Pulse 2.0

Amazon: Market Cap Tops $3 Trillion As AWS Revenue Jumps 37%

Prysmian To Acquire Atkore For $3.8 Billion To Expand North American Electrical Solutions Platform

SpaceX Partners With NVIDIA To Develop Starmind AI1 Satellite Compute Payload

Summit Financial Adds Kamal Capital And M Group, Bringing About $520 Million In Combined Client Assets

Pie Secures Investment From Amex Ventures To Expand AI-Powered Small Business Growth Platform

VersaBank Appoints Lawrence Chamberlain As Global SVP Of Investor And Stakeholder Relations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:46 PM

VersaBank has appointed Lawrence Chamberlain as Global Senior Vice President of Investor and Stakeholder Relations, effective immediately. Chamberlain joins the North American business-to-business digital bank after advising the company on investor relations matters for the past six years as a consultant.

McGuireWoods Adds Energy Regulatory And Transactions Partner Mustafa Ostrander

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:29 PM

McGuireWoods has added energy regulatory lawyer Mustafa Ostrander as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Ostrander brings more than 20 years of experience advising energy companies on federal regulatory, compliance, enforcement and transactional matters.

Asset Vantage Appoints Nicole Eberhardt As Global CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:27 PM

Asset Vantage has appointed Nicole Eberhardt as Global Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2026. Eberhardt previously served as Managing Director of North America at Asset Vantage. In her new role, she will lead the company’s global growth, product innovation and market expansion efforts.

LexisNexis Opens Customer Innovation Lab To Accelerate Legal AI Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:24 PM

LexisNexis Legal & Professional has opened a Customer Innovation Lab in New York City to bring legal professionals, engineers and technology collaborators together to develop and test new legal artificial intelligence capabilities.

Aavalynx Raises £1.5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Led By Omega Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:21 PM

Aavalynx has raised £1.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its artificial intelligence-powered platform for helping enterprises understand and manage the financial risks associated with legal disputes. Omega Ventures led the round, with participation from Two Ravens and a group of angel investors that included senior law firm partners and a former European executive at Amazon.

Smartbird Nominates Elizabeth Mora And Dan Kasun For Election To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:17 PM

Smartbird has nominated technology industry veterans Elizabeth Mora and Dan Kasun for election to its board of directors at the AI infrastructure provider’s next annual meeting of stockholders. The nominees would add experience across corporate governance, finance, cloud computing, artificial intelligence sales, partner ecosystems and go-to-market strategy.

Hightower Signature Wealth Adds $2.5 Billion Firm Stearns Financial Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:14 PM

Hightower Advisors has added Stearns Financial Group to Hightower Signature Wealth, bringing approximately $2.5 billion in assets under management and 30 employees to the integrated wealth management platform. Stearns Financial Group operates from Greensboro and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and has provided financial planning and wealth management services since 1991.

Haven Tower Group Appoints Stephen Langlois To Board Of Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:12 PM

Haven Tower Group has appointed wealth management and wealth technology executive Stephen Langlois to its Board of Advisors. Langlois brings senior leadership experience from Kestra Financial, Fidelity Investments, eMoney and LPL Financial. He will advise Haven Tower as the strategic communications firm expands its services and approaches its 15th anniversary.

Allspring Global Investments Selects Aiviq To Build Global Client Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:10 PM

Allspring Global Investments has selected Aiviq to establish a global, enterprise-grade Client Book of Record platform designed to unify client data across the asset manager’s distribution business. The platform will consolidate information related to client assets, investment flows and sales attribution, providing Allspring with a single, reconciled view of client activity across its global operations.

Prospera Financial Services Onboards $300 Million Firm Abound Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:07 PM

Prospera Financial Services has added Abound Advisors, a wealth management firm overseeing approximately $300 million in client assets, to its nationwide network of independent financial advisers. Abound Advisors operates from Boerne, Texas, and Redlands, California. The firm is led by industry veteran Chris Palmer, who brings more than 27 years of wealth management experience.

d-Matrix Acquires Wallaroo.ai To Expand AI Inference Deployment And Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:01 PM

d-Matrix has acquired Wallaroo.ai, adding AI inference deployment and orchestration software to its data center inference platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Bending Spoons To Acquire Airtable For $1.285 Billion Enterprise Value

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:58 PM

Bending Spoons has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airtable in an all-cash transaction valuing the enterprise software company at $1.285 billion. Including Airtable’s current net cash and cash equivalents, the transaction implies an equity value of approximately $2.25 billion.

Valar Atomics Raises $1 Billion Series B Led By Sequoia And Secures $200 Million Credit Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:58 PM

Valar Atomics has raised $1 billion in Series B funding to accelerate the manufacturing and deployment of standardized nuclear power plants serving artificial intelligence infrastructure, industrial operations and national security applications.

State Street: U.S.-Listed ETFs Attract $189 Billion In July As Year-To-Date Inflows Reach $1.2 Trillion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:54 PM

U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds attracted $189 billion in July 2026, lifting year-to-date inflows to approximately $1.2 trillion and trailing 12-month inflows to $2 trillion, according to a report from State Street Investment Management.

