Innovation

Precision BioSciences: $7.5 Million Milestone From TG Therapeutics For Azer-Cel Clinical Progress In Multiple Sclerosis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Precision BioSciences, a clinical-stage gene editing company leveraging its proprietary ARCUS platform, announced it has received $7.5 million in proceeds from TG Therapeutics following the achievement of a clinical milestone tied to azercabtagene zapreleucel (azer-cel). The payment was triggered by progress in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating azer-cel in progressive forms of multiple sclerosis.

Sparqle: €1.2 Million Raised To Expand Sustainable Delivery Platform Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Sparqle, a sustainable delivery platform connecting retailers and e-commerce brands with low-emission logistics solutions, has secured €1.2 million in a new investment round to accelerate its European expansion.

Brink’s Company: $6.6 Billion Acquisition Of NCR Atleos

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

The Brink’s Company, a global provider of cash and valuables management, digital retail solutions, and ATM managed services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NCR Atleos Corporation in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.6 billion.

Oska Health: €11 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale AI-Based Chronic Care Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Oska Health has raised €11 million in seed funding to scale its continuous care model for high-risk, chronically ill patients. The round was led by Capricorn Partners and SwissHealth Ventures, with participation from Revent, Calm Storm, LBBW Venture Capital, BMH, GoHub Ventures, and Aurum Impact.

Sprouty: Parenting App Company Launches Ethical AI Companion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Sprouty, a parenting app used by more than 2 million families worldwide, has announced plans to introduce an ethical AI companion designed to help parents interpret child-specific data during early parenthood, a period often marked by uncertainty and heightened anxiety. The feature is intended to provide contextual, non-medical insights based solely on parent-entered information and informed by a knowledge framework developed through years of collaboration with pediatricians.

Procode AI: $4 Million Raised For AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Management And Acquisition Of The Auctus Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Procode, an AI-powered revenue cycle management company serving private practice surgeons, has launched from stealth with $4 million in funding and the acquisition of The Auctus Group, a leading U.S. biller for plastic surgeons and a top-three biller in dermatology. The company was founded in 2024 by Jeff Cripe, Kameron Rezzadeh, M.D., and James Baez-Silva. The investment round was led by Story Ventures, with participation from CHAP Health Ventures, Progression Fund, and Dmitry Shevelenko, Chief Business Officer of Perplexity.

FlyFocus: €4.5 Million Raised To Expand Production, Scale Internationally, And Launch Two New UAV Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

FlyFocus, a Poland-based defence technology company specializing in unmanned aerial systems and avionics, has raised €4.5 million in its first institutional funding round. The round was led by ff Venture Capital with participation from the NCBR Investment Fund, the venture capital arm of Poland’s National Centre for Research and Development.

Kinfolk: $7 Million Seed Raised For AI Workforce Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Kinfolk, an AI native workforce operations platform designed for modern HR and People Operations teams, has raised $7 million in seed funding led by AlbionVC, with participation from PROfounders Capital, Ascension, Emerge, and angel investors including Tony Jamous and Saurav Chopra.

Wootzwork: $6.6 Million Raised For Offshore Manufacturing Execution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Wootzwork, an advanced engineering and manufacturing solutions company, announced it has raised $6.6 million in a Series A round to bring greater predictability and accountability to offshore manufacturing. The Houston-based company said the funding will support the expansion of its global engineering and program teams, scale its manufacturing control systems, and enable it to manage larger and more complex OEM programs across regions.

NVIDIA: $2 Billion Investment In Coherent To Scale AI Data Center Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

NVIDIA and Coherent, an optical components and photonics technology company, announced a multiyear strategic partnership to advance advanced optics technologies aimed at scaling next-generation AI data center infrastructure.

Bregal Sagemount: $3.5 Billion Raised For Growth-Focused Private Equity Fund V

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Bregal Sagemount, a growth-focused private equity firm, announced the final close of Bregal Sagemount V at its $3.5 billion hard cap, marking a meaningful increase from its prior $2.65 billion Fund IV. The fund was oversubscribed and raised in just over four months after launching in the fourth quarter of 2025.

J.F. Lehman Acquires Forged Solutions Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

J.F. Lehman & Company announced that investment affiliates, including JFL Equity Investors VI, L.P., have acquired Forged Solutions Group, Inc., a provider of high specification forgings serving the aerospace, defense, and space markets.

Global Eggs: $1 Billion Investment From Warburg Pincus At $8 Billion Valuation Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Warburg Pincus announced an agreement to invest up to $1 billion in Global Eggs, valuing the company at $8 billion and marking a major growth investment in the multinational table egg producer and distributor. The equity for the transaction is being provided by Warburg Pincus Capital Solutions Founders Fund.

Bain Capital: Investment In Swedish Non-Food Consumables Distributor Tingstad

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Bain Capital announced an investment in Tingstad, a leading Swedish family-owned distributor of non-food consumables, through its Private Equity team in Europe. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Littlejohn Appoints Shant Mardirossian As Managing Director And Chief Operating Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Littlejohn & Co. a Greenwich, Connecticut-based private investment firm, announced that Shant Mardirossian has joined the firm as Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, and Head of Strategic Initiatives.

