Pulse 2.0

KKR Reportedly Makes $9 Billion Takeover Bid For UGI At $42.50 Per Share

Goldman Sachs To Acquire LCN Capital Partners For Up To $410 Million, Adding $3 Billion NNN Platform

Capitan Orthopedics Closes Seed Round, Bringing Total Funding To $4.1 Million

Thunder Compute Raises $13 Million Series A To Unlock $200 Billion Of Idle GPU Capacity

CPP Investments Commits C$200 Million To 2-Hotel Brazil Joint Venture With HSI

Baker Hughes Wins Major Kutei Northern Hub Subsea Contract For 17 Deepwater Production Systems In Indonesia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:38 PM

Baker Hughes has received a substantial award from Searah North Ganal Limited to supply subsea production systems and digital technology for the Kutei Northern Hub natural gas development offshore Indonesia.

FM Acquires FortressFire To Add AI And Physics-Based Wildfire Risk Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:31 PM

Commercial property insurer FM has acquired FortressFire, a wildfire intelligence company combining machine learning with physics-based modeling to assess and mitigate property-level wildfire risks. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Morgan Stanley Launches $1.5 Trillion U.S. Innovation Infrastructure Initiative Across AI, Defense And Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:30 PM

Morgan Stanley has launched the U.S. Innovation Infrastructure Initiative, committing to facilitate approximately $1.5 trillion of capital raising, financing, advisory and related investment activity over the next 10 years.

VinSpace Signs SpaceX Launch Deal For First Vietnamese Satellite Missions In 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:26 PM

VinSpace has signed a launch contract with SpaceX covering satellite missions planned for 2027, marking another step in the company's effort to build full-stack aerospace capabilities in Vietnam. The satellites will fly aboard a SpaceX Transporter rideshare mission, which allows multiple customers to share launch capacity on a single rocket.

SEIA Launches Tax Services And Expands Family Office Platform Across $32.6 Billion Wealth Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:25 PM

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors has launched SEIA Tax Services and expanded its family office capabilities as the $32.6 billion wealth management firm builds a more integrated platform for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. The firm is also introducing a refreshed brand identity as part of the broader initiative.

MissionSquare Expands Into Personal Wealth Management As $73.6 Billion Platform Launches Brokerage And Robo-Adviser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:23 PM

MissionSquare has launched a new personal wealth management offering, expanding beyond its traditional retirement focus with brokerage, digital advisory and planning services available to individuals and families. The firm manages and administers more than $73.6 billion in assets as of June 30, 2026.

Aisel Health Raises €1.7 Million Pre-Seed To Expand AI Psychiatry Operating System Into UK

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:21 PM

Aisel Health has raised €1.7 million in pre-seed funding to expand its purpose-built operating system for psychiatry and support the Danish HealthTech company's entry into the UK market. The round was led by Caesar Ventures, with participation from Nordic Web Ventures, LifeX and Angel Invest. Existing investors Rockstart and EIFO also participated.

PleoPharma Wins $6.5 Million NIDA Grant To Advance Phase 3 Cannabis Withdrawal Treatment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:17 PM

PleoPharma has received a $6.5 million, three-year grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support its pivotal Phase 3 clinical program evaluating PP-01 as an investigational treatment for cannabis withdrawal symptoms in adults with cannabis use disorder. NIDA is part of the National Institutes of Health.

NeuroOne: Product Revenue Jumps 105% As Gross Margin Expands Nearly 20 Percentage Points In Fiscal Q3 2025

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:07 PM

NeuroOne Medical Technologies reported a 105% increase in product revenue to $1.7 million in fiscal Q3 2025, while product gross margin expanded to 53.9% from 34.1%, an improvement of nearly 20 percentage points as commercialization of its neurological technology portfolio accelerated. The uploaded earnings release covers the quarter ended June 30, 2025.

Baidu: GPU Cloud Revenue Jumps 283% As AI-Powered Business Reaches 50% Of General Business Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:06 PM

Baidu's GPU Cloud revenue increased 283% year over year in Q2 2026, accelerating from 184% growth in the previous quarter, as public cloud demand for AI computing helped make the company's AI-powered business responsible for half of Baidu General Business revenue.

Pixelgen Technologies Raises $15.5 Million Series B To Scale Molecular Cell Architecture Platform Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:05 PM

Pixelgen Technologies has closed an oversubscribed $15.5 million Series B financing to accelerate global commercialization of its Proxiome Kit and expand the company's presence in key markets. Flat Capital led the round, with existing investors Industrifonden and Navigare Ventures also participating.

Wrap Technologies Closes $12 Million Registered Direct Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:04 PM

Wrap Technologies has closed a $12 million registered direct offering with a fundamental institutional investor and an existing company investor, providing the public safety technology company with additional capital to support working capital requirements and potential future expansion.

Barings Provides Senior Secured Financing For Edgewater’s Acquisition Of Parker Manufacturing Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:00 PM

Barings has provided senior secured credit facilities supporting The Edgewater Funds' acquisition of Parker Manufacturing Group. Barings served as lead agent on the financing. Financial terms were not disclosed.

WSB Acquires Civil Infrastructure Associates To Expand Southeast Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:00 PM

WSB has acquired Civil Infrastructure Associates, expanding the design and consulting firm's municipal, environmental, water and surveying capabilities in the Nashville metropolitan area.

