Innovation

WorkFusion: $45 Million Secured To Power AI Agents In Financial Crime Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

WorkFusion has raised $45 million in a new funding round led by Georgian, a growth-stage investor specializing in AI innovation. WorkFusion’s investors in this round include Serengeti Asset Management, Nokia Growth Partners, Teralys Capital, Hawk Equity, Chubb INA Holdings, Declaration Partners, SVB Innovation Credit Fund, Konrad Investments, and members of the company’s own leadership team. Their support reflects growing demand for solutions that can manage the complexity and scale of modern financial crime prevention.

Bed Bath & Beyond: $10 Million Acquisition Of Kirkland’s Home Brand Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Bed Bath & Beyond has added the Kirkland’s Home trade name and related brand assets to its portfolio for $10 million. This acquisition will speed up the plan to turn existing Kirkland’s Home stores into Bed Bath & Beyond locations, helping the company build a unified national network of home goods outlets.

Redslim Acquiring CatMan Solution To Form Leading Global Retail Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Redslim has acquired CatMan Solution, bringing together two specialists to create a unified data management and analytics provider for manufacturers and retailers worldwide.

ENTOUCH: $50 Million Raised For Energy Management Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

ENTOUCH has closed a $50 million financing round led by Respida Capital, marking a significant milestone for the energy management provider. This new capital comes on the heels of another record year for ENTOUCH, underscoring strong market demand for its platform and positioning the company for its next stage of expansion.

Riverspan Partners Buying United Titanium To Strengthen Specialty Metals Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Riverspan Partners has completed its acquisition of United Titanium, a leading U.S. manufacturer of mission-critical fasteners, fittings, and precision components made from titanium, zirconium, and other specialty metals. The transaction brings together Riverspan’s growth-oriented investment approach and United Titanium’s six decades of technical expertise to drive product innovation and expand global customer reach.

Jump: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Parker Ence About Financial Advisor Productivity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Jump, a leader in AI-powered productivity solutions for financial advisors, has risen rapidly as a standout AI-native vertical solution for the wealth management, financial advisory, asset wholesale, insurance, tax, and estate industry, serving over 16,000 financial professionals so far, with 1,500-2,000 new users joining monthly. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Jump co-founder and CEO Parker Ence to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Enginius.ai: Investment Raised From CerraCap Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

CerraCap Ventures has announced a strategic investment in Enginius.ai. This rapidly growing AI company is focused on transforming the way engineering teams work by delivering highly specialized, secure, and precise AI tools designed explicitly for technical environments.

DMD Systems Recovery: Strategic Investment Raised From from Tailwind

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

DMD Systems Recovery, a company specializing in end-to-end IT asset disposition solutions, has announced that it has received a significant strategic investment from Tailwind Capital. This partnership is set to drive the next stage of DMD’s growth, enabling the company to expand its reach, enhance its service offerings, and pursue new opportunities in the rapidly evolving ITAD market.

Spara: $15 Million Seed Funding Secured For Transforming Inbound Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Spara, a new enterprise‑grade platform designed to transform how businesses handle inbound sales, has launched with a $15 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Radical Ventures and Inspired Capital, with participation from XYZ Ventures, FJ Labs, Remarkable Ventures, and a group of strategic angel investors from leading technology companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Databricks, and G2.

Walker & Dunlop: $220 Million Bridge Loan Arranged For Jersey City Mixed‑Use Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $220 million bridge loan to refinance 626 Newark Avenue, a newly completed 27‑story, Class A mixed‑use multifamily property in the heart of Jersey City’s Journal Square neighborhood. The Walker & Dunlop New York Capital Markets team, led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet, and Edward Leboyer, acted as an exclusive advisor to Namdar Group, with TYKO providing the capital.

LSEG: Blockchain-Powered Digital Markets Infrastructure Platform Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

The London Stock Exchange Group has unveiled its new Digital Markets Infrastructure platform, a blockchain-based system designed to modernize how private funds are issued, traded, and serviced. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft and hosted on Microsoft Azure, the platform aims to bring greater efficiency, transparency, and scalability to the entire asset lifecycle from initial issuance and tokenization to distribution, settlement, and ongoing servicing.

