10 major U.S. markets and a nationally representative sample.

The inaugural "On-Time Index" found that Atlanta sets the pace at No. 1 as the market most likely to be on time, New York clocks in last at No. 10, and traffic takes most of the blame when respondents fall behind. The reason often depends on the destination: traffic is the leading obstacle on the way to work, underestimating travel time causes the most trouble before flights and other travel, and distractions are most likely to derail plans for family events.

That emphasis on staying on schedule carries over to what respondents expect from others. For home service appointments, 85% say it is extremely or very important for professionals to arrive within the estimated window. When asked who is most important to arrive on time for a scheduled appointment, respondents ranked HVAC professionals second only to doctors.

"Being on time is about more than watching the clock – it's about respecting the plans people make and the trust they place in others," said Steve Clemente, President and COO of One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning. "For homeowners, that trust begins before a technician ever walks through the door. They should be able to count on a professional to arrive when promised and help ensure their system is ready for the season ahead. That's why our commitment has always been clear as the #1 HVAC service provider in the United States: Always On Time…Or You Don't Pay a Dime!"

On the Clock: Where Americans Run Late – and Why

When schedules slip, respondents report running an average of 10 minutes behind. Traffic or transportation delays are the most common cause overall (38%), including when respondents are late to work (39%). For flights and other travel, 23% cite underestimating travel time, while 20% say distractions or losing track of time make them late to family events.

Where respondents live also makes a difference. Among the 10 markets surveyed, the full ranking from most to least likely to be on time is:

Atlanta

Dallas-Ft. Worth

Tampa-St. Pete

Chicago

Philadelphia

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose

Los Angeles

Washington, D.C.

Houston

New York

Beyond the rankings, the survey uncovered notable differences between markets – and, in some cases, between residents' own habits and what they expect from home service professionals:

- Atlanta comes out on top for punctuality: Atlanta ranks as the market most likely to be on time among those surveyed. Its residents are also the most likely to schedule annual preventive HVAC maintenance, at 42%.

- New York respondents report longer delays: New York residents report the longest average delay among the markets surveyed, at 13 minutes. Yet 91% say it is extremely or very important for home service professionals to arrive within the estimated window – the highest percentage among the 10 markets.

- Expectations for arrival times vary by market: Nearly half (46%) of San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose respondents say they become frustrated within 15 minutes after a home service arrival window ends, compared with just 21% in Tampa-St. Pete.

Two-Thirds of Homeowners Leave HVAC Maintenance Off Their Annual To-Do List

While respondents place a high value on HVAC professionals arriving on time, many aren't proactively scheduling service in the first place. Just 33% of respondents schedule professional service annually as a preventive measure, while 38% wait until their system stops working efficiently, breaks down or have never scheduled professional maintenance. Among those who delay or skip routine service, 22% say their system appears to be working fine, while 14% are looking to save money.

Rather than waiting for the first cold snap to reveal a problem, homeowners can take a few simple steps now to help prepare their heating system for the season ahead:

- Optimize Home Airflow

Use the start of the new season as a reminder to replace or clean your air filters and check that supply and return vents are clear of furniture and other objects. Keeping vents unobstructed helps maintain proper airflow and allows your heating system to operate efficiently.

- Perform a Test Run

Turn on your heating system before temperatures drop and pay attention to any unusual sounds, smells or performance issues. If you notice inconsistent heating, rattling, buzzing or other unusual noises, have the system inspected by an HVAC professional. This is also a good opportunity to test your carbon monoxide detectors and make sure they are working properly.

- Schedule a Professional HVAC Inspection

Routine maintenance can help keep your heating system operating properly and safely throughout the colder months. Schedule a professional inspection before heating season begins so a licensed HVAC technician can check critical components, identify potential issues and address minor problems before they lead to a breakdown.

For more information or to schedule your HVAC check-up, visit onehourheatandair.com.

Survey Methodology

These findings are drawn from an online survey conducted by Prodege from Aug 13-23, 2026, on behalf of One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning. The survey included a total of 1,124 US Homeowners aged 18+. 200 respondents are representative of the Total US on nested age/gender, region, parents of children 18, and ethnicity. An over-sample of respondents were collected for a minimum of n=100 in each DMA of interest. At a sample size of 200, the margin of error for the Total US sample is ±6 percentage points at a 90 per cent confidence level. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to, coverage error and measurement error.

