Pulse 2.0

Penske Automotive Group To Be Taken Private By Penske Corporation And Mitsui In $16.3 Billion Deal

Ramp Raises $1.85 Billion At $60 Billion Valuation As Annualized Revenue Exceeds $2 Billion

CarbonAI Raises $12 Million Led By Cowboy Ventures For AI Agents In Commercial Real Estate Lending

Punch Raises $2 Million From Gutter Capital To Expand AI-Powered Construction Intelligence Platform

Relevance Ventures Launches Relevance Capital And Names James Carey As Managing Partner

ORANGE JUICE Appoints Former NVIDIA AI Platform Veteran Elias Martinez Cohen As Chief Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:41 PM

ORANGE JUICE has appointed Elias Martinez Cohen as Chief Technology Officer, bringing in an AI infrastructure veteran who spent nearly eight years at NVIDIA to build and lead a centralized technology team serving businesses across the company's acquisition portfolio.

Anthropic Strengthens Claude Election Safeguards Ahead Of 2026 U.S. Midterms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:40 PM

Anthropic is expanding election-related safeguards for Claude ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, introducing additional voting-information features, political-bias evaluations, and systems designed to detect coordinated attempts to misuse its AI models. The company said the work builds on safeguards previously introduced to measure political bias, detect election-related abuse, and connect users with accurate voting information.

Agilent To Acquire Proscia For Up To $270 Million To Expand AI-Enabled Digital Pathology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:47 PM

Agilent Technologies has agreed to acquire Proscia, a provider of digital pathology software for clinical and life sciences customers, in an all-cash transaction valued at $240 million at closing plus up to $30 million tied to future performance milestones.

HyLight Raises €13 Million Series A Led By Rubio Impact Ventures To Scale Infrastructure Inspection Fleet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:45 PM

HyLight has raised €13 million in Series A funding to expand its aerial infrastructure inspection platform and increase its fleet to 15 HyLighters in operation by 2027.

Subeca Raises About $3 Million Series A-2 Led By Burnt Island Ventures For Smart Water Metering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:44 PM

Subeca has raised approximately $3 million in additional funding to expand its smart water infrastructure platform and accelerate adoption among utilities and businesses across North America.

ParkMundo Raises €2.3 Million To Accelerate International Expansion And B2B Airport Parking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:44 PM

ParkMundo has raised €2.3 million in funding to scale its consumer marketplace, expand its B2B partner ecosystem, and accelerate international growth.

BioConsortia Raises $15 Million To Accelerate Global Launch Of Zaffre And Always N

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:44 PM

BioConsortia has secured a $15 million equity investment to accelerate the commercial expansion of its microbial technologies for agriculture, including its Zaffre biostimulant and Always N nitrogen-fixing seed treatment products.

Kartesia Invests In Engineered Fire Piping To Support International Expansion And Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:43 PM

Kartesia has invested in Engineered Fire Piping, a Spain-based manufacturer of fire protection piping systems, to support the company's next phase of domestic and international growth.

Franklin Templeton And Benefit Street Partners Expand Asset-Backed Finance Platform With $480 Million Encina Transaction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:43 PM

Franklin Templeton and Benefit Street Partners have completed a transaction with Encina Lender Finance that expands BSP's asset-backed finance capabilities across consumer and commercial lender finance.

SEI Appoints Kristie Edling-Day As Chief Information Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:42 PM

SEI has appointed Kristie Edling-Day as Chief Information Officer, strengthening its leadership team as the financial technology and asset management company advances its enterprise technology strategy, platform modernization, cybersecurity governance, and AI initiatives.

CAPTRUST Adds $3 Billion+ Firm Hoge-Barrett Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:41 PM

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has added the Hoge-Barrett Group, a 13-person wealth management team based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, representing more than $3 billion in client assets.

Raymond James Adds $350 Million+ Georgia Advisor Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:39 PM

Raymond James has added financial advisors Nathaniel “Nate” Langley, Paige Rossi, and Stephen Groover to Raymond James Financial Services, the firm’s independent advisor channel.

T. Rowe Price Expands Wealth Management Team With More Than 50 Client-Facing Roles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:28 PM

T. Rowe Price is expanding its U.S. Intermediaries Wealth Management business, adding more than 50 client-facing positions while strengthening its leadership and specialist teams as the asset manager seeks to deepen relationships with financial advisors.

Perennial Wealth Partners Debuts With Over $500 Million In Client Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:26 PM

Perennial Wealth Partners has launched as a full-service wealth management practice within Integrated Partners, with six financial advisors collectively managing more than $500 million in client assets.

Princeton Equity Group Promotes Jack Nagle And Joseph Trahan To Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:22 PM

Princeton Equity Group has promoted Jack Nagle and Joseph Trahan from Principal to Partner, strengthening the senior investment team at the private equity firm as it continues to expand its franchisor and multi-location investment platform.

