Innovation

Conceal: Interview With VP Of Sales Engineering Chris Park About Browser-Native Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Conceal delivers a browser-native Security Service Edge platform that provides Zero Trust access and in-browser security without VPNs, proxies, or data center-routed traffic. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Conceal VP of Sales Engineering Chris Park to learn more.

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney To Supply GTF Engines For 15 Additional Tigerair Taiwan Airbus A321neo Aircraft

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tigerair Taiwan to supply GTF engines for 15 additional Airbus A321neo aircraft. The agreement covers four firm aircraft and 11 leased aircraft, with deliveries expected to begin in 2028.

BranchOut Food Secures Additional $2 Million Order Following $8 Million Warehouse Club Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

BranchOut Food has secured an estimated $2 million order from the nation’s second-largest warehouse club for a new Tropical Mix multipack. The order follows the retailer’s recent award of an approximately $8 million annual program for BranchOut’s Crunchy Fruit Chips.

MaxCyte Partners With Genentech To Support Cell Therapy Development And Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

MaxCyte has entered into a technology license partnership with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to support multiple cell therapy development programs. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Exascale Labs Advances $300 Million Customer Pipeline Across AI Infrastructure And GPU Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Exascale Labs said it is advancing an estimated $300 million pipeline of potential customer opportunities across its GPU-as-a-Service and AI infrastructure businesses. The company highlighted a combination of signed commercial agreements and nonbinding memoranda of understanding that could support near-term and recurring revenue.

FatPipe Awarded $7 Million Education Contract To Support School Network Access And Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

FatPipe has been awarded a $7 million contract to provide network edge products and monitoring services to schools. The deployment is intended to improve network availability, centralized visibility and the speed at which administrators can identify and address connectivity problems.

Box Unveils Security And Governance Controls For Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Box has announced new security and governance capabilities designed to give organizations greater control over AI agents accessing and acting on enterprise content. The features will apply to Box-native agents and third-party systems such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

MDA Space UK Selected To Supply Lunar Landing Sensors For ESA’s Argonaut Mission

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

MDA Space UK has received a Pre-Authorisation to Proceed contract from OHB System to begin work on advanced lunar landing sensors for the European Space Agency’s Argonaut spacecraft. The technology will support autonomous hazard detection and safe landings on the Moon.

RTX’s Pratt & Whitney Canada To Invest C$275 Million In Longueuil Manufacturing Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Pratt & Whitney Canada will invest C$275 million to expand and modernize manufacturing operations at its Longueuil, Quebec, facility. The investment will be supported by the Canadian and Quebec governments.

Altesa BioSciences Appoints Brett Haumann As CEO Following $75 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Altesa BioSciences has appointed Brett Haumann, MBBCh, MBA, as Chief Executive Officer. The appointment follows the company’s oversubscribed $75 million Series B financing and the initiation of its Phase 2b CARDINAL clinical trial.

Caldwell Appoints Steven Price As Co-Leader Of Life Sciences And Healthcare Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Caldwell has appointed Steven Price as co-leader of its Life Sciences and Healthcare Practice. He will lead the executive search practice alongside John Blank as the firm continues expanding its capabilities across healthcare and life sciences.

Assort Health Appoints Three Senior Executives Following $222 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Assort Health has appointed three senior executives to support growing demand for its AI agents platform for patient access and healthcare administration. The company named Jon Corn as Chief Revenue Officer, Kristina Kemp as Vice President of Customer Success and Emil Yeargin as Senior Vice President of People.

I-care Group Invests $25 Million In U.S. Subsidiary To Accelerate Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

I-care Group has invested $25 million in its U.S. subsidiary, I-care Reliability, to expand its commercial and operational presence across the United States. The investment reinforces the Belgian company’s long-term commitment to one of its largest industrial growth markets.

Karoo Health Raises $16.2 Million Series A To Expand Cardiovascular Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Karoo Health has raised $16.2 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round to expand its AI-native technology platform for cardiovascular care. The round was co-led by 7wire Ventures and Allumia Ventures. First Trust Capital Partners, SpringRock Ventures, Hyde Park Angels and other investors also participated. As part of the financing, 7wire Ventures Managing Partner Lee Shapiro and Allumia Ventures Managing Partner Jeff Stolte will join Karoo Health’s board of directors.

FactorLab Secures Growth Investment From Falfurrias To Expand AI-Powered Work Risk Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

FactorLab has received a strategic growth investment from Falfurrias Growth Partners to expand its artificial intelligence platform for improving safety and operational performance in high-risk work environments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Hilo Launches Blood Pressure Monitoring System In The U.S. Following $19 Million Funding Extension

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Hilo, a health technology brand developed by Aktiia, has launched Hilo Core in the United States. The system is designed to provide long-term blood pressure trends rather than relying exclusively on occasional cuff-based measurements.

