Innovation

Moody’s To Acquire Minority Stake In Philippine Credit Rating Agency PhilRatings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Moody's has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Philippine Rating Services Corporation, or PhilRatings, expanding its network of domestic rating agency affiliates across Asia Pacific.

Aphias Capital Makes Majority Growth Investment In SNZweig To Combine Stambaugh Ness And Zweig Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Aphias Capital plans to make a majority growth investment in SNZweig Advisors in connection with the combination of Stambaugh Ness and Zweig Group, creating an integrated professional services platform focused exclusively on architecture, engineering and construction firms.

Partners Group Provides More Than €300 Million Financing For Building Automation Company MDT Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Partners Group has provided a senior financing package of more than €300 million to MDT technologies, supporting Bregal Unternehmerkapital's acquisition of a majority stake in the European building automation company from IK Partners.

GSK To Acquire Chimagen Multiple Myeloma T-Cell Engager In Deal Worth Up To $750 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

GSK has agreed to acquire full global rights to a potential best-in-class trispecific T-cell engager from Chimagen Biosciences in a transaction worth up to $750 million, expanding the pharmaceutical company's blood cancer pipeline.

Radical Ventures Secures More Than $1 Billion First Close For Late-Stage AI Breakouts Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Radical Ventures has secured more than $1 billion in commitments at the first close of its Radical Breakouts Fund, launching what the AI-focused investment firm describes as the largest venture capital fund in Canadian history.

Grab To Acquire 60% Of Atome Financial For $1.49 Billion And Plans To Buy Remaining 40%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Grab has agreed to acquire a controlling 60% stake in Southeast Asian digital lending platform Atome Financial for $1.49 billion in cash, significantly expanding the superapp company's consumer lending operations across the region.

Hello Patient Acquires Converse Health To Expand AI Agents Across Outpatient Healthcare Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Hello Patient has acquired Converse Health, an AI workflow automation company for outpatient medical practices, expanding its agentic AI platform from front-office patient communications into referral management, follow-up, authorization paperwork, and other back-office workflows. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Hain Celestial Generates $58 Million In Free Cash Flow And Cuts Net Debt By $150 Million As North America Improves

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Hain Celestial reported substantially stronger cash generation and lower debt for fiscal 2026 as the health and wellness products company continued simplifying its portfolio and prepared to become a more focused North American business.

MindWalk: Revenue Rises 21% As Bio-Native AI Company Launches ReefIQ And Secures $30 Million Credit Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

MindWalk Holdings reported 21.3% year-over-year revenue growth for its fiscal first quarter of 2027 as the Bio-Native AI company launched ReefIQ and began shifting toward recurring, platform-based revenue.

RF Industries Posts Record $24 Million Quarterly Revenue As Interconnect Systems Demand Expands Into AI And Aerospace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

RF Industries reported record fiscal third-quarter revenue of approximately $24 million as the interconnect products and systems manufacturer benefited from its shift toward higher-value engineered solutions and a broader mix of end markets.

Coda Octopus: Revenue Rises 9% As Defense Engineering Sales Jump 68% And DAVD Orders Advance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Coda Octopus Group reported higher fiscal third-quarter revenue and earnings as strong growth in defense engineering offset weaker activity in its core marine technology business.

High Tide: Revenue Jumps 33% To Record $199 Million As Cannabis Retailer Posts Record EBITDA And Net Income

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

High Tide reported record fiscal third-quarter results as its Canna Cabana retail network continued gaining Canadian market share and its Remexian medical cannabis operation expanded rapidly in Germany.

Dave & Buster’s Generates $19.5 Million Adjusted Free Cash Flow As Back-To-Basics Strategy Gains Momentum

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Dave & Buster's Entertainment generated $19.5 million of adjusted free cash flow during the first six months of fiscal 2026, a significant improvement from a $36.5 million outflow a year earlier, as management pushes its Back-to-Basics strategy across Dave & Buster's and Main Event.

American Battery Technology: Revenue Jumps 407% To $21.7 Million As Adjusted Gross Profit Turns Positive

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

American Battery Technology Company reported record fiscal 2026 revenue and positive adjusted gross profit as the domestic critical minerals producer increased throughput at its battery recycling operations.

Radiant Logistics: Revenue Rises 19% To $261 Million As Adjusted EBITDA Jumps 32% And Company Ends With No Net Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Radiant Logistics reported accelerating fourth-quarter growth across revenue and profitability while entering fiscal 2027 with no net debt and an expanded $200 million credit facility to support organic growth and acquisitions.

FS Vector Launches Exam Management Module For APPROVED Financial Services Compliance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

FS Vector has expanded its APPROVED regulatory technology platform with a new Exam Management module designed to help financial services companies prepare for regulatory examinations, manage information requests and track remediation within the same system they use for licensing and ongoing compliance.

