Pulse 2.0

Nuveen Buying Schroders For About £9.9 Billion In Cash

Anthropic: $30 Billion Series G At $380 Billion Valuation Raised For Enterprise AI And Coding Platform

Vision Ridge Partners Raises About $2.4 Billion For SAF IV Flagship Strategy

Sun Capital Completes First Single-Asset Continuation Vehicle For Fletchers Solicitors

Brigade Capital Management: $1 Billion Inaugural Private Credit Fund Targets First Lien Direct Loans

Union Capital Associates Closes $450 Million Fund IV At Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:23 PM

Union Capital Associates has closed its fourth private equity fund, Union Capital Equity Partners IV, L.P., at its $450 million hard cap after roughly four months in the market, with the raise described as significantly oversubscribed. The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm said Fund IV will continue its strategy of providing first institutional capital to U.S. founder-owned businesses, primarily in food manufacturing, niche manufacturing, and business services.

Carlson Private Capital Partners Adds Managing Director, Backs AMAG Technology Platform, And Supports Quantum Design Add On Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:21 PM

Carlson Private Capital Partners announced it has reached a series of milestones tied to team expansion and new capital deployment, including a senior hire, a new platform investment, and an add on acquisition at portfolio company Quantum Design.

Visma Acquires Brazil-Based Micro-Entrepreneur Platform MaisMei

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:08 PM

Visma, a provider of mission-critical business software across Europe and Latin America, has acquired MaisMei, a Brazilian compliance-first app focused on Individual Micro Entrepreneurs (MEIs). The deal is designed to deepen Visma’s presence in Brazil and create a full “start-to-scale” product pathway for small businesses, linking MaisMei’s mobile-first compliance tools with Conta Azul, the cloud ERP and financial management platform Visma acquired in August 2025.

Allonic: $7.2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Automate Manufacturing Of Advanced Robotic Bodies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:00 PM

Allonic, a Budapest-based robotics manufacturing startup with a joint U.S. headquarters, has raised $7.2 million in pre-seed funding to commercialize a production platform it says can dramatically simplify and scale the production of complex robotic hardware. The round was led by Visionaries Club, with backing from Day One Capital, Prototype, SDAC Ventures, and TinyVC. The company said the financing is the largest pre-seed round to date in Hungary.

Volue Adds TA Associates As Strategic Investor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:05 PM

Volue announced TA Associates has joined as a new strategic investor alongside Advent International, Generation Investment Management and Arendals Fossekompani, in a partnership the company framed as strengthening its position as a European leader in electrification technology.

Partners Capital Closes $1+ Billion Merlin IV Co-Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:39 AM

Partners Capital Investment Group announced it has reached a final close of Merlin IV, a private equity co-investment fund with more than $1 billion in commitments, as it scales a platform designed to invest alongside high-conviction private equity managers in single-asset deals.

LastPass Names Chris Michelmore As Chief Revenue Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:35 AM

LastPass has appointed Chris Michelmore as chief revenue officer, tapping a veteran go-to-market leader to accelerate the adoption of the company’s Secure Access Essentials offering. Michelmore joins LastPass from Zoom Communications, where he spent more than a decade building and scaling revenue organizations across small business, mid-market, and commercial segments.

Primary Venture Partners Launches $625 Million Fund V

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:34 AM

Primary Venture Partners announced it has raised $625 million for its fifth set of funds, positioning the New York-based firm to continue leading pre-seed and seed rounds as founders build companies amid what the firm describes as an AI revolution.

YCharts Adds Hamilton Lane Benchmarks For Private Markets Analysis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:32 AM

YCharts has introduced benchmark data from Hamilton Lane, adding a new private markets reference set designed to help financial advisors evaluate private investment strategies alongside public markets analysis.

