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SuperOps Adds Smita Hashim, Kenneth Gonzalez And Yogesh Ranjan To Leadership Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

SuperOps has added three senior leaders across product, industry engagement and strategy as the autonomous endpoint management company expands its AI-native platform for enterprise IT teams.

Berkshire Hathaway Names Howard Buffett As Chairman As Warren Buffett Becomes Chairman Emeritus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway has named Howard Buffett chairman as Warren Buffett steps down from the role and becomes chairman emeritus, effective immediately, according to Reuters. The change marks another major step in Berkshire's long-planned leadership succession following Warren Buffett's departure as chief executive earlier in 2026.

MISUMI Americas Launches $50 Million Venture Fund To Back Robotics, Physical AI And Advanced Hardware Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

MISUMI Americas has launched MISUMI Ventures, a $50 million early-stage venture fund focused on companies building frontier hardware, robotics, automation, industrial AI and other advanced physical technologies.

Sheridan Capital Partners Invests In PtEverywhere To Scale Physical Therapy Practice Management And Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Sheridan Capital Partners has completed an investment in PtEverywhere, a practice management and integrated payments software platform serving outpatient physical therapy and related rehabilitation providers.

QT Imaging Appoints Dr. Mark Winkler Chief Medical Officer To Accelerate Clinical Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

QT Imaging Holdings has appointed veteran radiologist and healthcare entrepreneur Dr. Mark L. Winkler as Chief Medical Officer as the medical device company works to expand clinical adoption of its radiation-free Breast Acoustic CT technology.

Gravity: Interview With Co-Founder And Head Of Partnerships & Policy Jay Ruckelshaus About Carbon And Energy Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Gravity is an integrated carbon and energy management platform designed to help companies measure and reduce emissions while lowering energy costs. The platform combines automated data collection, carbon management, sustainability reporting, supplier engagement, and an Energy Management Marketplace that helps companies move from identifying efficiency opportunities to implementing them. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Gravity Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships & Policy Jay Ruckelshaus, PhD, to learn more.

Treble Raises $18 Million To Expand Acoustic Digital Twin Platform For Physical AI And Voice Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Treble Technologies, an Icelandic developer of sound simulation, acoustic digital twins and synthetic audio data, has raised $18 million in Series A-2 funding to expand its platform for audio-enabled products and physical AI systems. Paladin Capital Group led the round, with participation from existing investors KOMPAS VC, Frumtak Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund. The financing brings Treble's total funding to approximately €36 million.

Hello Haven Raises $15 Million Pre-Seed Round To Launch Digital Twin Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Hello Haven, a personal AI company founded by serial entrepreneur Frank Addante and Duc Chau, has emerged from stealth with a $15 million pre-seed funding round led by Mayfield and launched an AI platform designed to give users persistent personal digital twins.

Barings Provides Financing For Inflexion’s Investment In Medical Consumables Provider Primed Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Barings has served as a joint lead arranger of secured credit facilities supporting Inflexion's investment in Primed Group, a German manufacturer and provider of medical consumables and sterilization services. Financial terms of the financing were not disclosed.

Hyperscale Data Invests More Than $70 Million In Michigan AI Data Center As Potential Contract Revenue Exceeds $3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Hyperscale Data has invested more than $70 million in Alliance Cloud Services and its Michigan AI data center as the company prepares to begin operations under a previously announced agreement with a California-based neocloud provider in November 2026.

Clean Harbors Launches $600 Million Senior Notes Offering To Finance EnviroServe And ES&H Acquisitions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Clean Harbors has launched a private offering of $600 million of senior notes expected to mature in 2034, with the proceeds primarily intended to finance its previously announced acquisitions of environmental services businesses EnviroServe and ES&H.

Wereldhave Sells Belgian Retail Park De Mael For €49.2 Million To Reduce Leverage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Wereldhave, through its 70%-owned Wereldhave Belgium subsidiary, has agreed to sell retail park De Mael in Bruges, Belgium, to a consortium of private investors for gross proceeds of €49.2 million, excluding transfer tax.

