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Saab Receives $4.84 Billion Order For Three A26 Submarines From Poland

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Saab announced that it has signed a contract with the Polish State Treasury Armaments Agency for the production and delivery of three A26-type submarines.

SailPoint Completes Acquisition Of Entro Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

SailPoint announced that it has completed its acquisition of Entro Security, a Tel Aviv-based company focused on non-human identity and credentials security. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Pocket Raises $11 Million To Expand Personal AI Assistant Device

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Open Vision Engineering announced that it has raised $11 million in funding for Pocket, its dedicated AI hardware device for capturing conversations, organizing insights, and helping people stay present. The funding came from Accel, Y Combinator, and several founders, CEOs, and operators, including Vercel founder and CEO Guillermo Rauch, ElevenLabs co-founder Mati Staniszewski, and Opendoor CEO and former Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian.

Wultra Raises €6.8 Million Series A To Expand Post-Quantum Digital Identity Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Wultra announced that it has raised €6.8 million in Series A funding to accelerate the global expansion of its post-quantum authentication and digital identity solutions. The round was led by Seventure Partners, with participation from new and existing investors.

X Square Robot Surpasses $2.8 Billion Valuation After Four Consecutive Financing Rounds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

X Square Robot announced the closing of four consecutive financing rounds, culminating in a Series C that brought its valuation to more than $2.8 billion.

Bit Origin Acquires $11 Million Of NVIDIA Blackwell B300 AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Bit Origin announced the acquisition of approximately $11 million of NVIDIA Blackwell B300 AI infrastructure assets. The acquired assets consist of 16 NVIDIA Blackwell B300 AI servers that have already been purchased by the seller and are expected to be delivered during the third quarter of 2026.

RoboStrategy Raises $33.9 Million Through Private Share Issuances

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

RoboStrategy announced that it has completed a series of private share issuances to institutional investors. The transactions were completed between June 26 and June 29, 2026.

Emergent BioSolutions Secures $52.7 Million U.S. Government Contract Modification For ACAM2000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Emergent BioSolutions announced that it has been awarded a contract modification valued at approximately $52.7 million from the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Why Scandium Canada Acquired Ferreol Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Scandium Canada announced the closing of its acquisition of Ferreol Technologies, a Québec-based company focused on research, development, processing, and production of aluminum products and other alloys incorporating scandium.

Osney Capital Closes £60 Million Cybersecurity Seed Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Osney Capital announced the final close of its debut fund at its £60 million hard cap. The fund was oversubscribed against its initial £50 million target and is one of the largest debut seed funds in UK history.

Mattamy Homes Expands Tampa Presence With Pasco County Land Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Mattamy Homes announced the acquisition of 145 homesites in Verona, a new master-planned community in central Pasco County, Florida. The land transaction closed on June 5, 2026, and home sales are expected to begin in summer 2027.

Why GreenArrow Acquired Atlantic Transportation Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

GreenArrow announced that it has acquired Atlantic Transportation Systems, a transportation infrastructure and safety services provider based in Central Pennsylvania. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Why SandRidge Energy Is Buying Cherokee Play Assets For $65 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

SandRidge Energy announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain producing assets and leasehold interests in the Cherokee Play in the Mid-Continent region.

GenerativeX Raises $4 Million Series A To Scale Forward Deployed Engineer Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

GenerativeX announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A funding round led by Nissay Capital. The round included participation from Salesforce Ventures, Angel Bridge, DeepCore, and SMBC Venture Capital.

Straiker Raises $64 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Straiker announced that it has raised $64 million in Series A funding to secure enterprise AI agents. The round was led by Marathon Management Partners, Citi Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and Workday Ventures, with continued support from Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed. The financing brings Straiker’s total funding to $85 million. Gokul Rajaram, founding partner of Marathon, is joining Straiker’s board of directors.

Elevance Health Foundation Invests $5.8 Million To Expand Behavioral Health Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Elevance Health Foundation announced nearly 40 new behavioral health grants totaling $5.8 million. The grants are designed to help more people access mental health and substance use disorder services across the United States.

Simplicity Acquires Benefit Planning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Simplicity Group announced the acquisition of Benefit Planning, a Chicago-based insurance agency focused on serving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

H.I.G. Capital Acquires Premier Forge Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

H.I.G. Capital announced that one of its affiliates has completed the acquisition of Premier Forge Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

AMR Clinical Acquires ClinOhio Research Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

AMR Clinical announced that it has acquired ClinOhio Research Services, a multi-therapeutic clinical research site based in Columbus, Ohio. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Korn Ferry To Acquire AMS For $1.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Acima: Interview With EVP Tyler Montrone About The Lease-To-Own Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Acima provides lease-to-own (LTO) financing options, allowing consumers to acquire big-ticket items such as furniture, electronics, and appliances from thousands of retailers without needing traditional credit. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Acima Executive Vice President Tyler Montrone to learn more.

Titl: Interview With Co-Founders Ori Ohayon And Tory Ricalis About The Proptech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Titl is a proptech platform that automates real estate title verification and property data monitoring using AI and blockchain technology to streamline property transfers and prevent fraud. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Titl co-founders Ori Ohayon and Tory Ricalis to learn more.

Why Samsung And SK Hynix Are Planning Massive South Korea Chip Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly preparing major long-term investment plans as South Korea looks to strengthen its position in semiconductors, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and next-generation memory chips.

Sharon AI Closes $1.6 Billion Strategic Financing To Support NVIDIA Compute Collaboration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

SharonAI Holdings announced the closing of its previously announced oversubscribed $1.6 billion private placement financing. The company plans to use the proceeds to support its six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA and broader expansion initiatives.

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $191 Million Refinance For Netherlands Office Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Talawar Therapeutics To Go Public Through A SPAC Deal With JATT II Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Talawar Therapeutics and JATT II Acquisition announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement to create a publicly listed biotechnology company focused on developing potentially best-in-class bispecific antibodies for immunology and inflammatory diseases.

Deck: Interview With Founder & CEO Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf About The AI-Based Data Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Why Rocket Lab Is Acquiring Iridium For $8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Rocket Lab and Iridium Communications announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium in a cash-and-stock transaction. The deal represents an enterprise value for Iridium of approximately $8 billion.

Why Zymeworks Is Acquiring Theravance Biopharma For $929 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Theravance Biopharma announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Zymeworks for $17 per share in cash. The transaction represents an equity value of approximately $929 million.

Coolbrook Secures €2.5 Million Business Finland Grant To Accelerate Steel Industry Electrification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2026

Coolbrook announced that it has been awarded research and development funding from Business Finland to advance the decarbonization of steel production. The grant supports Coolbrook’s participation in the FutSteel project, which is a core part of the Sustainable World through Steels ecosystem led by SSAB.