Streamside RV Resorts Acquires Four Townsend Businesses In Partnership With Clayton Family

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:51 PM

Streamside RV Resorts & Campgrounds has entered into a strategic, long-term investment partnership with Chelly and Kevin Clayton involving four outdoor hospitality and tourism businesses in Townsend, Tennessee. The transaction includes Little Arrow Outdoor Resort, Little Arrow Base Camp RV Park, River Rat Tubing & Rafting and Burger Master. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Blue Sea Capital Closes Oversubscribed Continuation Vehicle For One Physics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:48 PM

Blue Sea Capital has closed its first continuation vehicle, extending its investment in outsourced medical physics services provider One Physics while providing liquidity to certain existing investors. The oversubscribed single-asset transaction was led by Apogem Capital, Churchill Asset Management, Dextra Partners and Future Standard. Abbott Capital and Twin Bridge Capital Partners also participated.

QuantHealth Raises $45 Million Series B Led By Qumra Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:43 PM

QuantHealth has raised $45 million in Series B funding to expand its artificial intelligence-powered clinical trial simulation platform. The round was led by Qumra Capital, with participation from Pitango HealthTech, Sanofi Ventures, Artofin Venture Capital Fund, Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, GC Ventures, NewHealth Ventures, Shoni Top Ventures and Esplanade Ventures.

Tricentis Acquires Tabnine To Expand Agentic Quality Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:43 PM

Tricentis has acquired Tabnine, an enterprise AI coding platform focused on secure and context-aware software development. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

RWX Raises $12 Million Series A Led By Hyde Park Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:42 PM

RWX has raised $12 million in Series A funding to expand its cloud infrastructure platform for AI-driven software engineering. The round was led by Hyde Park Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Quiet Capital, The O.H.I.O. Fund, R1 Capital and DV.

Claryx Raises $3.5 Million Pre-Seed Led By Outlander VC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:40 PM

Claryx has emerged from stealth with $3.5 million in pre-seed funding to expand its genomic surveillance platform for detecting hospital-acquired infection outbreaks. The round was led by Outlander VC, with participation from Company Ventures, Boost VC, Neon, Mana Ventures, 640 Oxford and Precursor.

LoopX Raises $4.05 Million Seed Round Led By BDC And Orion Industrial Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:40 PM

LoopX Innovation has raised $4.05 million in seed funding to expand its physical AI platform for mining equipment and underground operations. The round was led by BDC Seed Venture Fund and Orion Industrial Ventures, with participation from engineering and professional services firm Hatch.

Sylebra Capital Raises $277 Million For Inaugural Equity Capital Solutions Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:39 PM

Sylebra Capital Management has completed the first closing of its inaugural Sylebra Equity Capital Solutions Fund with $277 million in commitments. Funds managed by Apollo served as the anchor investor.

HappyRobot Raises $150 Million Series C At $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:38 PM

HappyRobot has raised $150 million in Series C funding at a post-money valuation of $1.2 billion. The round was led by Prysm Capital and co-led by Eurazeo, with participation from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Base10 Partners and Y Combinator. Koch Disruptive Technologies, Orange, T.Capital, Bankinter, Endeavor Catalyst, Kfund and Wave-X also participated. The financing brings HappyRobot’s total funding to approximately $200 million.

Decade Raises Record $85 Million Seed Round To Build AI Wealth Advisory Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:37 PM

Decade has emerged from stealth with $85 million in seed funding to develop an AI-native wealth advisory business in Brazil. The round was backed by Greenoaks, Benchmark and Diffusion. Decade described the financing as the largest seed round raised by a Latin American startup.

Obsidian Security Raises $85 Million Series D At $1.1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:36 PM

Obsidian Security has raised $85 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $1.1 billion. The round was led by Crescent Cove Advisors, with participation from all existing investors, including Greylock Partners and Menlo Ventures.

Everus To Acquire Epsilon Industries For $295 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:20 PM

Everus Construction Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Epsilon Industries for $295 million in cash. Epsilon designs and manufactures modular mechanical and electrical infrastructure systems for projects in data centers, advanced manufacturing, healthcare and other complex construction markets.

Engine Acquires Options Travel To Develop AI-Native Corporate Booking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:19 PM

Engine has acquired Options Travel, a corporate travel management company with more than 30 years of operating experience. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Nextpower Completes Acquisition Of Zigor And Apex Power Conversion Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:15 PM

Nextpower has completed its acquisition of complementary assets from Zigor Corporation’s power conversion business and its U.S. subsidiary, Apex Power. The deal expands Nextpower’s clean energy technology platform with proprietary inverter products, engineering talent and supply chain capabilities in the U.S. and Spain. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ANV Completes Acquisition Of Open Lending

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:14 PM

ANV Group Holdings has completed its acquisition of Open Lending, adding insurance-backed lending enablement and risk analytics to its specialty insurance platform. The deal received all required regulatory approvals after initially being announced on June 16, 2026.

Turner Supply Acquires Millworks & Supply, Expanding Into Coastal Georgia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:12 PM

Turner Supply has acquired Millworks & Supply, a Savannah, Georgia-based distributor of maintenance, repair and operations products. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.