About One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning

With more than 400 locations, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning is the #1 HVAC service provider in the United States. With comfort and convenience, a top priority, the company offers an extensive line of products and services, including maintenance, installation and repair, that keeps HVAC units running at peak performance year-round. One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning is part of Authority Brands, the parent company to leading home service brands across the plumbing, HVAC, electrical services, residential cleaning, at-home care, swimming pool repair and maintenance, tree care, restoration, pet waste removal, and pest control services sectors. For more information, visit www.onehourheatandair.com and www.authoritybrands.com.

About Authority Brands

Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Authority Brands' companies include 15 leading home service franchise brands: America's Swimming Pool Company, Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, The Cleaning Authority, DoodyCalls, DRYmedic Restoration Services, Homewatch CareGivers, The Junkluggers, Lawn Squad, Mister Sparky, Monster Tree Service, Mosquito Squad, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Screenmobile, STOP Restoration, and Woofie's. Together, these brands provide home services through more than 2,700 territories operated by more than 1,000 franchise owners. Authority Brands is dedicated to supporting individual franchise owner growth by providing strong marketing, technology, and operational support. See authoritybrands.com for more information.

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Column was built from the ground up to power modern finance, with its own core, ledger and direct connections to global payment networks. It processes more than $4.5 trillion in transaction volume annually, and provides banking infrastructure for some of the world's most sophisticated technology and financial companies.

The initial partnership focuses on purpose-built banking for eligible Guesty customers in the United States and internationally. At launch, operators can open Column deposit and trust accounts designed for fiduciary workflows: separated trust and operating funds, role-based permissions and approval controls, and pass-through FDIC insurance for owner funds, subject to applicable requirements and limits. Mutual customers also receive direct access to Column's APIs for programmatic banking, paired with white-glove support from a dedicated property management banking team.

Property managers are financial operators. They collect guest payments, safeguard owner funds, pay vendors, reconcile accounts and distribute proceeds. Guesty already powers many of those workflows through payments, accounting, owner financial management and capital products. Column adds banking built for complex financial and fiduciary operations.

"Property managers are already running sophisticated financial operations inside Guesty. Their banking should be able to keep up," said Yair Holtzer, Chief Revenue Officer of Guesty. "Column gives our customers a banking option built for their business today, and a foundation to make financial operations more connected over time."

"Traditional banking wasn't designed to handle the complexity of vacation rental management, where operators manage owner funds, guest payments, OTA reconciliation and compliance every day," said George Cheng, GM and Head of Vertical Solutions of Column. "Guesty is already automating these workflows, and with this new partnership, Column is proud to offer eligible Guesty customers bank accounts that can finally keep up with their business, save time, and cut costs."

Both Guesty and Column are built on open APIs. The companies plan to use them to build native integrations over time, starting with automated bank reconciliation for trust accounting and faster owner distributions, cutting manual financial work and connecting banking activity directly to the workflows operators already run in Guesty.

About Guesty®

Guesty is the AI platform for short-term rentals, where a coordinated system of AI agents works across revenue, guest communication, operations, and finance so property managers and hosts can grow without growing complexity. Trained on more than a decade of real STR operations data, Guesty's agents don't just suggest actions, they carry them out, with you in control.

Guesty has the largest R&D team in the industry, having shipped more than 400 product features in the past year, and is the engine inside 500,000+ properties across 100+ countries. The company is integrated with every major OTA, including Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Expedia, Tripadvisor, Hopper, Google Travel, and Homes & Villas by Marriott. Engineered for global operators, the platform runs under rigorous data governance requirements, providing the industry's most trusted, compliance-certified infrastructure.

Backed by $410 million in funding from KKR, Apax Digital Fund, Inovia Capital, DFO Management, Sixth Street Growth, Viola Growth, and Flashpoint, Guesty's global team is pioneering the agentic era of hospitality, building what comes after tools.

https://www.guesty.com/

About Column

Column N.A., Member FDIC, is a nationally chartered bank built for businesses with complex fiduciary responsibilities, from fintech platforms moving money at scale to property managers safeguarding client funds. Founded by Plaid co-founder William Hockey, Column built its own core, ledger, and technology stack without legacy banking middleware.