Urbaser: $6.6 Billion Deal For Global Environmental Services Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:30 AM

Platinum Equity has signed a definitive agreement to sell Urbaser to Blackstone and EQT in a transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion, or €5.6 billion. The deal is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Carson Group Buys Out Carson Wealth Scottsdale In Full Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:23 AM

Carson Group announced it has fully acquired its Carson Wealth office in Scottsdale, Arizona, bringing the long-time partner firm under full ownership as it continues to expand its national advisory network. The Scottsdale practice, led by managing partner and wealth advisor Brent Pine, oversees about $430 million in assets under management and serves client families across multiple generations.

Blue Owl Capital Closes Strategic Equity Secondaries Fund With Over $3 Billion In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:20 AM

Blue Owl Capital announced it has reached a final close for Blue Owl Strategic Equity, its strategic equity and secondaries strategy, with more than approximately $3 billion in total commitments raised across institutional and private wealth channels, as well as related accounts.

PMWEB Adds Chris Novak As President And Chief Revenue Officer And Vijai Viswanathan As Chief Product And Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:19 AM

PMWEB, a lifecycle project management platform for capital portfolios, has appointed Chris Novak as President and Chief Revenue Officer as the company expands its leadership team and scales its go-to-market strategy following a strategic growth investment.

Montana Capital Partners Closes $1.4 Billion OSP VI Fund After PGIM Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:07 AM

Montana Capital Partners announced it has reached a final close for MCP Opportunity Secondary Program VI, or OSP VI, a $1.4 billion private equity secondaries program focused on relative value opportunities in the mid-market. The Switzerland and U.S.-based secondaries manager said the program size matches its most recent predecessor fund and will invest across GP-led and LP-led transactions in North America and Western Europe.

Renovus Capital Partners Names Niklas Kuhlmann Director Of Investor Relations And Capital Formation For EMEA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:01 AM

Renovus Capital Partners, a Philadelphia-area based investment firm, has appointed Niklas Kuhlmann as Director of Investor Relations and Capital Formation, EMEA. He will be based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Osaic: St. Louis-Area Advisors Launch F & M Investment Partners With $232 Million In Client Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:55 AM

Osaic announced financial advisors Michael Murray and Brian Fruend have launched a new independent firm, F & M Investment Partners, through Osaic. The Missouri-based practice is headquartered in the greater St. Louis area and oversees approximately $232 million in client assets, according to the company.

Deutsche Börse To Buy General Atlantic’s Remaining ISS STOXX Stake For €1.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:45 AM

Deutsche Börse Group has agreed to acquire the remaining 20% minority stake in ISS STOXX from General Atlantic, giving the exchange operator full ownership of the data, analytics, and index provider. The deal ends a multi-year partnership that began with Deutsche Börse Group’s 2019 acquisition of Axioma, then expanded through the 2023 combination of ISS’ stewardship and ESG solutions with the STOXX index business.

Alantra Forms €155 Million Fund To Keep Backing Health In Code

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:30 AM

Alantra Private Equity has closed a €155 million healthcare continuation vehicle to increase its stake in Health in Code, positioning the Spanish clinical genomics platform for its next phase of international expansion and acquisitions. The single-asset continuation fund was significantly oversubscribed, led by Hayfin Capital Management, with additional commitments from a diversified group of institutional investors, including BNP Paribas AM and Altamar CAM.

Carlyle Acquiring Majority Stake In Nido Home Finance In $230 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:27 AM

Edelweiss Financial Services Limited announced it will bring in The Carlyle Group as a strategic majority investor in Nido Home Finance Limited, the housing finance business that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Edelweiss.

Ignium Launches With $300 Million For Defense Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:26 AM

Albion River has launched Ignium, a purpose-built merchant provider supplying components and solutions to the U.S. and allied defense industrial base. The new platform consolidates a portfolio of established businesses that make mission-critical subsystems used across current and next-generation weapons systems, positioning Ignium as a supplier that is not dependent on the outcome of any single prime contractor or platform program.

