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Apple Launches Klarna-Powered Device Leasing Program In The United States

SK Group And NVIDIA Announce $500+ Billion Strategic Partnership Across AI Factories And Next-Generation Memory

Siris To Retain Equiniti Retirement Solutions, Customer Resolutions, And Lenvi

Care Career Acquires MAS Medical Staffing And Expands Annual Revenue Beyond $150 Million

Mobix Labs To Acquire Vision Aerial For About $15 Million

Google Adds Natural-Language Voice Controls To Gemini App For macOS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:50 PM

Google has introduced new voice capabilities for the Gemini app on macOS, allowing users to dictate, edit and summarize content directly within the applications where they are working.

Moa Technology Raises £22.2 Million Series C To Advance Next-Generation Herbicides

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:49 PM

Moa Technology has raised £22.2 million in Series C funding to advance herbicides designed to address increasingly resistant weeds. The round was co-led by Oxford Science Enterprises and Supernova Invest. New investors included Agri Investment Fund, GrainInnovate, Infinity Investment Partners and Magdalen College Oxford.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing Acquires Five-Property French Logistics Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:49 PM

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has acquired a portfolio of five logistics properties in France through investment funds managed by the firm.

Salesforce Secures $1.6 Billion Department Of Veterans Affairs Technology Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:48 PM

Salesforce has received a Department of Veterans Affairs contract with a ceiling of $1.6 billion to modernize healthcare, benefits administration and other services for U.S. veterans.

Oracle Awarded Department Of War Agreement Worth Nearly $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:48 PM

The Department of War has awarded Oracle an enterprise software agreement worth up to nearly $7 billion over 10 years.

Arch Surpasses $539 Billion In Private Market Assets And Reveals Additional Series B Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:45 PM

Arch has surpassed $539 billion in private market assets administered through its platform, representing twice the amount recorded one year earlier.

Belle Brands Expands Credit Facility To Support Acquisition Of Versed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:44 PM

Belle Brands has expanded its asset-based credit facility with Cambridge Savings Bank to support its acquisition of skincare and makeup company Versed.

Porter Secures BNDES Financing Commitment For Up To 19 Embraer E195-E2 Aircraft

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:43 PM

Porter Aviation Holdings has secured a financing commitment from the Brazilian Development Bank for up to 19 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft.

Avant Secures $300 Million Asset-Based Financing Facility Led By Aperture Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:42 PM

Avant has secured a $300 million asset-based financing facility led by Aperture Investors. The facility will provide flexible capital to support the growth of Avant’s consumer credit platform, particularly its credit card portfolio. The transaction expands an existing relationship between Avant and Aperture’s Asset-Based Finance team.

CAIS Raises $170 Million Series D At Valuation Above $2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:41 PM

CAIS has raised $170 million in Series D financing at a valuation exceeding $2 billion. Vista Equity Partners was the lead participant. AllianceBernstein, Blue Owl Capital, Carlyle, Fortress Investment Group, Golub Capital, Lord Abbett and Royal Bank of Canada also invested.

Grant Thornton Advisors To Acquire CBIZ For $5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:39 PM

Grant Thornton Advisors has agreed to acquire CBIZ in an all-cash transaction with an enterprise value of $5 billion. CBIZ shareholders will receive $55 per share, representing a premium of approximately 54% to the company’s 30-day volume-weighted average share price.

Dimension Raises $1.65 Million Seed Round To Expand Seller OS For Social Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:38 PM

Dimension has raised $1.65 million in seed financing to expand Seller OS, an agentic AI platform designed to manage TikTok Shop and other social commerce operations. Investors included Science Inc., UpscaleX, OpenSky, Long Run Capital, 1864 Fund, Lawrence Hsu and creator-investor Austin Sprinz.

Centralize Raises $19 Million To Expand Enterprise Relationship Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:37 PM

Centralize has raised $19 million in total funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Salesforce Ventures, Y Combinator, 20SALES, Ritual Capital and Adverb Ventures also participated. Individual investors included Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield and Metronome co-founder Scott Woody.

Shield AI: Innovation X Advisors Participating In $1.5 Billion Series G At $12.7 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:35 PM

Shield AI has raised $1.5 billion in Series G financing at a post-money valuation of $12.7 billion. Innovation X Advisors participated alongside other existing investors. The transaction also included $500 million of fixed-return preferred equity financing and a $250 million delayed-draw facility.

Adjuvia Therapeutics Raises $8 Million Series Seed To Advance ATI-105 Into Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:32 PM

Adjuvia Therapeutics has raised $8 million in Series Seed funding to advance ATI-105, its lead experimental treatment for mitochondrial diseases. The round was led by JLO Ventures, with participation from Portfolia Ventures and biotechnology industry investors.

Intermap Technologies To Acquire PCI Geomatics Group For $11 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:31 PM

Intermap Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining shares of PCI Geomatics Group that it does not already own for $11 million in cash. Intermap currently owns all of PCI’s Series B preferred shares and approximately 3.3% of its common shares.

Allied Gold Secures $295 Million Investment From Zijin Gold After Acquisition Agreement Ends

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:28 PM

Allied Gold and Zijin Gold International have terminated their previously announced acquisition agreement after determining that the transaction’s closing conditions were unlikely to be satisfied by the July 29, 2026 deadline or within a reasonable period afterward.

Pangram Raises $9 Million To Expand AI Text And Image Detection Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:27 PM

Pangram has raised $9 million to improve its AI-generated text detection technology and expand into image detection. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Haystack, ScOp Venture Capital, Script Capital, and Cadenza.

State Street Plans To Acquire Santander CACEIS Latin American Securities Services Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:25 PM

State Street has signed an initial agreement to acquire the Santander CACEIS Latam Securities Services joint venture in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia.

Verisk Acquires McKenzie Intelligence Services To Expand Catastrophe Response Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:24 PM

Verisk has acquired McKenzie Intelligence Services, a provider of geospatial intelligence and real-time analysis of catastrophes, conflicts and other major events.

Lomiko Metals To Be Acquired By Global Battery Materials For Approximately C$11 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:23 PM

Global Battery Materials has agreed to acquire Lomiko Metals in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately C$11 million on a fully diluted basis.

Curium Reportedly Nears Acquisition Of Lantheus For Approximately $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:22 PM

Curium Pharma is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings in a transaction valued at approximately $7 billion, according to Bloomberg. The potential acquisition would bring together two major businesses operating across nuclear medicine, diagnostic imaging and targeted radiopharmaceutical development.

Dover To Acquire Cloeren And Expand Polymer Processing Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:21 PM

Dover has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cloeren, a manufacturer of extrusion T-dies and feedblocks used primarily in polymer and plastics production. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Honeywell Completes Sale Of Warehouse And Workflow Solutions Business To American Industrial Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:19 PM

Honeywell Technologies has completed the sale of its Warehouse and Workflow Solutions business to American Industrial Partners in an all-cash transaction. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Upstart Secures Up To $4 Billion Consumer Loan Purchase Commitment From Castlelake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:18 PM

Upstart has entered into a multiyear forward-flow agreement under which Castlelake-managed funds may purchase up to $4 billion of consumer loans originated through the Upstart platform. The loans may be purchased over a period of up to 24 months.

Humand: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Nicolas “Nico” Benenzon About Building An AI-Based Operating System For Deskless Workers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 6:05 PM

Humand is an AI-powered operating system for deskless workers, giving employees access to onboarding, training, benefits, recognition, and company updates through a single mobile platform. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Humand Co-Founder & CEO Nicolas "Nico" Benenzon to learn more.