Liquid Compute Raises $15 Million Seed Round To Build Regulated AI Infrastructure Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Liquid Compute has raised $15 million in seed funding to build a marketplace and financial infrastructure platform for buying, selling, pricing and managing AI computing capacity. FirstMark and Chemistry co-led the round, with participation from K8 Capital, Night Capital, TrueBridge, Brainchild Holdings, UFO Holdings and investor Dmitry Balyasny.

Jack & Jill Raises $40 Million Series A For AI Agent Hiring Platform That Matches Candidates Directly With Employers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Jack & Jill has raised $40 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered hiring marketplace, where separate AI agents represent job seekers and employers and introduce candidates directly to hiring decision-makers without requiring a traditional job application. Air Street Capital led the financing, with participation from new investors Madrona and Antler. Existing investors Creandum, Ada Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Expedite Capital and Repeat.vc also participated.

Exein Raises $270 Million At $1.7 Billion Valuation To Expand Physical AI Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Exein has raised $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation as the cybersecurity company expands its platform for protecting robots, drones, autonomous vehicles and other intelligent machines operating in the physical world. The significantly oversubscribed round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, the European Investment Bank Group through ETCI, KfW Capital and T.Capital.

Steven Bartlett’s Steven.com And Authentic Launch OBSN To Invest Up To $400 Million In Creator-Led Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Steven Bartlett's Steven.com and Authentic have launched OBSN, a new strategic venture designed to build, invest in and scale creator-led media companies and consumer brands globally.

Nasdaq Verafin And Stablecore Partner To Help Banks Detect Financial Crime Across Fiat And Digital Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Nasdaq Verafin and Stablecore have formed a partnership designed to help banks and credit unions detect financial crime across both traditional fiat transactions and digital asset activity.

SES Launches Final Three O3b mPOWER Satellites To Complete 13-Satellite MEO Constellation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

SES has successfully launched the final three satellites in its O3b mPOWER constellation, completing the company's second-generation medium Earth orbit system and expanding its capacity to provide high-performance connectivity to governments, enterprises, telecommunications providers and mobility customers around the world.

Axe Compute Sells Helomics AI Cancer Diagnostics Business To DataMEDS AI, Becomes Pure-Play Neocloud GPU-as-a-Service Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Axe Compute has sold its legacy Helomics artificial intelligence cancer diagnostics laboratory business to DataMEDS AI in an all-stock transaction that completes Axe Compute's transition into a pure-play neocloud GPU-as-a-Service company.

North American Construction Group Appoints Brad Rogers As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

North American Construction Group has appointed Brad Rogers as President and Chief Executive Officer effective December 1, 2026, selecting an executive with more than 30 years of experience across mining, industrial services, engineering, infrastructure and corporate finance.

FatPipe Appoints Former J.P. Morgan Technology Banker Kanishka Ragula As CFO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

FatPipe has appointed Kanishka Ragula as Chief Financial Officer as the networking and cybersecurity technology company pursues organic expansion while evaluating acquisitions and other strategic opportunities.

Live Video Technology Provider EVS Appoints Christophe Piron As CFO To Support Next Phase Of Profitable Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

EVS has appointed Christophe Piron as Chief Financial Officer on a permanent basis after he served as interim CFO since May 2026.

Tabreed Appoints Dr. Yousif Al Hammadi As CEO After 12 Years With Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Tabreed has appointed Dr Yousif Al Hammadi as Chief Executive Officer, elevating a longtime company executive who has spent 12 years across projects, business development, asset management and senior leadership at the district cooling provider.

Evvy Raises $40 Million Series B As AI-Powered Women’s Health Platform Reaches 100,000+ Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Evvy has raised an oversubscribed $40 million Series B funding round led by Catalio Capital Management to expand its AI-powered precision diagnostics and care platform across women's health, beginning with fertility. The financing includes new investors Catalio Capital Management, US Fertility Innovation Fund, Rethink Impact, Muse Capital and Alumni Ventures. Existing investors LabCorp Venture Fund, General Catalyst, Left Lane Capital, BBG Ventures, Amboy Street Ventures, Ingeborg and Foreground Capital also participated.

Eve Security Raises $4.5 Million For AI Agent Runtime Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Eve Security, a runtime security company focused on identifying and stopping dangerous AI agent behavior in real time, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in new funding, extending its seed round to $7.5 million in total funding. The new financing was led by Run Ventures, with participation from Dreamit Ventures and Blu Ventures, along with continued investment from LiveOak Ventures.

Talkdesk: Interview With SVP, Global Head Of People Shauna Geraghty About AI, HR And IT Convergence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

At Talkdesk, AI is increasingly bringing people strategy, enterprise technology, organizational design and business transformation together. As the company pursues an AI-first transformation, its approach includes rethinking workforce planning, employee development, technology adoption, and how human and AI capabilities can work together. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Talkdesk SVP, Global Head of People Dr. Shauna Geraghty to learn more.