Today, Column processes more than $4.5 trillion in annual transaction volume and provides banking infrastructure to companies including Brex, Bilt, Mercury, Ramp, Rippling, and Wise. Column's dedicated property management banking team brings that same infrastructure to trust-account management, owner disbursements, reconciliation, and real-time financial operations.

https://column.com/property-management/

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FOSTER CITY, Calif., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Bertram Capital ("Bertram") announced today the completion of the sale of its portfolio company Tactacam ("Tactacam" or the "Company") to GTCR. The transaction represents the first exit from Bertram Capital Fund V, the firm's 2023-vintage flagship fund. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Headquartered in Billings, Montana, Tactacam is a pioneer in cellular-connected camera technology for the outdoors. The Company's flagship REVEAL brand is a category-leading line of cellular trail cameras trusted by hunters and land managers nationwide. The Company's Defend brand extends the same cellular platform into property security, delivering live-view monitoring of homes, gates, barns, job sites, and other remote locations without the need for Wi-Fi, wiring, or professional installation.

"On behalf of the Bertram team, we want to thank and congratulate the founders and employees of Tactacam on this milestone," said Ryan Craig, Partner at Bertram Capital. "They have built a business with consistent revenue growth, expanding market share, and a scalable model that positions them well for continued growth. We are proud to have partnered with the founders and executive leadership team, who worked tirelessly to build an exceptional company and product."

Jeff Drazan, Managing Partner at Bertram Capital, noted, "Our successful investment in Tactacam was made possible by excellent teamwork between the Bertram Capital and Bertram Labs teams. The data science team at Bertram Labs, led by Billy Mateker, played an integral role in helping our investment team gain conviction in the company and helping the firm understand the business's potential."

"We decided to partner with Bertram when they offered us something no one else would, a true 50/50 partnership," said Jeff Peel, Founder and CEO of Tactacam. "They supported us when we needed them to, such as by helping us hire key executives, and gave us the freedom to execute on our plan to build the business. Additionally, the employee incentive plan we jointly implemented provided a generous mechanism to reward our employees for their hard work. The Tactacam team appreciates Bertram's effort and support along the journey."

Bertram would like to thank the team at J.P. Morgan for serving as financial advisor to Bertram and leading the Tactacam sale process. Latham & Watkins served as legal counsel to the Company, and Ashurst Perkins Coie served as legal counsel to Bertram's entities.

About Tactacam

Tactacam is a leading provider of cellular-connected cameras for the outdoor and security markets. Through its Reveal and Defend product lines and its proprietary subscription platform, Tactacam serves a community of more than one million subscribers nationwide. Learn more at www.tactacam.com.

About GTCR

Founded in 1980, GTCR is a leading private equity firm that invests behind The Leaders Strategy™ – finding and partnering with management leaders in core domains to identify, acquire and build market-leading companies through organic growth and strategic acquisitions. GTCR is focused on investing in transformative growth in companies in the Business & Consumer Services, Financial Services & Technology, Healthcare and Technology, Media & Telecommunications sectors. Since its inception, GTCR has invested more than $35 billion in over 300 companies, and the firm currently manages $45 billion in equity capital. GTCR is based in Chicago with offices in New York and West Palm Beach. For more information, please visit www.gtcr.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.

About Bertram Capital

Bertram Capital is a private equity firm targeting investments in lower-middle-market companies. Since its inception in 2006, the firm has raised over $4.0B of capital commitments. In addition to supplying strategic growth capital, Bertram Capital seeks to leverage proprietary processes and services, Bertram High-5SM and Bertram Labs, to empower its portfolio companies to unlock their full business potential.

The Bertram High-5SM is an operationally focused value-creation strategy, which includes management augmentation, operational initiative implementation, complementary business acquisition, sales and marketing improvements, and leveraging technology and IP. The cornerstone of this strategy is Bertram Labs, its in-house technology team, which aims to drive growth and value through digital marketing, e-commerce, big data and analytics, application development, and internal and external platform optimization. Bertram Capital V focuses on control investments in industrial, business services, and consumer sectors with more than $7.5M of EBITDA. Bertram Ignite I focuses on control and non-control investments in industrial, business services, and consumer sectors with a minimum of $3M of EBITDA.

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Cyolo's AI Alerts for Risky Activity Set New Standard for Real-time Oversight of Remote Sessions in OT

New AI-powered capability helps OT defenders keep pace with AI-driven threats by monitoring active remote sessions, identifying security and operational risk in context, and alerting teams in real time so they can intervene before incidents escalate or disrupt operations.

