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Faves: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Thomas Salas About Athlete Marketing And Brand Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Faves is an athlete marketing platform that enables athletes to monetize their audiences through shoppable storefronts while helping direct-to-consumer brands build and measure partnerships with elite performers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Faves co-founder and CEO Thomas Salas to learn more.

Vikk AI: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Walid Romaya About AI-Powered Legal Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Vikk AI is an AI-powered legal platform that helps consumers understand legal issues, work with legal documents, and determine when professional legal help may be appropriate. The company is also building a Lawyer Ad Center, Lawyer Directory, and Vikk Data Hub, which is intended to surface anonymized patterns across consumer legal interactions and provide earlier insight into emerging legal risks. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Vikk AI Co-Founder and CEO Walid Romaya to learn more.

Mediacom Names Catherine Commisso Vice Chair And EVP Of Corporate Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Leerink Partners Adds Chris McCarthy As Senior Managing Director To Expand Healthcare Equities Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Leerink Partners has hired Chris McCarthy as a Senior Managing Director, strengthening its Institutional Equities platform and expanding its healthcare sales capabilities.

Jones Walker Adds 5 Former Onebane Attorneys In Lafayette To Expand Energy, Corporate And Maritime Practices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Jones Walker has added five attorneys from Onebane to its Lafayette office, including partners Tommy Smart and Steve Lanza and special counsel David Fink, Mark Oliver and Doug Truxillo.

QXO Names Ken West As President And COO As Building Products Platform Targets $50 Billion In Annual Revenue

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

QXO has appointed Ken West President and Chief Operating Officer, adding an industrial operations executive from Honeywell as the building products company pursues a long-term target of $50 billion in annual revenue. West will join QXO effective September 1 and report to Chairman and CEO Brad Jacobs.

Redstone Reaches First Close Of €25 Million Blue Fund To Back Ocean Technology Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Redstone has reached the first close of its €25 million Blue Fund, establishing a new investment vehicle focused on early-stage ocean and water technology companies across Europe.

Valerio Therapeutics To Acquire Etherna For €30 Million And Raise €40.25 Million PIPE To Build Targeted RNA Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Valerio Therapeutics has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100% of Etherna Immunotherapies at an enterprise value of €30 million while simultaneously raising €40.25 million through a PIPE financing backed by existing shareholders and new investors.

Newcode.ai Raises Series A To Build AI Platform For Legal Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Newcode.ai has raised a Series A financing that brings its total funding since inception to $20 million as the company continues building a configurable artificial intelligence platform for the legal industry.

Curi Capital Secures Vistria Investment As Wealth Platform Surpasses $14 Billion AUA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Curi Capital has secured a strategic investment from The Vistria Group as the registered investment adviser looks to accelerate technology investment, hiring, client-service development, and acquisitions.

Foley Adds Jane Adams From Cooley In San Diego As Sixth California Partner Hire Of 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Foley & Lardner has added life sciences transactional lawyer Jane Adams as a partner in its Technology Transactions, Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice in San Diego, marking the firm's sixth California partner addition during 2026.

Cognida Acquires Automate From Within To Expand AI-Native Accounting And Operations Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Cognida has acquired Automate, an enterprise AI platform for accounting and operational workflows, from Within, formerly known as Klarity. Automate applies AI to complex workflows across quote-to-cash and procure-to-pay processes.

Linden Capital Partners Acquires ArtesRx From Flexpoint Ford After Pharmacy Network Expands From 3 To 16 Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Linden Capital Partners has acquired ArtesRx from Flexpoint Ford, completing Flexpoint's exit from a behavioral health pharmacy platform that expanded from three locations in one state to 16 pharmacies serving patients across 15 states.

BPOC Invests In Master Medical Equipment And ReNew Biomedical To Expand Healthcare Equipment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

BPOC has made strategic investments in Master Medical Equipment and ReNew Biomedical, sister companies providing medical equipment distribution, rentals, repair and maintenance services to pre-hospital and post-acute healthcare markets.

Siebert Expands FusionIQ Investment And Plans 10-Year Wealth Technology Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Siebert Financial has made an additional investment in FusionIQ and signed a strategic partnership designed to expand the companies' relationship across technology, distribution, product development and commercialization.

