Pulse 2.0

OpenAI Reportedly Explores New Funding At $1.2 Trillion Valuation

Goldman Sachs Alternatives Raises $11.7 Billion Across Private Equity Funds

Apollo Provides $1.25 Billion Equity Capital Solution To Support BMG-Concord Music Combination

S&P Global To Acquire Smart Contract Security Company OpenZeppelin

Impulse Space Raises $308 Million Series D Extension To Expand Spacecraft Technology

Bain Capital Ventures Raises $1.6 Billion Fund XI To Back AI, Physical AI, Security And Science Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:47 PM

Bain Capital Ventures has closed its eleventh venture fund with $1.6 billion in capital, exceeding its fundraising target as the firm increases its backing of early-stage companies building for what it describes as a post-AGI economy.

Nada Secures Up To $300 Million From O’Connor Capital Solutions To Scale HEAs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:46 PM

Nada Holdings has entered into a forward-flow purchase agreement providing up to $300 million of institutional capital for Home Equity Agreements originated through its home-equity finance platform.

Generac Signs Long-Term Amazon Data Center Generator Agreement With Up To $8 Billion In Payments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:42 PM

Generac Holdings has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Amazon covering backup generators for Amazon data centers, with Generac's regulatory filing describing potential aggregate gross payments of up to $8 billion over the arrangement.

D-Robotics Raises $400 Million Series C As Sunrise Chip Shipments Top 8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:39 PM

D-Robotics has raised $400 million in Series C funding to expand its hardware and software infrastructure for artificial intelligence-powered robots. The round included strategic investment from an unnamed global internet company, other investment institutions, and follow-on capital from existing shareholders.

Generate Capital Closes $117 Million MUFG Financing For 114 MW Community Solar Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:28 PM

Generate Capital, an investor, owner and operator of critical infrastructure, has closed a $117 million term debt facility with MUFG to finance a portfolio of community solar projects across Illinois and New York.

PSG Equity Closes Third European Growth Fund At Over €4.4 Billion To Back Software And AI Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:27 PM

PSG Equity has closed its third European growth equity fund, PSG Europe III, at more than €4.4 billion in total committed capital as the firm expands its strategy of investing in European software and technology-enabled services companies.

Aethlon Medical To Merge With North Immunology And Raise $180 Million To Advance Atopic Dermatitis Drug NOR-101

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:26 PM

Aethlon Medical has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with privately held biotechnology company North Immunology in an all-stock transaction, alongside an oversubscribed $180 million private placement intended to fund development of North's lead atopic dermatitis program through multiple clinical readouts.

Euno Raises $23 Million Series A To Help Companies Deploy Trusted AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:12 PM

Euno, an enterprise AI context platform designed to help organizations give AI agents trusted business and data context, has raised $23 million in Series A funding led by N47. The financing brings the company's total funding to $29 million. Existing investor 10D also participated, along with technology founders and executives including Wiz co-founder Yinon Kostika, Cyera co-founder and CEO Yotam Segev, Eon co-founder and CEO Ofir Ehrlich, Tavily founder Rotem Weiss, and former Tableau CEO and President Mark Nelson.

Furo Raises $4 Million To Optimize Industrial Energy Storage Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:09 PM

Furo, a Munich-based energy software company that develops technology to control and optimize commercial and industrial battery storage systems, has raised $4 million to expand its software platform and enter additional European markets.

Modern Wealth Acquires $710 Million Firm Sanchez Wealth Management Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:05 PM

Modern Wealth Management has acquired Jacksonville, Florida-based Sanchez Wealth Management Group, a wealth management firm overseeing nearly $710 million in client assets. The transaction expands Modern Wealth's presence in Florida and establishes its first office in Jacksonville.

Explore Learning: Interview With CEO Lisa Haycox About AI-Powered Personalized Learning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:27 AM

Explore Learning is the UK’s largest independent tuition provider, supporting ~50,000 school-aged children annually through 95 learning centers and online programs. Its 2,500 tutors work alongside Compass, the company’s proprietary AI platform, to provide personalized learning journeys that adapt to each child’s knowledge, pace, and learning needs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Explore Learning CEO Lisa Haycox to learn more.

RockRose Risk: Interview With Founder And CEO Andrew Engler About Preventative Insurance And Wildfire Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:15 AM

RockRose Risk is a tech-enabled insurance broker focused on catastrophe-exposed properties. The company combines on-site risk assessments, AI-driven underwriting automation, scientifically grounded risk reports, and access to multiple insurance carriers to help property owners reduce risk, secure optimized coverage, and fund mitigation through insurance savings. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RockRose Risk Founder and CEO Andrew Engler to learn more.

Sanctuary Wealth Adds Harry Drozdowski, Reilly Cornell And Kelly LaPalio To Expand Estate Planning, M&A And Advisor Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:49 AM

Sanctuary Wealth, a hybrid registered investment advisor that provides wealth management solutions and platform services to independent advisory firms, has appointed three senior leaders as it expands its capabilities across estate planning, mergers and acquisitions, and advisor growth marketing.

telMAX Secures $215 Million From Hamilton Lane, Power Sustainable, Palistar And MidStar To Expand Ontario Fibre Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:48 AM

telMAX, an independent Canadian provider of 100% fibre internet, TV and phone services, has secured $215 million in growth financing to accelerate the expansion of its fibre network across Ontario.