MIRAMAR, Fla., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyolo, the leading provider of secure connectivity for critical infrastructure and operational technology (OT), today announced Live Risk Detection, a first-of-its-kind AI capability that sets a new standard for remote session supervision.

Live Risk Detection brings real-time, context-aware detection and response to active OT sessions by identifying cyber threats, operational risks, and unexpected behavior as they occur. When potential risk is detected, Live Risk Detection alerts teams within seconds, enabling them to investigate and respond while the session is still active and before operations are impacted.

As remote connectivity continues to expand, employees, vendors, and OEMs are performing more critical OT work remotely. At the same time, AI-enabled threats are increasing the speed and effectiveness of malicious activity. But 1:1 monitoring of every session is not practical at scale, meaning potentially risky sessions may go unsupervised. Live Risk Detection removes this bottleneck by adding AI supervision to every session and directing human attention to activity that may require intervention.

In contrast to approaches that evaluate individual actions against predefined allow or block criteria, Live Risk Detection uses context-aware AI to assess activity across the full session. It identifies activity that is inherently malicious or unsafe, as well as mistakes that could lead to downtime or other operational disruptions. It can also recognize when a sequence of individually legitimate actions may indicate that an attack is underway or, conversely, when activity that may appear risky in isolation is benign in the context of the session.

Crucially, Live Risk Detection never acts autonomously. It flags potential risk and alerts relevant teams, always keeping a human in the loop to decide whether to observe, join, or terminate the session. This human-controlled approach is essential in OT and critical infrastructure environments, where digital actions can have physical consequences.

"Zero Trust doesn't end at login," said Almog Apirion, CEO and co-founder of Cyolo. "Getting the right person connected to the right system is key, but that's just the beginning of the story. Risk can emerge even after a session is underway. Live Risk Detection gives teams another set of eyes, helping them spot risk while there's still time to intervene—and without taking control away from the people who know the environment best."

Live Risk Detection helps security and operations teams:

- Identify cyber and operational risk: Detect malicious activity as well as mistakes, unsafe actions, or configuration changes that could disrupt equipment, processes, or production, including during third-party vendor sessions.

- Understand risk in context: Assess activity across the broader session, including user intent, to identify when otherwise legitimate actions combine to create risk and help contain AI-enabled threats faster.

- Respond while the session is active: Alert the right security and operations stakeholders in real time so they can assess the situation and, if necessary, intervene or terminate the session before risk escalates.

- Scale session oversight: Reduce the bottleneck of 1:1 manual monitoring by directing attention to the sessions and activities most likely to require review.

- Keep humans in control: Use AI to flag potential risk and provide context without taking autonomous action, leaving response decisions to human experts.

Agentless by design, Live Risk Detection requires no software downloads or changes on the remote user's device and works seamlessly across RDP, VNC, and more. Teams can adjust risk sensitivity and set notification thresholds by severity level, with alerts providing the risk level, activity details, and user identity needed for investigation. Alerts and activity logs can also feed into existing security workflows, including SIEM platforms.

This launch builds on Cyolo's wider effort to help OT defenders scale visibility and respond faster to both AI-enabled and conventional cyber threats. Live Risk Detection complements Session Intelligence, introduced earlier this year to turn session recordings into searchable operational insights, by bringing AI-powered intelligence into the active session itself.

Live Risk Detection is available as a capability for the Cyolo PRO (Privileged Remote Operations) remote access solution and is part of Cyolo's full-stack Secure Connectivity Platform for OT and critical infrastructure.

To learn more or request a personalized demonstration, visit https://cyolo.io.

About Cyolo

Cyolo secures every connection across critical infrastructure and operational technology (OT) with a full-stack Secure Connectivity Platform that unifies remote privileged access and zero trust microsegmentation. Leading manufacturers, utilities, and data centers rely on Cyolo to securely connect employees and third parties to cyber-physical systems, limit lateral movement, contain blast radius, and keep critical operations running.

