Pulse 2.0

OpenAI Reportedly Explores New Funding At $1.2 Trillion Valuation

Goldman Sachs Alternatives Raises $11.7 Billion Across Private Equity Funds

Definely Partners With OpenAI To Bring Contract Review And Verification Tools Into ChatGPT Enterprise

Gordon Brothers Appoints Tron Allen Senior Managing Director To Expand Private Equity And Lending Relationships

Rithm Capital Appoints Ann DeVries As Head Of Investor Relations To Support Alternative Asset Management Growth

Constitution Capital Partners Appoints Rich Schainker As Managing Director To Expand Private Equity Access In Retirement Plans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:19 AM

Constitution Capital Partners has appointed retirement industry veteran Rich Schainker as Managing Director as the approximately $7.8 billion alternative asset manager expands its defined contribution capabilities.

CVC Marathon Promotes Karen Lau To Partner As Global Credit Platform Expands

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:16 AM

CVC Marathon has promoted Karen Lau to Partner, recognizing her investment leadership across leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations.

Janus Henderson Hires BlackRock’s Helen Jewell And JPMorgan’s Shilpee Raina For Senior Global Equities Roles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:14 AM

Janus Henderson Investors has hired Helen Jewell and Shilpee Raina for senior investment leadership roles as the approximately $500 billion asset manager strengthens its global equities franchise.

Ashurst Perkins Coie Hires Ben Plotnik As Partner To Expand Global Private Capital Funds Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:13 AM

Ashurst Perkins Coie has appointed Ben Plotnik as a Partner in its Corporate practice as the global law firm expands its private capital capabilities.

Norton Rose Fulbright Hires Deal Lawyer Jen Smith As Austin Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:12 AM

Norton Rose Fulbright has hired Jen Smith as a Partner in its Corporate, M&A and Securities group in Austin, strengthening the global law firm's private equity and transactional capabilities in Texas.

Vistina Hires Former Morgan Stanley Executive Adrian Smith As Managing Director To Expand Structured Finance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:12 AM

Vistina has appointed Adrian Smith as Managing Director focused on structured finance, expanding the investment bank's capabilities across asset-backed securities, esoteric assets and private credit.

ACI Worldwide Expands Connetic With Cloud-Native Financial Messaging To Power AI-Ready Payments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:10 AM

ACI Worldwide has expanded its ACI Connetic cloud-native payments platform with advanced financial messaging capabilities designed to help banks modernize payment infrastructure, simplify cross-border processing and prepare for increasingly AI-driven payment environments.

EIV Capital Adds Former EIG Executive Kristin Kelly As Partner To Expand Upstream Energy Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:08 AM

EIV Capital has added Kristin Kelly as a Partner, strengthening the Houston-based private equity firm's upstream energy investment team. Kelly brings nearly two decades of energy investing, private equity and transaction experience and will primarily focus on EIV Capital's upstream strategy.

NMS Capital Launches Asurgence Medical With ENDOCORP Recapitalization And Medical Optics Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:59 AM

NMS Capital has launched Asurgence Medical, a new surgical suite maintenance, repair and overhaul platform, through the recapitalization of ENDOCORP and concurrent acquisition of Medical Optics from Probo Medical.

Taboola To Acquire Dianomi To Expand Realize Performance Advertising Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:57 AM

Taboola has agreed to acquire Dianomi, a digital advertising company focused on premium business, finance and lifestyle audiences, as it expands the specialized inventory available through its Realize performance advertising platform.

