Pulse 2.0

Raymond James To Acquire $46 Billion Firm Clark Capital Management

BlackRock AUM Tops $14 Trillion As Fourth-Quarter Rally Lifts Fees And Profit

Unbox Robotics: $28 Million Series B Closed For Supply Chain Robotics

Emergent: $70 Million Series B Raised For AI-Based App Building Platform

Humans& Raises $480 Million Seed Funding At $4.48 Billion Valuation For Building Human-Centric AI Collaboration Tools

Clari + Salesloft: Interview With VP Of Product Scott Howley About The Revenue Orchestration Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:20 PM

Together, Clari and Salesloft create a category-transforming AI company for revenue, laying the foundation for a Predictive Revenue System that guides revenue teams to accelerate growth. The company combines the broadest dataset, capturing both structured and unstructured signals. End-to-end revenue orchestration capabilities unlock new levels of AI-driven productivity and predictability. Thousands of the world’s most successful companies, including Adobe, IBM, 3M, and Zoom, trust Clari and Salesloft to drive predictable revenue growth. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Clari VP of Product Scott Howley to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Docebo Buys 365Talents For $54.6 Million To Add AI Skills Intelligence Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:26 AM

Docebo is expanding beyond learning management into skills-based workforce planning with the acquisition of 365Talents, a France-based skills intelligence and workforce analytics platform. The deal is designed to create what Docebo calls an AI-powered “intelligence layer” that connects skills identification with learning, internal mobility, and workforce readiness actions tied to business needs.

Remote Acquires Atlas To Add Expense Management And Employee Financial Tools For Global Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:24 AM

Remote has acquired Atlas, an expense management and corporate card platform built for distributed workforces, in a move to add integrated financial tooling to Remote’s global employment, HR, and payroll operating system. The companies said the deal will help customers simplify cross-border spend, perks, and benefits administration as hiring continues to expand far beyond headquarters locations.

Pomelo: $55 Million Series C Raised To Expand Beyond Card Issuing And Build New Payment Rails

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:21 AM

Pomelo, a Latin America-based payments infrastructure company, has raised a $55 million Series C round to accelerate the modernization of payments infrastructure and broaden its product roadmap beyond card issuing. The round was co-led by Kaszek and Insight Partners, with participation from Index Ventures, Adams Street Partners, S32, Endeavor Catalyst, monashees, and TQ Ventures. Founded in 2021, Pomelo said the financing brings its total capital raised to $160 million.

Arcano Partners Closes €850 Million Secondary Fund V As Demand Grows for Mid-Market Secondaries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:17 AM

Arcano Partners has held the final close of Arcano Secondary Fund V, FCR (ASF V), raising €850 million—about $1 billion—well above its initial €500 million target. The fund, launched in 2024, drew backing from a mix of institutional and private investors across Europe and the Americas, reflecting continued appetite for secondaries strategies as investors seek liquidity and managers look to extend ownership of assets.

Horizon Capital Invests In 124 MW Notus Energy Wind Project In Odesa

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:14 AM

Horizon Capital announced it has completed an initial closing for its reconstruction-focused Horizon Capital Catalyst Fund and signed its first transaction: a partnership with Germany-based Notus Energy to finance a 124-megawatt wind power project in Ukraine’s Odesa region.

TitanX: $27 Million Series A Raised To Scale The Phone Intent Category

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:13 AM

TitanX, a Knoxville, Tennessee-based sales intelligence company, announced it has raised a $27 million Series A round led by Updata Partners as it looks to expand what it calls the “Phone Intent” category—software designed to predict which prospects are most likely to answer a cold call before a rep dials.

MelodyArc: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO James McHenry About The AI Operator Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:00 AM

MelodyArc builds a platform for designing and deploying “AI Operators” (agentic AI systems) that can reason, execute workflows, and collaborate across real business tools, data, and teams. Pulse 2.0 interviewed MelodyArc co-founder and CEO James McHenry to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Heitman Closes $2.62 Billion For Value-Add Fund VI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:42 AM

Heitman has completed the final close of Heitman Value Partners Fund VI (HVP VI), securing $2 billion in fund commitments and an additional $620 million in co-investment capital. The close surpassed the fund’s $1.75 billion target and reached its hard cap, making HVP VI the largest closed-end fundraise in Heitman’s history.

