Innovation

NineDot Energy Secures $431 Million Debt Financing For 28 New York City Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

NineDot Energy, a developer of community-scale battery energy storage systems in the New York City metro area, has closed a $431 million debt financing led by Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking to fund construction of 28 battery storage projects across the city. The portfolio totals 124 MW of capacity and 494 MWh of energy storage, and the company says the systems are designed to support more than 100,000 city households during peak-demand periods on hot summer days.

White Cap Completes Colony Hardware Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

White Cap has completed its strategic combination with Colony Hardware. The deal expands White Cap’s footprint across the Eastern and Central U.S. by adding Colony’s regional network of more than 60 locations spanning 20 states.

Waters Completes Combination With BD Biosciences And Diagnostic Solutions And Forms Four New Divisions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Waters Corporation announced it has completed its previously announced combination with the Biosciences and Diagnostic Solutions businesses of Becton, Dickinson and Company, creating what it described as a global life sciences and diagnostics leader aimed at high-volume testing in regulated applications.

Transocean: Offshore Driller To Acquire Valaris In $5.8 Billion All-Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Transocean and Valaris have signed a definitive agreement to combine, with Transocean acquiring Valaris in an all stock transaction valued at approximately $5.8 billion. On a fully diluted basis, the combined company is expected to be owned approximately 53% by Transocean shareholders and 47% by Valaris shareholders, with a pro forma enterprise value of about $17 billion.

NetBox Labs: Interview With CEO Kris Beevers About The Network Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

NetBox Labs is the commercial steward of the open-source NetBox platform, providing enterprise-grade, cloud-hosted, and self-managed solutions designed to make network automation, documentation, and infrastructure management easier. Pulse 2.0 interviewed NetBox Labs co-founder and CEO Kris Beevers to learn more.

SourceTable: Interview With Founder & CEO Eoin McMillan About The AI-Based Spreadsheet Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

SourceTable is a software company that’s reimagining the spreadsheet as a powerful, AI-driven data platform for modern business workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SourceTable founder and CEO Eoin McMillan to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Beanstalk: Brand Licensing Agency Sold To Creative Artists Agency

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Beach Point Capital Management and JPE Capital said they have sold Beanstalk, a global brand licensing agency, to Creative Artists Agency. Under the deal, Beanstalk will be integrated into CAA Brand Management, expanding CAA’s brand development and licensing platform.

Vasco Group Acquires Schubert Tennis To Expand Clay Court And Midwest Court Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Vasco Group, a Monogram Capital Partners-backed sports surfacing platform, has acquired Schubert Tennis, a Cincinnati-based provider of asphalt and clay tennis, pickleball, and multi-sport court services, as the platform deepens its court-focused capabilities and expands its Midwest footprint.

Edera: Interview With CTO Alex Zenla About The Company’s Hardened Runtime Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Edera builds a hardened runtime platform that secures Kubernetes and containerized cloud and AI workloads by providing true isolation and secure multi tenancy. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Edera CTO Alex Zenla to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

name.com: Interview With VP Sammy Ahmed About Becoming A One-Stop Shop Of Domain Registrars

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

name.com is a domain platform that makes building simple at any scale. Pulse interviewed name.com VP and General Manager Sammy Ahmed to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Galux: $29 Million Series B Closed For AI Protein Design In Drug Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Galux, a South Korea-based biotech developing AI-driven protein therapeutics design, said it has closed a $29 million (KRW 42 billion) Series B financing, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $47 million (KRW 68 billion).

Pandorum Technologies Raises $18 Million Series B For Programmable Regenerative Exosome Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Pandorum Technologies, a biotechnology company developing programmable regenerative medicine, said it has closed an $18 million Series B financing to advance the clinical development of its tunable, exosome-based therapies, including its lead program Kuragenx, while scaling manufacturing and expanding operations across the U.S., Japan, and the Middle East.

Schneider Geospatial Buys Land-Records Consulting Firm Bruce Harris & Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Flowserve To Buy Trillium Valves Division For $490 Million To Deepen Nuclear And Power Market Reach

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Flowserve has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Trillium Flow Technologies’ Valves Division (TVD) for $490 million in cash, a move the company says will accelerate its power end-market growth strategy and expand its position in nuclear and traditional power generation. The transaction is expected to close mid-year 2026.

Pilot Fiber To Buy Extenet’s Enterprise Fiber Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Pilot Fiber, an enterprise connectivity provider focused on the New York metro area, said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the enterprise fiber business of Extenet Systems, a deal that would extend Pilot’s owned network footprint into New Jersey and deepen its reach into financial services, enterprise, and carrier markets.

