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Wheelhouse Acquires All Star Garage Door

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Wheelhouse has acquired All Star Garage Door, expanding the Trivest Partners-backed garage door services platform across California and Utah.

Strategic Value Partners Invests In NewEdge Power And Launches 1.2 GW Battery Storage Joint Venture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Strategic Value Partners has invested in NewEdge Power and formed a joint venture that will initially target up to 1.2 GW of utility-scale battery storage capacity in the PJM power market.

Speyside Equity Acquires TAPCO Tube Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Speyside Equity Advisers has completed the acquisition of The TAPCO Tube Company, adding a Midwest manufacturer of steel tubing and building products to its portfolio of middle-market industrial businesses.

ACORE Capital Closes Opportunistic Credit II At $1.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

ACORE Capital has closed ACORE Opportunistic Credit II with $1.1 billion in commitments, exceeding the commercial real estate investment manager’s $1 billion target.

Contrada Launches U.S. Housing Dislocation Fund With Strategic Anchor Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Real estate investment veterans Vincent DiSalvo and Michael Gallagher have launched Contrada, a U.S. housing investment manager focused on special situations created by financing pressure and dislocation across residential real estate.

U&I Ventures Closes $32.237 Million Debut Fund For AI-Native Enterprise Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

U&I Ventures has closed an oversubscribed debut fund with $32.237 million in commitments to invest in seed-stage companies building AI-native infrastructure across security, engineering, and information technology.

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $117.3 Million Refinancing For Three Texas Multifamily Communities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Walker & Dunlop has arranged $117.3 million in refinancing for three Class A multifamily properties totaling 960 units across the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan areas.

InTandem Capital Partners Invests In Atlas Health To Expand AI-Powered Patient Affordability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

InTandem Capital Partners has made a strategic growth investment in Atlas Health, an AI-powered platform that helps healthcare providers identify and enroll patients in financial assistance programs.

Dren Bio Raises $350 Million To Advance Dibotatug And Broader Therapeutics Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Dren Bio has closed an oversubscribed $350 million private financing to advance its lead antibody therapy dibotatug toward regulatory submission and commercialization while expanding its broader oncology and autoimmune pipeline. The financing was co-led by Juvia Group and Lightspeed Venture Partners. New investors included Mirae Asset Capital Life Science, General Catalyst, Cormorant Asset Management, and OrbiMed.

Group14 Technologies Raises €150 Million Series D Extension To Build Battery Materials Plant In Spain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Group14 Technologies has closed a €150 million, or approximately $169 million, Series D extension that will finance a major expansion of its silicon battery materials manufacturing network into Europe.

CareCloud Appoints Mitchell Brie As Chief Compliance Officer As It Expands AI-Powered Compliance Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

CareCloud has appointed Mitchell Brie as Chief Compliance Officer as the healthcare technology company expands its compliance services and prepares to launch an AI-powered compliance software offering.

Wendy’s Receives $7.35 Per Share Acquisition Proposal From Trian Partners-Led Investor Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

The Wendy's Company confirmed that it has received an unsolicited, nonbinding proposal from an investor group led by Trian Fund Management to acquire the shares of Wendy’s not already owned by the group for $7.35 per share in cash.

FuriosaAI Raises $620 Million Series D At About $2.9 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

FuriosaAI has completed a $620 million Series D financing at an approximately $2.9 billion post-money valuation as the South Korean AI semiconductor company scales production and deployment of its RNGD inference accelerator. The round included global investors such as Infinitum, Jericho Capital, QUDA Capital, Cisco Investments, Worldline Capital, and NeoFort Holding alongside Korean institutional investors.

Rocker Raises $12.85 Million For Context-Aware AI Work Assistant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Rocker has launched with $12.85 million in funding to build an AI work assistant designed to understand the shared context surrounding teams, projects, decisions, and organizational priorities.

South Atlantic Bank To Buy $430 Million Firm Eastover Capital Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

South Atlantic Bank has agreed to acquire Eastover Investment Advisors, which operates as Eastover Capital Management, expanding the bank into wealth management services. Eastover managed approximately $430 million in assets as of September 30, 2026.