Cascade Raises $3.5 Million To Help Construction Firms Predict And Win Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Cascade has raised $3.5 million to expand its artificial intelligence platform for architecture, engineering and construction firms. The financing included Andreessen Horowitz Speedrun, Ada Ventures, Blitzscaling Ventures, Indico Capital, shuckerVC, G2C Ventures and Snowball VC.

Humanoid Raises $152 Million Series A At $1.35 Billion Valuation To Scale Industrial Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Humanoid has raised $152 million in Series A funding at a $1.35 billion post-money valuation to accelerate the development and commercial deployment of its industrial humanoid robots. The financing brings the UK-based company’s total funding to $270 million.

Alocity Raises Series A To Expand AI Operating System For Physical Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Alocity has completed a Series A financing round to expand its artificial intelligence platform for managing physical spaces. The round was led by a private investor group alongside founder and CEO Marco Quintero.

Augustus Raises $180 Million Series B At $1 Billion Valuation To Expand Global Dollar Banking Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Augustus has raised $180 million in a Series B financing round at a $1 billion valuation to expand its banking infrastructure for international financial institutions. The round was led by Tiger Global and brought the company’s total funding to $210 million.

Google Launches Gemini 3.6 Flash And 3.5 Flash-Lite For Scalable AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Google has introduced Gemini 3.6 Flash and Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite, two models designed to improve the speed, cost and reliability of production AI agents. The company also unveiled Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a specialized cybersecurity model that will operate through Google’s CodeMender security agent.

Capitol Meridian Partners Raises $1.9 Billion For Second Fund At Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Capitol Meridian Partners has closed its second private equity fund with $1.9 billion in commitments, exceeding its original fundraising target by 50% and reaching the vehicle’s hard cap. The fund is focused on investments spanning national security, defense, government technology and commercial aviation.

Ponda Awarded £2.4 Million Project To Produce Biomaterials Through Wetland Farming

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Ponda has been awarded a £2.4 million project to demonstrate how restored wetlands can produce commercially valuable biomaterials while reducing emissions and generating new income opportunities for farmers. The project is supported by a £1.9 million grant through the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Innovate UK Farming Innovation Programme.

Circular Materials Raises €11.8 Million To Recover Critical Metals From Industrial Wastewater

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Circular Materials has secured €11.8 million in financing to expand its technology for recovering critical and strategic raw materials from industrial wastewater. The round included CDP Venture Capital, the European Innovation Council Fund, EIT RawMaterials, 360 Capital, Corbites and Lumar.

SROA Capital Targets $750 Million For Fund X To Acquire Self-Storage Properties

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

SROA Capital has launched SROA Capital Fund X with a target of $750 million in capital commitments. The value-add real estate fund will acquire and improve self-storage properties and portfolios across the United States.

FamilyWell: Interview With Founder & CEO Dr. Jessica Gaulton About The Virtual Mental Health Services Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

FamilyWell is a company that embeds comprehensive, insurance-covered virtual mental health services—including coaching, therapy, and psychiatric support—directly into OB-GYN clinics to support women throughout their reproductive journey, from fertility through menopause. Pulse 2.0 interviewed FamilyWell founder and CEO Jessica Gaulton to learn more.

AeroVironment Awarded $117.3 Million U.S. Army Contract For 82 P550 Drone Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

AeroVironment has received a $117.3 million production contract from the U.S. Army for its P550 electric vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system. The order supports the Army’s Long Range Reconnaissance and Battalion Reconnaissance programs.

Air Canada And Airbus Plan C$13.7 Million Platform To Support Canadian Sustainable Aviation Fuel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Air Canada and Airbus intend to establish a jointly funded Sustainability Co-Investment Platform to support the development of commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel production in Canada. The companies share an objective of investing up to approximately C$13.7 million, equivalent to about US$10 million, through the platform.

Aptyx Appoints David Price As CEO To Lead Next Phase Of Medical Device Manufacturing Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Aptyx has appointed David Price as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Price previously served as the medical device contract development and manufacturing organization’s Chief Financial Officer.

Stellantis Appoints Matt VanDyke To Lead Ram And Branden Coté To Lead Jeep

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Stellantis has appointed Matt VanDyke as CEO of the Ram brand and Branden Coté as CEO of the Jeep brand. The appointments are part of CEO Antonio Filosa’s strategy to strengthen the automaker’s leadership team and accelerate growth across its North American brands. VanDyke’s appointment became effective July 20. Coté will begin leading Jeep on August 3.