Innovation

ICE And OKX Form Joint Venture Co-Chaired By Andrew Cuomo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:54 AM

Intercontinental Exchange and OKX announced the formation of a 50-50 joint venture focused on building next-generation infrastructure for tokenized and digitally native financial products.

Brazos Residential Appoints Wyatt Simmons As Chief Investment Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:52 AM

Brazos Residential announced that it has appointed Wyatt Simmons as Chief Investment Officer.

AlpSemi Raises €17 Million To Scale Solid-State Circuit Breaker Power Switches

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:50 AM

AlpSemi announced that it has raised €17 million in funding to support the industrialization and commercial scale-up of its next-generation semiconductor power switches.

CroíValve Raises $27 Million Additional Capital To Advance DUO Adapt System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:47 AM

CroíValve announced that it has closed $20 million in Series B expansion financing, along with $7 million in European Innovation Council and DTIF grant financing. The additional capital brings CroíValve’s Series B total to $36 million and $43 million, including grant financing.

Mitigata Raises $15 Million Series B To Build AI-Native Cyber Resilience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:42 AM

Mitigata announced that it has raised $15 million in Series B funding to support its continued investment in product innovation, talent expansion, and market growth. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners India, with participation from Pankaj Mitra. Existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Titan Capital, and WEH Ventures also participated in the round, continuing their support for the company’s long-term vision.

Attention Raises $30 Million Series B To Build AI Platform For Revenue Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:34 AM

Attention announced that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding to expand its AI platform for revenue teams. The funding round was led by RTP Global, with participation from returning investors Aglaé Ventures, Eniac, and Alven. New investor Linea Ventures also joined the round, along with a group of angel investors from Attention’s customer base.

Eide Bailly Secures Investment From Reverence Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:29 AM

Eide Bailly announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for funds managed by Reverence Capital Partners to make a significant investment in the firm.

Kyrok Raises €3.1 Million To Build AI Operating System For Pharma And Chemical Supply Chains

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:27 AM

Kyrok announced that it has raised €3.1 million in pre-seed funding to build an AI operating system for supply chain teams at pharmaceutical and chemical SMEs.

Concord Raises $3 Million Seed Funding To Build Agentic Media Buying Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:26 AM

Concord announced that it has raised $3 million in seed funding to build its agentic media buying platform. The round was backed by A16Z Scout, Drysdale, Motier Ventures, Better Angle, and several industry angels. Participating angel investors included Rémi Lemonnier, Co-Founder of Scibids AI, which was acquired by DoubleVerify; Philippe Corrot of Mirakl; Arthur Querou of Vibe.co; and Thomas Zaepffel of Adot.

Timefold Raises $13 Million Series A To Expand Routing And Scheduling APIs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:25 AM

Timefold announced that it has raised $13 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from Kompas VC and continued backing from existing investors Lakestar and Smartfin.

Oversonic Robotics: STMicroelectronics, Fondazione ENEA Tech Biomedical And SpotInvest Acquire Stake In Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:23 AM

Oversonic Robotics announced that STMicroelectronics, Fondazione ENEA Tech Biomedical, and SpotInvest have entered the company’s share capital.

fomo Raises $75 Million Series B To Scale Global Consumer Trading App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:20 AM

fomo announced that it has raised $75 million in Series B funding to scale its social-first trading platform. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures and existing investor Benchmark.

Later Appoints Sofia Hernandez To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:19 AM

Later announced that Sofia Hernandez has joined its Board of Directors. Hernandez is the former Global Head of Marketing and Partnerships at TikTok and brings about 20 years of experience in marketing, brand partnerships, creator monetization, and social media growth.

Haven Tower Group Promotes Mitch Manning And Appoints Grant Cox

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:17 AM

Haven Tower Group announced that it has promoted Mitch Manning to Chief Engagement Officer and Partner and appointed Grant Cox as Principal.