Babst Calland Adds Sarah Czypinski As Senior Counsel In Pittsburgh Litigation Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:43 AM

Babst Calland, a law firm focused on environmental, energy, corporate and other business matters, has added Sarah M. Czypinski as Senior Counsel in its Litigation Group in Pittsburgh.

AlphaPai Raises $50 Million Series B To Expand Investment Research Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:41 AM

AlphaPai, an AI investment research assistant developed by financial AI company Rabyte Technology, has raised $50 million in Series B funding, marking its third consecutive financing round in the past year.

Fin.com Emerges From Stealth With $20 Million Seed Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:40 AM

Fin.com, a financial infrastructure company building a unified network for global money movement, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in seed funding after growing annual recurring revenue more than 50-fold since the beginning of 2026. The round was led by Expa and Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Tenet Fund, Figure founders, Mesh founder Bam Azizi, Second Sight Ventures and sovereign and royal family offices across the Gulf and Africa.

Veridion Raises $20 Million Series A To Map 640 Million Companies In Real Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:38 AM

Veridion has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered live business graph, which provides a continuously updated view of more than 640 million companies worldwide. The round was led by Hoxton Ventures, with participation from existing investors Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, Gapminder, Day One Capital and Launchub.

iGii Secures £22.7 Million To Scale 3D Porous Carbon Nanomaterial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:37 AM

Scottish advanced materials company iGii has secured a £22.7 million financing and support package to accelerate commercialization and industrial adoption of Gii, its proprietary three-dimensional porous pure carbon nanomaterial.

Flam Raises $40 Million Series B To Scale Video, 3D And Visual Agent Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:35 AM

Flam, an AI-powered interactive content company, has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by QED Investors to expand its AI models, product portfolio and global enterprise sales operation.

Circle Pharma Raises $92.5 Million Series E To Advance Cyclin D1 Cancer Drug CID-165 Into Clinical Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:32 AM

Circle Pharma has raised an oversubscribed $92.5 million Series E financing to advance CID-165, its first-in-class oral macrocyclic cyclin D1 RxL inhibitor, into clinical development for ER-positive breast cancer. The round was led by The Column Group, with participation from Nextech Invest, RA Capital Management, Euclidean Capital and Eli Lilly and Company.

CADDi Raises $114 Million Series D At $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:31 AM

CADDi has raised $114 million in Series D funding at a $1.2 billion valuation as the manufacturing technology company expands its AI-powered data platform globally. The financing increases CADDi's total funding to $234 million.

Alation Expands AIOS With Six Products For AI Governance, Enterprise Context And Agent Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:30 AM

Alation has expanded its AIOS intelligence operating system with six new products designed to help enterprises govern the data, business context and AI agents underlying their artificial intelligence applications. The company announced AI Governance, Ontologies, Intelligent Feeds, Console, Governed Collections and Semantic Model Mastering at its revAlation user conference in Chicago.

Sling Therapeutics Raises $123 Million Series C To Advance Oral Thyroid Eye Disease Drug Into Phase 3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:30 AM

Sling Therapeutics, an Ann Arbor-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has raised $123 million in Series C financing to advance linsitinib, its oral small-molecule IGF-1R inhibitor for thyroid eye disease, through Phase 3 development.

Profound Raises $180 Million Series D At $1.8 Billion Valuation To Build AI Platform For Marketing Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:29 AM

Profound has raised $180 million in Series D funding at a $1.8 billion valuation as the company expands from AI search analytics into a broader agentic platform designed to perform work across marketing organizations. The round was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Saga Ventures, Evantic and South Park Commons participating. The financing comes less than seven months after Profound's $96 million Series C.

Streamside Acquires Bay Point Landing, Expanding Outdoor Hospitality Portfolio To 41 Properties

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:13 AM

Streamside RV Resorts & Campgrounds has acquired Bay Point Landing, a waterfront camping resort in Coos Bay, Oregon, marking the company's first acquisition in the Pacific Northwest and its first property along the coastline. The transaction expands Streamside's national portfolio to 41 properties.

TextNow Surpasses $1 Billion In Cumulative Revenue As App-Based Phone Service Grows Without Outside Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:00 AM

TextNow has surpassed $1 billion in cumulative revenue after more than 16 years of largely self-funded growth, marking a major milestone for the app-based phone service company.

Viabot Raises $24 Million Series A To Scale Autonomous Outdoor Property-Care Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:00 AM

Viabot, an autonomous robotics company focused on outdoor commercial property care, announced that it has raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Walden International, with participation from CDIB Capital and Stalwart Ventures, along with existing investors Baseline Ventures, ERA Ventures, Morado Ventures, and SOSV. The financing brings Viabot’s total capital raised to $43 million.

Comp AI Raises $34 Million Series A To Expand Agentic AI Compliance And Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:00 AM

Comp AI has raised $34 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native compliance and security platform beyond audit readiness and compliance automation into continuous cybersecurity. The round was led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.

CorePower Magnetics Raises $10.6 Million To Scale U.S. Manufacturing Of Advanced Magnetics For AI, Data Centers And Grid Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:44 AM

CorePower Magnetics, a Pittsburgh-based developer and manufacturer of advanced magnetic components for power electronics, has raised $10.6 million in equity financing to expand domestic manufacturing capacity, accelerate hiring and scale commercialization of its technology.