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Last updated: September 1, 2026, 10:16 PM ET

Private Equity

Yellow Wood Partners has agreed to acquire Holistic Health from Nestlé for $1bn, adding the Switzerland-based vitamins and supplements platform to its consumer portfolio.

Venture Capital

AI model-training startup After Query has reportedly become Y Combinator’s fastest unicorn, now valued at $3.2 billion — barely five months after its $300 million Series A. That valuation marks a more than tenfold increase from its April round.

Thrive Capital’s Josh Kushner defends his firm’s involvement in the FIFA sponsorship deal amid the soccer governing body’s widening scandal, while hiring Elon Musk’s go-to lawyer to manage the fallout.