Pulse 2.0

Emera And Canadian Utilities To Combine In $72 Billion Merger

C.H. Robinson To Acquire RXO For $5.8 Billion

Bluespring Wealth Acquires Family Wealth Counseling And Creates $1 Billion Combined Practice

M1 Launches Fiduciary AI Financial Advisor For Its $14 Billion Client Platform

Jones Day Adds Real Estate Finance Partner Zena Ho In Los Angeles

WilmerHale Adds Hugh Murtagh As Bankruptcy And Financial Restructuring Practice Chair

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:37 PM

WilmerHale announced that Hugh Murtagh has joined the firm as a partner and chair of its transactional Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Practice in New York. Murtagh advises companies, creditors, sponsors, financing sources, purchasers, and other stakeholders throughout the restructuring process.

Davis Polk Adds Media And Entertainment Partner Glen Mastroberte In Los Angeles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:36 PM

Davis Polk announced that Glen Mastroberte has joined the firm as a partner in its Mergers & Acquisitions practice in Los Angeles. Mastroberte advises clients across the media, entertainment, and sports industries.

Wittington Investments To Acquire Boots For $8.9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:17 PM

Wittington Investments entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Boots and associated businesses for total consideration of $8.9 billion, including assumed debt.

Wolfspeed Receives Conditional $1.5 Billion 30-Year Loan Commitment From U.S. Department Of War

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:16 PM

Wolfspeed received a conditional commitment from the U.S. Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital for up to $1.5 billion in long-term financing.

Merit Financial Advisors Acquires $1.1 Billion Firm Moldenhauer & Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:15 PM

Merit Financial Advisors acquired Moldenhauer & Associates, an Orchard Park, New York-based wealth management firm overseeing approximately $1.1 billion in client assets. The firm serves nearly 1,900 households.

Crescent Energy To Acquire Devon Energy Eagle Ford Assets For Approximately $3.85 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:14 PM

Crescent Energy entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Eagle Ford assets from Devon Energy for an estimated net purchase price of approximately $3.85 billion.

AblePay Health Raises $20 Million Series A Led By F-Prime

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:14 PM

AblePay Health raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its healthcare affordability and patient payment platform. F-Prime led the round, with participation from A1 Health Ventures and .406 Ventures.

Clear Channel Outdoor Receives CFIUS Clearance For Mubadala Capital Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:13 PM

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings has received clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for its pending acquisition by Mubadala Capital, satisfying the final regulatory requirement needed to complete the transaction.

VineBrook Homes Trust Completes $30 Million Tender Offer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:12 PM

VineBrook Homes Trust has announced the final results of its tender offer to repurchase Class A common shares at $33 per share, completing a roughly $30 million liquidity transaction for investors. The tender offer began on September 4, 2026, and expired on October 5, 2026.

Gold.com’s Spectrum Wine Acquires Wine Cellar Club And Expands Storage Capacity To 125,000 Cases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:10 PM

Gold.com's majority-owned Spectrum Wine Auctions has acquired Wine Cellar Club, an Orange County, California-based wine storage business, expanding Spectrum's presence across the fine wine storage, auction and retail markets.

Drilling Tools To Acquire Saltire Energy And Foxley Energy For $80 Million Cash Plus 17.4 Million Shares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:08 PM

Drilling Tools International entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Saltire Energy Limited and Foxley Energy Limited. The consideration consists of approximately $80 million in cash and 17.4 million shares of DTI common stock, subject to customary adjustments.

Oncodesign Precision Medicine Advances OPM-201 Toward Phase 1b Parkinson’s Disease Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:07 PM

Oncodesign Precision Medicine announced several manufacturing, regulatory, and development milestones for OPM-201, its LRRK2 kinase inhibitor being developed for Parkinson's disease.

Spring Labs Acquires Winnow To Expand AI Compliance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:06 PM

Spring Labs acquired Winnow Solutions, a regulatory compliance technology platform, to strengthen its AI-powered risk and compliance offering for financial institutions.

Orca And Loopscale Merge To Form Formation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:05 PM

Orca and Loopscale announced a merger that will combine their crypto trading, liquidity, credit, and vault infrastructure under a new company called Formation. Loopscale co-founder Luke Truitt will serve as CEO of Formation.

