Innovation

The Arch’s Anvil Appoints Tamara Stelting Executive Consultant And Expands RIA Consulting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

The Arch’s Anvil has appointed Tamara Stelting as Executive Consultant and expanded its operational consulting platform for independent registered investment advisers.

Dwight Capital And Affiliates Close $735 Million In Senior Housing Financings During Q2 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Dwight Capital, Dwight Mortgage Trust and Dwight Healthcare Funding completed more than $735 million in senior housing financings during the second quarter of 2026.

Wellington, Vanguard, And Blackstone Launch Two Public And Private Market Investment Funds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Wellington Management, Vanguard and Blackstone have launched two investment funds designed to give eligible investors simplified access to professionally managed portfolios spanning public and private markets.

AEGIS Hedging To Be Acquired By Goldman Sachs Alternatives

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

AEGIS Hedging Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Pepkor To Acquire 57.1% Of Flash And Shop2Shop Fintech Platform At R21.3 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Pepkor has entered into agreements to combine its Flash business with Shop2Shop and acquire a 57.1% controlling interest in the resulting South African merchant commerce and financial technology platform.

Ensign Energy Services To Acquire Citadel Drilling For $65 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Ensign Energy Services has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Citadel Drilling for $65 million, subject to customary closing adjustments and conditions.

Repligen To Acquire BioLife Solutions For $1.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Repligen has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BioLife Solutions in a cash-and-stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $1.5 billion.

Penske And Mitsui Reportedly Offer $3.8 Billion To Take Penske Automotive Group Private

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Penske Corporation and Mitsui have submitted an unsolicited, preliminary and nonbinding proposal to acquire the Penske Automotive Group shares they do not already own for $210 per share in cash.

NOVAGOLD To Acquire Remaining 40% Of Donlin Gold In All-Share Transaction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

NOVAGOLD Resources has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Paulson’s 40% ownership interest in Donlin Gold, increasing NOVAGOLD’s stake in the Alaska gold development project from 60% to 100%.

TE Connectivity To Acquire Astrodyne TDI For $1.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

TE Connectivity has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Astrodyne TDI from private investment firm Tinicum for approximately $1.4 billion.

Garmin Acquires TrainingPeaks And TrainHeroic To Expand Athlete Coaching Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Garmin has acquired TrainingPeaks and TrainHeroic, two digital training platforms that connect athletes with coaches and provide structured programs, performance data and training insights. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Brookfield To Acquire Aypa Power From Blackstone For $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to acquire Aypa Power from funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners in a transaction valued at approximately $7 billion on an enterprise-value basis. The deal assigns Aypa an equity value of approximately $3 billion.

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 And Flip8 With Expanded AI Features

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Flip8, expanding its foldable smartphone portfolio with three devices designed around productivity, content consumption and personal expression.

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand Platform For Deploying AI Agents Across Industrial Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Arrakis has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its platform for deploying artificial intelligence agents across industrial operations. Blossom Capital led the round, with participation from existing investor Accel. The financing brings Arrakis’ total funding to approximately $38 million. Accel previously led the company’s $7.5 million seed round. Individual investors include Datadog Founder and CEO Olivier Pomel, OpenAI Head of Business Products Olivier Godement and Cambridge Aerospace Founder Junaid Hussein.

PathFinder Raises Multi-Million-Dollar Angel Round To Launch BirdieSense Golf AI Agent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

PathFinder has raised a multi-million-dollar angel financing round to accelerate development and manufacturing of BirdieSense, its vision-based artificial intelligence training device for golfers. Jinqiu Capital exclusively led the round. PathFinder did not disclose the precise amount raised or the company’s valuation.

N-Zyme Biomedical Raises $4.6 Million Series A To Advance Reflux Disease Treatments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

N-Zyme Biomedical has raised approximately $4.6 million in Series A funding to advance Phase 2 clinical programs evaluating its pepsin inhibitor platform for reflux disease. The financing is expected to fully fund the company’s planned Phase 2 work in laryngopharyngeal reflux and proton pump inhibitor-refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Petra Labs Raises $5.2 Million Seed Round To Connect AI Search Visibility With Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Petra Labs has raised $5.2 million in seed funding to expand its answer engine optimization platform for enterprise brands. Work-Bench led the round, with participation from Afore, Pathlight and strategic angel investors.

Transcripta Bio Raises $24 Million To Advance AI-Powered Neurological Drug Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Transcripta Bio has raised $24 million since its Series A financing to advance an AI-powered drug discovery platform focused on neurological and neuromuscular diseases. New investors Mayo Clinic and Omnimed joined existing backers JAZZ Venture Partners, BlueYard Capital and several life sciences-focused family offices.

Brookfield To Acquire Gregg Distributors In C$1.6 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 22, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to acquire Gregg Distributors, a Canadian industrial maintenance, repair and operations distributor, in a transaction valuing the company at approximately C$1.6 billion on an enterprise-value basis.

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.

Innovation

The Arch’s Anvil Appoints Tamara Stelting Executive Consultant And Expands RIA Consulting Platform

Dwight Capital And Affiliates Close $735 Million In Senior Housing Financings During Q2 2026

Wellington, Vanguard, And Blackstone Launch Two Public And Private Market Investment Funds

AEGIS Hedging To Be Acquired By Goldman Sachs Alternatives

Pepkor To Acquire 57.1% Of Flash And Shop2Shop Fintech Platform At R21.3 Billion Valuation

Ensign Energy Services To Acquire Citadel Drilling For $65 Million

Repligen To Acquire BioLife Solutions For $1.5 Billion

Penske And Mitsui Reportedly Offer $3.8 Billion To Take Penske Automotive Group Private

NOVAGOLD To Acquire Remaining 40% Of Donlin Gold In All-Share Transaction

TE Connectivity To Acquire Astrodyne TDI For $1.4 Billion

Garmin Acquires TrainingPeaks And TrainHeroic To Expand Athlete Coaching Ecosystem

Brookfield To Acquire Aypa Power From Blackstone For $7 Billion

Samsung Unveils Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 And Flip8 With Expanded AI Features

Arrakis Raises $30 Million Series A To Expand Platform For Deploying AI Agents Across Industrial Operations

PathFinder Raises Multi-Million-Dollar Angel Round To Launch BirdieSense Golf AI Agent

N-Zyme Biomedical Raises $4.6 Million Series A To Advance Reflux Disease Treatments

Petra Labs Raises $5.2 Million Seed Round To Connect AI Search Visibility With Revenue

Transcripta Bio Raises $24 Million To Advance AI-Powered Neurological Drug Pipeline

Brookfield To Acquire Gregg Distributors In C$1.6 Billion Deal

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

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

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

MaxCyte Partners With Genentech To Support Cell Therapy Development And Manufacturing

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

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

Box Unveils Security And Governance Controls For Enterprise AI Agents

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

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

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

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