Pulse 2.0

GE Aerospace To Acquire Consolidated Precision Products For $11.75 Billion

Mistral Raises €3 Billion Series D At More Than €21 Billion Valuation Led By Samsung

&Partners Selects Wealth.com As Enterprise-Wide Estate Planning Platform

Euro Sun Mining Signs Non-Binding MoU For Up To $400 Million Rovina Valley Debt Facility And $3 Million Strategic Equity Investment

PSI Software And Warburg Pincus-Controlled Zest Bidco Enter Delisting Agreement

Pyxis Oncology Names Thomas Civik As CEO And Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:11 PM

Pyxis Oncology has appointed Thomas Civik as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, effective September 4, 2026, as the clinical-stage biotechnology company approaches several milestones for its lead cancer therapy MICVO.

American Healthcare REIT Names Jon Crosier As Chief Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:11 PM

American Healthcare REIT has named Jon Crosier Chief Technology Officer, strengthening its enterprise data, analytics and technology infrastructure as the company expands its senior housing platform.

Health Catalyst Names Simeon Kohl As CEO And President And Ben Albert To Become Chief Business Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:10 PM

Health Catalyst has appointed Simeon Kohl as CEO and President and a member of its Board of Directors, effective September 14, 2026.

Webull Acquires 99.36% Of Pi Securities For Approximately $100 Million, Targets THB 200 Billion In AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:09 PM

Webull Securities Thailand has completed the acquisition of approximately 99.36% of Pi Securities Public Company Limited for aggregate consideration of about $100 million, significantly expanding Webull's presence in Thailand and creating a platform that is targeting THB 200 billion in combined assets under management.

Proofpoint Names Brian Levey As Chief Legal Officer And Puja Jaspal As Chief People Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:08 PM

Proofpoint has appointed Brian Levey as Chief Legal Officer and Puja Jaspal as Chief People Officer, adding two senior technology executives to its leadership team as the cybersecurity company expands globally and increases its focus on protecting interactions between people, data and artificial intelligence. Both executives bring more than 25 years of leadership experience.

Williams Prices $2.75 Billion Senior Notes Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:07 PM

Williams has priced a $2.75 billion public offering of senior notes, providing the energy infrastructure company with additional long-term capital that it plans to use primarily to repay outstanding commercial paper and support general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures.

Markel Names Tom Gayner Chairman As Steve Markel Plans Retirement While Simon Wilson And Andrew Crowley Promoted To Co-Presidents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:06 PM

Markel Group has appointed CEO Tom Gayner to the additional role of Chairman, succeeding Steve Markel as the company also promotes Simon Wilson and Andrew Crowley to Co-Presidents.

GHO Capital Names Vivid Sehgal As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:04 PM

GHO Capital has appointed Vivid Sehgal as Operating Partner, adding more than 30 years of operational and financial leadership experience across healthcare and life sciences to the European healthcare investment firm's operating team.

Concentra Names Tanner Newton As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:58 PM

Concentra has appointed Tanner Newton as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective November 1, 2026, as the occupational healthcare company continues executing its multiyear leadership succession plan.

Michigan State University Receives $30 Million NSF Grant To Establish TEMPEST Turbulence Research Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:57 PM

Michigan State University has received a $30 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish the Transformative Explorations in Multi-Physics and Engineering of Scientific Turbulence, or TEMPEST, Science and Technology Center, bringing together researchers in physics, mathematics, engineering and artificial intelligence to study one of science's most challenging problems: understanding, predicting and ultimately controlling turbulence.

Oportun Names Former Discover Executive Bill Franklin As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:56 PM

Oportun has appointed Bill Franklin as Chief Financial Officer, adding an executive with more than 20 years of financial leadership experience across consumer lending, capital markets and public-company finance.

Qualcomm And Amazon Expand Multi-Generational Collaboration For Customized AI Data Center Silicon

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:55 PM

Qualcomm Technologies has announced a multi-generational collaboration with Amazon focused on customized silicon for large-scale AI data centers, as the companies expand their work across AI inference and advanced optical connectivity.

Genpact Names Sumita Pandit As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:49 PM

Genpact has appointed Sumita Pandit as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 9, 2026, as the company continues investing in its Agentic Operations strategy.

Weil Adds Private Capital Partner Damian Ridealgh In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:41 PM

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has added Damian Ridealgh as a partner in its U.S. Banking & Finance Group in New York, strengthening the firm's private capital, direct lending, capital solutions and liability management capabilities.

Lowenstein Sandler Adds Brendan Kalb And Nathan Calko To Investment Management & Private Funds Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:41 PM

Lowenstein Sandler has expanded its Investment Management & Private Funds Group with the additions of Brendan R. Kalb and Nachman "Nathan" Calko, bringing additional in-house asset management and private fund formation experience to the practice.

