Pulse 2.0

IonQ To Acquire Elisity In Deal Valued At Up To $1.3 Billion To Expand Quantum Security Platform

Waymo Secures $5 Billion Debt Financing From PIMCO, Blackstone, Sixth Street And Other Lenders

Mistlabs Launches Ambi Following $26 Million Funding Round To Advance Real-Time Ambient AI And AI-to-AI Communication

Gaius Capital Closes Debut Private Equity Funds At €56 Million

Oraseya Capital Expands Venture Fund To AED 1 Billion And Broadens International Investment Mandate

Apogem Capital Closes Largest Real Assets Fund Program At $472 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:47 PM

Apogem Capital closed its largest real assets fund program to date with $472 million in total commitments, exceeding the strategy’s original target.

FG Communities Holdings Acquires 49-Site Manufactured Housing Community In Garner, North Carolina

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:46 PM

FG Communities Holdings acquired a manufactured housing community in Garner, North Carolina, expanding its affordable housing portfolio in the Raleigh metropolitan area.

PayJoy Acquires Strategic Assets Of Finia AI To Expand AI Underwriting Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:44 PM

PayJoy acquired select strategic assets of Finia AI, a fintech company that developed AI-powered underwriting and financial products for micro-businesses in Mexico.

Dot Ai Completes $65 Million All-Stock Acquisition Of Envoy Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:44 PM

Dot Ai completed its acquisition of Envoy Technologies from BladeRanger in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $65 million.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance Leads $1 Billion Financing For Analogic And Leidos Security Businesses Combination

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 5:42 PM

Blackstone Credit & Insurance led a $1 billion financing to support the combination of Analogic Corporation with the Security Enterprise Solutions, Ports & Borders, and Industrial Automation businesses of Leidos Holdings.

DCC Energy Sells Nexora To One Equity Partners For $725 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:41 PM

DCC Energy agreed to sell its technology division, Nexora, to investment subsidiaries of funds managed or advised by One Equity Partners for an enterprise value of $725 million, cash-free and debt-free. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close on or after March 1, 2027.

1Komma5Grad Secures $1.35 Billion Valuation And Plans Over $112 Million Investment In Energy AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:33 PM

German home electrification startup 1Komma5Grad secured a valuation of $1.35 billion in its latest financing round as the company increases investment in its energy artificial intelligence business, according to Reuters.

TotalEnergies And KKR Expand U.S. Renewables Joint Venture With $1.2 Billion Solar Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:30 PM

TotalEnergies and KKR signed an agreement to add 700 MW of renewable energy assets to their existing 50/50 U.S. joint venture. The transaction covers three utility-scale solar projects located in Texas and Ohio. The portfolio has an enterprise value of $1.2 billion.

Constellation Cold Logistics Acquires Impruv Logistics To Expand Norway Cold Storage Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:27 PM

Constellation Cold Logistics acquired Impruv Logistics AS, a Norwegian cold storage and food logistics business, expanding its temperature-controlled warehousing and transport capabilities in Norway.

Advicenne Extends Cash Runway To 2028 With €1 Million Bond Financing And Strong Product Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:26 PM

Advicenne announced that it received the remaining tranche of a bond financing agreement with a fund managed by L1 Capital, providing €1 million in net cash proceeds. The financing strengthens the pharmaceutical company’s liquidity position and extends its expected cash runway to 2028.

STERIS To Acquire Xodus Medical For $2.1 Billion To Expand Surgical Consumables Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:25 PM

STERIS signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xodus Medical, a Pennsylvania-based specialty surgical products company focused on patient and operating room staff safety, for $2.1 billion at closing.

Amazon Reportedly In Talks To Acquire AI Startup Decart For Around $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:24 PM

Amazon is in talks to acquire artificial intelligence startup Decart in a deal that could value the company at around $7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal.

Bristol Myers Squibb Reports Positive Phase 3 Results For RayzeBio’s RYZ101 In GEP-NETs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:23 PM

Bristol Myers Squibb announced positive topline results from the planned interim analysis of the Phase 3 ACTION-1 trial evaluating RayzeBio’s RYZ101 in patients with somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors who had progressed following Lutetium-177-based therapy.

Flexcompute Raises Strategic Investment From Samsung Ventures And Applied Ventures To Advance Physics World Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 3:22 PM

Flexcompute raised a strategic investment from Samsung Ventures and Applied Ventures, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, to accelerate development of its Physics World Model. Other investors also participated in the financing.

Anduril Unveils Steelfin Family Of Surface-To-Air Interceptor Missiles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 2:27 PM

Anduril Industries unveiled Steelfin, a new family of configurable, mass-producible surface-to-air interceptor missiles designed to address a broad range of modern air and missile defense threats.

LPL Financial Onboards $170 Million Firm Lakewood Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:22 PM

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors Harrison Kennard, CFP, Charles Dobben, and Justin Pandy, CFP, of Lakewood Wealth Management have joined its broker-dealer and Registered Investment Advisor platforms.

Charter Space Raises $5 Million Seed Round To Expand Space Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:09 PM

Charter Space closed an oversubscribed $5 million seed funding round as the company expands its insurance platform for the growing commercial space economy. The round was led by Crystal Venture Partners, with participation from QED, Blank Ventures, Gaingels, Hustle Fund, and other fintech and space-focused investors.

The RMR Group Secures $272.1 Million Refinancing For Cedars-Sinai Medical Office Portfolio In Los Angeles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:58 PM

The RMR Group announced that it facilitated a $272.1 million interest-only mortgage financing on behalf of a managed joint venture for a medical office portfolio located on the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center campus in Los Angeles.

Kampala Capital Secures $80 Million Warehouse Facility From O’Connor Capital Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:56 PM

Kampala Capital announced the extension and upsize of a warehouse facility with private funds managed by O’Connor Capital Solutions, providing up to $80 million of financing to support loans originated by Kampala.

CScale Raises $145 Million In Series C Funding To Build Optical Interconnect For Gigawatt-Scale AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 12:54 PM

CScale emerged from stealth with $145 million in Series C funding to accelerate the development and commercialization of optical interconnect technology for large-scale AI infrastructure. The round brings CScale’s total funding to $188 million. The financing was co-led by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and Premji Invest. Sutter Hill Ventures, which has backed CScale since its founding, also participated alongside existing investor Maverick Silicon. NVIDIA and Intel Capital joined the round as CScale’s first strategic investors.