Partners Group Exits Gong cha Credit And Equity Investment As Chain Expands To Nearly 2,200 Stores

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Partners Group has agreed to exit its private credit and minority equity investments in Gong cha following TA Associates' agreement to sell the global tea chain to Bain Capital.

Barings Names Brian Maute Head Of U.S. Wealth As $502 Billion Manager Expands Alternatives Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Barings has named Brian Maute Head of U.S. Wealth, creating a new leadership position as the $502 billion alternative asset manager expands distribution across registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, private banks, family offices and other wealth platforms.

TWG Global Names David Markowitz Chief Legal Officer After 15+ Years At Goldman Sachs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

TWG Global has appointed David A. Markowitz as Chief Legal Officer, adding a lawyer with three decades of legal and financial services experience to the holding company's leadership team.

U.S. Bank Names Chris Peary Chief Private Banking Officer For Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

U.S. Bank has named Chris Peary Chief Private Banking Officer for Wealth Management, putting a two-decade company veteran in charge of advancing banking, credit, and wealth solutions for affluent, high-net-worth, and ultra-high-net-worth clients.

Gibson Dunn Adds Clay Brett In Houston To Expand Energy Private Equity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Gibson Dunn has added Clay Brett as a partner in its Houston office, expanding the firm's Private Equity and Energy and Infrastructure practice groups. Brett advises sponsors and portfolio companies on M&A, investments and financing transactions across the energy industry and brings experience from both private practice and principal-investor roles.

Milbank To Open Chicago Office With Energy Partner Nadav Klugman From White & Case

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Milbank plans to open an office in Chicago and has recruited Nadav Klugman as a partner in its Global Project, Energy & Infrastructure Finance Group to help establish the new location.

Phillips Lytle Names Victoria Grady Chicago Office Leader As Firm Targets Banking, Energy And Data Center Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Phillips Lytle has named partner Victoria Grady leader of its Chicago office as the law firm looks to accelerate its Midwest expansion around banking, financial services and litigation.

McGuireWoods Promotes Former FINRA Director Jackie Wells To Partner In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

McGuireWoods has elevated Jackie Wells to partner in New York, strengthening its Securities Enforcement & Regulatory Counseling Practice with a former Financial Industry Regulatory Authority enforcement director.

Mobile Communications America Acquires AVC, Expanding Arkansas Network From 3 To 8 Locations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Mobile Communications America has acquired AVC Inc., doing business as Arkansas Valley Communications, expanding MCA's Arkansas service footprint from three locations to eight.

E Source Acquires Aneden Consulting To Expand Grid Engineering And Interconnection Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

E Source has acquired Aneden Consulting, expanding its grid modernization, engineering, and interconnection capabilities as growing electricity demand increases pressure on power-grid connection queues.

Beehive Industries Secures $4.2 Million Colorado Tax Credit To Create 220 Jobs At Jet Engine Production Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Beehive Industries has received approval for a $4.23 million performance-based Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit from the Colorado Economic Development Commission to support a major expansion of its additively manufactured jet engine operations.

Secovia Capital Acquires Ferrovia From Auxo-Backed Genesis Rail

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Secovia Capital has acquired Ferrovia, the railroad vegetation management business of Genesis Rail Company, a portfolio company of Auxo Investment Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Brokurz Acquires MLS Ingest To Build Property Data Layer For AI Real Estate Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Brokurz has acquired MLS Ingest, adding foundational property-data infrastructure to its real estate AI operating system.

STIC Investments To Reportedly Acquire Controlling Stake In Kidsnote At About $47 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

STIC Investments has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Kidsnote, the childcare communication platform backed by Kakao, through a consortium with Kidsnote CEO and founder Choi Jang-wook and Seoul-based Xolon Invest, according to KED Global.

Tata Consultancy Services To Acquire Porsche’s MHP As 4,500+ Employee Consultancy Targets AI And Software-Defined Mobility Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Tata Consultancy Services has agreed to acquire MHP, Porsche's management and IT consulting business, as the sports car manufacturer sharpens its focus on its core operations while establishing a broader strategic technology partnership with TCS.