Paragon Group Expands Business Services Provider With Parseq Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:24 AM

Paragon Group has acquired Parseq Limited, a UK-based specialist in document, finance, and payment process automation, in a deal the buyer described as a strategic investment to bolster its position in business process services. Parseq, headquartered in Hellaby, South Yorkshire, brings more than 50 years of experience providing outsourced workflow and technical solutions for highly regulated organizations with strict data and privacy requirements, including major UK banks, utilities, local authorities, and telecom operators.

Raymond James Onboards $730 Million Wisconsin Advisor Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:21 AM

Raymond James Financial Services (RJFS) has added a six-advisor team in Green Bay, Wisconsin, bringing approximately $730 million in client assets to the firm’s independent advisor channel.

Oncolytics Biotech: Interview With CEO & Director Jared Kelly About The Immunotherapy Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 10:19 AM

Oncolytics Biotech is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing pelareorep, an investigational first-in-class double-stranded RNA immunotherapeutic agent, to establish a platform immunotherapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Oncolytics Biotech CEO and Director Jared Kelly to learn more.

Voximplant: Interview With Founder & CEO Alexey Aylarov About The Voice AI Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:00 AM

Voximplant is a Voice AI Orchestration Platform for real-time communication that enables businesses to to build and scale AI-powered communication systems without managing complex infrastructure. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Voximplant founder and CEO Alexey Aylarov to learn more.

RedTrack: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Vlad Zhovtenko About The AI-Based Marketing Analytics Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:00 AM

RedTrack, co-founded by CEO Vlad Zhovtenko, is an all-in-one, AI-driven marketing analytics and automation platform that helps advertisers, e-commerce brands, and affiliate marketers track, attribute, and optimize their ad campaigns across multiple channels in a privacy-compliant, cookieless environment. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RedTrack co-founder and CEO Vlad Zhovtenko to learn more.

Project Omega: $12 Million Seed Funding Raised To Rebuild America’s Spent Nuclear Fuel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:12 PM

Project Omega, an advanced nuclear recycling company, has emerged from stealth with a plan to rebuild the United States’ nuclear fuel cycle end to end, positioning spent nuclear fuel as a strategic energy and materials resource rather than long term waste.

Reflow: $15+ Million Seed Funding Raised For Workflow Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:10 PM

Reflow has launched a workforce and workflow intelligence platform to help enterprises understand how operational work occurs across people and systems, identify what to automate, and measure whether those automation efforts deliver ROI. Alongside the launch, the company said it has raised a $15 million plus seed round to accelerate product development and expand access to operational and AI automation intelligence for more customers.

Patria Prepares Next Latin America Private Credit Fund Vintage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:09 PM

Patria Investments announced it is preparing the next vintage of its Latin America private credit strategy, aiming to give global institutional investors exposure to what the firm describes as a large corporate credit market that remains structurally under-levered and capital-constrained. The alternative asset manager, which reported more than $60.1 billion in assets under management, said it believes a combination of limited reliable lending capacity and a persistent, perception-based regional risk premium can keep spreads elevated even when borrower fundamentals hold up, supporting attractive yield without relying on higher leverage. This planned vehicle is set to build on Patria’s 26-year Latin America credit platform, which the firm said totals approximately $12.3 billion.

Vision Ridge Partners Raises About $2.4 Billion For Flagship Fund IV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:08 PM

Vision Ridge Partners, a sustainable real assets investor managing about $5.6 billion in assets, said it has closed Sustainable Asset Fund IV, raising roughly $2.4 billion in capital commitments across the fund and related vehicles. The firm said the raise represents its largest fundraise to date and nearly doubles the size of its predecessor vehicle, reflecting what it described as strong institutional demand for its strategy amid evolving energy transition policy and regulatory frameworks.

OSSIO Secures $50 Million Credit Facility To Fund Global Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:07 PM

OSSIO has closed an initial $40 million senior credit facility, with an additional $10 million available to support future growth, according to Horizon Technology Finance Corporation and Monroe Capital. The financing is designed to provide growth capital as OSSIO expands its orthopedic fixation technology globally.