Houlihan Lokey Names Mayra Fregonesi Managing Director To Lead Latin America Coverage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:40 PM

Houlihan Lokey has appointed Mayra Fregonesi as a Managing Director in its Financial Sponsors Group, with responsibility for leading the investment bank's coverage efforts across Latin America.

JPMorgan Names Mark Fiteny And Matt Gehl As Co-Heads Of International Technology Investment Banking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:39 PM

JPMorgan Chase has appointed Mark Fiteny and Matt Gehl as Co-Heads of International Technology Investment Banking, according to Reuters, expanding the responsibilities of two senior bankers who currently lead technology investment banking teams in Asia-Pacific and EMEA.

Firmus Surpasses 900 MW Contracted Capacity With OpenAI Partnership And Malaysia Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:29 PM

Firmus has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with OpenAI under which OpenAI will contract dedicated AI compute capacity from two Firmus AI Factory sites in Malaysia.

Lawfront Completes Two Acquisitions As Group Revenue Approaches £175 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:21 PM

Lawfront has announced two additional acquisitions across its group: Fisher Jones Greenwood is acquiring Giles Wilson, and Farleys is acquiring Houldsworth Solicitors, as the legal services platform continues to expand across regional U.K. markets.

Doncasters Completes $325 Million Debt Refinancing Following IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:20 PM

DPC Holdings, which operates as Doncasters, has completed a debt refinancing designed to increase liquidity and financial flexibility, reduce annual interest expense and extend its debt maturities following the company's initial public offering.

GoPro Issues $20 Million Convertible Debenture To Yorkville

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:19 PM

GoPro has issued a $20 million convertible debenture to YA II PN, Ltd., or Yorkville, completing the third closing under a previously announced securities purchase agreement that provided for up to $50 million of convertible debentures.

Envestnet More Than Doubles Tamarac Technology Investment As Part Of $1 Billion WealthTech Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:18 PM

Envestnet is increasing its technology investment in Tamarac by 2.5 times, including a $35 million surge investment, as part of a broader $1 billion, five-year research and development commitment focused on transforming technology for financial advisors.

Six Flags Acquires ArieForce One Roller Coaster And Plans Relaunch At Undisclosed Park In 2028-2029

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:18 PM

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has acquired ArieForce One, the Rocky Mountain Construction steel roller coaster formerly located at Fun Spot America Atlanta, and plans to reopen the attraction at an undisclosed Six Flags park during the 2028-2029 operating seasons.

Hyperion DeFi Raises 2026 Guidance And Launches $20 Million Share Repurchase Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:17 PM

Hyperion DeFi has raised its full-year 2026 outlook and authorized a $20 million share repurchase program as the publicly traded decentralized finance company expects its core operations to reach profitability and positive adjusted operating cash flow during the third quarter.

McGuireWoods Adds Insurance Recovery Partner Andrew Barrios In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:08 PM

McGuireWoods has added Andrew M. Barrios as a partner in its Chicago office, continuing to expand the firm's Insurance Recovery Practice Group and strengthening its ability to represent corporate policyholders in complex coverage disputes. Barrios joins from Reed Smith and brings more than a decade of complex litigation experience.

Endor Labs: Interview With CEO Varun Badhwar About AI-Native Application Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 4:02 PM

Endor Labs provides an AI-native application security platform designed to help organizations understand software supply chain risk, prioritize vulnerabilities based on reachability, and secure increasingly AI-generated software without slowing development. The company is expanding across software composition analysis, AI SAST, security code review, and full-stack container reachability. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Endor Labs CEO Varun Badhwar to learn more.

Franklin Templeton And Clarion Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In Stoneshield Capital, Expanding European Real Assets AUM To $13 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:38 PM

Franklin Templeton, through its real estate subsidiary Clarion Partners, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Stoneshield Capital, a European real assets manager with approximately $9 billion (€8 billion) in assets under management.

Qualitas Energy To Acquire Cero Generation’s 5.8 GW European Renewable Energy Platform From Macquarie Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:37 PM

Qualitas Energy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cero Generation's core European platform from Macquarie Group, adding a 5.8 GW portfolio of solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage projects across the U.K., Italy and Spain.

Clean Growth Fund II Reaches £81.5 Million With £22.5 Million Border To Coast Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:35 PM

Clean Growth Fund has completed the second close of Fund II at £81.5 million, taking the specialist UK climate technology venture fund more than halfway toward its £150 million target.

Rohati Capital Closes Oversubscribed $50 Million Inaugural Venture Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:34 PM

Rohati Capital has closed its inaugural venture fund, Rohati Fund I, at $50 million, exceeding its original $30 million target. The Palo Alto-based venture platform was founded by former Amazon operators and is designed to give individual investors and family offices exposure to both venture funds and direct company investments.