Innovation

H.I.G. Capital Names Younghee Choi Head Of Asia As Firm Expands $75 Billion Capital Formation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Barchemy Names Former Rise Baking Executive Isaac Long CEO As Founder Larry Toscano Becomes Chairman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Barchemy has appointed Isaac Long as Chief Executive Officer, bringing in a food industry executive with experience in enterprise transformation, commercial strategy and manufacturing as the specialty ingredient company enters its next phase of growth.

Zedge Secures $7.5 Million Insider Investment As Morris Berger Becomes CEO To Scale DataSeeds.AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Zedge has announced an approximately $7.5 million direct insider investment and appointed Morris Berger as Chief Executive Officer as the company accelerates development of DataSeeds.AI into a larger artificial intelligence data business.

GT Independence Names Chris Karkenny CEO As Self-Directed Care Platform Serves More Than 60,000 People

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

GT Independence has appointed Chris Karkenny as Chief Executive Officer as the financial management services company expands its self-directed care platform across more than 21 states.

Civista Bancshares Completes Leadership Transition As Chuck Parcher Becomes President And CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Civista Bancshares has completed its previously announced leadership transition. Charles A. "Chuck" Parcher has assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Civista Bancshares and Civista Bank, effective immediately.

Garrison Growth: Interview With Co-Founder Dave Garrison About The Buy-In Advantage And Employee Engagement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Garrison Growth works with CEOs, executive teams, and organizational leaders across industries to improve leadership, organizational performance, and employee buy-in. Co-Founder Dave Garrison is also the author of The Buy-In Advantage, which explores practical strategies leaders can use to improve productivity, retention, collaboration, and organizational results. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Garrison Growth Co-Founder Dave Garrison to learn more.

Searchlight Invests In Aderian As Nordic Managed IT Platform Reaches SEK 2.5 Billion Revenue And 30+ Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Searchlight Capital Partners has made an investment in Aderian Group, backing the Nordic managed IT services provider as it expands organically and through acquisitions across Sweden, Norway and the broader region.

Inturai Ventures Completes DomeCommand Acquisition For Up To C$6.025 Million To Expand AI Drone Swarm Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Inturai Ventures has completed its acquisition of the intellectual property behind DomeCommand, an AI-driven command-and-control platform designed for autonomous drone swarms.

Cherubic Ventures Closes $68.88 Million Fund VI As AUM Tops $500 Million And Sudo AI Nears $2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Cherubic Ventures has closed its sixth fund at $68.88 million, bringing total assets under management across the firm's six funds above $500 million as it continues concentrating on early-stage AI investments.

ZonPrep Acquires Wizard-Industries And FNSKU Studio As Amazon Inbound Volume Tops 20 Million Units Monthly

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

ZonPrep has acquired Wizard-Industries and FNSKU Studio, bringing two Amazon-focused inbound logistics software platforms under the same ownership as its rapidly expanding physical fulfillment operation.

Physical Superintelligence Raises $58 Million Seed To Build AI Physics Lab And Virtual Physicist Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Physical Superintelligence has launched with $58 million in seed funding to build what it describes as an AI-native physics laboratory staffed by virtual physicists capable of running large-scale simulations, testing hypotheses and designing physical systems. Breakthrough Energy Ventures led the financing.

Mech-Mind Robotics Lists In Hong Kong At HK$12.71 Billion Valuation As Deployments Top 29,000 Units

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Mech-Mind Robotics has listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a market capitalization of approximately HK$12.71 billion, marking another major public-market milestone for the rapidly expanding physical AI sector.

Enovis To Acquire eCential Robotics To Expand Surgical Robotics And ASTRA Enabling Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Enovis has entered a binding offer to acquire eCential Robotics, adding a modular surgical robotics and navigation platform to its orthopedic technology portfolio and accelerating its expansion into robotic-assisted surgery.