Mission Critical Group Secures Preferred Investment Led By Liberty Mutual Investments To Scale Data Center Power Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:56 AM

Mission Critical Group has closed a preferred investment led by Liberty Mutual Investments as the electrical infrastructure company scales to meet increasing power demand from data centers, manufacturing facilities and energy infrastructure. Invesco Senior Secured Management, Aventail Capital Group and Brigade Capital Management also participated in the investment. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Magentic Raises $18 Million Series A To Expand AI Digital Workers For Global Manufacturers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:54 AM

Magentic has raised $18 million in Series A funding to expand its AI digital workers across procurement, supply chain and industrial operations. Felicis led the round, with existing investors Sequoia Capital and The Westly Group also participating. The financing comes approximately one year after Magentic launched.

dtcpay Raises $25 Million Series A As SBI Group Backs Regulated Stablecoin Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:52 AM

dtcpay has completed a $25 million Series A round, adding Japan's SBI Group as a strategic investor as the Singapore-based payments company expands its regulated stablecoin infrastructure internationally. Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India led the initial tranche in April 2026. SBI Group is participating through SBI Ventures Asset and the SBI-NTU-Kyobo Digital Innovation Fund, with additional participation from Genedant Capital and existing investor Kwee Liong Tek.

ECIJA Appoints Former Dentons Spain Tax Head María Cortizas As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:51 AM

ECIJA has appointed María Cortizas as a partner in its Tax practice in Spain, strengthening the law firm's capabilities across M&A, corporate restructuring, capital markets, structured finance and complex tax matters.

The LYCRA Company Appoints Hua Du As CEO Following Financial Restructuring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:47 AM

The LYCRA Company has appointed Hua Du as Chief Executive Officer as the fiber and materials technology company begins its next phase following completion of its financial restructuring.

Silicon Quantum Computing Appoints Former GlobalFoundries CFO John Hollister To Lead Financial Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:46 AM

Silicon Quantum Computing has appointed semiconductor industry veteran John Hollister as Chief Financial Officer as the Australian quantum computing company advances its roadmap toward commercial-scale systems.

Gap Inc. Appoints Forerunner Founder Kirsten Green To Board As Retailer Pursues New Growth Opportunities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:45 AM

Gap Inc. has appointed Forerunner founder and Managing Partner Kirsten Green to its Board of Directors as the retailer continues its transformation and looks for additional growth opportunities across its portfolio of brands.

ProSiebenSat.1 Appoints Former RTL Deutschland CFO Ingrid Heisserer As Group CFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:44 AM

ProSiebenSat.1 Media has appointed Ingrid Heisserer as Group Chief Financial Officer as the German media company continues its financial and operational transformation.

BioStem Technologies Secures Up To $40 Million Equity Facility From Roth Principal Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:43 AM

BioStem Technologies has secured access to up to $40 million through a committed equity facility with Roth Principal Investments, providing the regenerative medicine company with additional capital flexibility as it expands its commercial and clinical operations.

AMC Robotics Secures Access To Up To $50 Million To Accelerate AI Robotics Manufacturing Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:42 AM

AMC Robotics has entered into a standby equity purchase agreement providing access to up to $50 million as the AI-driven robotics company accelerates commissioning of its manufacturing facility.

Raindrop Raises Series A Funding For AI Agent Reliability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:40 AM

Raindrop has raised a Series A led by CRV, bringing its total funding to $50 million as the company expands technology designed to detect failures in autonomous AI agents. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Y Combinator participated alongside lead researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic and Thinking Machines. Raindrop is already being used by customers including Vercel, Framer, Clay and Fortune 100 enterprises.

Pulse Fund Closes $63 Million Inaugural Fund To Invest Across Climate, Infrastructure, Food And Mobility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:37 AM

Pulse Fund has closed its inaugural $63 million venture capital fund to invest in early-stage climate companies spanning the energy transition, infrastructure, food and agriculture, and mobility.

Elowen Capital Structures $101 Million Financing With RRA Capital And The Bancorp For ECA Texas Multifamily Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:35 AM

Elowen Capital has structured and sourced $101 million in capitalization for ECA's acquisition of a 20-property, 1,576-unit multifamily portfolio across 13 Texas cities.

Prosperus Retail Property Fund To Acquire Ozas Shopping Centre From NEPI Rockcastle For €200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:34 AM

Prosperus Retail Property Fund has agreed to acquire the Ozas shopping and entertainment center in Vilnius from NEPI Rockcastle for €200 million, marking the fund's first major transaction as it builds a Central and Eastern European retail property platform.