Eve Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Nadav Cornberg About The AI Agent Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Eve Security is a company that enables enterprises to utilize AI's potential with robust security and governance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Eve Security co-founder and CEO Nadav Cornberg to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

StrongestLayer: Interview With CEO Alan LeFort About The Email Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

StrongestLayer provides an AI-powered, LLM-native email security platform that detects and stops sophisticated email-borne threats like AI-generated phishing, spear phishing, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) by analyzing the intent and context of messages, rather than relying on traditional static rules and pattern-matching. Pulse 2.0 interviewed StrongestLayer CEO Alan LeFort to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cornerstone Financing: Interview With CEO Craig Corn About The Home Equity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Cornerstone Financing is a company that empowers informed homeowners and financial advisors to plan financially with a patent-pending home equity insurance/investment funding solution. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Cornerstone Financing CEO Craig Corn to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Doctronic: $20 Million Series A Raised To Advance Personalized AI Doctor Tech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Doctronic, a healthcare technology company built entirely around artificial intelligence, has announced that it has raised 20 million dollars in Series A funding. The investment round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with additional backing from Union Square Ventures, Tusk Ventures, Mantis VC, Seven Stars, and several well-known figures in the AI and healthcare fields, including Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Jay Desai, and Scott Belsky.

Stan Store Partners: Strategic Investment Raised From Gary Vaynerchuk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Stan Store, an all-in-one platform designed to help Creators monetize their work, has announced a new partnership with entrepreneur, investor, and digital marketing leader Gary Vaynerchuk. As part of the collaboration, Vaynerchuk is also becoming an investor in the company, further accelerating Stan Store’s mission to make entrepreneurship accessible to every Creator.

Pathwork: $3.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform Insurance Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Pathwork, an autonomous distribution platform designed to modernize the $160 billion life and health insurance market, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Costanoa, with additional participation from Logos Fund, American Family Ventures, Meridian Ventures, and several well-known industry angel investors. This investment will help Pathwork accelerate the adoption of its platform among brokers and insurance carriers nationwide.

Jumpmind: Strategic Investment Raised From Lone View Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Jumpmind, a leader in retail technology solutions, has announced that Lone View Capital, a private equity firm specializing in technology and software investments, has acquired a controlling stake in the company. This strategic investment is aimed at fueling Jumpmind’s continued growth and innovation in the rapidly evolving retail technology sector.

Avanos Acquires Nexus Medical To Enhance Medication Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Avanos Medical, a leader in medical technology, has announced that it has acquired Nexus Medical, a privately owned medical device company headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. This move strengthens Avanos’ position in the critical care market, particularly in the delivery of nutrition and medication for patients in high-acuity settings.

Pascal AI Labs: $3.1 Million Raised To Advance Autonomous Investment Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Pascal AI Labs, a rapidly growing technology company focused on transforming how investment research is conducted, has announced the close of a $3.1 million seed funding round. The funding was led by Kalaari Capital, with additional participation from Norwest, Infoedge Ventures, Antler, and several prominent angel investors.

Alphabet’s Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion For The First Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Today, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has officially crossed the $3 trillion market capitalization threshold for the first time, cementing its place among the most valuable companies in the world. This milestone was achieved following a jump in the company’s share price, driven by renewed investor optimism around AI, a major legal win in a long-running antitrust case, and strong performance in its cloud computing division.

Valsoft Expanding Into Public Safety With Acquisition Of WSI Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Valsoft, a Canadian company known for acquiring and growing specialized software businesses, has taken a significant step into a new industry by purchasing WSI Technologies. This move marks Valsoft’s first investment in the public safety technology sector. This area is becoming increasingly important as agencies adopt modern, cloud-based systems and artificial intelligence to improve their work.

GCG Advisory Partners: Strategic Investment Raised From BharCap Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

GCG Advisory Partners, the parent company of GCG Wealth Management, has marked a significant milestone in its 31-year history by completing a recapitalization and securing a strategic investment from BharCap Partners, a private investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut that specializes in the financial services sector. This transaction represents a significant step forward for GCG, providing both the resources and the strategic partnership needed to fuel its next stage of expansion.

Zartico: Interview With Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer Jay Kinghorn About Z5, A Next-Generation Destination Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Zartico is a leading visitor intelligence SaaS company purpose-built for place-based industries. Their solutions fuse data science with real-world behavior to provide comprehensive insight into the visitor journey—spanning behavioral patterns, economic impact, and marketing effectiveness. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zartico co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer Jay Kinghorn to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

NAF: Interview With Chief Program Officer Dirk Butler About The Student Preparation Non-Profit

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

NAF is a national education non-profit that brings schools and businesses together to better prepare students of all backgrounds and capabilities for future success. Pulse 2.0 interviewed NAF Chief Program Officer Dirk Butler to gain a deeper understanding of the non-profit.

