Innovation

Commvault Names Matthew Stauble As Chief Customer Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Commvault appointed Matthew Stauble as Chief Customer Officer to lead the company's global customer engineering organization. Stauble will report to Geoff Haydon, President of Customer and Field Operations.

Oddball Names Kathy Klapacz As Chief Operating Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Oddball appointed Kathy Klapacz as Chief Operating Officer as the government technology company continues scaling its federal programs and operations.

TCGX Closes $600 Million Asia Life Sciences Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

TCGX closed its oversubscribed TCGX Asia Life Sciences Fund I with $600 million in commitments. The new fund will focus on biotechnology companies based in Asia.

Salt Creek Capital Acquires MK Plastics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Salt Creek Capital acquired MK Plastics, a manufacturer of corrosion-resistant industrial and commercial ventilation equipment. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Montreal, MK Plastics manufactures fiberglass-reinforced polymer fans, blowers, dampers, louvers, and related ventilation products.

Yazen Secures New Funding Led By Verdane To Expand Digital Obesity Care Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Yazen secured new funding led by European growth investor Verdane, with participation from previous lead investor Evli Growth Partners.

Volteum: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Zsófia Tóth About Fleet Management And Vehicle Electrification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Volteum is a fleet management platform built for electric and mixed vehicle fleets, giving operators a unified view of vehicle performance, charging, maintenance, costs, and electrification planning. The company connects directly to vehicle manufacturer data without requiring aftermarket hardware, enabling fleets to onboard without installation downtime. Its platform draws on more than 3 billion operational fleet data points to support capabilities including predictive maintenance, charging management, vehicle-level cost reporting, and electrification recommendations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Volteum Co-Founder and CEO Zsófia Tóth to learn more about the company’s origins, technology, customer deployments, and vision for the future of fleet operations.

Polaryx Therapeutics: Interview With CEO Alex Yang About Developing Treatments For Rare Pediatric Lysosomal Storage Disorders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Polaryx Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing a multimodal pipeline of small-molecule and gene therapies for rare pediatric lysosomal storage disorders. Its lead program, PLX-200, is a proprietary oral small molecule being advanced through the SOTERIA Phase 2 basket trial across multiple indications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Polaryx Therapeutics CEO Alex Yang to learn more.

Audoo: Interview With Founder And CEO Ryan Edwards About Music Royalties, Audio Meter Technology, And AI-Generated Tracks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Audoo is a music technology company focused on improving the accuracy of public performance royalty data. Its flagship Audio Meter is a plug-in device installed in public venues such as bars, gyms, retailers, schools, and concert venues to identify music played in real time and provide verified usage data to Performing Rights Organizations. Founder and CEO Ryan Edwards created Audoo after his own experience as a musician exposed a gap in understanding whether artists were being accurately compensated when their music was played publicly. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Edwards to learn more about Audoo's origins, its Audio Meter technology, the impact of AI-generated music, and the company's goal of making accurate public performance data a global standard.

Maccaferri Acquires Iterchimica And Surface Tech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Officine Maccaferri acquired Iterchimica and Surface Tech, creating a new High-Performance Materials vertical focused on lower-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure.

Apheon Acquires Majority Stake In Hager & Meisinger

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Apheon acquired a majority stake in Hager & Meisinger Group, a global provider of premium dental instruments and workflow solutions.

Verlinvest And Family Trust Investor Form International Bouldering Alliance With 39 Gyms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Verlinvest and Family Trust Investor partnered with five European bouldering brands to create the International Bouldering Alliance, which the investors describe as the world's largest bouldering platform by number of locations.

Sojourner Consumer Partners Combines Lornamead Products And AMG Brands In $279 Million Merger

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 12, 2026

Sojourner Consumer Partners completed a $279 million merger between portfolio company Lornamead Products and AMG Brands, creating a combined consumer products company called LPNA Group.