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Latham Accelerates European Expansion With Addition Of Four Leading Private Equity Partners In Germany

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Latham and Watkins is expanding its private equity and mergers and acquisitions capabilities in Europe with the addition of four high-profile partners in Germany, marking one of the firm’s most significant lateral hiring moves in recent years. The incoming partners, Markus Paul, Wessel Heukamp, Verena Nosch, and Carsten Haak, are set to join from Freshfields, bringing decades of advisory experience across leveraged buyouts, complex domestic and cross border transactions, and financial sponsor mandates.

Orbital Marine Power: £7 Million Raised To Advance Global Tidal-Stream Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million investment to accelerate the commercial rollout of its floating tidal-stream technology and support international project development following major new opportunities in Canada. The round includes participation from PXN Ventures, which joins existing shareholders such as Scottish Enterprise.

Equixly: €10 Million Closed To Scale Its Agentic AI Platform For Enterprise API Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Equixly has secured €10 million in new funding to accelerate the expansion of its agentic AI platform designed to automate the discovery of complex API vulnerabilities across modern enterprise environments.

Evertrust: €10 Million Raised To Advance Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Evertrust has raised €10 million in a funding round led by Elephant, marking a major milestone for the France-based digital trust technology provider as it accelerates its expansion across Europe and international markets.

Wrexham AFC Welcomes New Minority Investment From Apollo Sports Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Wrexham AFC has received a new minority investment from Apollo Sports Capital, an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, marking a significant step in the club’s long-term growth plan and its ambitions to eventually reach the Premier League. Majority owners Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds will continue to oversee all club operations as controlling shareholders.

Flint: Majority Investment Raised From Cinven To Advance International Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Cinven announced that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Flint Global, marking the second investment from its new European mid-market strategy. The deal will be completed by the end of the year. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Carlyle: €290 Million Financing Package Provided To Support Mecachrome Group’s Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Global investment firm Carlyle has announced a €290 million financing package to strengthen and expand Mecachrome Group, a leading European supplier of high-precision components for the aerospace and defense sectors.

PAI Partners To Acquire Innovad Group In Global Animal Feed Additives Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

PAI Partners announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Innovad Group, a global supplier of specialty animal feed additives, from IK Partners. The investment comes from the IK IX Fund, and Innovad’s management team, led by CEO Ben Letor, will reinvest as part of the transaction. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026.

Saviynt: $700 Million Series B At $3 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance Identity Security For The AI Era

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Saviynt has raised $700 million in a Series B growth equity round led by KKR at a valuation of approximately $3 billion. The funding round included participation from Sixth Street Growth and TenEleven, along with additional capital from existing Series A investor Carrick Capital Partners. The investment reflects growing institutional conviction that identity security is now foundational for enterprises deploying AI at scale.

Valiantys: Interview With Transformation Consulting Director Cyril Banos About The Atlassian Tool Implementation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Valiantys helps companies implement, optimize, and manage Atlassian tools like Jira and Confluence to improve collaboration, workflows, and enterprise agility. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Valiantys Transformation Consulting Director Cyril Banos.

Microsoft Announces $17.5 Billion Commitment To Expand AI Infrastructure And Workforce Development In India

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Microsoft has unveiled a $17.5 billion investment plan for India, marking the company’s most significant financial commitment in Asia and accelerating its strategy to support the nation’s expansion of AI, cloud, and digital public infrastructure. The four-year initiative, spanning 2026 through 2029, is designed to strengthen hyperscale infrastructure, advance nationwide AI adoption, and deepen the company’s presence across the country’s technology ecosystem.

Emergent Secures Google AI Futures Fund Investment As It Launches E2 Agent And Reaches $25 Million ARR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Emergent has unveiled its newest agent, E2, announced a strategic investment from Google’s AI Futures Fund, and surpassed $25 million in annual recurring revenue less than five months after launch. The San Francisco-based company, backed by Lightspeed and Y Combinator, is positioning E2 as a significant advancement in AI-driven application development, particularly for users building integration-heavy software.

First Connect Hits $500 Million GWP As Centana Investment Accelerates Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

First Connect had crossed a significant growth threshold after surpassing $500 million in gross written premium in 2025, marking a pivotal milestone one year after Centana Growth Partners acquired a majority stake in the company. The achievement reflects a year of accelerated expansion, new carrier relationships, and heightened adoption of its technology-driven insurance distribution platform.

dacadoo: Interview With Founder, CEO, And President Peter Ohnemus About The Digital Health Technology Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

dacadoo is a Swiss-based digital health technology company that licenses a science-backed health scoring and lifestyle engagement platform (for insurers, banks, healthcare providers, and other enterprises) to help measure, motivate, and manage wellness and health risk across populations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed dacadoo founder, president, and CEO Peter Ohnemus to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Brookfield And Qai Launch $20 Billion Joint Venture To Build Global AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Brookfield Asset Management and Qatar’s AI company Qai, a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority, have formed a new $20 billion strategic investment partnership aimed at accelerating the development of artificial intelligence infrastructure in Qatar and select global markets.