Capacity Acquires Majority Stake In UK-Based Core Fulfilment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:04 PM

Capacity acquired a majority stake in Core Fulfilment, creating a fulfillment platform serving consumer brands across both the U.S. and U.K.

Zone Frontier Sells Legacy Cleaning Products Business And Eliminates Approximately $3 Million In Annual Cash Burn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:03 PM

Zone Frontier sold its legacy aqueous ozone cleaning products business, including wholly owned subsidiary CleanCore Global Limited, to Sanzonate Holdings.

Stonefield Economics Adds VALUE Incorporated To Expand Texas Presence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:02 PM

Stonefield Economics announced that VALUE Incorporated has joined its national economic consulting and dispute advisory platform. Stonefield is backed by Trinity Hunt Partners.

J.S. Held Acquires Forensic Accountants & Consultants

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:01 PM

J.S. Held acquired and integrated Forensic Accountants & Consultants, expanding its forensic accounting and litigation consulting capabilities in Florida.

Stark Power To Acquire 262 MW Cottage Grove Energy Campus In Minnesota

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:00 PM

Stark Power entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Cottage Grove energy campus near Cottage Grove, Minnesota, from Ultra Capital and Panamint Capital.

Atom Computing Advances To Final Stage Of DARPA Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:59 PM

Atom Computing was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to advance to the final stage of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. Stage C of the program carries potential funding of up to $300 million.

Acuity Analytics Acquires Continuus To Expand U.S. Data And AI Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:59 PM

Acuity Analytics acquired Continuus, a U.S.-based data consultancy specializing in financial services. The transaction adds 37 employees to Acuity and expands its capabilities across data strategy, governance, engineering, and cloud data platforms.

Pacolet Milliken Acquires Georgia Renewable Power And Triples Biomass Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:58 PM

Pacolet Milliken acquired 100% of Georgia Renewable Power, expanding its renewable energy portfolio and roughly tripling the size of its biomass platform.

ZEISS Acquires Ceres Holographics To Accelerate Holography Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:57 PM

ZEISS acquired Ceres Holographics, a Scotland-based holographic technology company focused on hologram manufacturing and automotive display applications. Ceres Holographics will become part of ZEISS Microoptics.

Alto And Canopy Launch Native IRA Funding Integration For Private Market Investing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:56 PM

Alto and Canopy launched a native integration designed to make it easier for investors to fund private market investments using individual retirement accounts.

Versapay Launches Intelligence Layer Across Invoice-To-Cash Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:55 PM

Versapay introduced Versapay Intelligence, an expanded AI layer that operates across its invoice-to-cash platform. The new capabilities extend Versapay’s existing AI use beyond cash application to invoicing, collections, payments, and ERP connectivity.

Vocca Raises $20 Million Series A Led By Norrsken VC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:54 PM

Vocca raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its AI platform for patient communication and healthcare scheduling. The round was led by Norrsken VC, with participation from Heal Capital, Speedinvest, and Firstminute Capital. Angel investors participating in the financing include founders of Alan and Datadog. The round brings Vocca’s total funding to $25 million.

Anyflo Emerges From Stealth With Native Acquisition And $1 Million Mysten Labs Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:52 PM

Anyflo emerged from stealth with the acquisition of Native and a $1 million investment from Mysten Labs as it develops stablecoin payment infrastructure for enterprises.

Helical Fusion Raises $20.6 Million In Series B Second Close With Fuji Electric And Other Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:51 PM

Helical Fusion raised JPY 3.23 billion, or approximately $20.6 million, in the second close of its Series B financing as it advances development of its commercial fusion program. Fuji Electric joined the round as both a strategic investor and an Official Partner of Helical Fusion’s Helix Program.

Jemal Real Estate Strategies And DivcoWest Form Venture For 323-Unit Washington, D.C. Conversion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:51 PM

Jemal Real Estate Strategies and DivcoWest formed a joint venture to convert a 342,000-square-foot office building in Washington, D.C.’s West End into approximately 323 apartments.

Ocean Aviation Breaks Ground On $67 Million Miami Executive Airport Campus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:49 PM

Ocean Aviation, backed by Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, broke ground on a new private aviation campus at Miami Executive Airport, representing a $67 million capital commitment.