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Tonada Raises $3 Million Pre-Seed To Give Every Brand Its Own Sound

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Tonada announced it raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-generated sound platform for retail and hospitality brands. The Stockholm-based startup is focused on making high-quality AI-generated audio available to every brand that operates a physical space.

Microamp Secures €6.5 Million To Advance Any-G mmWave AI-RAN Wireless Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Microamp announced that it has received €6.5 million in funding and strategic support from the European Innovation Council Accelerator to advance development of its Any-G mmWave AI-RAN Wireless Platform.

Deluxe To Acquire Celero Commerce For $625 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Deluxe announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Celero Commerce for $625 million, plus certain seller transaction expenses and other adjustments.

TTM Technologies To Acquire Swiss Technology Group And ILFA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

TTM Technologies announced its intent to acquire Swiss Technology Group and ILFA in separate all-cash transactions.

DXP Enterprises Acquires General Repair Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

DXP Enterprises announced that it has completed the acquisition of General Repair Service. Founded in 1955, General Repair Service is headquartered in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota. The company operates from a single location and serves the greater Minnesota market and surrounding areas.

Biogen To Acquire RayThera For Up To $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Biogen announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RayThera, a private biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing small-molecule therapies in immunology.

Brookfield Business Corporation To Sell Multiplex To Obayashi For $650 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Brookfield Business Corporation announced that it has agreed to sell its global construction business Multiplex to Obayashi Corporation for $650 million.

L’Oréal To Acquire Majority Stake In Innovist

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

L’Oréal announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Innovist, a digital-first personal care house of brands in India.

Lennox To Acquire Heat Controller

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Lennox announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Heat Controller, an HVAC equipment supplier serving distributors across North America.

Nokia Defense And KNDS Partner To Expand Battlefield Connectivity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Nokia Defense and KNDS announced a collaboration to deliver advanced connectivity for soldiers and unmanned vehicles.

Realize Capital Partners Closes $276.7 Million Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Realize Capital Partners announced the final close of Realize Fund I, a blended finance impact fund-of-funds, with $276.7 million in total capital.

Oligomerix Awarded $1.9 Million NIH Grant For Alzheimer’s Disease Safety Studies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Oligomerix announced that it has received a $1.9 million NIH Fast-Track Phase II award from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health.

Neuron23 Receives $2.5 Million Grant From The Michael J. Fox Foundation To Expand Phase 2 Parkinson’s Trial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Neuron23, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing precision medicines for Parkinson’s disease, announced it received a $2.5 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to support the expansion of its ongoing Phase 2 NEULARK clinical trial of NEU-411 into Israel.

Front Row Acquires Carbon Beauty To Expand Beauty E-Commerce Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Front Row Group announced it has acquired Carbon Beauty, an Amazon accelerator focused on clean beauty brands. The acquisition strengthens Front Row’s expertise in the beauty category and expands its capabilities as a growth partner for beauty, health and wellness, and CPG brands across e-commerce channels.

Trump Says Apple Will Work With Intel To Design And Build Chips In U.S.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

President Donald Trump said Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and build chips in the United States.

Belmont Medical Completes Acquisition Of Arcos

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Belmont Medical Technologies announced that it has acquired Arcos, a Missouri City, Texas-based health IT company focused on software solutions for trauma, burn care, and transfusion workflows.

EQT To Acquire Intertek In $14.5 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Intertek has agreed to be acquired by Swedish private equity firm EQT in a deal valued at about £10.9 billion, or $14.5 billion, including debt.

OffPlan Raises $2.5 Million To Expand Membership-Based Primary Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

OffPlan announced that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to support the launch and expansion of its membership-based primary care platform.

NeuralTrust Raises $20 Million To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

NeuralTrust, a platform for securing AI agents, announced it raised $20 million in seed funding. The company said the round is the largest cybersecurity seed financing raised by an EU company to date.

Triveni Bio Raises $65 Million Series C To Expand Clinical Studies For TRIV-573

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Triveni Bio announced it raised $65 million in Series C funding to support pipeline expansion and continued corporate growth. The company is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel antibody treatments for immunological and inflammatory disorders.

Uplift Investors’ Orion Legal MSO Partners With John Foy & Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Uplift Investors announced that John Foy & Associates will become a co-founding partner of Orion Legal MSO, the firm’s managed service organization serving plaintiff law firms.

Lane42 Provides Senior Secured Term Loan For Principal Mineral’s Acquisition Of Isola Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Lane42 Investment Partners announced that it provided a senior secured term loan to Principal Mineral in support of its acquisition of Isola Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Trace Finance Raises $32 Million Series A To Scale Regulated Banking And Stablecoin Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Trace Finance announced that it has raised $32 million in Series A funding to expand its regulated financial infrastructure for cross-border payments and stablecoin settlement. The round was led by CoinFund, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, Jump Crypto, Valor Capital, Paxos, HOF Capital, and others. Strategic backers in the round also included Chainlink Labs and SNZ Capital.

Traysar Raises $25 Million To Build Subterranean Defense Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Traysar announced that it has raised $25 million in seed funding and has emerged from stealth as a defense technology company focused on the subterranean domain. The round was led by Silent Ventures, with participation from Lux Capital, Ora Global, and strategic angel investors, including Steve Blank and founders from Anduril and Erebor. Additional investors included NeverLift VC, Mana, Impatient Ventures, New Vista, and Entree Capital.

Franklin Templeton Expands Canvas Platform With Tax Overlay Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Franklin Templeton announced the launch of its Preferred Partner Program, also known as Canvas P3, an expansion of its Canvas platform that enables third-party asset managers to offer tax-managed versions of their proprietary investment strategies.

Blackstone Launches SablePointe Credit Strategies To Expand Asset-Based Lending Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Blackstone Credit & Insurance announced the launch of SablePointe Credit Strategies, a new platform supporting origination, underwriting, and portfolio management in asset-based lending.

June Health Raises C$2.4 Million To Expand Women’s Healthcare Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

June Health announced the closing of an oversubscribed CAD$2.4 million financing round. Securian Canada participated significantly in the round as a strategic institutional investor. The round also included participation from AgeTech Capital and Canadian technology founders Dave and Mike Wessinger of PointClickCare and Michael Garrity of Financeit, among others.

Portal Biotechnologies Raises $9 Million To Expand Cell Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Portal Biotechnologies announced the closing of an oversubscribed $9 million financing round. The round was led by NFX, with participation from existing investors including IA Ventures, Pear VC, Undeterred Ventures, IKJ Capital, and TechU Ventures.

Architect Labs Raises $24 Million Seed Round To Democratize Custom Chip Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

Architect Labs announced that it has emerged from stealth with $24 million in seed funding. The round was led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from TQ Ventures, Race Capital, Together Fund, and several investors and executives across modern computing and AI. Kindred Ventures founder and managing partner Steve Jang has joined Architect Labs’ board.

HyperLight Raises $80 Million Series C To Accelerate TFLN Deployment For AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2026

HyperLight announced the closing of an $80 million Series C financing round. The round was led by MediaTek and included participation from UMC Capital, Jabil, Foxconn, EDBI, CDIB-TEN Capital, Qatar Investment Authority, and strategic investors from silicon IC and networking companies. Existing investors Summit Partners, The Engine, Foothill Ventures, and Xora Innovation also continued supporting the company.