Innovation

TransPerfect Acquires German Post Production Studio Omnimago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

TransPerfect, a provider of language and AI solutions for global business, has acquired Omnimago GmbH, a German film restoration and post-production studio. Omnimago will join TransPerfect Media, the company’s media and entertainment division. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Catalyst IOS Reaches $400 Million Final Close For Third Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Catalyst Investment Partners, an owner and operator focused on industrial outdoor storage (IOS), has announced the final close of its third fund at a $400 million hard cap in limited partner commitments. The firm said Fund III exceeded an original $300 million target and was substantially oversubscribed, with investor demand approaching twice the target and well above the hard cap.

Robinhood Reveals Ventures Fund I To Bring Private-Company Exposure To Retail Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Robinhood Markets is stepping up its push to bring private-market exposure to everyday investors by filing new marketing materials related to the planned offering of Robinhood Ventures Fund I, a closed-end vehicle designed to invest in a concentrated portfolio of private “frontier” companies.

Vision Ridge Partners Raises About $2.4 Billion For SAF IV Flagship Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Vision Ridge Partners announced it has closed Sustainable Asset Fund IV, or SAF IV, raising about $2.4 billion in capital commitments across the fund and related vehicles, marking the firm’s largest fundraise since inception. The Boulder, Colorado-based sustainable real assets investor said SAF IV was backed by both existing limited partners and new investor relationships globally, including sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations, family offices, public pensions, and consultants.

Sun Capital Completes First Single-Asset Continuation Vehicle For Fletchers Solicitors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Sun Capital Partners announced that an affiliate has completed the closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle for Fletchers Solicitors, a UK-based clinical negligence and specialist personal injury law firm, marking Sun Capital’s first-ever single-asset continuation vehicle. The transaction offers Sun Capital’s Fund VII limited partners the option to take liquidity or roll into continued ownership as the firm backs the next phase of growth at Fletchers.

Brigade Capital Management: $1 Billion Inaugural Private Credit Fund Targets First Lien Direct Loans

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Brigade Capital Management announced it has closed its first dedicated private credit fund, raising more than $1 billion of investable capital and exceeding its target in an oversubscribed raise backed by a range of global institutional investors.

Union Capital Associates Closes $450 Million Fund IV At Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Union Capital Associates has closed its fourth private equity fund, Union Capital Equity Partners IV, L.P., at its $450 million hard cap after roughly four months in the market, with the raise described as significantly oversubscribed. The Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm said Fund IV will continue its strategy of providing first institutional capital to U.S. founder-owned businesses, primarily in food manufacturing, niche manufacturing, and business services.

Carlson Private Capital Partners Adds Managing Director, Backs AMAG Technology Platform, And Supports Quantum Design Add On Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Carlson Private Capital Partners announced it has reached a series of milestones tied to team expansion and new capital deployment, including a senior hire, a new platform investment, and an add on acquisition at portfolio company Quantum Design.

Visma Acquires Brazil-Based Micro-Entrepreneur Platform MaisMei

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Visma, a provider of mission-critical business software across Europe and Latin America, has acquired MaisMei, a Brazilian compliance-first app focused on Individual Micro Entrepreneurs (MEIs). The deal is designed to deepen Visma’s presence in Brazil and create a full “start-to-scale” product pathway for small businesses, linking MaisMei’s mobile-first compliance tools with Conta Azul, the cloud ERP and financial management platform Visma acquired in August 2025.

Allonic: $7.2 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Automate Manufacturing Of Advanced Robotic Bodies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Allonic, a Budapest-based robotics manufacturing startup with a joint U.S. headquarters, has raised $7.2 million in pre-seed funding to commercialize a production platform it says can dramatically simplify and scale the production of complex robotic hardware. The round was led by Visionaries Club, with backing from Day One Capital, Prototype, SDAC Ventures, and TinyVC. The company said the financing is the largest pre-seed round to date in Hungary.

Montana Capital Partners Closes $1.4 Billion OSP VI Fund After PGIM Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Montana Capital Partners announced it has reached a final close for MCP Opportunity Secondary Program VI, or OSP VI, a $1.4 billion private equity secondaries program focused on relative value opportunities in the mid-market. The Switzerland and U.S.-based secondaries manager said the program size matches its most recent predecessor fund and will invest across GP-led and LP-led transactions in North America and Western Europe.

Deutsche Börse To Buy General Atlantic’s Remaining ISS STOXX Stake For €1.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Deutsche Börse Group has agreed to acquire the remaining 20% minority stake in ISS STOXX from General Atlantic, giving the exchange operator full ownership of the data, analytics, and index provider. The deal ends a multi-year partnership that began with Deutsche Börse Group’s 2019 acquisition of Axioma, then expanded through the 2023 combination of ISS’ stewardship and ESG solutions with the STOXX index business.

Alantra Forms €155 Million Fund To Keep Backing Health In Code

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Alantra Private Equity has closed a €155 million healthcare continuation vehicle to increase its stake in Health in Code, positioning the Spanish clinical genomics platform for its next phase of international expansion and acquisitions. The single-asset continuation fund was significantly oversubscribed, led by Hayfin Capital Management, with additional commitments from a diversified group of institutional investors, including BNP Paribas AM and Altamar CAM.

Carlyle Acquiring Majority Stake In Nido Home Finance In $230 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Edelweiss Financial Services Limited announced it will bring in The Carlyle Group as a strategic majority investor in Nido Home Finance Limited, the housing finance business that is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Edelweiss.

Ignium Launches With $300 Million For Defense Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Albion River has launched Ignium, a purpose-built merchant provider supplying components and solutions to the U.S. and allied defense industrial base. The new platform consolidates a portfolio of established businesses that make mission-critical subsystems used across current and next-generation weapons systems, positioning Ignium as a supplier that is not dependent on the outcome of any single prime contractor or platform program.

