Innovation

Generac Signs Long-Term Amazon Data Center Generator Agreement With Up To $8 Billion In Payments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Generac Holdings has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Amazon covering backup generators for Amazon data centers, with Generac's regulatory filing describing potential aggregate gross payments of up to $8 billion over the arrangement.

D-Robotics Raises $400 Million Series C As Sunrise Chip Shipments Top 8 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

D-Robotics has raised $400 million in Series C funding to expand its hardware and software infrastructure for artificial intelligence-powered robots. The round included strategic investment from an unnamed global internet company, other investment institutions, and follow-on capital from existing shareholders.

Generate Capital Closes $117 Million MUFG Financing For 114 MW Community Solar Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Generate Capital, an investor, owner and operator of critical infrastructure, has closed a $117 million term debt facility with MUFG to finance a portfolio of community solar projects across Illinois and New York.

PSG Equity Closes Third European Growth Fund At Over €4.4 Billion To Back Software And AI Companies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

PSG Equity has closed its third European growth equity fund, PSG Europe III, at more than €4.4 billion in total committed capital as the firm expands its strategy of investing in European software and technology-enabled services companies.

Aethlon Medical To Merge With North Immunology And Raise $180 Million To Advance Atopic Dermatitis Drug NOR-101

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Aethlon Medical has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with privately held biotechnology company North Immunology in an all-stock transaction, alongside an oversubscribed $180 million private placement intended to fund development of North's lead atopic dermatitis program through multiple clinical readouts.

Explore Learning: Interview With CEO Lisa Haycox About AI-Powered Personalized Learning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Explore Learning is the UK’s largest independent tuition provider, supporting ~50,000 school-aged children annually through 95 learning centers and online programs. Its 2,500 tutors work alongside Compass, the company’s proprietary AI platform, to provide personalized learning journeys that adapt to each child’s knowledge, pace, and learning needs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Explore Learning CEO Lisa Haycox to learn more.

RockRose Risk: Interview With Founder And CEO Andrew Engler About Preventative Insurance And Wildfire Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

RockRose Risk is a tech-enabled insurance broker focused on catastrophe-exposed properties. The company combines on-site risk assessments, AI-driven underwriting automation, scientifically grounded risk reports, and access to multiple insurance carriers to help property owners reduce risk, secure optimized coverage, and fund mitigation through insurance savings. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RockRose Risk Founder and CEO Andrew Engler to learn more.

telMAX Secures $215 Million From Hamilton Lane, Power Sustainable, Palistar And MidStar To Expand Ontario Fibre Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

telMAX, an independent Canadian provider of 100% fibre internet, TV and phone services, has secured $215 million in growth financing to accelerate the expansion of its fibre network across Ontario.

AlphaPai Raises $50 Million Series B To Expand Investment Research Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

AlphaPai, an AI investment research assistant developed by financial AI company Rabyte Technology, has raised $50 million in Series B funding, marking its third consecutive financing round in the past year.

Fin.com Emerges From Stealth With $20 Million Seed Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Fin.com, a financial infrastructure company building a unified network for global money movement, has emerged from stealth with $20 million in seed funding after growing annual recurring revenue more than 50-fold since the beginning of 2026. The round was led by Expa and Uber co-founder Garrett Camp, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Tenet Fund, Figure founders, Mesh founder Bam Azizi, Second Sight Ventures and sovereign and royal family offices across the Gulf and Africa.

Veridion Raises $20 Million Series A To Map 640 Million Companies In Real Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Veridion has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered live business graph, which provides a continuously updated view of more than 640 million companies worldwide. The round was led by Hoxton Ventures, with participation from existing investors Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, Gapminder, Day One Capital and Launchub.

iGii Secures £22.7 Million To Scale 3D Porous Carbon Nanomaterial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Scottish advanced materials company iGii has secured a £22.7 million financing and support package to accelerate commercialization and industrial adoption of Gii, its proprietary three-dimensional porous pure carbon nanomaterial.

Flam Raises $40 Million Series B To Scale Video, 3D And Visual Agent Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Flam, an AI-powered interactive content company, has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by QED Investors to expand its AI models, product portfolio and global enterprise sales operation.

Circle Pharma Raises $92.5 Million Series E To Advance Cyclin D1 Cancer Drug CID-165 Into Clinical Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Circle Pharma has raised an oversubscribed $92.5 million Series E financing to advance CID-165, its first-in-class oral macrocyclic cyclin D1 RxL inhibitor, into clinical development for ER-positive breast cancer. The round was led by The Column Group, with participation from Nextech Invest, RA Capital Management, Euclidean Capital and Eli Lilly and Company.

CADDi Raises $114 Million Series D At $1.2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

CADDi has raised $114 million in Series D funding at a $1.2 billion valuation as the manufacturing technology company expands its AI-powered data platform globally. The financing increases CADDi's total funding to $234 million.

