📩 Family Office Growth News | March 2026
Welcome to the 31st edition of Family Office Growth News.
This month looks at two developments with practical implications for private capital.
The first is a new approach to physical security that pushes detection beyond the checkpoint and into the open environments where exposure often begins.
The second is a Nasdaq TradeTalks roundtable on how AI is starting to reshape sourcing, diligence, underwriting, and portfolio operations across private equity, venture capital, and investment banking.
Let’s dive in. ⬇️
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📊 Dealflow Radar: Mantacus
Most weapons-detection systems are built for the doorway. Mantacus is focused on the space before the doorway: parking lots, campus walkways, retail perimeters, transit approaches, and other open environments where exposure often begins.
NATO DIANA describes the company’s system as combining AI-powered video tracking with millimeter-wave radar for concealed-threat detection in places such as stadiums, parking lots, airport halls, and university campuses. That stands apart from most of the better-known players in the category, which remain centered on ingress and checkpoint flow.
Led by President Vito Levi D’Ancona, with Family Office principal, investor, and board member Steven H. Hirth involved in the company, Mantacus is showing traction across campus, retail, and defense, with John Cochran leading defense relations and an $8 million Series A now underway following a $2 million seed round.
For readers tracking defense-adjacent technology, infrastructure, and real-world AI deployment, Mantacus is early in a shift worth watching.
Readers who want to learn more can visit Mantacus.com or connect with Steven Hirth on LinkedIn
🗓️ March 2026 Monthly Pulse
Nasdaq TradeTalks: AI in Private Markets
Jill Malandrino hosted a timely TradeTalks roundtable on how AI is beginning to reshape private equity and investment banking operations, with perspectives from Robert Root of Southfield Capital, Justin Guthrie of Blueflame AI, Elliott Parker of Alloy Partners, Scott Hauck of Legacy Capital Fund, and Tim Kiely of BayPine.
Our takeaways from each panelist:
Robert Root: The middle market remains one of the ripest AI opportunities because so many businesses are still underserved by technology.
Justin Guthrie: Data is the moat. Firms handing out tools will look very different from firms that actually organize their data and build real internal enablement.
Elliott Parker: AI can improve efficiency, though alpha still comes from relationships, reputation, and contrarian judgment.
Scott Hauck: The most immediate use cases are practical: better sourcing, faster triage, sharper diligence, and clearer modernization opportunities inside portfolio companies.
Tim Kiely: AI can help firms learn from the deals they did not do, not just the ones they closed, by making institutional memory more usable over time.
The broader takeaway: AI will likely create the most value in firms that use it to sharpen pattern recognition, tighten feedback loops, and apply lessons more consistently across the investment process.
Watch the full episode on Nasdaq.
Thank you for reading.
💬 Where do you see the clearest edge emerging from AI in private markets or next-generation security infrastructure?
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Ryan Austin
Founder, Arondight Advisors
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