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Korn Ferry To Acquire AMS For $1.1 Billion

Why Rocket Lab Is Acquiring Iridium For $8 Billion

Pocket Raises $11 Million To Expand Personal AI Assistant Device

Wultra Raises €6.8 Million Series A To Expand Post-Quantum Digital Identity Solutions

X Square Robot Surpasses $2.8 Billion Valuation After Four Consecutive Financing Rounds

Bit Origin Acquires $11 Million Of NVIDIA Blackwell B300 AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:04 PM

Bit Origin announced the acquisition of approximately $11 million of NVIDIA Blackwell B300 AI infrastructure assets. The acquired assets consist of 16 NVIDIA Blackwell B300 AI servers that have already been purchased by the seller and are expected to be delivered during the third quarter of 2026.

RoboStrategy Raises $33.9 Million Through Private Share Issuances

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:02 PM

RoboStrategy announced that it has completed a series of private share issuances to institutional investors. The transactions were completed between June 26 and June 29, 2026.

Emergent BioSolutions Secures $52.7 Million U.S. Government Contract Modification For ACAM2000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:50 PM

Emergent BioSolutions announced that it has been awarded a contract modification valued at approximately $52.7 million from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Why Scandium Canada Acquired Ferreol Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:46 PM

Scandium Canada announced the closing of its acquisition of Ferreol Technologies, a Québec-based company focused on research, development, processing, and production of aluminum products and other alloys incorporating scandium.

Osney Capital Closes £60 Million Cybersecurity Seed Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:34 PM

Osney Capital announced the final close of its debut fund at its £60 million hard cap. The fund was oversubscribed against its initial £50 million target and is one of the largest debut seed funds in UK history.

Mattamy Homes Expands Tampa Presence With Pasco County Land Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:31 PM

Mattamy Homes announced the acquisition of 145 homesites in Verona, a new master-planned community in central Pasco County, Florida. The land transaction closed on June 5, 2026, and home sales are expected to begin in summer 2027.

Why GreenArrow Acquired Atlantic Transportation Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:28 PM

GreenArrow announced that it has acquired Atlantic Transportation Systems, a transportation infrastructure and safety services provider based in Central Pennsylvania. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Why SandRidge Energy Is Buying Cherokee Play Assets For $65 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:25 PM

SandRidge Energy announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain producing assets and leasehold interests in the Cherokee Play in the Mid-Continent region.

GenerativeX Raises $4 Million Series A To Scale Forward Deployed Engineer Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:23 PM

GenerativeX announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A funding round led by Nissay Capital. The round included participation from Salesforce Ventures, Angel Bridge, DeepCore, and SMBC Venture Capital.

Straiker Raises $64 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:20 PM

Straiker announced that it has raised $64 million in Series A funding to secure enterprise AI agents. The round was led by Marathon Management Partners, Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Workday Ventures, with continued support from Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed. The financing brings Straiker’s total funding to $85 million. Gokul Rajaram, founding partner of Marathon, is joining Straiker’s board of directors.

Elevance Health Foundation Invests $5.8 Million To Expand Behavioral Health Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:16 PM

Elevance Health Foundation announced nearly 40 new behavioral health grants totaling $5.8 million. The grants are designed to help more people access mental health and substance use disorder services across the United States.

Simplicity Acquires Benefit Planning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:10 PM

Simplicity Group announced the acquisition of Benefit Planning, a Chicago-based insurance agency focused on serving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

H.I.G. Capital Acquires Premier Forge Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:03 PM

H.I.G. Capital announced that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Premier Forge Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

AMR Clinical Acquires ClinOhio Research Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:02 PM

AMR Clinical announced that it has acquired ClinOhio Research Services, a multi-therapeutic clinical research site based in Columbus, Ohio. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Acima: Interview With EVP Tyler Montrone About The Lease-To-Own Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:42 AM

Acima provides lease-to-own (LTO) financing options, allowing consumers to acquire big-ticket items such as furniture, electronics, and appliances from thousands of retailers without needing traditional credit. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Acima Executive Vice President Tyler Montrone to learn more.

Titl: Interview With Co-Founders Ori Ohayon And Tory Ricalis About The Proptech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:00 AM

Titl is a proptech platform that automates real estate title verification and property data monitoring using AI and blockchain technology to streamline property transfers and prevent fraud. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Titl co-founders Ori Ohayon and Tory Ricalis to learn more.

Why Samsung And SK Hynix Are Planning Massive South Korea Chip Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:08 AM

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly preparing major long-term investment plans as South Korea looks to strengthen its position in semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and next-generation memory chips.

Sharon AI Closes $1.6 Billion Strategic Financing To Support NVIDIA Compute Collaboration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:06 AM

SharonAI Holdings announced the closing of its previously announced oversubscribed $1.6 billion private placement financing. The company plans to use the proceeds to support its six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA and broader expansion initiatives.

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $191 Million Refinance For Netherlands Office Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:05 AM

Talawar Therapeutics To Go Public Through A SPAC Deal With JATT II Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:02 AM

Talawar Therapeutics and JATT II Acquisition announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement to create a publicly listed biotechnology company focused on developing potentially best-in-class bispecific antibodies for immunology and inflammatory diseases.

Deck: Interview With Founder & CEO Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf About The AI-Based Data Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:00 AM

Why Zymeworks Is Acquiring Theravance Biopharma For $929 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:55 AM

Theravance Biopharma announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Zymeworks for $17 per share in cash. The transaction represents an equity value of approximately $929 million.

Coolbrook Secures €2.5 Million Business Finland Grant To Accelerate Steel Industry Electrification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:54 AM

Coolbrook announced that it has been awarded research and development funding from Business Finland to advance the decarbonization of steel production. The grant supports Coolbrook’s participation in the FutSteel project, which is a core part of the Sustainable World through Steels ecosystem led by SSAB.

Novig Appoints Elie Mishory As Chief Regulatory And Legal Affairs Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:22 AM

Novig announced that Elie Mishory has joined the company as Chief Regulatory and Legal Affairs Officer.

Fractal Appoints Leandro DalleMule As Chief Practice Officer For Financial Services And Insurance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:20 AM

Fractal Analytics announced the appointment of Leandro DalleMule as Chief Practice Officer, Financial Services and Insurance.

Why Redwood AI Is Buying Quantum.IQ

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:19 AM

Corgi Appoints Joe Els As Head Of Portfolio Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:18 AM

Corgi announced the appointment of Johannes “Joe” Els as Head of Portfolio Risk.

Orderful Raises $35 Million Series C To Grow AI-Native EDI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:14 AM

Orderful announced that it has raised $35 million in Series C funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies. NewRoad Capital Partners also participated in the round. The financing brings Orderful’s total funding to $85 million. Orderful’s previous investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Initialized Capital, 9Yards Capital, Flume Ventures, NFI Ventures, and GLP Capital Partners.

Ornn Raises $33 Million Seed Round To Build Compute Market Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:11 AM

Ornn announced the launch of Ornn Compute, a physical capacity layer for the compute market, alongside a $33 million seed round led by a16z crypto.

Runpod Raises $100 Million Series A Led By Summit Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:10 AM

Runpod announced that it has closed a $100 million Series A funding round led by Summit Partners.