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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Parties
17. Related Parties

Non-Operating Corporate

During the first quarter of 2024, in connection with the Rights Offering, the Company entered into an Investment Agreement with Lancer Capital, an entity controlled by Avram A. Glazer, pursuant to which Lancer Capital agreed to the Backstop Commitment to purchase up to $19.0 million of Series C Preferred Stock in connection with the Rights Offering and to purchase $16.0 million of Series C Preferred Stock in a private placement transaction ("Concurrent Private Placement"), of which $25.0 million would be purchased before the closing of the Rights Offering if the Rights Offering did not close by March 28, 2024. As a result of the extension of the Rights Offering, on March 28, 2024, Lancer Capital funded the equity advance of $25.0 million to the Company and received 25,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. On April 24, 2024, as a result of the closing of the Rights Offering and Concurrent Private Placement, Lancer Capital purchased an additional approximately 6,286 shares of Series C Preferred Stock for $6.3 million. On June 18, 2024, the Company held its annual shareholder meeting where the Company's shareholders approved the conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock into common stock. As a result, approximately 31,286 Series C Preferred Stock held by Lancer Capital were converted into 4,469,390 shares of INNOVATE's common stock, and there were no shares of the Series C Preferred Stock outstanding subsequent to their conversion into the Company's common stock. Refer to Note 16. Equity and Temporary Equity for additional information.

As of December 31, 2025, Lancer Capital held $2.2 million of the Company's 2027 Convertible Notes, which were issued on August 4, 2025, in exchange for the $2.0 million of principal amount of the Company's 2026 Convertible Notes held by Lancer prior to the exchange and as of December 31, 2024. The principal amount of the 2027 Convertible Notes includes capitalized interest and extension fees. As of December 31, 2025, the $2.2 million in 2027 Convertible Notes are convertible into 51,874 shares of common stock of INNOVATE. As of December 31, 2024, the $2.0 million in 2026 Convertible Notes were convertible into 47,265 shares of common stock of INNOVATE. During both the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, Lancer Capital earned $0.2 million in interest relating to these notes. Refer to Note 11. Debt Obligations for additional information on the Convertible Notes.

CGIC is a former significant shareholder and is the shareholder of the Company's Series A-3 Preferred Stock and Series A-4 Preferred Stock. Refer to Note 16. Equity and Temporary Equity for additional information. In addition, as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company owed $45.9 million and $31.0 million, respectively, in principal amount of a promissory note owed to CGIC. Refer to Note 11. Debt Obligations for additional information.

In December 2023, the Company entered into a sublease agreement for a special purpose space with PBCIC, a Florida not-for-profit corporation and related party to Avram A. Glazer, the Chairman of INNOVATE's Board of Directors and a significant shareholder, who is also on the board of directors of PBCIC. In March 2024, the Company assigned this lease to an entity controlled by Mr. Glazer. In addition, in March 2024, the Company assigned a lease for office space to an entity controlled by Mr. Glazer. The $0.2 million security deposit on the lease was also assigned to Lancer Capital and written-off in March 2024.
Infrastructure

DBMG and Banker Steel, jointly and severally, had a subordinated 4.0% note payable to Banker Steel's former owner, in which Donald Banker's family trust has a 25% interest. The 4.0% note and associated accrued interest matured on March 31, 2024, and was fully redeemed on April 2, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2024, DBMG made $5.0 million in scheduled principal payments on the 4.0% note.

Life Sciences

As of December 31, 2025, R2 Technologies had $47.9 million in principal amount of a 12.0% senior secured promissory note due to Lancer Capital. As of December 31, 2024, R2 Technologies had $24.0 million in principal amount of a 20.0% senior secured promissory note due to Lancer Capital. Refer to Note 11. Debt Obligations for additional information.

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, R2 Technologies recognized revenue of $3.6 million and $1.4 million, respectively from sales and profit sharing agreements with a subsidiary of Huadong, a related party of R2 Technologies. There were $0.6 million and $0.1 million of related receivables from this subsidiary of Huadong as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Share-based compensation and royalty expenses related to Blossom Innovations, LLC ("Blossom"), an investor of R2 Technologies since 2014, totaled $0.3 million and $1.1 million, for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The related payables due to Blossom totaled $0.2 million as of December 31, 2025, and there were no related payables due to Blossom as of December 31, 2024.

Refer to Note 6. Investments for transactions with equity method investees of the Company.