Indianapolis – September 13, 2026 -- Project Lead The Way (PLTW) has won two categories in the Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2026 Awards, with PLTW Engineering named "Best of STEM: Engineering Education" and PLTW Gateway recognized as "Best of STEM: Hands-on Learning for Middle School."

Montreal – September 13, 2026 -- Onix, the Montreal-based startup behind what it calls Personal Intelligence, has closed $5 million USD (roughly $7 million CAD) in pre-seed funding led by Los Angeles-based Alpha Edison, with participation from Garage Capital, Ride Home Fund, and strategic backers Jeremy Zimmer, co-founder of UTA, and JS Cournoyer, co-founder of Real Ventures.

Saddle Brook, N.J. – September 13, 2026 -- Arrow Tool Group has signed on as a Diamond Sponsor for the 2026 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, committing tools, equipment and public relations support to move the tree from Idaho's Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests to the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Austin, Texas – – September 13, 2026 -- Moment Energy has become the first battery energy storage system (BESS) provider in North America to secure third-party verified non-Prohibited Foreign Entity (non-PFE) status and full Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) compliance, the company announced. A Top 10 U.S. law firm conducted the independent review, examining Moment Energy's corporate ownership, effective control and debt financing structure.

Atlanta – September 13, 2026 -- Middle-market M&A buyers are tightening acquisition criteria even as deal activity persists, with recurring revenue, cash conversion and AI exposure now central to valuation decisions, according to Bennett Thrasher, an Atlanta-based accounting and advisory firm.

The firm's Transaction Advisory Services practice, which supports deals ranging from $20 million to $250 million in enterprise value, identified five trends driving buyer behavior in the current cycle.

Kirkland – September 13, 2026 -- MacroHealth, a marketplace platform connecting healthcare payers and plan administrators with vendor partners, has appointed Erica Tingley as Chief Financial Officer to oversee financial and operational scaling as the company expands its service categories.

Lake Nona, Fla. – – September 13, 2026 -- Beep, Inc. has closed a Series B funding round led by Mobileye, bringing the autonomous mobility provider's total capital raised to approximately $130 million.

Atlanta – September 13, 2026 -- Apparel brand Comfrt attracted more than 2.3 times its projected number of college athlete participants in a recent marketing campaign run through NIL Club, the largest team-based NIL platform in college sports, reaching capacity faster than either company anticipated.

Tampa – – September 13, 2026 -- Greg DuPey, owner of a Pillar To Post Home Inspectors franchise in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, has been named a 2026 Franchisee of the Year by the International Franchise Association (IFA), the trade group's highest honor for individual franchise owners.

Denver – September 13, 2026 -- Galloway & Company, LLC has acquired Hafer Inc., a 70-person architecture, interior design, and MEP engineering firm based in Evansville, Indiana, growing Galloway's footprint to 21 offices across 13 states.