IFS Completes Acquisition Of Warehouse Management Software Company Softeon

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

IFS, a leading provider of Industrial AI software, announced it has completed its acquisition of Softeon, expanding its capabilities across manufacturing, logistics, and retail with a new category of integrated supply chain technology. Operating under the name IFS Softeon, the combined business brings together IFS’s Industrial AI capabilities and Softeon’s more than 20 years of tier one warehouse management software expertise.

LER TechForce: Strategic Acquisition Of Siemens Altair Resource Solution Division Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

LER TechForce has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Resource Solution division from the Siemens Altair business unit, advancing the company’s long-term growth strategy and expanding its leadership in engineering workforce solutions and resource support services.

Faye: Salesforce And AI Consultancy Acquires CRM Science

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Faye, a global software strategy, deployment, integration, and management consultancy serving mid-market and enterprise organizations, has acquired CRM Science, an award-winning Salesforce and Agentforce partner and five-time winner of the Salesforce Partner Innovation Award.

Boyne Capital: $276 Million Sale Of Infrastructure Services Platform McKee Utility To MasTec

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Boyne Capital, a Florida-based private equity firm focused on lower middle market companies, announced the sale of its portfolio company McKee Utility Contractors, LLC to MasTec at an enterprise value of $276 million. Boyne partnered with management to recapitalize the company in December 2022.

Cameco: $2.6 Billion Uranium Supply Agreement Signed With India’s Department Of Atomic Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Cameco has signed a long-term agreement to supply uranium ore concentrate to the Government of India’s Department of Atomic Energy in a deal valued at approximately $2.6 billion. The Saskatoon-based uranium producer will deliver nearly 22 million pounds of uranium ore concentrate (U3O8) over a nine-year period on market-related price terms, with deliveries expected to begin in 2027 and continue through 2035.

Avalara Acquires Versori To Expand AI-Native Enterprise Integrations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Avalara, the agentic tax and compliance leader, announced it has acquired Versori, a next-generation integration platform company focused on automated connector development powered by agentic AI workflows. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Apple Reveals $599 iPhone 17e With A19 Chip, 48-Megapixel Camera, And 256GB Storage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Apple today introduced iPhone 17e, a more affordable addition to the iPhone 17 lineup, starting at $599 with 256GB of storage. The new model doubles the entry storage of the previous generation at the same starting price and delivers upgraded performance, durability, camera capabilities, and MagSafe support.

Aera Technology: Interview With Co-Founder, President, And CEO Fred Laluyaux About The Agentic Decision Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Aera Technology is a company that provides agentic decision intelligence to digitize, optimize, and automate enterprise decision-making at scale. Through its Aera Decision Cloud platform and its decision intelligence agent, Aera, the company enables organizations to evaluate trade-offs in real time, execute decisions end-to-end, and continuously learn from outcomes to improve future decision-making. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aera Technology Co-Founder and CEO Fred Laluyaux to gain deeper insight into the company’s vision and impact.

Two: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Andreas Mjelde About The Fintech Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Two is a fintech transforming how merchants offer net terms and trade credit at checkout - bringing a seamless, consumer-grade experience to B2B payments. Often described as B2B Buy Now, Pay Later, Two removes the friction that slows down commerce: manual invoicing, credit checks, fraud risk, and long approval cycles.

AES: Acquisition By Consortium In $10.7 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

The AES Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, and EQT Infrastructure VI, alongside co-underwriters CalPERS and Qatar Investment Authority, in an all-cash transaction valued at $15.00 per share.

Watermill Group: Cooper Turner Beck Sold To Private Equity Firm Waterland

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Watermill Group, a strategy-driven private investment firm, announced the sale of Cooper Turner Beck (CTB) to Waterland Private Equity, a European private equity firm focused on scaling industrial businesses. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Trive Capital Invests In Rolfson Oil And Then Rolfson Acquires Flint Logistics Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Trive Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, announced its investment in Rolfson Oil, a distributor of fuel, oils, and lubricants serving the energy sector. Following the investment, Rolfson acquired Flint Logistics Group, expanding its footprint and operational scale across key energy markets.

Salma Health: $80 Million Series A Raised To Launch Integrated Brain Health Centers Of Excellence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Salma Health has officially emerged from stealth with $80 million in Series A funding to launch an integrated brain health company designed to unify diagnostics, rapid-acting treatments, and coordinated care under one roof. The round was co-led by Mubadala Capital and ARCH Venture Partners, with participation from Lingotto Horizon and Averin Capital.

Satellite Data Services: Joint Investment To Accelerate Use Of Diverse Satellite Data

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric, MUFG Bank, Integrated Design & Engineering Holdings (ID&E), Kokusai Kogyo, and ZENRIN announced that they had invested in Satellite Data Services (SDS), positioning the company to accelerate the use of diverse satellite data across sectors.

MCM Energy Partners Completes Acquisition Of Delaware Basin Oil And Gas Assets From Battalion Oil

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 2, 2026

MCM Delaware Resources, a subsidiary of MCM Energy Partners, has closed its acquisition of crude oil and natural gas assets from Battalion Oil Corporation, strengthening its position in the core of the Permian Basin.