Datarails Launches Spend Control To Eliminate Zombie Subscriptions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Datarails, an AI-powered platform that provides finance leaders with a single source of truth across core CFO office workflows, has launched Spend Control, a new product designed to centralize and automate how companies manage vendor contracts and subscription spend.

Valore Holdings Buys Global Automotive Casting And Engineering Platform Mirai Casting Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Valore Holdings, a private investment firm focused on complex, value-oriented opportunities, has completed the acquisition of Mirai Casting Group from Proterial, Ltd., positioning the century-old supplier as a standalone platform amid ongoing shifts in global mobility and decarbonization-driven standards.

Upwind Security: Interview With Chief Security Officer Rinki Sethi About The Real-Time Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Bob Evans Restaurants: 4×4 Capital Acquires Family-Dining Chain From Golden Gate Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

4x4 Capital, an investment platform focused on middle market consumer goods and services companies, has acquired Bob Evans Restaurants, LLC from Golden Gate Capital in a transaction aimed at accelerating the restaurant chain’s long-term growth.

Meridian: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Alex Dees About The AI Visibility Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Meridian is an AI visibility platform that helps brands monitor, measure, and optimize their presence in AI-driven search, with co-founder and CEO Alex Dees leading the company's growth, strategy, and talent acquisition.

InPost Agrees To €7.8 Billion Take-Private Offer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

InPost announced it has reached a conditional agreement on a recommended all-cash public offer that would take the European out-of-home delivery and parcel locker operator private at €15.60 per share (cum dividend), valuing the company’s issued and outstanding shares at about €7.8 billion.

Banco Santander Buying Webster Financial In $12.3 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Webster Financial announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Banco Santander, S.A. in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $12.3 billion, based on Santander’s closing price on February 2, 2026.

TRUBAR: Protein Bar Brand Acquired By ETi Gıda For $173 Million Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

&Partners Adds Four Lights Advisors To Partnership Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

&Partners has added Four Lights Advisors to its growing partnership network, bringing a South Carolina-based wealth management practice. Four Lights Advisors is based in Leesville, South Carolina, and is led by founders and wealth advisors Heyward Barnes (APMA, CPA) and Trey Bruner (AAMS, APMA, CMFA). Kristie Swygert joins the team as a client service associate, rounding out the practice’s client-facing and operational support as it expands its reach through &Partners.

omnispay: UAE Fintech Raises $2 Million Pre-Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

omnispay, a UAE-based fintech focused on payments and cash-flow tools for small and medium-sized enterprises, announced it has closed a $2 million Pre-Series A funding round led by Infinity Value Capital Group.

Avidian Wealth Solutions Adds Troy Taylor As Partner And Senior Wealth Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Avidian Wealth Solutions has announced a strategic partnership with Troy Taylor, CFP, bringing him into the firm as a Partner and Senior Wealth Advisor. The Houston-based, employee-owned fiduciary wealth manager said the move adds an experienced advisor and leader to its growing team as it continues to expand its platform and client service capabilities.

&Partners: La Belle Vue Wealth Management Joins National Wealth Management Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

&Partners announced La Belle Vue Wealth Management, a registered wealth advisory practice based in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, has joined its wealth management network, expanding the platform’s advisor footprint in the Midwest and adding a planning-first firm serving clients in Wisconsin and nationwide.

OpenAI Reveals GPT-5.3-Codex, A Faster ‘Agentic’ Coding Model Built For Long-Running Work

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.3-Codex, a new Codex model positioned as a step beyond “code helper” to a more agentic system that can handle long-running, multi-step work on a computer. The company says GPT-5.3-Codex combines the frontier coding strengths of GPT-5.2-Codex with the reasoning and professional knowledge capabilities of GPT-5.2, and that it runs about 25% faster for Codex users.

Varonis To Buy AllTrue.ai To Add AI Trust, Risk, And Security Controls

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

Varonis announced it has agreed to acquire AllTrue.ai, positioning the deal as an expansion of its data security platform into AI Trust, Risk, and Security Management (AI TRiSM). The company said AllTrue.ai helps organizations understand and control how AI systems behave across the enterprise, with an emphasis on visibility into AI assets and real-time guardrails.

myFootpath Partners With Western Colorado University

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 9, 2026

myFootpath has entered a new partnership with Western Colorado University aimed at bringing adult and returning learners back to higher education and improving degree completion among students who previously stopped out before earning a credential. The collaboration focuses on reconnecting with former students and creating clearer, more accessible pathways to completing a degree.