Genesys Capital Expands University Seed Fund With Sunnybrook And UHN

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:20 PM

Genesys Capital has completed the second close of the Genesys University Seed Fund, adding Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University Health Network as hospital partners to expand support for early-stage Canadian life sciences companies.

&Partners Appoints Mara Glassel And Julie Fox To Co-Lead Ultra-High-Net-Worth And Private Wealth Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:20 PM

&Partners has appointed longtime UBS executives Mara Glassel and Julie Fox as equity partners and members of its executive team, with the pair set to co-lead the firm's ultra-high-net-worth and private wealth businesses.

Yorkville Ives Adds Six Senior Hires Across Institutional Sales, Trading, And Capital Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:16 PM

Yorkville Ives & Co. has added six senior professionals across institutional sales, trading, and capital markets as the investment bank continues building out its platform following its formation in April 2025.

SBG Funding Surpasses $3 Billion In Small-Business Financing As 2026 Originations Reach $867 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:15 PM

SBG Funding has surpassed $3 billion in financing delivered to more than 28,000 U.S. small businesses since its founding in 2017, as the company continues to report rapid growth in annual originations.

Zaria Raises $5.2 Million Seed Led By Lightspeed Venture Partners To Scale Structured Finance Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:14 PM

Zaria Systems has raised $5.2 million in seed funding to expand its real-time infrastructure for structured finance and digital asset-backed lending. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Zaria plans to use the capital to grow its team, expand its technology platform, and support its pending application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to charter Zaria National Trust Bank.

Sirona Medical Raises $40 Million Series D Led By Avidity Partners As Platform Usage Surges

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:13 PM

Sirona Medical has raised $40 million in Series D financing to expand its cloud-native radiology platform, accelerate commercialization of its agentic AI capabilities, and support international growth. The round was led by Avidity Partners, with participation from 8VC, GreatPoint Ventures, KLT Holdings, and other new and existing investors. Sirona said the financing funds its operating plan indefinitely and brings its total venture capital backing to approximately $150 million.

Bow River Capital Appoints Greg Hiatrides As Chief Executive Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:12 PM

Bow River Capital has appointed Greg Hiatrides as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding firm founder Blair Richardson, who will transition to Chairman after leading the alternative asset manager for 23 years.

Acta Pharmaceuticals Raises $24 Million Seed To Advance Alzheimer’s Disease Early Intervention Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:10 PM

Acta Pharmaceuticals has raised $24 million in total seed financing to advance a pipeline of therapies designed for earlier intervention in Alzheimer's disease, including its lead gamma-secretase modulator, GSM-779690T.

Loops Raises $3.5 Million Seed To Build AI Operating System For Commerce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:52 PM

Loops has raised $3.5 million in seed funding to scale its AI platform for brands and retailers, bringing search, product discovery, shopping assistance, customer operations, product enrichment, and virtual try-on into a unified system. The round included participation from a16z speedrun, NTT Docomo, Connecticut Innovations, Alumni Ventures, and Monday Capital. Loops plans to use the capital for product development, expanding customer deployment capacity, and international growth.

Monopulse Raises Over €2 Million Seed Led By Coinvest Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:51 PM

Monopulse has raised more than €2 million in seed funding to expand production capacity, support research and development, and accelerate its international growth. The round was led by Coinvest Capital, with participation from NGL Ventures, Plug and Play, and the Lithuanian Business Angel Network, or LitBAN. The financing brings together institutional and early-stage investors as Monopulse prepares to increase the scale of its operations.

GHK Capital Partners Acquires USA Hometown Experts To Accelerate Southeast Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:49 PM

GHK Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of USA Hometown Experts, a Memphis-based multi-trade residential and commercial services platform operating across the Southeastern U.S.

OpenAI: Notch Founding Team Joins Ads Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:48 PM

The founding team of Notch is joining OpenAI, bringing experience building autonomous AI agents for advertising and marketing workflows to the company's Ads team.

Q360 Group Acquires The Flexo Factor To Expand Flexographic Pressroom Consumables Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:24 PM

Q360 Group, an Align Collaborate portfolio company formed in partnership with Valedor Partners, has acquired The Flexo Factor, a Monroe, North Carolina-based provider of flexographic cleaning supplies, pressroom equipment, training, and consulting services.

Recur Software Acquires Keystone Public Safety To Bring AI To Law Enforcement Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:22 PM

Recur Software has acquired Keystone Public Safety, a provider of mission-critical dispatch, records management, and jail management software used by county and municipal public safety agencies.

8 Bridge Group Acquires Majority Stake In 340BIntel As Part Of Healthcare Technology Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:21 PM

8 Bridge Group has made a strategic investment in 340BIntel and acquired a majority stake in the healthcare technology company, marking an expansion of its investment portfolio into healthcare software.