GReminders: Interview With CEO Arnulf Hsu About The Online Scheduling Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

GReminders is an end-to-end meeting and automation management platform for financial advisors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed GReminders CEO Arnulf Hsu to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cinven: Strategic Partnership Formed With Grant Thornton Germany

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Cinven, an international private equity firm, has signed an agreement to enter into a strategic partnership with Grant Thornton Germany, one of the country’s fastest-growing audit and advisory firms. The deal, which is still subject to approval by Grant Thornton Germany’s equity partners, is designed to support the firm’s next phase of growth and strengthen its position as a trusted adviser to clients in an increasingly complex regulatory and economic environment.

Pico MES: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ryan Kuhlenbeck About The Manufacturing Execution System Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Pico MES is a manufacturing tech company that’s transforming how small and mid-sized factories operate by replacing outdated paper-based systems with innovative digital tools. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pico MES co-founder and CEO Ryan Kuhlenbeck to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Symeres Buying Drug Development Consultancy DGr Pharma

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Symeres has acquired DGr Pharma to strengthen its early-stage drug development services and accelerate IND-enabling capabilities for biopharma clients. This strategic deal, backed by Keensight Capital, brings together Symeres’ global contract research, development, and manufacturing expertise with DGr Pharma’s deep regulatory consultancy roots.

WestStar Physical Therapy Network Acquired To Drive Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Accord Asset Partners, working together with Paras Capital Partners, has announced the successful completion of its acquisition of WestStar Physical Therapy Network. WestStar is a provider of physical therapy services based in Southern California, with a strong focus on helping patients recover from workplace injuries and automobile accidents. The company partners with a network of clinics to deliver specialized care tailored to the needs of these patients, often involving targeted rehabilitation programs and coordinated treatment plans.

Innovation

WorkFusion: $45 Million Secured To Power AI Agents In Financial Crime Compliance

Bed Bath & Beyond: $10 Million Acquisition Of Kirkland’s Home Brand Assets

Redslim Acquiring CatMan Solution To Form Leading Global Retail Data Platform

​​ENTOUCH: $50 Million Raised For Energy Management Solutions

Riverspan Partners Buying United Titanium To Strengthen Specialty Metals Manufacturing

Jump: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Parker Ence About Financial Advisor Productivity Platform

Enginius.ai: Investment Raised From CerraCap Ventures

DMD Systems Recovery: Strategic Investment Raised From from Tailwind

Spara: $15 Million Seed Funding Secured For Transforming Inbound Sales

Walker & Dunlop: $220 Million Bridge Loan Arranged For Jersey City Mixed‑Use Development

LSEG: Blockchain-Powered Digital Markets Infrastructure Platform Launched

Eve Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Nadav Cornberg About The AI Agent Security Company

StrongestLayer: Interview With CEO Alan LeFort About The Email Security Company

Cornerstone Financing: Interview With CEO Craig Corn About The Home Equity Company

Doctronic: $20 Million Series A Raised To Advance Personalized AI Doctor Tech

Stan Store Partners: Strategic Investment Raised From Gary Vaynerchuk

Pathwork: $3.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform Insurance Distribution

Jumpmind: Strategic Investment Raised From Lone View Capital

Avanos Acquires Nexus Medical To Enhance Medication Delivery

Pascal AI Labs: $3.1 Million Raised To Advance Autonomous Investment Research Platform

Alphabet’s Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion For The First Time

Valsoft Expanding Into Public Safety With Acquisition Of WSI Technologies

GCG Advisory Partners: Strategic Investment Raised From BharCap Partners

Zartico: Interview With Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer Jay Kinghorn About Z5, A Next-Generation Destination Operating System

NAF: Interview With Chief Program Officer Dirk Butler About The Student Preparation Non-Profit

GReminders: Interview With CEO Arnulf Hsu About The Online Scheduling Company

Cinven: Strategic Partnership Formed With Grant Thornton Germany

Pico MES: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ryan Kuhlenbeck About The Manufacturing Execution System Company

Symeres Buying Drug Development Consultancy DGr Pharma

WestStar Physical Therapy Network Acquired To Drive Expansion

ENTOUCH: $50 Million Raised For Energy Management Solutions