Innovation

HealthSpan Partners To Acquire Surgery Partners For $5.7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

HealthSpan Partners has agreed to acquire Surgery Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.7 billion in enterprise value, creating a larger outpatient surgical care platform with a national footprint.

Tata Communications To Invest Up To $450 Million In 10,000-Kilometer India AI Super Highway

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Tata Communications plans to invest approximately $400 million to $450 million to build an AI-ready connectivity network spanning about 10,000 kilometers across India.

Cloudera Expands Enterprise AI Ecosystem With Mistral AI, VAST Data, Neo4j, And Cartesia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Cloudera has expanded its Enterprise AI Ecosystem with Mistral AI, VAST Data, Neo4j, and Cartesia, adding new capabilities across enterprise knowledge, AI models, voice, and infrastructure.

General Atlantic And NFL’s 32 Equity Form Global Sports Investment Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

General Atlantic and 32 Equity, the National Football League's strategic investment vehicle, have formed a global strategic partnership to pursue growth investment opportunities across the sports industry.

Stonepeak Completes Acquisition Of Chicago Parking Meters From Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Allianz And ADIA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Stonepeak has completed its acquisition of Chicago Parking Meters, the operator of the City of Chicago’s on-street parking system, from a consortium comprising Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Allianz, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Motive Partners Completes Acquisition Of Mobius From Phoenix Equity Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Motive Partners has completed its acquisition of Mobius, a UK-based pension investment platform, from Phoenix Equity Partners following receipt of required regulatory approvals.

Kos Biotechnology Partners Invests In Golden Age Health To Expand Rare Disease Access Across Asia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Kos Biotechnology Partners has made a strategic investment in Golden Age Health through its inaugural Kos BioVentures fund, supporting the specialty pharmaceutical company’s expansion across Greater China and the Asia-Pacific region.

Omnichat Raises $10 Million Series A Led By Openspace Capital To Scale AI Agent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Omnichat has raised a $10 million Series A funding round led by Openspace Capital, with participation from Darwin Ventures and Acorn Pacific Ventures.

Rently Secures $12 Million Growth Credit Facility From January Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Rently has secured a $12 million growth credit facility from January Capital to expand its rent payment platform across Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and additional markets.

Valmet To Acquire Tieto Manufacturing Execution System Business To Expand AI-Powered Automation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Valmet has entered into an agreement to acquire Tieto’s Manufacturing Execution System business, including the AI-powered TIPS MES platform and an Order to Cash solution serving the pulp, paper, and fiber industries.

Datasite: Interview With Chief Technology Officer Raj Bakhru About Agentic AI And The Future Of M&A Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 26, 2026

Datasite is a technology company providing secure infrastructure, private-market intelligence, and artificial intelligence capabilities for mergers and acquisitions. Its platform supports approximately 55,000 transactions annually and serves more than 600,000 dealmakers worldwide, combining virtual data rooms, digital boardrooms, proprietary company intelligence, and AI-powered transaction workflows. Through its acquisitions of Grata and Blueflame AI in 2025, Datasite has expanded its capabilities in private-company discovery and agentic AI, introducing products such as Grata Intelligence and Datasite Connect. Raj Bakhru, who co-founded Blueflame AI before its acquisition by Datasite, became the company's Chief Technology Officer in September 2026. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Datasite Chief Technology Officer Raj Bakhru to learn more about his background, the company's AI-powered M&A technology, enterprise security and governance, recent acquisitions, and the future of agentic workflows in dealmaking.

CoverPin: Interview With Investor And Director Steven Choi About AI-Powered Global Compliance And Entity Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 26, 2026

CoverPin is an AI-powered global entity management and compliance platform that helps companies manage corporate registrations, business licenses, tax filings, governance requirements, and insurance obligations. The company supports compliance operations across more than 80 countries and all 50 U.S. states, serving over 100 customers across industries including technology, healthcare, private equity, and consumer businesses. Its platform combines AI automation with local professional expertise to handle regulatory requirements and administrative tasks, allowing organizations to focus on growth rather than fragmented compliance workflows. Steven Choi, an investor and director of CoverPin, is a Bay Area entrepreneur with experience at Google and Uber and involvement in startups that achieved IPO and acquisition exits. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CoverPin Investor and Director Steven Choi to learn more about the company's origins, AI-powered compliance infrastructure, international expansion, customer success stories, and its plans to connect compliance management with commercial insurance.

Norges Bank Investment Management Commits €1.5 Billion To European Logistics Partnership With Ares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 26, 2026

Norges Bank Investment Management has agreed to form a new strategic partnership with Ares Real Estate focused on investing in, developing, and operating logistics properties across Europe.

Partners Group Raises $510 Million For Second 2026 Rated Feeder Supporting Private Credit Evergreen Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Partners Group has closed its second rated feeder vehicle of 2026 for its private credit evergreen strategy, raising $510 million from U.S.-based insurance companies.

Robinhood Ventures Fund I Invests $10 Million In Cognition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Robinhood Ventures Fund I has completed approximately $10 million in investments in Cognition, the artificial intelligence software company behind the autonomous coding agent Devin.

Madison Capital Group Names Chris Best Managing Director To Lead RIA And Family Office Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Madison Capital Group has appointed Chris Best as Managing Director to lead the firm’s expansion across registered investment advisor and family office channels.

