Small Business News

PARAMUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genesis Forge of Heroes officially launches Friday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. ET during Sean Callagy's Marketing & Sales Process Mastery Live Immersion event, introducing a breakthrough platform that eliminates the sales hiring bottleneck strangling business growth. The launch comes as companies face a critical paradox: laying off thousands of workers while desperately needing more sales capacity. Nowadays 80 percent of companies identify hiring and retaining top sale...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covenant Capital Group (“Covenant”), a leading value-add multifamily real estate investment firm, today announced the final close of Covenant Apartment Fund XII, L.P. (“Fund XII”) with $860.35 million in capital commitments—the largest fundraise in the firm’s 25-year history. In addition, Covenant created a sidecar vehicle for Fund XII, the Covenant Affordable Housing Fund, with $269.73 million in committed capital. The combined capital raised by Covenant for...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company Holdings (NYSE: ASIC) (the “Company”) announced today that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025, after the market closes on Thursday, February 19, 2026. These documents will be available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.ategrity.com. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its results on the same day, Thursday, February 19, 2026, beginni...

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SERV Inc. (“SERV”), the leading digital sales platform for home and commercial services, announced the launch of SERV EXPRESS + Virtual Visits. This unified platform provides contractors with 24/7 digital storefronts and integrated remote video diagnostics, allowing them to qualify jobs instantly and eliminate unnecessary dispatches. As labor, fuel, and acquisition costs surge, companies report that single truck rolls cost between $500 and $1,000. SERV’s suite...

BOSTON & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Audax Private Equity (“Audax”), a capital partner for middle and lower middle market companies, was recognized in the latest global ranking of large private equity (“PE”) firms published by HEC Paris-Dow Jones. The ranking draws on comprehensive and longitudinal data points to calculate the aggregate longer-term performance of PE firms based on different measures across funds raised between 2012 and 2021. This latest ranking represents the third straight...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the first quarter of 2026 unfolds, the “Main Street” mergers and acquisitions market is undergoing a decisive shift. A new survey just released by DealStream, the leading platform for business-for-sale transactions, reveals that while economic uncertainty persists, leverage has swung significantly in favor of buyers, with deal volume expected to rise. The Q1 2026 Market Survey, which polled 602 buyers, sellers, and intermediaries, indicates that the era of seller dom...

SANTA FE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Iron Creek Partners LLC (“Iron Creek”), a private investment firm based in Santa Fe, NM, today announced the recapitalization of Base Load, LLC (“BASELoad” or the “Company”). Founded in 1999 by Gerard Szatkowski, BASELoad is a SOC 2 Type II-certified vendor of health care provider data matching and loading solutions for leading health plans and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) across the United States. BASELoad’s solutions help healthcare payers to dramatically...

LEHI, Utah & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Avetta®, the leading provider of supply chain risk management (SCRM) software, today highlighted how Sky-Tech Construction, a 14-employee telecommunications infrastructure construction contractor, is proving that small business does not have to equal higher risk. By partnering with Avetta to strengthen its safety compliance performance, Sky-Tech consistently meets—and beats—the same safety standards of larger competitors, including achieving zero safety in...

SAN FRANCISCO & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Visa unveils Visa & Main, giving small businesses expanded access to flexible financing, tools to reach more customers, and essentials to grow....

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NerdWallet Announces Conference Call to Review 2025 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Financial Results...