Alation Expands AIOS With Six Products For AI Governance, Enterprise Context And Agent Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Alation has expanded its AIOS intelligence operating system with six new products designed to help enterprises govern the data, business context and AI agents underlying their artificial intelligence applications. The company announced AI Governance, Ontologies, Intelligent Feeds, Console, Governed Collections and Semantic Model Mastering at its revAlation user conference in Chicago.

Sling Therapeutics Raises $123 Million Series C To Advance Oral Thyroid Eye Disease Drug Into Phase 3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Sling Therapeutics, an Ann Arbor-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has raised $123 million in Series C financing to advance linsitinib, its oral small-molecule IGF-1R inhibitor for thyroid eye disease, through Phase 3 development.

Profound Raises $180 Million Series D At $1.8 Billion Valuation To Build AI Platform For Marketing Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Profound has raised $180 million in Series D funding at a $1.8 billion valuation as the company expands from AI search analytics into a broader agentic platform designed to perform work across marketing organizations. The round was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins, with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Saga Ventures, Evantic and South Park Commons participating. The financing comes less than seven months after Profound's $96 million Series C.

Streamside Acquires Bay Point Landing, Expanding Outdoor Hospitality Portfolio To 41 Properties

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Streamside RV Resorts & Campgrounds has acquired Bay Point Landing, a waterfront camping resort in Coos Bay, Oregon, marking the company's first acquisition in the Pacific Northwest and its first property along the coastline. The transaction expands Streamside's national portfolio to 41 properties.

TextNow Surpasses $1 Billion In Cumulative Revenue As App-Based Phone Service Grows Without Outside Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

TextNow has surpassed $1 billion in cumulative revenue after more than 16 years of largely self-funded growth, marking a major milestone for the app-based phone service company.

Viabot Raises $24 Million Series A To Scale Autonomous Outdoor Property-Care Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Viabot, an autonomous robotics company focused on outdoor commercial property care, announced that it has raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Walden International, with participation from CDIB Capital and Stalwart Ventures, along with existing investors Baseline Ventures, ERA Ventures, Morado Ventures, and SOSV. The financing brings Viabot’s total capital raised to $43 million.

Comp AI Raises $34 Million Series A To Expand Agentic AI Compliance And Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Comp AI has raised $34 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-native compliance and security platform beyond audit readiness and compliance automation into continuous cybersecurity. The round was led by Roo Capital and Grand Ventures.

Crane Venture Partners Raises $484 Million Across Four Funds To Build Global Inception-To-Seed Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Crane Venture Partners has raised $484 million across four investment vehicles as the early-stage venture firm expands a globally connected inception-to-seed platform spanning Europe, North America, India and Asia-Pacific. The firm is also deepening its strategic relationship with MassMutual Ventures as part of the expansion.

Lennar Reports $8 Billion In Q3 Revenue And 20,840 Home Deliveries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Lennar Corporation reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $8.0 billion and delivered 20,840 homes as the homebuilder maintained production volume despite higher mortgage rates and worsening affordability conditions. Net earnings attributable to Lennar were $284 million, or $1.19 per diluted share, compared with $591 million, or $2.29 per share, a year earlier.

OpenWorld: Interview With Co-Founder and CEO Matthew Shaw About Web3, Tokenization, And Digital Asset Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

OpenWorld is a technology-powered digital assets and blockchain innovation company operating at the intersection of institutional capital markets, enterprise blockchain infrastructure, and RWA tokenization. Its mission is to enable the creation and deployment of next generation financial products powered by blockchain technology. Pulse 2.0 interviewed OpenWorld co-founder and CEO Matthew Shaw to learn more.

Worldwide NFT Signs LOI To Acquire Government Cybersecurity Provider RedTrace Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Worldwide NFT has signed a letter of intent to acquire 100% of RedTrace Technologies, a Maryland-based cybersecurity and cyber intelligence company serving U.S. government customers.

gFiber Unveils New Brand Identity As Fiber Internet Provider Expands Across 19 States

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

gFiber, formerly known as Google Fiber and GFiber, has introduced a new brand identity featuring an updated logo, typography and a new color palette as the fiber internet provider enters its next stage of expansion.

Pagaya Signs Up To $700 Million Auto Loan Forward Flow Agreement With Neuberger Specialty Finance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Pagaya Technologies has signed a new forward flow agreement with Neuberger Specialty Finance for the purchase of up to $700 million of auto loans sourced through Pagaya's network of lending partners, expanding the AI-driven financial technology company's base of committed long-term capital.

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Commercial Insurance And Surety Brokerage Innovise Business Consultants

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Innovise Business Consultants, an Englewood, Colorado-based commercial insurance brokerage and surety bonding firm formally known as McMillan Insurance & Bonding. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

McLaren Automotive To Invest £500 Million In UK Operations, Launch Performance SUV, And Bring Engine Production In-House

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

McLaren Automotive has announced a £500 million investment program to expand its UK manufacturing, engineering and product development operations as the supercar company prepares to broaden its lineup, including the launch of a newly confirmed performance SUV.