Paragon Group Expands Business Services Provider With Parseq Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Paragon Group has acquired Parseq Limited, a UK-based specialist in document, finance, and payment process automation, in a deal the buyer described as a strategic investment to bolster its position in business process services. Parseq, headquartered in Hellaby, South Yorkshire, brings more than 50 years of experience providing outsourced workflow and technical solutions for highly regulated organizations with strict data and privacy requirements, including major UK banks, utilities, local authorities, and telecom operators.

Oncolytics Biotech: Interview With CEO & Director Jared Kelly About The Immunotherapy Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Oncolytics Biotech is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing pelareorep, an investigational first-in-class double-stranded RNA immunotherapeutic agent, to establish a platform immunotherapy for the treatment of gastrointestinal tumors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Oncolytics Biotech CEO and Director Jared Kelly to learn more.

Voximplant: Interview With Founder & CEO Alexey Aylarov About The Voice AI Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 13, 2026

Voximplant is a Voice AI Orchestration Platform for real-time communication that enables businesses to to build and scale AI-powered communication systems without managing complex infrastructure. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Voximplant founder and CEO Alexey Aylarov to learn more.

Project Omega: $12 Million Seed Funding Raised To Rebuild America’s Spent Nuclear Fuel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Project Omega, an advanced nuclear recycling company, has emerged from stealth with a plan to rebuild the United States’ nuclear fuel cycle end to end, positioning spent nuclear fuel as a strategic energy and materials resource rather than long term waste.

Reflow: $15+ Million Seed Funding Raised For Workflow Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Reflow has launched a workforce and workflow intelligence platform to help enterprises understand how operational work occurs across people and systems, identify what to automate, and measure whether those automation efforts deliver ROI. Alongside the launch, the company said it has raised a $15 million plus seed round to accelerate product development and expand access to operational and AI automation intelligence for more customers.

Patria Prepares Next Latin America Private Credit Fund Vintage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Patria Investments announced it is preparing the next vintage of its Latin America private credit strategy, aiming to give global institutional investors exposure to what the firm describes as a large corporate credit market that remains structurally under-levered and capital-constrained. The alternative asset manager, which reported more than $60.1 billion in assets under management, said it believes a combination of limited reliable lending capacity and a persistent, perception-based regional risk premium can keep spreads elevated even when borrower fundamentals hold up, supporting attractive yield without relying on higher leverage. This planned vehicle is set to build on Patria’s 26-year Latin America credit platform, which the firm said totals approximately $12.3 billion.

Vision Ridge Partners Raises About $2.4 Billion For Flagship Fund IV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Vision Ridge Partners, a sustainable real assets investor managing about $5.6 billion in assets, said it has closed Sustainable Asset Fund IV, raising roughly $2.4 billion in capital commitments across the fund and related vehicles. The firm said the raise represents its largest fundraise to date and nearly doubles the size of its predecessor vehicle, reflecting what it described as strong institutional demand for its strategy amid evolving energy transition policy and regulatory frameworks.

OSSIO Secures $50 Million Credit Facility To Fund Global Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

OSSIO has closed an initial $40 million senior credit facility, with an additional $10 million available to support future growth, according to Horizon Technology Finance Corporation and Monroe Capital. The financing is designed to provide growth capital as OSSIO expands its orthopedic fixation technology globally.

Health2047: Interview With Managing Director Warren Templeton About The AMA-Founded Venture Studio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Health2047 is a Silicon Valley venture studio backed by the American Medical Association (AMA) that finds, forms, and scales early-stage companies to transform U.S. healthcare in the areas of data, chronic disease, and productivity. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Health2047 Managing Director Warren Templeton to learn more.

Crystalys Therapeutics Adds Former Horizon Therapeutics CEO Tim Walbert To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Crystalys Therapeutics has appointed Tim Walbert, the former Chairman, President, and CEO of Horizon Therapeutics, to its board of directors as an independent director, adding a veteran biopharmaceutical executive with deep commercial and drug-development experience in gout.

ArgusEye Adds Jane Lute, Eric Byres, And Joern Lubadel To Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

ArgusEye, a provider of AI-powered threat modeling technology for connected device manufacturers, has appointed three new members to its Advisory Board as it looks to deepen its work across critical infrastructure, consumer products, and healthcare.

CCT Promotes Sherry Stewart To Vice President Of Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

CCT has promoted Sherry Stewart, CPA, to Vice President of Finance, elevating a longtime finance leader who has helped guide the company’s financial operations through years of growth and increasing complexity. Stewart joined CCT in 2017 during a period of transition and has served as the company’s controller, overseeing key financial functions spanning payroll, benefits administration, accounting, compliance, and audits. CCT said her work has been central to maintaining financial integrity as the company scaled, particularly in the high-accountability environment of casino and resort operations where accuracy and trust are critical.

Webull Launches Consolidated Market Data Feed For Overnight Trading

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Webull, the owner of the Webull online investment platform, has launched a consolidated market data feed for overnight U.S. equities trading, aiming to improve price transparency and visibility into available liquidity for global investors during the expanding overnight session.

Read AI: Interview With CEO David Shim About The Productivity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Read AI is a productivity platform that acts as an AI-powered copilot to automatically record, transcribe, and summarize meetings, emails, and messaging threads across various work platforms. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Read AI CEO David Shim to learn more.

Plein Air Raises Strategic Investment From Coral Tree Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 12, 2026

Plein Air, a marketing, technology, and data consultancy serving restaurant and retail brands, has secured a strategic investment from Coral Tree Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on media, marketing services, and marketing technology. The companies said the partnership will support Plein Air’s continued expansion, technology innovation, and delivery of high-touch services for its client base.