BOXABL Signs Agreement For Up To 1,500 Homes With LC Vegas Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

BOXABL has entered into a multi-year purchase agreement with LC Vegas Acquisitions covering up to 1,500 factory-built homes over a three-year period, representing the company's largest announced residential purchase arrangement to date.

Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance: Interview With President And CEO Juliet Abdel About Cross-Border Trade And Regional Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance represents more than 1,200 businesses and supports the Cedar Rapids region through economic development, public policy, business support programs, and community development. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance President and CEO Juliet Abdel to learn more.

Odyssey Energy Solutions Raises $74 Million As Platform Facilitates $3.6 Billion In Distributed Energy Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Odyssey Energy Solutions has raised $74 million in new financing to expand its distributed renewable energy financing and procurement platform across Africa, Asia and Latin America. The financing consists of a $27 million equity round and $47 million of debt. New equity investors include Broadscale Group, FMO and Al Mada Ventures, while Union Square Ventures, Equal Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Twelve Below, FJ Labs, MCJ and Transition Ventures participated again.

DNO To Acquire Capricorn Energy For $396 Million, Outbidding Genel By 10%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

DNO has reached an agreement to acquire Capricorn Energy in a recommended all-cash transaction valuing the London-listed energy company at approximately $396 million on a fully diluted basis, giving DNO a major entry into Egypt and topping the competing offer from Genel Energy.

Tesla Discontinues Solar Roof Tiles As Product Proves Financially Unviable

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Tesla has discontinued its Solar Roof tiles and informed certified third-party installers that the integrated roofing product will no longer be available to order, according to Electrek. Tesla will instead continue supplying conventional rooftop solar panels, completing a significant retreat from a product first introduced nearly a decade ago.

Anthropic Reportedly Signs $35 Billion Lambda Cloud Deal For 350 MW Texas AI Data Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Anthropic has signed a $35 billion cloud computing agreement with Nvidia-backed Lambda tied to a roughly 350 MW artificial intelligence data center in Texas, Reuters reported, citing a person familiar with the transaction.

GameStop Projects Q2 Net Income Up To $310 Million As eBay Gains Reach $238 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

GameStop released preliminary second-quarter 2026 results showing a sharp increase in profitability despite a substantial decline in sales, with approximately $238 million in gains from its eBay investment providing a major contribution to quarterly net income.

Herbalife CEO Stephan Gratziani To Step Down As CFO John DeSimone Becomes Interim CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Herbalife has announced a planned chief executive transition, with Stephan Gratziani stepping down as CEO effective October 31, 2026 and Chief Financial Officer John DeSimone becoming Interim CEO beginning November 1.

LDR Partners Names Paul B. Murphy Jr. Partner After Building Banks To More Than $18 Billion In Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

LDR Partners has named veteran Houston banking executive Paul B. Murphy Jr. as a Partner, adding more than four decades of banking, capital formation and lower-middle-market underwriting experience to the veteran-founded private equity firm.

Choice Hotels Names Dominic Dragisich President And CEO After Nearly 10 Years With Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Choice Hotels International has appointed Dominic Dragisich as President and Chief Executive Officer and elected him to the company's Board of Directors, completing a leadership transition that began when he was named Interim CEO in May 2026. The appointment is effective August 31, 2026.

Centene Appoints Bradley Bolivar As Chief Information Officer From Fannie Mae

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Centene Corporation has announced the appointment of Bradley Bolivar as Chief Information Officer, effective August 31. Bolivar succeeds Brian LeClaire, who will retire by the end of October 2026, as planned.

PennantPark Resets $316.7 Million Securitization, Cutting Weighted Average Cost To SOFR + 1.82%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital announced that its unconsolidated joint venture, PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund I, has completed the reset of a $316.7 million debt securitization, substantially reducing its borrowing costs while extending the financing's maturity.

ePointZero To Acquire 90% Of 752 MW Azura Power As African Development Pipeline Tops 1.5 GW

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

ePointZero has agreed to acquire a 90% stake in Azura Power Holdings, marking the Abu Dhabi-based energy infrastructure platform's entry into African power generation through an operating portfolio spanning Nigeria, Senegal and Mozambique.

