Innovation

Nordic Capital To Buy BMLL, Expanding Global Access To Advanced Market Data and Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Nordic Capital has agreed to acquire BMLL, a leading independent provider of harmonised historical order book data and analytics for global capital markets. The investment, made in partnership with BMLL’s management team and minority shareholder Optiver, will accelerate BMLL’s expansion and innovation across asset classes and regions.

Warburg Pincus And Madison International Realty Form $300 Million Strategic Real Estate Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm with $85 billion in assets under management, and Madison International Realty, a leader in real estate secondaries, have announced a $300 million strategic investment partnership to pursue opportunities in the real estate secondaries market.

Thermo Fisher Scientific To Buy Clario Holdings For $8.875 Billion In Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced an agreement to buy Clario Holdings, a leader in digital endpoint data solutions for clinical trials, from a shareholder group led by Astorg, Nordic Capital, Novo Holdings, and Cinven, for $8.875 billion in cash plus up to $400 million in earnout payments based on performance.

Agtonomy: $18 Million Series B Closed For Advancing Physical AI Across Agriculture And Off-Road Industries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Agtonomy, a leading software and services company specializing in automation and physical AI for agriculture and land management, announced it has raised $18 million in an oversubscribed Series B round led by DBL Partners, with participation from new investor Nuveen and existing backers Autotech, Allison Transmission, Rethink Food, and Black Forest Ventures.

Flamingo: $2.2 Million Closed For Transforming MSP Market Through AI and Open Source

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Miami-based startup Flamingo has emerged from stealth with OpenFrame, an open-source platform powered by autonomous AI agents that aims to redefine the economics of the $380 billion managed service provider (MSP) industry. The company also announced $2.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Focal VC and Array VC.

CoreStory: $32 Million Series A Closed For Legacy Software Modernization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

CoreStory, a pioneer in AI-powered code intelligence, has raised $32 million in a Series A round led by Tribeca Venture Partners, NEA, and SineWave Ventures, with additional participation from Harrison Metal, Singtel Innov8, Samsung Next, Nimble Partners, and Alumni Ventures. The funding will accelerate CoreStory’s efforts to modernize the world’s aging software infrastructure by leveraging agentic AI to transform legacy code into maintainable, machine-readable assets.

Syllo: $30 Million Closed To Advance AI-Driven Litigation Innovation And Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Syllo, a rapidly growing provider of AI-powered litigation technology, has raised $30 million in growth funding led by Venrock and Two Seas Capital, with participation from strategic individual investors. The investment will drive product innovation, expand engineering and support teams, and accelerate the company’s go-to-market strategy as demand for AI-driven litigation tools continues to rise.

Uptiq.ai: $12 Million Raised To Advance Adoption Of AI Infrastructure Across Financial Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

Uptiq.ai, a leading provider of AI infrastructure for financial services, has raised $12 million in a funding round led by Silverton Partners, with participation from Live Oak Venture Partners, Tau Ventures, First Capital, and Green Visor Capital. The new investment will fuel large-scale adoption of Uptiq Qore, the company’s flagship AI infrastructure platform designed to make financial institutions more agile, compliant, and AI-enabled.

SheTO: Interview With CEO Nidhi Gupta About The State Of Women In Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

SheTO is a private network and community exclusively for women and non-binary engineering leaders whose mission is to connect, elevate and inspire them toward executive engineering roles. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SheTO CEO Nidhi Gupta to gain a deeper understanding of the organization.

HG Insights: Interview With CEO Rohini Kasturi About The B2B Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2025

HG Insights is a business-to-business (B2B) technology intelligence company that helps organizations with go-to-market (GTM) strategy, sales, and marketing by delivering deep insights into technology usage, spend, adoption, and buyer behavior. Pulse 2.0 interviewed HG Insights CEO Rohini Kasturi to gain a deeper understanding of the company.