Santander Completes Webster Acquisition, Creating $327 Billion U.S. Bank Serving Nearly 8 Million Customers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:59 PM

Santander has completed its acquisition of Webster Financial Corporation, significantly expanding its U.S. retail and commercial banking operations and creating a combined organization with approximately $327 billion in assets.

Radial Acquires Mindful Health Solutions MSO, Creating 27-Clinic Brain Medicine Network With 100+ Clinicians

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:58 PM

Radial has acquired the management services organization supporting Mindful Health Solutions, creating a combined management platform supporting what the company describes as the nation's largest network of brain medicine clinics.

PGIM Commits To $3 Billion GreenSky Forward-Flow Facility For Home Improvement Loans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:57 PM

PGIM has committed to a three-year forward-flow facility with GreenSky and certain affiliates, expected to involve about $3 billion in consumer home improvement assets.

Cleveland-Cliffs Plans $1 Billion Middletown Works Upgrade With $500 Million U.S. Energy Department Support

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:56 PM

Cleveland-Cliffs has announced a $1 billion investment in its Middletown Works steel facility in Ohio, with the company and the U.S. Department of Energy expected to provide $500 million each.

Starcloud Raises $250 Million At $2.3 Billion Valuation To Build 20-Gigawatt Orbital AI Data Center Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:56 PM

Starcloud has raised a $250 million Series A extension at a $2.3 billion post-money valuation to expand its effort to build data centers in space. Manhattan West led the financing, with participation from existing investors Benchmark, EQT, Soma, NFX and 776, along with new investors NVIDIA, Cisco Investments, Cedar Capital, Goanna Capital and Standard Capital, among others.

CTP Places €500 Million Green Bond After Orderbook Reaches €2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:54 PM

CTP has placed a €500 million senior unsecured green bond with a three-year maturity and a fixed coupon of 3.625%, adding another source of long-term funding as the European logistics and industrial real estate company continues managing its debt profile.

Gossamer Bio Secures Up To $250 Million To Fund Seralutinib Through Potential FDA Approval

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:52 PM

Gossamer Bio has entered into a structured private placement expected to provide up to $250 million to support seralutinib through potential FDA approval for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

ESS Tech Raises $3.2 Million Through Registered Direct Offering With Warrants For 12.8 Million Additional Shares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:51 PM

ESS Tech has entered into agreements for a $3.2 million registered direct offering and concurrent private placement as the non-lithium energy storage company raises additional capital for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Under the agreements, institutional investors will purchase approximately 6.4 million shares of ESS common stock at a price of $0.50 per share.

Twin1 AI Raises $20 Million Seed As Digital Twin Platform Automates 30% To 50% Of Knowledge Worker Communications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:49 PM

Twin1 AI has emerged from stealth with a $20 million seed financing to scale an enterprise platform that creates AI-powered digital twins for professional knowledge workers. Bessemer Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners and Aramco Ventures co-led the round.

Wingspire Provides $140 Million Financing For AI GPU Cloud Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:48 PM

Conti Federal Wins $67.6 Million U.S. Navy Contract To Expand Ordnance Storage At NAS Sigonella

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:45 PM

Conti Federal Services has been awarded a $67.6 million contract to expand ordnance storage infrastructure at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily.

Keysight: Commercial Communications Revenue Jumps 56% To More Than $1 Billion As Segment Operating Margin Reaches 34%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:38 PM

Keysight Technologies generated $1.006 billion of Commercial Communications revenue in fiscal Q3 2026, up 56% from $644 million, as demand across its communications portfolio helped drive record quarterly results. Commercial Communications alone accounted for approximately 55% of Keysight's $1.846 billion of total quarterly revenue.

Mercury Systems: Q4 Bookings Jump 93% To $660 Million As Backlog Tops $1.9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:36 PM

Mercury Systems reported record fiscal Q4 2026 bookings of $660 million, up 93.1% year over year, pushing quarterly book-to-bill to 2.28 and driving the defense technology company's backlog above $1.9 billion.

Jack Henry: Faster Payments Revenue Jumps Nearly 50% As Digital Transaction Revenue Rises 11.6%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:28 PM

Jack Henry & Associates' faster-payments revenue increased 49.5% during fiscal 2026, while Jack Henry's digital and transaction revenue rose 11.6% as the financial technology company benefited from rising digital-platform usage and continued adoption of real-time and faster-payment services.

American Public Education: Health+ Swings To Operating Profit As Revenue Rises 11%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:26 PM

American Public Education's Health+ segment generated $300,000 of operating income in Q2 2026 compared with a $2.4 million operating loss a year earlier, as segment revenue increased 11% to $86.2 million from $77.7 million. The improvement shows that the company's nursing and health sciences operation is beginning to translate enrollment growth into segment profitability.

Stratasys Receives $7.8 Million Defense Manufacturing Award To Scale Production-Ready 3D Printing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 4:23 PM

Stratasys has received $7.8 million in funding through the 2026 America Makes and Department of War Organic Industrial Base Modernization Challenge to develop in-process quality assurance capabilities for industrial additive manufacturing. The 24-month program will focus on Stratasys' F3300 and F900 industrial FDM platforms.