JumpCloud Appoints Tracy Knox To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:16 AM

JumpCloud announced that Tracy Knox has joined its Board of Directors. Knox will also serve as Chair of JumpCloud’s Audit Committee.

Biomerics Appoints Kristin Mason As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:14 AM

Biomerics announced that Kristin Mason has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mason joins Biomerics after an extensive career leading finance organizations across complex global businesses.

Polaris Appoints Dustin Semach To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:11 AM

Polaris announced that Dustin J. Semach has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. The appointment became effective June 19, 2026.

Dentons Adds Corporate Partner Cameron Kates In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:09 AM

Dentons US announced that Cameron Kates has joined the firm’s Corporate practice as a partner in the New York office.

Rockwell Automation Launches FactoryTalk Orchestration Software

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:06 AM

Rockwell Automation announced the launch of FactoryTalk Orchestration software, a new solution designed to coordinate material flow and production processes end to end.

3M Launches Ask 3M AI-Powered Technical Expertise Tool

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:06 AM

3M announced the launch of Ask 3M, an AI-powered digital assistant designed to give industrial customers direct, self-service access to 3M technical expertise.

Sagard Real Estate Expands Atlanta Industrial Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:50 AM

Sagard Real Estate announced that it has acquired 4455 River Green Parkway, a 231,000-square-foot industrial facility in Duluth, Georgia.

FusionIQ Acquires Marstone To Expand Digital Wealth Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:49 AM

FusionIQ announced that it has completed the acquisition of Marstone, a digital wealth technology provider. The acquisition combines two digital wealth management platforms serving banks, credit unions, wealth managers, broker-dealers, RIAs, and other companies seeking wealth management solutions.

Heineken Nominates Rafael Oliveira As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:48 AM

Heineken announced that its Supervisory Board has nominated Rafael “Rafa” Oliveira as Chair of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer.

elobau Acquires Hamburg Start-Up recalm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:47 AM

elobau announced that it has acquired Hamburg-based recalm through an asset deal. recalm develops audio, voice, and active noise-canceling systems for off-highway and industrial applications.

Lilly Expands AI Drug Discovery Push With ‘App Store’ Model For Biotech Scientists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:47 AM

Eli Lilly is using the cash generated by its fast-growing weight-loss and diabetes drug franchise to expand its artificial intelligence strategy, including a data-sharing platform for biotech researchers that CEO David Ricks described to the Financial Times as being “like the App Store” for scientists. The initiative is part of Lilly’s broader effort to diversify its pipeline before key weight-loss drug patents begin expiring in the 2030s.

Tsuga Raises $35 Million Series A To Build AI-Native Resilient Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:45 AM

Tsuga announced that it has raised $35 million in Series A funding. The round included backing from Singular, General Catalyst, DST Global, QuantumLight, Picus Capital, and Databricks.

FirstCash To Acquire Ramsdens For Approximately £206 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:45 AM

FirstCash Holdings announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Ramsdens Holdings, a leading pawn, retail, and financial services operator in the United Kingdom.

Invest Qatar Gateway Launches VC Funding Module To Connect Startups With Venture Capital Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:45 AM

Invest Qatar announced the launch of the Venture Capital Funding Module on the Invest Qatar Gateway. The module was developed in collaboration with Qatar Investment Authority and is designed to improve startup access to capital and investment opportunities.

SimScale: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO David Heiny About The Engineering Simulation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:19 AM

SimScale provides an AI-native software platform that enables engineers to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), electromagnetic, and thermal simulations directly through a web browser. David Heiny is the CEO and co-founder of the company, guiding its overarching strategy and technological vision. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SimScale co-founder and CEO David Heiny to learn more.

Quali: Interview With CEO Lior Koriat About Stack Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 10:14 AM

Stack Automation by Quali is a deployment automation platform developed for Cisco that condenses the manual, time-consuming process of setting up enterprise hardware, software, and AI environments from weeks into just hours. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Quali CEO Lior Koriat to learn more.