Lisata Therapeutics Acquires Marea Therapeutics And Raises $225 Million To Advance Cardioendocrine Drug Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Lisata Therapeutics has acquired Marea Therapeutics in a stock-for-stock transaction and secured a concurrent oversubscribed $225 million private placement as the combined company shifts its focus toward developing next-generation treatments for cardioendocrine diseases.

Ayan Capital Secures £75 Million Facility From Triple Point To Scale Halal Car Finance And Pursue UK Bank License

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Ayan Capital, a UK fintech focused on halal financial products, has secured a senior Shariah-compliant facility of up to £75 million, or approximately $100 million, originated by investment manager Triple Point.

MIND Raises $72 Million Series B As Revenue Grows More Than 17X

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

MIND, an AI-native data loss prevention platform, has raised $72 million in Series B funding as the cybersecurity company scales rapidly amid growing enterprise adoption of generative and agentic AI. Crosspoint Capital Partners led the round, with participation from existing investors YL Ventures and Paladin Capital Group. The financing follows MIND's $30 million Series A approximately one year earlier and brings total funding to $112 million.

Monroe Capital Leads $60 Million Term Loan For Equipment Finance Platform 36th Street Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Monroe Capital has led a $60 million Class B Term Loan for 36th Street Capital, providing additional financing to support the specialty equipment finance company's origination growth and platform expansion.

Kastle Raises $24 Million Series A To Build AI Workforce For Consumer Lending

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Kastle has raised $24 million in Series A funding to expand its AI workforce platform for banks and financial institutions, beginning with consumer lending.

Lucid And Bolt Partner To Deploy At Least 25,000 Autonomous Vehicles Across Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Lucid Group and European shared-mobility company Bolt have formed a strategic partnership to develop and deploy autonomous ride-hailing services across Europe, with Bolt targeting a fleet of at least 25,000 autonomous Lucid vehicles.

Bank7 To Acquire Century Financial Services For About $137.3 Million And Enter New Mexico

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Bank7 Corp. has agreed to acquire Century Financial Services Corporation, the parent company of New Mexico-based Century Bank, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $137.3 million.

Apollo Provides $1.25 Billion Equity Capital Solution To Support BMG-Concord Music Combination

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Apollo-managed funds and affiliates have provided a $1.25 billion equity capital solution supporting the completed combination of music companies BMG and Concord.

S&P Global To Acquire Smart Contract Security Company OpenZeppelin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

S&P Global has agreed to acquire OpenZeppelin, a blockchain and smart contract security company whose technology is widely used across stablecoins, tokenized assets and decentralized finance.

Impulse Space Raises $308 Million Series D Extension To Expand Spacecraft Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Impulse Space has raised a $308 million extension to its Series D financing, bringing the total round to $808 million as the company expands its spacecraft technology for moving payloads after launch. Existing investors participating in the extension include 137 Ventures, BANNER VC, DFJ Growth, Linse Capital, Lux Capital and Valor Equity Partners, among others.

Bain Capital Ventures Raises $1.6 Billion Fund XI To Back AI, Physical AI, Security And Science Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Bain Capital Ventures has closed its eleventh venture fund with $1.6 billion in capital, exceeding its fundraising target as the firm increases its backing of early-stage companies building for what it describes as a post-AGI economy.

Nada Secures Up To $300 Million From O’Connor Capital Solutions To Scale HEAs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Nada Holdings has entered into a forward-flow purchase agreement providing up to $300 million of institutional capital for Home Equity Agreements originated through its home-equity finance platform.

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.

Euno Raises $23 Million Series A To Help Companies Deploy Trusted AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2026

Euno, an enterprise AI context platform designed to help organizations give AI agents trusted business and data context, has raised $23 million in Series A funding led by N47. The financing brings the company's total funding to $29 million. Existing investor 10D also participated, along with technology founders and executives including Wiz co-founder Yinon Kostika, Cyera co-founder and CEO Yotam Segev, Eon co-founder and CEO Ofir Ehrlich, Tavily founder Rotem Weiss, and former Tableau CEO and President Mark Nelson.