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Daydream users can now explore the app's extensive fashion catalog using Siri AI, a profoundly more capable and conversational assistant

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Daydream, the AI-powered fashion discovery platform, launched conversational search and a shoppable camera roll that utilize the newest capabilities in iOS 27. Both are powered by the next generation of Apple Intelligence and accessible when using the entirely new Siri AI.

iPhone users can now shop Daydream using voice or text with Siri AI, interacting just as they would with a personal shopper, without opening the app first. Once you have the Daydream app installed, a request such as "Siri, search Daydream for a cool blazer for my board meeting on Monday," passes directly to Daydream's natural language shopping engine.

With Fashion ID, users can instantly shop any saved photo, whether it's a street-style shot, an outfit from Instagram, or a screenshot from a friend. The app automatically surfaces shoppable matches and similar styles for each item. This streamlines the "shop the look" journey from inspiration to instant, relevant results across Daydream's full catalog of 3 million products, tapping into the new image-context capabilities of Apple Foundation Models in iOS 27.

Both features require the Daydream app and an iPhone that supports Apple Intelligence, running iOS 27 with Siri AI enabled. Daydream is free to download and supports Visual Intelligence capabilities, allowing users to shop products directly from their photos and screenshots. iOS 27 makes this functionality easier to access in the Camera app, and is now also available on iPad.

Since its launch, Daydream has grown to more than 1.5 million shoppers browsing 3 million products across 325 retailers and 10,000 brands. These updates extend Daydream's AI-powered discovery into native experiences for iPhone users, making it easier for consumers to shop the moment inspiration strikes, whether they are saving an outfit they love or asking Siri AI for help finding something specific.

"Shopping today is still overwhelming for most people — too many tabs, too many apps, too much scrolling to find the one thing you actually want. The next generation of Apple Intelligence and a brand new Siri AI in iOS 27 give us a genuinely new way to solve that: search directly from a photo in your camera roll, or just ask Siri in plain language, and Daydream does the rest. If you complete your Daydream style passport, the results are even more personal and relevant. This is exactly what we mean when we talk about building a shopping agent for someone's whole life — technology that fine-tunes the experience down to the moment she needs it, instead of asking her to do the work of finding it herself."

— Julie Bornstein, Co-Founder and CEO, Daydream

ABOUT DAYDREAM

Daydream is the first AI-powered search and discovery platform built for fashion. Daydream offers a personalized, conversational experience powered by advanced AI and natural language understanding. Shoppers can engage naturally through text or images to find what they're looking for from the largest branded fashion catalog, featuring over 10,000 brands across every style, category and price point. Led by e-commerce veteran, CEO and founder Julie Bornstein, Daydream raised $50 million in seed funding from top-tier investors, including Forerunner Ventures, Index Ventures, Google Ventures and True Ventures. The company is led by a team with experience at Google, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Pinterest, Nordstrom, Stitch Fix and Farfetch, and is committed to using technology to transform the future of online shopping.

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The additional $25 million from longtime partner SG Credit Partners and Wingspire Capital will fund new products for kids, parents, and busy households, and bring Skylight to more people in more places

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Skylight, the brand millions of families rely on to get everyone on the same page and lighten the mental load, today announced it has expanded its credit facility to $75 million. The $25 million increase comes from SG Credit Partners alongside Wingspire Capital and will help Skylight widen its product lineup and move into more channels and markets.

The news follows Skylight's biggest year yet: the business doubled and now reaches more than 12 million customers, including 1.7 million households using Skylight Calendar. The company has remained bootstrapped, growing alongside the families who use it and putting its profits back into the products they rely on today and the ones they'll reach for next.

"Families have always been at the center of what we build, and as we grow, we can take even more off their plates," said Chia Chung, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Skylight. "This commitment lets us double down on what's working and create dedicated products for every stage of family life."

Skylight began with the Frame, which helps loved ones share memories, and the Calendar, which helps families stay in sync. The expanded facility will fuel the next wave of products, including:

- Skylight Buddy: Continued development of the routine coach that sold out within a week of launch and helps kids take charge of their day.

- Skylight Assistant: Deeper investment in the AI-powered family assistant you can text, which makes it easy for you, your spouse and your entire household to get things done and stay on track.

"We've watched families fall in love with Skylight for years, and we're excited to keep backing a team that builds with so much care," said Dan McCallum, Managing Director at SG Credit Partners.

"It's rare to find a company growing this fast and this profitably, and we're glad to be along for what comes next," said Will Bence, Senior Managing Director at Wingspire Capital.