Earned Expands With Acquisition Of OJM Group And Nearly $1 Billion In AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Earned announced a significant expansion of its national wealth management platform with the acquisition of OJM Group, an Ohio-based Registered Investment Adviser and financial planning firm serving physicians and high-net-worth individuals for more than twenty five years. The transaction adds nearly one billion dollars in assets under management to Earned Wealth Advisors and marks Earned’s fifth acquisition in 2025.

Checkmarx Buys Tromzo To Advance Agentic Application Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Checkmarx announced a significant expansion of its agentic application security capabilities with the acquisition of Tromzo, a Silicon Valley startup known for its AI native autonomous triage and remediation technology.

xtype: Interview With Founder & CEO Ron Gidron About The Technical Governance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

ECI Software Solutions Acquires Amper Technologies To Expand Manufacturing Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

ECI Software Solutions has acquired Amper Technologies, a Chicago-based manufacturer of manufacturing execution systems, in a deal that strengthens ECI’s expanding portfolio of AI-driven tools for industrial operations. The acquisition introduces Amper’s FactoryOS platform into ECI’s suite of cloud-based products, enabling manufacturers to link enterprise planning systems with real-time production floor intelligence.

Simular: $21.5 Million Closed To Advance Autonomous Computer Agent Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Simular, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company founded by former DeepMind researchers, has secured a $21.5 million Series A round to advance its autonomous computer agent platform. The funding was led by Felicis Ventures, with participation from NVentures, Basis Set Ventures, Flying Fish Partners, South Park Commons, and angel investor Lenny Rachitsky. The raise follows the company’s $5 million seed round, which Basis Set led.

PolyPid: Interview With Chief Operating Officer – U.S. Operations Ori Warshavsky About Preventing Surgical Site Infections

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

PolyPid is a biopharmaceutical company developing localized, controlled-delivery antibiotic therapies to prevent surgical site infections. Pulse 2.0 interviewed PolyPid Chief Operating Officer – U.S. Operations, Ori Warshavsky, to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

NextEra Energy And Google Cloud Sign Strategic Energy And Technology Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

NextEra Energy and Google Cloud have unveiled a significant expansion of their longstanding collaboration, launching a broad national initiative that links extensive scale data center development with advanced energy infrastructure and AI-driven modernization.

Generative Bionics: €70 Million Raised To Advance Intelligent Humanoid Robots

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Generative Bionics has raised €70 million in one of Europe’s largest deep tech funding rounds focused on humanoid robotics. The funding strengthens the company’s position as a leading Italian spin-off in advanced robotics, founded out of the Italian Institute of Technology and guided by CEO Daniele Pucci. The round was led by CDP Venture Capital’s Artificial Intelligence Fund and included participation from AMD Ventures, Duferco, Eni Next, RoboIT, and Tether.

Squire Patton Boggs: Soumitra “Sam” Deka Joins As Patent Litigation Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Squire Patton Boggs has expanded its global Intellectual Property and Technology Practice with the addition of Soumitra “Sam” Deka, an experienced patent litigation trial partner who joins the firm from DLA Piper. The move strengthens the firm’s capabilities in high-stakes intellectual property disputes and further enhances its platform in the life sciences and technology sectors.

Quali: Interview With CEO Lior Koriat About The Infrastructure Automation Tools Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Quali is a company that provides AI-powered tools that design, provision, orchestrate, and manage cloud and infrastructure environments so DevOps, SRE, FinOps, and data teams can automate complex tasks, accelerate delivery, and reduce costs.

Metal: Interview With Software Engineer Pablo Ríos About The AI-Based Private Equity Diligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Corintis: $25 Million Raised For Advancing Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Applied Digital has made a significant strategic investment by leading a $25 million funding round for Corintis, a Swiss technology company developing microfluidic chip cooling solutions for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence environments. The funding increases Corintis’ total funding to $58 million and positions both companies to advance next-generation cooling technologies required for increasingly dense GPU systems.

USA Compression Partners To Acquire J-W Power Company In $860 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

USA Compression Partners announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire J-W Power Company for approximately $860 million, marking one of the most significant transactions in the natural gas compression sector in recent years. The move expands USA Compression’s position as one of the largest independent providers of compression services in the United States. It gives the partnership enhanced scale, geographic reach, and service flexibility across multiple basins.

Warmly: Interview With CEO Maximus Greenwald About The Revenue Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Warmly is an AI-powered revenue orchestration platform aimed primarily at B2B SaaS companies and revenue teams. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Warmly CEO Max Greenwald to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Scowtt: $12 Million Series A Raised For Advancing AI-Driven Advertising Optimization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 9, 2025

Scowtt has raised $12 million in Series A financing as the Seattle-based startup works to reshape performance marketing through predictive artificial intelligence technology designed to improve paid media returns for enterprise advertisers. Inspired Capital led the round with participation from LiveRamp Ventures, Angeles Investors, and Angeles Ventures.