Pulse 2.0

U.S. Bancorp To Buy BTIG In Up To $1 Billion Deal To Expand Capital Markets Offering

AbbVie And Trump Administration Strike $100 Billion Deal Tied To Medicaid Prices, Direct-To-Patient Drug Access, And U.S. Investment Plan

Pillr Health: Funding Raised From Water Street Healthcare Partners To Expand Hospital Pharmacy Enablement Platform

SkyFi: $12.7 Million Series A Closed To Broaden Access to Satellite Imagery And Analytics

osapiens: $100 Million Series C Raised For Sustainable Growth Enterprise Software

Amperon Adds Samsung Ventures Backing To Expand AI Energy Forecasting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:47 PM

Amperon announced it has secured an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, adding a major strategic backer as the company continues international expansion and develops its next-generation AI-driven forecasting products for energy markets. The terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Vista AI: $29.5 Million Series B Raised To Expand Automated MRI Scanning Across Health Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:46 PM

Vista AI, a provider of automated MRI scanning software for hospitals and imaging centers, has closed a $29.5 million Series B financing round backed by a mix of health systems and venture investors as it looks to scale its FDA-cleared cardiac MRI platform and broaden into additional anatomies.

Listen Labs: $69 Million Series B Closed To Bring Customer Voices Into Every Decision

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:45 PM

Listen Labs, an AI-first customer research platform, said it has raised $69 million in a Series B round led by Ribbit Capital, with participation from Evantic and existing investors Sequoia Capital, Conviction, and Pear VC.

Project Eleven: $20 Million Series A Raised To Build Post-Quantum Migration Tools For Digital Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:45 PM

Project Eleven, a company focused on post-quantum security and migration for digital assets, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Fin Capital, Variant, Quantonation, Nebular, Formation, Lattice Fund, Satstreet Ventures, Nascent Ventures and Balaji Srinivasan.

Quadric: $30 Million Series C Closed As Design Wins Accelerate For On-Device AI Across Edge LLMs, Automotive, And Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:44 PM

Quadric, an on-device AI inference processor IP and tooling provider headquartered in Burlingame, California, has raised an oversubscribed $30 million Series C round, bringing total capital raised to $72 million. The financing was led by the ACCELERATE Fund, managed by BEENEXT Capital Management.

Meld Raises $7 Million Strategic Round To Accelerate Global Network Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:43 PM

Meld, a provider of infrastructure for accessing digital assets and stablecoins, has raised a $7 million strategic funding round led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from F-Prime, Yolo Investments, and Scytale Digital.

Kasa Enters Strategic Combination With Mint House, Expanding Footprint Across Key U.S. Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:42 PM

Kasa announced it has entered into a strategic combination with Mint House, adding Mint House’s portfolio of nearly 1,000 residential hospitality units to Kasa’s platform and widening its reach in both corporate and leisure travel.

Provest Equity Partners and CTW Venture Partners Announce Strategic Joint Investment In Natural Fiber Welding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:40 PM

Natural Fiber Welding (NFW), a Peoria, Illinois-based materials science company developing high-performance, plant-based alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics and synthetics, said it has secured a strategic joint investment from Provest Equity Partners and CTW Venture Partners.

SPINS Acquires MikMak, Expanding Shopper Engagement And Omnichannel Activation Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:40 PM

SPINS, a provider of CPG data, insights, and commerce solutions, has acquired MikMak, a commerce intelligence and omnichannel orchestration company, as the firms push to help brands engage and measure shoppers across increasingly fragmented buying journeys.

Skild AI Raises $1.4 Billion At $14 Billion Valuation For AI Robotics Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:39 PM

Skild AI, a Pittsburgh-based AI robotics company developing a foundation model designed to serve as a general-purpose “brain” for multiple types of robots, announced it has raised close to $1.4 billion in new funding at a valuation above $14 billion.

Golden State Dermatology Expands Comprehensive Care With Acquisition Of NorCal Vein Specialists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:38 PM

Golden State Dermatology (GSD), a physician-owned dermatology platform with 45 locations and more than 125 providers across California, has acquired NorCal Vein Specialists, a two-location vein care practice serving patients in Northern California.

Coller Capital: $17 Billion Raised For Global Private Equity Secondaries Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:30 PM

Coller Capital announced it has reached the final closing of Coller International Partners IX (CIP IX), its largest fund to date, bringing total capital raised in its latest fundraising cycle to $17 billion across its global private equity secondaries platform.

Jadwa Investment Launches SAR 750 Million GCC-Focused Private Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:29 PM

Jadwa Investment has launched its flagship private credit vehicle, the Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Credit Fund, targeting up to SAR 750 million (about $200 million) as the firm expands its regional private credit platform beyond deal-by-deal strategies.

Empower Adds Blackstone To Private Markets Partnership Program For DC Plans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:26 PM

Empower announced Blackstone has joined its private markets investment partnership program, expanding the menu of private market strategies the retirement-services provider can offer to defined contribution plan participants through collective investment trusts.