About Skylight

Founded in 2014, Skylight connects loved ones by creating the world's simplest products and services that improve family life. Its current offerings are the Skylight Calendar, a touch-screen calendar that syncs the whole family's events, activities, chores, meal plans and more, all in one place; Skylight Buddy, a personal routine coach for kids that guides them through daily tasks; and the Skylight Frame, a touch-screen digital frame that allows users to send and display photos within seconds. For more information, visit www.myskylight.com.

About SG Consumer Products

SG Consumer Products, a division of SG Credit Partners ("SGCP"), is a national private credit manager providing capital to lower middle market businesses and entrepreneurs requiring tailored credit solutions. SGCP has established a broad credit platform consisting of three verticals: Software + Technology, Consumer Products, and Commercial Finance. Headquartered in Southern California with offices throughout the country, the firm has provided in excess of $1.3 billion to lower middle market entrepreneurs across a variety of industries. For more information, please visit www.sgcreditpartners.com.

About Wingspire Capital

Wingspire Capital offers one-stop solutions of up to $200 million for middle market companies, including revolving lines of credit, asset-backed term loans, first-out revolvers & term loans, equipment loans and leases, sale lease-backs, and lender finance. Industries financed include business services, consumer products, e-commerce & retail, food & beverage, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, transportation & logistics, automotive, technology applications and financial services. Wingspire Capital operates in two business units: Wingspire Corporate Finance and Wingspire Equipment Finance. Loans made or arranged pursuant to a California Financing Law license.

Wingspire Capital is a portfolio company of Blue Owl Capital Corporation (NYSE: OBDC). OBDC is externally managed by Blue Owl Credit Advisors LLC, an indirect affiliate of Blue Owl Capital, Inc. (NYSE: OWL). Blue Owl Capital, Inc. is a global alternative asset manager with $319 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2026. For further information about Wingspire Capital, visit www.wingspirecapital.com.

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All season long, fans can turn avocado purchases into a Fanatics game day gear, win weekly prizes and enter for a chance to watch the championship from the brand's guac-themed suite at Allegiant Stadium

The Game Plan:

- Avocados From Mexico is making guacamole the ritual that kicks off every college football Saturday with "Saturdays Start With Guac," a season-long campaign spanning a new marching band anthem spot, partnerships with the University of Georgia and the University of Florida and Fanatics, plus an eight-stop college sampling tour and retail offers, running through the college football championship game in January.

- Shoppers who spend $10 on avocados can score a $10 Fanatics promo code toward game day gear, in stores or online. Shoppers can also get $1.50 cash back on bags with themed packaging at participating retailers.

- Through Nov. 21, fans can follow @avocadosfrommexico on Instagram and enter weekly "Guac Drops" for a chance to win new game day prizes, with every entry also counting toward the Grand Prize: a hosted Guac Box Suite experience at the college football championship game.

DALLAS, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Every college football Saturday has its rituals, from the tailgate to kickoff, and across more than 1,600 games this season, Avocados From Mexico wants guacamole to be the one that signals the game is on. The number one selling avocado brand in the U.S. is launching "Saturdays Start With Guac," a season-long omnichannel campaign featuring on-campus experiences across the Southeast, weekly digital prize drops, Fanatics game day gear savings and a chance to experience the championship game from the brand's Guac Box Suite.

Bringing that game-day ritual to life, the campaign is anchored by "The Sound That Starts Saturdays," a new :30 spot that turns the chop, mash and mix of making guacamole into a full marching band anthem for game day, in addition to returning as the ESPN halftime sponsor. Avocados From Mexico is also showing up where Saturdays matter most. The Southeast is home to some of college football's most passionate fan bases, so the brand is hitting the road with the Saturdays Start With Guac College Sampling Tour, an immersive game day experience visiting eight campuses across the Southeast through Nov. 27, alongside partnerships with the University of Florida and the University of Georgia.

"For college football fans, every Saturday matters, and every great game-day ritual needs something that signals it's gametime. That's where guacamole comes in," said Alvaro Luque, president and CEO, Avocados From Mexico. "'Saturdays Start With Guac' is built around that idea. This season, we're showing up everywhere fans are, from their Instagram feeds to the produce aisle, so avocados land in the cart before the weekend, the guac gets made before kickoff and the bowl is on the table when the game starts."