HR Path Merges With Enforce To Expand North American Dayforce Consulting And Managed Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:41 AM

HR Path has merged its operations with Enforce, a Dallas-based HRIS specialist known for its expertise in Dayforce, in a move the companies said will strengthen HR Path’s Dayforce capabilities across North America and broaden its ability to support customers from advisory through managed services.

Legato: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Bring In-Product Vibe App Creation To Business Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:39 AM

Legato, an early-stage startup building “vibe app creation” capabilities that can be embedded directly inside B2B software platforms, has raised a $7 million seed round led by S Capital VC with participation from Cerca Partners.

Payoneer Expands European Workforce Management With Acquisition Of Boundless

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:38 AM

Payoneer has acquired Boundless, an Ireland-based Employer of Record (EOR) platform, as the fintech company continues to build out a broader cross-border financial and workforce management stack for small and mid-sized businesses operating internationally.

Silvercorp To Pay $162 Million For 70% Stake In Kyrgyzstan’s Tulkubash/Kyzyltash Gold Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:33 AM

Silvercorp Metals announced it has signed agreements to acquire a 70% interest in the fully permitted Tulkubash/Kyzyltash gold projects in the Kyrgyz Republic in a cash transaction valued at $162 million, adding a third jurisdiction to the Canadian miner’s portfolio and positioning the company for what it described as continued strength in gold fundamentals.

Netflix And Warner Bros. Discovery Shift Pending Deal To $27.75-Per-Share All-Cash Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:32 AM

Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery announced they have amended their definitive agreement for Netflix’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, revising the deal to an all-cash structure while keeping the headline consideration unchanged at $27.75 per WBD share.

Waste Eliminator Acquires Happy Haulers To Expand Atlanta Routes and Frontload Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:30 AM

Waste Eliminator, a metro Atlanta waste and recycling services provider backed by private equity firm Allied Industrial Partners, has acquired Happy Haulers, a frontload and roll-off operator serving the core Atlanta market.

Ultra: $11 Million Series A Closed To Scale Nicotine-Free Focus Pouches

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:29 AM

Ultra, a nicotine-free functional pouch brand positioning itself as a “clean” alternative for sustained focus, has raised an $11 million Series A round to expand product development, broaden distribution, and grow headcount across the United States, the company said.

Radial Power: $355 Million Goldman Sachs Financing Raised For 214 MW Distributed Solar Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:27 AM

Radial Power, an affiliate of energyRe, and Lotus Infrastructure Partners have closed a $355 million tax equity and debt financing with Goldman Sachs to fund a nationwide distributed solar portfolio totaling roughly 214 megawatts across 106 projects.

SageSure And GeoVera Nova Close $200 Million Meritage Re Catastrophe Bond in Debut Issuance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:18 AM

SageSure and GeoVera Nova have closed a $200 million catastrophe bond, marking the first issuance from Meritage Re Ltd., a newly established Bermuda special purpose vehicle. The Meritage Re Ltd. Series 2026-1 transaction drew strong investor demand, enabling the deal to price “significantly tighter” than initial guidance and securing U.S. named storm coverage below preliminary pricing levels.

Vertus Hits $1 Billion Daily AI Trading Volume And Posts 51.15% 2025 Return With 2.13 Sharpe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:16 AM

Vertus announced it surpassed $1 billion in daily AI-driven trading transactions and delivered a 51.15% return in 2025, posting a Sharpe ratio of 2.13, as the company positioned its systems as a step forward for “machine reasoning” in live financial markets.

FHLBank Chicago Opens 2026 Downpayment Plus Grant Programs With $28 Million For Illinois And Wisconsin Homebuyers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:13 AM

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) has launched its 2026 Downpayment Plus (DPP) and Downpayment Plus Advantage (DPP Advantage) grant programs, making $28 million available to help income-eligible homebuyers in Illinois and Wisconsin cover upfront costs that often prevent households from purchasing a home.

