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Schroders Partners With Apollo To Build Hybrid Wealth And Retirement Investment Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Schroders and Apollo announced they have formed a strategic partnership to develop next-generation wealth and retirement investment solutions intended to enhance client choice and outcomes, with the aim of generating multi-billion-dollar annual flows from new and existing clients.

Apollo Tops Profit Expectations As Assets Near $1 Trillion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Apollo Global Management posted a stronger-than-expected quarter, with earnings topping Wall Street forecasts as the firm’s credit and origination machine delivered record activity and fresh capital continued to flow into its platforms. The performance pushed Apollo’s assets under management to $938 billion, leaving the firm within reach of the $1 trillion milestone management has been targeting.

Learn To Live: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Dale Cook About The Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Learn to Live is a digital mental health company that delivers confidential, self-directed cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) programs supported by clinician coaching to help people manage common conditions like stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and substance use. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Learn to Live co-founder and CEO Dale Cook to learn more.

Audax Private Equity Completes Sale Of Colony Hardware To White Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Audax Private Equity said it has completed the sale of Colony Hardware, a direct-to-jobsite distributor of construction materials and jobsite supplies serving specialty and general contractors, to White Cap, a distributor of specialty construction supplies and safety products for professional contractors. Financial terms were not disclosed.

BotGauge AI Raises $2 Million Seed Funding For Autonomous QA Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

BotGauge AI, a U.S.-headquartered autonomous quality-assurance-as-a-solution startup, has raised $2 million in funding led by Surface Ventures, with participation from IA Seed Ventures and Saka Ventures.

ArrayPatch: First Close Of €3 Million Funding Raised To Advance Microneedle Patch Treatment For Nail Fungus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

ArrayPatch, a Cork, Ireland-based biotech developing microneedle-based therapeutics, has announced the first close of a €3 million seed funding round to advance its lead program, ITZ-DerMap, a therapeutic designed to treat onychomycosis, commonly known as nail fungus.

Deep Fission: $80 Million Secured And Blue Owl Tie-Up For Digital Infrastructure Power Deployments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Deep Fission said it has raised $80 million in new financing to accelerate the commercialization of its advanced nuclear approach, which places small modular pressurized water reactors in boreholes about one mile underground. The Berkeley-based company said the capital raise was completed through a private placement of 5,333,333 restricted shares of common stock at $15.00 per share.

Garner Health: $118 Million Series D At $1.35 Billion Valuation Raised For Digital Care Navigation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

Garner Health announced it has raised $118 million in Series D funding to scale its provider-ranking and incentive platform, which the company says helps patients find higher-quality doctors while lowering healthcare costs for employers and members. Garner said the round values the company at $1.35 billion and brings total capital raised to approximately $200 million.

ProCap Financial To Acquire CFO Silvia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 10, 2026

ProCap Financial announced plans to become what it calls the first publicly traded agentic finance firm, seeking to harness artificial intelligence to deliver products and services that help independent investors build wealth. The Nasdaq-listed company, which trades under the symbol BRR, paired that positioning with an announcement that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire CFO Silvia, an AI agent lab focused exclusively on finance.