Game Day Gear from Fanatics in the Produce Aisle

To get fans ready to start their Saturday with guac, Avocados From Mexico has teamed up with Fanatics to turn a trip to the produce aisle into a head start on game day gear. Fanatics' audience network will carry the offer across display placements online, reaching college football fans by their sports-related behavior and location while they browse their favorite sites and apps.

Stocking up on avocados comes with a bonus this season, and an even bigger basket opportunity. According to Numerator shopper data, average basket size increased 47% when avocados were added during football season. Two offers running at participating retailers:

- Spend $10 on Avocados From Mexico and receive a $10 Fanatics promo code Oct. 19 – Jan. 15. Scan the QR code on in-store displays or online at scorewithguac.com, and upload a photo of your receipt to unlock a Fanatics promo code and a guac recipe, then redeem it for game day gear.

- Purchase Avocados From Mexico thematic bag highlighting "Saturdays Start With Guac" football campaign and receive $1.50 cash back, Nov. 2 – Jan. 25. Scan the QR code on the bag and upload a photo of your receipt.

A New "Guac Drop" Every Saturday

Every Saturday through Nov. 21, Avocados From Mexico will reveal a Guac Drop: a new round of game day prizes* unveiled on Instagram. Prizes include $100 Fanatics gift cards, a Nomad grill, guac-themed cornhole and tailgate upgrades like the Guacket, a wearable guacamole holder that keeps hands free for cheering.

To enter, fans can follow @avocadosfrommexico on Instagram, find that Saturday's Guac Drop post and follow the entry instructions.*

Every weekly entry also counts toward the season's Grand Prize: a hosted Guac Box Suite experience at the college football championship game in January. Fans can enter the Grand Prize sweepstakes directly at avocadosfrommexico.com/college-football through Dec. 4.

Ending the Season in the Guac Box

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About Avocados From Mexico

Avocados From Mexico is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association (MHAIA), formed for the purpose of advertising, promotion, public relations and research for all stakeholders of Avocados From Mexico. Under agreements, MHAIA and the Association of Avocado Exporting Producers & Packers of Mexico (APEAM) have combined resources to fund and manage Avocados From Mexico, with the intent to provide a focused, highly-effective and efficient marketing program in the United States. Avocados From Mexico is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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Brands including Kraft Mac & Cheese and Meiji Hello Panda™ are already putting product directly into the hands of sports families, with campaigns scaling to over 2 million samples through TeamSnap's network

CHICAGO, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamSnap, the #1 youth sports management platform, today announced the launch of TeamSnap Sampling, a national product sampling offering powered by the TeamSnap Activation Network, giving brands an unprecedented way to put physical products directly into the hands of youth sports families. Brands are already putting TeamSnap's sampling offering to work, reaching families through both targeted, local activations and national campaigns of more than 2 million samples.

Built across leagues, tournaments and now more than 40 partner sports facilities across North America, TeamSnap's Activation Network reaches families at the exact moment they're making everyday decisions about what to eat, pack, wash, wear, and restock. The expansion into major youth sports facilities, such as Spooky Nook and SCHEELS Sports Park at Legacy Point, marks a significant leap in scale, concentrating distribution across high-traffic youth sports destinations.

TeamSnap's existing relationships across leagues, tournaments and facilities let brands introduce products in environments families already know and trust, rather than through generic, disconnected distribution. With more than 100 million people reached through TeamSnap's sponsorship network, and 40 million through the facility network, brands can scale nationally while keeping every touchpoint feeling local and relevant.

Leading consumer brands have already used TeamSnap's sampling offering to connect with sports families. Meiji Hello Panda ran a sampling campaign through youth sports leagues that drove a 64% lift in brand familiarity and a 22% increase in monthly purchases among participating league families. Kraft Mac & Cheese and Capri Sun have also partnered with TeamSnap's sampling network to put their products in front of active sports families.

"Sampling only works if it reaches the right family at the right moment," said Nicole McCormack, SVP and GM of Brand Solutions at TeamSnap. "That's what our network is built for. We're not just handing out products; we're putting them directly into the hands of engaged sports families in a setting they already trust, and giving brands the confidence and the data to know it actually happened."

Brands can also pair sampling with TeamSnap's broader suite of brand solutions to extend their presence across the youth sports ecosystem. To learn more about TeamSnap Sampling or participate, visit tmsnp.co/brands-sampling.