Neuropacs: Over $1 Million Seed Round Raised To Advance AI MRI Diagnostics For Neurodegenerative Parkinsonism

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:12 AM

neuropacs, which is developing AI-driven neurological diagnostic software, announced it has raised more than $1 million in seed financing to expand product development and prepare for broader clinical commercialization.

Syntys Buys Q Data’s Qatar Free Zones Facilities From Ooredoo Group, Adding 12.5MW Hyperscale Capacity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:11 AM

Ooredoo Group said its data center platform Syntys has acquired Q Data QFZ LLC, a hyperscale data center operator in Qatar that serves cloud and AI customers, in a transaction that brings 5MW of live capacity and 7.5MW under development into the Syntys footprint.

G Square Takes Majority Stake In Serres To Back Global Expansion Of Sustainable Surgical Fluid Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:08 AM

G Square has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Serres, a Finland-based MedTech company focused on surgical fluid management and suction solutions, as the European healthcare private equity firm looks to accelerate the business’s international growth and sustainability-driven product strategy.

Adams Street Partners Launches ASPEN Lux, A Luxembourg-Domiciled Evergreen PE Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:06 AM

Adams Street Partners, a private markets investment manager with more than $65 billion in assets under management, has launched the Adams Street Private Equity Global Fund, known as ASPEN Lux, a Luxembourg-domiciled open-ended evergreen vehicle aimed at professional and eligible investors outside the United States.

Pennylane Raises €175 Million To Expand AI And E-Invoicing Push Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:00 AM

Pennylane has raised €175 million in a funding round led by TCV and Blackstone Growth, with participation from Sequoia Capital, DST Global, CapitalG, and Meritech Capital, as the company seeks to position itself as a leading “financial operating system” for European businesses. Bloomberg revealed that the funding round was at a $4.25 billion valuation.

Bayer Signs 5 Year Collaboration With Vanderbilt University Medical Center To Advance Cardiovascular And Kidney Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:45 AM

Bayer and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have entered a five-year strategic collaboration aimed at advancing new therapies from early target identification through Investigational New Drug (IND) application, with an initial focus on cardiovascular and kidney diseases.

Bain Capital Completes $4 Billion Sale Of WinTriX China Data Center Unit To HEC-Led Consortium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:44 AM

Bain Capital announced it has closed the strategic sale of WinTriX DC Group's China business, a data center portfolio company, to a consortium led by Shenzhen Dongyangguang Industry Co., Ltd. (HEC), valuing the business at approximately $4 billion.

Prudential Advisors Adds AI-Driven Lead Scoring And GenAI Insights To Advisor Leads Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:41 AM

Prudential Advisors, the retail distribution business of Prudential Financial, announced it has enhanced its Advisor Leads program by embedding artificial intelligence and data science across the full lead lifecycle to improve lead quality and increase conversion rates for its advisor force.

Jetson: $50 Million Series A Raised To Scale Home Heat Pump Electrification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:53 AM

Jetson, a home electrification company focused on replacing gas furnaces with all-electric heat pump systems, announced it has raised $50 million in Series A funding as it expands into additional U.S. markets and builds out a broader product roadmap. The round was led by Eclipse, with participation from 8VC and Activate Capital, as well as existing backers Garage Capital and Active Impact. Jetson said the financing will support expansion into new states and continued development of its vertically integrated model, which combines direct-to-consumer sales, remote assessments, rebate management, and an in-house installation team.

Point Laz: $3 Million Raised To Scale Automated Mine Shaft Inspections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:38 AM

Point Laz Mining Laser Expertise announced it has closed a $3 million funding round to accelerate production and global deployment of its automated mine shaft inspection technology and related analytics platform. The financing was led by the i4 Capital Fund, with significant participation from Fonds Impulsion, which is managed by Investissement Québec and financed by the Government of Québec.