Pulse 2.0

Why onsemi Is Buying Synaptics For $7 Billion

Why Merck Is Buying Bio-Techne For $11.3 Billion

Main Capital Partners Closes €5.25 Billion Dual Fundraise

H.I.G. Capital Appoints Carlos Couret Managing Director And Head Of Lower Middle Market Private Equity In Spain

CapMan Infra Announces First Close Of €750 Million Nordic Infrastructure III Fund

Google Advances AI-Powered Tools For Natural Disaster Forecasting And Crisis Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:56 PM

Google announced new progress in its decade-long effort to use AI and global partnerships to help communities prepare for and respond to natural disasters.

Livelihoods Launches €150 Million Fund To Support Nature-Based Climate Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:49 PM

Livelihoods announced the launch of Livelihoods Carbon Fund 4, an investment fund dedicated to developing nature-based solutions designed with rural communities. The fund was launched alongside Livelihoods’ long-standing partners, including Danone, Hermès, Mars, Mauritius Commercial Bank, McCain, SAP, Schneider Electric, and Voyageurs du Monde.

DayMark Wealth Partners Closes $25 Million DayMark Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:46 PM

DayMark Wealth Partners announced the $25 million final close of DayMark Fund I, which was developed in partnership with Opto Investments.

equipal Secures £16.25 Million Funding Partnership With Altum Capital Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:45 PM

equipal announced that it has secured a £16.25 million combined equity investment and forward flow facility from Altum Capital Management. The funding package includes £1.25 million of equity investment and a forward flow facility of up to £15 million. The facility includes £5 million of initial full lease funding and up to a further £10 million of junior funding.

Seltz Raises $12.5 Million Seed Round To Build Web Search For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:42 PM

Seltz announced that it raised a $12.5 million seed round to build web search infrastructure for AI agents. The round was led by B Capital and Speedinvest, with participation from Future Present, Italian Founders Fund, Arc Investors, United Ventures, Vento Ventures, Mango Capital, 2100 Ventures, and Future Back Ventures. The round also included angel investors from Google, Ramp, Tako, and Hugging Face.

Ollin Biosciences Raises $330 Million Series B To Advance OLN324

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:40 PM

Ollin Biosciences announced that it raised an oversubscribed $330 million Series B financing round. The round was co-led by new investor TCGX and founding investor ARCH Venture Partners. Participants included a16z Bio+Health, Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing, Commodore Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, RA Capital Management, accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, a leading sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Capital, and Monograph Capital.

Permira And Warburg Pincus Complete $8.4 Billion Deal For Clearwater Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:34 PM

Clearwater Analytics announced the completion of its previously announced take-private acquisition by an investor group led by Permira and Warburg Pincus.

Boeing Selected For Up To $2 Billion U.S. Space Force Communications Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:30 PM

Boeing announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Space Force for the next phase of the Mobile User Objective System Service Life Extension program.

LPL Financial Welcomes $160 Million Firm NorthStar Wealth Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:13 PM

LPL Financial announced that financial advisor Ronald White has launched a new independent practice, NorthStar Wealth Advisors, with support from Good Life Companies, an LPL Financial-affiliated firm. The NorthStar Wealth Advisors team reported serving approximately $160 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets and joins LPL from Raymond James.

Good Purpose Appoints Chad Williams To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:12 PM

Good Purpose Investments announced the appointment of Chad Williams to its Board of Directors. The appointment is intended to strengthen the company’s capital markets strategy as Good Purpose advances its sustainability-focused growth platform. The company is focused on circular materials, sustainable manufacturing technologies, and next-generation consumer product categories.

NXP Names Mike Lucarelli Senior Vice President Of Investor Relations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:11 PM

NXP Semiconductors announced that Jeff Palmer, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, has decided to retire after a 16-year career with the company.

Freshpet Announces Planned Leadership Transition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:09 PM

Freshpet announced a planned leadership transition tied to the company’s 20th anniversary. Scott Morris, Freshpet’s President and Co-Founder, will transition from his operating responsibilities to an advisory role on October 20, 2026. Morris will remain available to the company as an advisor for 18 months following the transition.

InMode Confirms Unsolicited $16.20 Per Share Acquisition Proposal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:07 PM

InMode announced that its Board of Directors received an unsolicited proposal from M.N. Business Strategy to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares of the company not already owned by M.N. Business Strategy and its affiliates.

AMC Robotics Secures Vietnam Manufacturing Facility For NovaArm Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:03 PM

AMC Robotics announced that it signed a lease agreement for a 6,150-square-meter manufacturing facility in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam.

Stitch Fix Expands Vision AI Platform For Personalized Style Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:02 PM

Stitch Fix announced that it is expanding Stitch Fix Vision, its AI style visualization platform, with a new capability that lets clients generate personalized images of themselves in recommended outfits.

Why Adobe Is Buying Topaz Labs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:28 AM

Adobe announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs, an AI company known for video and image enhancement models.

Arca Raises $64 Million To Build AI-Native Wealth Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:25 AM

Arca announced its emergence from stealth with $64 million raised across its seed round and Series A.

Netris Raises $15 Million Series A Led By Andreessen Horowitz

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:23 AM

Netris announced it raised a $15 million Series A round to accelerate adoption of its network automation and multi-tenancy platform for AI infrastructure. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz. Guido Appenzeller, Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, led the round and is joining Netris’ board of directors.

Trase Raises $107 Million Seed Round Led By ARCH Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:22 AM

Trase announced it raised a $107 million seed funding round to continue building its agentic operating system for regulated industries. The round was led by ARCH Venture Partners, with participation from Red Cell Partners and other investors.

Airwallex Raises $320 Million Series H At $11 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:21 AM

Airwallex announced it raised $320 million in Series H funding, bringing the company’s valuation to $11 billion.

Float Financial Raises C$85 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:20 AM

Float Financial announced it raised a CAD $85 million all-equity Series C round to continue building what it describes as Canada’s intelligent financial operating system.

Qurrent Launches AI BPO Platform For CFOs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:16 AM

Qurrent announced the formal launch of its AI Business Process Outsourcer platform for Chief Financial Officers.

Generation Lab Launches SystemAge 2.1 Biological Age Test

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:15 AM

Generation Lab announced the general availability of SystemAge 2.1, the latest version of its Biological Noise measurement platform.

Stark Defence Reportedly Raises €500 Million At €3.5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:08 AM

Stark Defence reportedly raised €500 million in new funding, valuing the German drone startup at about €3.5 billion, according to Bloomberg. The round was backed by Sequoia Capital and Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel. Other investors reportedly included NATO Innovation Fund, Project A, Döpfner Capital, Air Street Capital, and 201 Ventures.