Coating Place Lands Growth Investment From 1315 Capital To Expand Microencapsulation CDMO Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:25 PM

Coating Place, a U.S.-based contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in microencapsulation, has secured a strategic growth capital investment from 1315 Capital, the firms said. Financial terms were not disclosed.

OpenAssets Launches As Pointsville Parent Brand To Build the Open Standard For Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:23 PM

OpenAssets has launched as the new parent brand of Pointsville, positioning itself as an open-standards provider for digital financial infrastructure aimed at institutional and sovereign users. The company said it is building a “trusted foundation” for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization as capital markets move toward digital issuance and faster settlement.

Sixth Street Closes €3.75 Billion Third European Direct Lending Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:32 PM

Sixth Street announced it has reached a final close on Sixth Street Specialty Lending Europe III (SLE III) at its hard cap with €3.75 billion in equity commitments, marking the firm’s largest dedicated fund focused on European direct lending. The firm expects total investable capital for SLE III to be about €7 billion, including anticipated leverage.

PolyAI Names Ryan Longfield President Of Go-to-Market As Enterprises Move Agentic AI Into Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:25 PM

PolyAI, an enterprise agentic AI company focused on customer experience, has appointed Ryan Longfield as President of Go-to-Market, a newly created role that expands the company’s senior leadership as it scales commercial operations amid rising enterprise demand for production-grade AI agents.

WRITER Names Mina Alaghband As First Chief Customer Officer To Scale Enterprise Agentic AI Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:23 PM

WRITER has appointed Mina Alaghband as its first Chief Customer Officer, bringing on a veteran of large-scale digital and AI transformation programs to lead global customer operations as enterprise demand grows for agentic platforms that can deliver measurable ROI at scale.

Capital Engine Announces Strategic Alliance With Regiment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:17 PM

Capital Engine and Regiment Securities have formed a strategic alliance to expand distribution and co-syndication capabilities for select private-market investment opportunities, as demand grows for technology-enabled infrastructure supporting capital formation across alternative assets.

Firstsource Acquires TeleMedik to Expand Digital Offerings in U.S. Healthcare Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:17 PM

Firstsource Solutions, a business management services provider and an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group company, said it has acquired TeleMedik, a Puerto Rico-based developer and implementer of healthcare technology solutions, in a move aimed at strengthening its end-to-end clinical and utilization management capabilities and expanding its presence across U.S. healthcare payer and provider networks.

Lumivero Acquires SharpCloud, Aiming To Speed Up Enterprise Decision-Making

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:16 PM

Lumivero, a provider of research and decision software, has acquired SharpCloud, a UK-based visualization software company that helps organizations connect disparate datasets into a single interactive view for business and portfolio decision-making.

MPearlRock Acquires The Good Crisp Company to Expand Clean-Label Salty Snacks Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:15 PM

MPearlRock has acquired The Good Crisp Company, adding a fast-growing “better-for-you” salty snack brand to its portfolio as the firm looks to scale emerging consumer packaged goods brands with cleaner labels and broad retail potential. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Dentons: Soline Louvigny Added As Partner In Paris

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:13 PM

Dentons has expanded its Paris Banking & Finance offering with the addition of Soline Louvigny as a partner focused on debt capital markets, alongside the arrival of associate Alicia Ghislain. The firm said the hires deepen its capital markets capabilities in France and further support the buildout of its integrated European platform, complementing established DCM teams across Europe, the U.S., the U.K. and other major financial centers.

Angeles Wealth Management Buys XO Capital, Launches Angeles Family Office Affiliate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:12 PM

Angeles Wealth Management announced it has acquired XO Capital, a boutique firm focused on family office, business management and investment management services, and will use the combination to launch a new family office affiliate, Angeles Family Office.

Plasticade Acquires Mr. Chain To Expand In Safety Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:12 PM

Plasticade, a portfolio company of Radial Equity Partners, has acquired Mr. Chain, expanding Plasticade’s presence in the safety market and broadening its lineup of traffic safety, crowd control, and barrier products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bimini Capital To Buy Majority Stake In Tom Johnson Investment Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:09 PM

Bimini Capital Management announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Bimini Advisors Holdings, LLC, has entered into an agreement to purchase 80% of the fully diluted equity interests of Tom Johnson Investment Management, LLC, a privately held registered investment adviser.

White & Case Adds Ed Sheremeta as Real Estate Partner in Tokyo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:09 PM

White & Case has hired Eduard (Ed) Sheremeta as a partner in Tokyo, expanding the firm’s Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice as well as its Global Real Estate Industry Group and Global Private Capital Industry Group.

InductiveHealth Buys SSDataInfo To Bolster Disease Surveillance Support For Health Departments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:07 PM

InductiveHealth announced it has acquired SSDataInfo, a public health technology company known for its long-standing work developing and supporting the NEDSS Base System, a CDC-developed platform used by public health departments to manage reportable disease data and transmit notifiable disease information to the CDC.

First Supply Expands Chicagoland Presence With Acquisition Of Able Distributors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:06 PM

First Supply has acquired Able Distributors, an HVAC supplier with four branch locations across the Chicagoland area, as the Wisconsin-based wholesaler continues a long-term expansion strategy in one of its priority Midwest markets.