Kennedy Wilson And Shimizu Launch $139 Million 382-Unit Sandy Springs Multifamily Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 31, 2026

Kennedy Wilson and Shimizu Corporation have partnered to develop Caldwell, a $139 million, 382-unit luxury multifamily community in Sandy Springs, Georgia, marking Kennedy Wilson's first ground-up multifamily development in the state and its first partnership with Shimizu. Kennedy Wilson acquired the 6.9-acre development site in late 2025.

Innovation

H.I.G. Capital Names Younghee Choi Head Of Asia As Firm Expands $75 Billion Capital Formation Platform

Barchemy Names Former Rise Baking Executive Isaac Long CEO As Founder Larry Toscano Becomes Chairman

Zedge Secures $7.5 Million Insider Investment As Morris Berger Becomes CEO To Scale DataSeeds.AI

GT Independence Names Chris Karkenny CEO As Self-Directed Care Platform Serves More Than 60,000 People

Civista Bancshares Completes Leadership Transition As Chuck Parcher Becomes President And CEO

Garrison Growth: Interview With Co-Founder Dave Garrison About The Buy-In Advantage And Employee Engagement

Searchlight Invests In Aderian As Nordic Managed IT Platform Reaches SEK 2.5 Billion Revenue And 30+ Acquisitions

Inturai Ventures Completes DomeCommand Acquisition For Up To C$6.025 Million To Expand AI Drone Swarm Platform

Cherubic Ventures Closes $68.88 Million Fund VI As AUM Tops $500 Million And Sudo AI Nears $2 Billion Valuation

ZonPrep Acquires Wizard-Industries And FNSKU Studio As Amazon Inbound Volume Tops 20 Million Units Monthly

Physical Superintelligence Raises $58 Million Seed To Build AI Physics Lab And Virtual Physicist Platform

Mech-Mind Robotics Lists In Hong Kong At HK$12.71 Billion Valuation As Deployments Top 29,000 Units

Enovis To Acquire eCential Robotics To Expand Surgical Robotics And ASTRA Enabling Technology Platform

BOXABL Signs Agreement For Up To 1,500 Homes With LC Vegas Acquisitions

Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance: Interview With President And CEO Juliet Abdel About Cross-Border Trade And Regional Growth

Odyssey Energy Solutions Raises $74 Million As Platform Facilitates $3.6 Billion In Distributed Energy Capital

DNO To Acquire Capricorn Energy For $396 Million, Outbidding Genel By 10%

Tesla Discontinues Solar Roof Tiles As Product Proves Financially Unviable

Anthropic Reportedly Signs $35 Billion Lambda Cloud Deal For 350 MW Texas AI Data Center

GameStop Projects Q2 Net Income Up To $310 Million As eBay Gains Reach $238 Million

Herbalife CEO Stephan Gratziani To Step Down As CFO John DeSimone Becomes Interim CEO

LDR Partners Names Paul B. Murphy Jr. Partner After Building Banks To More Than $18 Billion In Assets

Choice Hotels Names Dominic Dragisich President And CEO After Nearly 10 Years With Company

Centene Appoints Bradley Bolivar As Chief Information Officer From Fannie Mae

PennantPark Resets $316.7 Million Securitization, Cutting Weighted Average Cost To SOFR + 1.82%

ePointZero To Acquire 90% Of 752 MW Azura Power As African Development Pipeline Tops 1.5 GW

Kennedy Wilson And Shimizu Launch $139 Million 382-Unit Sandy Springs Multifamily Development

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing Acquires 300-Unit Florida Senior Housing Portfolio

Corvex Secures $33 Million PIPE As AI Data Center Capacity Targets 5x Expansion To 8 MW

Mkango Acquires Remloy For €8 Million As Rare Earth Magnet Recycling Capacity Targets 500 Tonnes Annually