About TeamSnap

TeamSnap — the #1 sports management platform — has pioneered the future of youth sports technology for more than 15 years. Across more than 100 different sports and activities, TeamSnap has powered 19,000+ organizations and more than 30 million parents, players, and coaches, making it the largest and most engaged online community in youth sports. Through TeamSnap, brands have invested more than $20 million in youth sports sponsorships, fueling communities and giving more kids the chance to play.

For more information, visit the TeamSnap website and follow the company on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

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Miter is modernizing the $2 trillion construction industry's dreaded tech "Frankenstack," helping fuel the boom in data center, housing and energy buildouts nationwide

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Miter, the leading AI-powered workforce management platform for the construction industry and the built world, announced it has raised a $40 million Series B round of financing led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total capital raised to $78 million. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Coatue also participated.

Miter intends to use the funds to continue investing in AI products that help customers run their back offices and jobsites. The company will also significantly grow its engineering team based in San Francisco and New York and add to its go-to-market teams across the U.S. Miter's products are already in use by major general and specialty contractors, SMBs and other enterprises.

Current customers include Clayco, an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 5 design-build firm that delivers complex, high-performance projects with an unwavering commitment to safety, and Haugland Group, a family-owned, union-strong infrastructure services organization with more than 1,600 employees, delivering integrated solutions across energy, heavy civil, marine and logistics, and technology and engineering.

Today, the construction industry is a notable bright spot in the U.S. economy. The sector added 22,000 jobs in August as overall U.S. employment declined, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI data center projects drove much of that job growth, and both are projected to keep climbing. Roughly two of every 100 American construction workers now get paid through Miter, while contractors use the platform to coordinate workforce management, field operations, job costing and expenses across hundreds of thousands of active jobs each month. The company is rapidly building out related products for the field and back office in areas such as safety, accounts payable and project intelligence to keep up with new demand.

"The U.S. has never needed this much new infrastructure this fast. We need to unleash the potential of electricians, welders, carpenters and ironworkers everywhere," said Connor Watumull, who co-founded Miter with Tobin Paxton and serves as CEO. "Miter is helping contractors modernize their operations and unify their workforce, jobsites and financials in one system."

Miter has also embedded deep AI capabilities across the platform, giving superpowers to the teams building the world we live in. In the back office, Miter's technology parses and structures the data buried in invoices, receipts and pay rate tables; runs the complex workflows contractors previously did by hand; and surfaces labor and job cost trends while the job is still running rather than weeks after it closes. In the field, Miter's AI creates safety reports from photos or voice notes and summarizes job status using inputs from across the platform. The company plans to extend AI capabilities further to help contractors build stronger teams and increase profits.

Watumull says most contractors now rely on a cobbled-together "Frankenstack" of 1980s-era software, spreadsheets and paper to run their businesses. That's partly because of the unique demands of construction industry accounting and payroll. Most contractors require specialized technology to "job cost," the practice of tracking costs to specific projects and cost codes. A single construction crew can trigger compliance requirements across payroll, HR and safety at once, such as prevailing wage laws and certified payroll reports on publicly funded projects. Those obligations extend further to taxes withheld across multiple states as crews move between jobsites, meal and rest break rules that vary by state, and OSHA recordkeeping requirements.

"The construction industry is tremendously complex, which has made it difficult for technology providers to develop robust tools attuned to customers' specific demands, despite the large potential market," said Michael Brown, a Battery Ventures general partner. "But Connor, Tobin and their team have succeeded in developing an easy-to-use, integrated product that delivers payroll as well as other mission-critical business functions. The traction they've achieved is impressive, and we're excited to watch them leverage technology to take on more of the work their customers do by hand today."

Watumull previously worked as a venture capital investor and, prior to that, as a product manager in the technology industry and as a management consultant. He and Paxton announced Miter's Series A fundraising round in May 2025; since then, the company has tripled its customer count.

About Miter

Driven by a vision of a better built world, Miter's AI-native operating system makes it easier and faster to build critical infrastructure by empowering the next generation of contractors to strengthen their workforce, control job costs and accelerate jobsite execution. More than 2,000 contractors, from ENR Top 20 builders to family-owned specialty contractors, run payroll, HR, field operations and expense management on Miter. Miter has tripled customer count in the 18 months and is backed by Battery Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Coatue, the investors behind Shopify, Toast, Procore and ServiceTitan. Learn more at miter.com.

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