Redesign Health And ARC Global Merge And Plan AVIA Acquisition To Build Healthcare Innovation Platform Across More Than 100 Health Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Redesign Health, a healthcare venture development and applied technology firm, has announced a merger with ARC Global, the healthcare innovation organization founded at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. The combined organization also plans to acquire AVIA, a U.S.-based digital transformation platform serving healthcare systems, creating a broader network for developing and deploying healthcare technologies.

Obra Capital Closes $403.6 Million Fifth CLO, Bringing Total Issuance Above $2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Obra Capital has closed its fifth collateralized loan obligation offering, Obra CLO 5, with a total size of $403.6 million, bringing the alternative asset manager’s cumulative CLO issuance to more than $2 billion across five transactions in less than two years.

Recast Software: Interview With Chief Technology Officer Rashmi Sharma About Endpoint Management And Cloud Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Recast Software provides technology for modern endpoint and application management, serving as an operational layer for Microsoft environments by extending ConfigMgr and Intune. Its platform spans application management, third-party patching, endpoint visibility, reporting, and operational tooling across on-premises, co-managed, and cloud deployments. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Recast Software Chief Technology Officer Rashmi Sharma to learn more about the company's evolution, its cloud strategy, and how it is helping IT teams navigate the transition from ConfigMgr to Intune.

Paine Schwartz Partners Invests In First Day To Expand Family Wellness And Nutritional Supplement Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Paine Schwartz Partners, a private equity firm focused on investments across the sustainable food and agriculture value chain, has made a strategic investment in First Day Life, an Austin, Texas-based health and wellness company that offers vitamins and nutritional supplements for families. The investment was made through Paine Schwartz Food Chain Fund VI in partnership with First Day founder and CEO Alice Li, who will continue leading the business.

NextGen Healthcare Appoints Anthony Palladino As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

NextGen Healthcare has appointed Anthony Palladino as Chief Financial Officer, adding a veteran software finance executive with more than 30 years of financial and operational leadership experience.

Sage: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Raj Mehra About AI-Powered Senior Care And Caregiver Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2026

Sage is the first integrated Care Intelligence Platform built for senior living and skilled nursing. Its platform connects staffing, care coordination, resident monitoring, and documentation to help caregivers respond to residents' needs and improve care delivery. The company's products include the Sage Care Platform that helps caregivers stay organized throughout their shift and provides actionable intelligence across communities to drive better, more efficient care. Sage also offers AI-powered hardware including nurse call, fall management and elopement management tools. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sage Co-Founder and CEO Raj Mehra to learn more about the company's origins, its approach to modernizing senior care, and its plans to expand into skilled nursing and preventative AI.

Innovation

HealthSpan Partners To Acquire Surgery Partners For $5.7 Billion

Tata Communications To Invest Up To $450 Million In 10,000-Kilometer India AI Super Highway

Cloudera Expands Enterprise AI Ecosystem With Mistral AI, VAST Data, Neo4j, And Cartesia

General Atlantic And NFL’s 32 Equity Form Global Sports Investment Partnership

Stonepeak Completes Acquisition Of Chicago Parking Meters From Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, Allianz And ADIA

Motive Partners Completes Acquisition Of Mobius From Phoenix Equity Partners

Kos Biotechnology Partners Invests In Golden Age Health To Expand Rare Disease Access Across Asia

Omnichat Raises $10 Million Series A Led By Openspace Capital To Scale AI Agent Platform

Rently Secures $12 Million Growth Credit Facility From January Capital

Valmet To Acquire Tieto Manufacturing Execution System Business To Expand AI-Powered Automation

Datasite: Interview With Chief Technology Officer Raj Bakhru About Agentic AI And The Future Of M&A Technology

CoverPin: Interview With Investor And Director Steven Choi About AI-Powered Global Compliance And Entity Management

Norges Bank Investment Management Commits €1.5 Billion To European Logistics Partnership With Ares

Partners Group Raises $510 Million For Second 2026 Rated Feeder Supporting Private Credit Evergreen Strategy

Robinhood Ventures Fund I Invests $10 Million In Cognition

Madison Capital Group Names Chris Best Managing Director To Lead RIA And Family Office Distribution

Redesign Health And ARC Global Merge And Plan AVIA Acquisition To Build Healthcare Innovation Platform Across More Than 100 Health Systems

Obra Capital Closes $403.6 Million Fifth CLO, Bringing Total Issuance Above $2 Billion

Recast Software: Interview With Chief Technology Officer Rashmi Sharma About Endpoint Management And Cloud Transformation

Paine Schwartz Partners Invests In First Day To Expand Family Wellness And Nutritional Supplement Brand

NextGen Healthcare Appoints Anthony Palladino As Chief Financial Officer

Sage: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Raj Mehra About AI-Powered Senior Care And Caregiver Workflows

Vitol Aviation Awarded $230.1 Million Defense Logistics Agency Fuel Contract

Northrop Grumman Awarded $43.9 Million Contract For Trident II Rocket Motor Production Facilities

Vigor Marine Awarded $42.8 Million Contract For USNS Henry J. Kaiser Overhaul And Drydocking

Lockheed Martin Awarded $114.6 Million F-35 Navigation Systems Redesign Contract

Amentum Awarded $26.1 Million Air Force Contract Modification For AFCENT Aviation Command And Control Support

Goldman Sachs Alternatives To Acquire Majority Stake In Celnor Group

Mountain Point Awarded $12.4 Million Contract To Modify Fort Worth Hangar For C-130J Aircraft

Citi Receives Approval To Establish Wholly Owned Securities Venture In China