Numerica Credit Union And SELCO Community Credit Union Announce $8 Billion Merger Of Equals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Numerica Credit Union and SELCO Community Credit Union have announced a merger of equals that would create a combined organization with nearly $8 billion in assets and more than 325,000 members.

Docebo Launches Knowledge And Agents To Expand Workforce Readiness Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Docebo has launched Docebo Knowledge and Docebo Agents, expanding its workforce readiness platform with enterprise knowledge retrieval and AI agents designed to automate learning and upskilling workflows.

Verisma Secures Senior-Secured Financing From Golub Capital To Support Growth And M&A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Verisma has closed new senior-secured financing from Golub Capital to support continued investment in its health information lifecycle management platform and pursue strategic acquisitions. The financing includes a delayed draw term loan facility and is intended to provide additional capital for both organic growth initiatives and M&A.

StimCardio Raises $30 Million Series A To Advance Wearable Atrial Fibrillation Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

StimCardio Medical has closed an oversubscribed $30 million Series A financing to advance Rhyvive, its investigational wrist-worn neuromodulation therapy for atrial fibrillation. The round was led by John Slump’s family office, Metis MedTech, with participation from Catalyst Health Ventures, multiple strategic corporate investors, and other new and existing investors.

Solink Raises More Than $100 Million To Expand AI Vision Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Solink has raised more than $100 million in new funding to expand its AI Vision Intelligence platform and accelerate growth across physical business operations. The financing was led by Vertu Capital, with material participation from existing investor Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives. New investors Golub Growth and Comcast Ventures also participated.

Miter: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Connor Watumull About AI-Powered Construction Management And Payroll Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Miter is an AI-native construction technology company developing an integrated operating system for contractors to manage payroll, human resources, field operations, safety, expenses, and job costs, serving more than 2,000 contractors and having raised $78 million in funding. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Miter Co-Founder and CEO Connor Watumull to learn more about the company's origins, its AI-powered construction management platform, customer growth, funding, and plans to help contractors manage their workforce and operations more efficiently.

Lette Raises $6.5 Million Seed Funding Led By Peak To Scale AI-Powered Rental Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Lette has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to expand its AI operating system for institutional residential rental operators across the U.K. and Europe. The round was led by Peak, with participation from Heliad, Foreword VC, Pitchdrive, and Adeline. Individual investors include Intercom co-founder Des Traynor.

Redwerk: Interview With Founder Konstantin Klyagin About Custom Software Development, QA, And AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Redwerk is a custom software development company working across web, mobile, SaaS, modernization, maintenance, code review, and software audits, while sister company QAwerk provides manual and automated testing spanning security, performance, accessibility, and AI-focused quality assurance. Together, the companies cover the full software development lifecycle with an emphasis on long-term engineering partnerships, quality, and maintainability. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Redwerk Founder Konstantin Klyagin to learn more about the company's 20-year evolution, its bootstrapped growth model, and how it is responding to the rise of AI-enabled software development.

Google Gemini Notebook Adds Hundreds Of Free Textbooks From OpenStax, Open Textbook Library And S Chand Publishing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2026

Google has expanded Gemini Notebook with access to hundreds of textbooks from publishers and educational organizations in the U.S. and India, giving students another way to use AI tools alongside structured academic material.

Offe Market Raises $3 Million Seed Round Led By Slauson & Co.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2026

Offe Market has raised $3 million in seed funding to expand its technology-driven marketplace for discounted excess inventory from fashion, beauty, home, and lifestyle brands. Slauson & Co. led the round, with InvestTN and Baukunst participating; Baukunst previously led Offe Market’s pre-seed financing.

Industrial Growth Partners To Sell AdvancedPCB To Amphenol

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2026

Industrial Growth Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to sell AdvancedPCB Holdings to Amphenol Corporation, transferring a major independent North American printed circuit board supplier serving defense, aerospace, and industrial customers. AdvancedPCB is headquartered in Aurora, Colorado, and operates six U.S. facilities.

IREN Secures $363 Million Equipment Financing For AI Compute Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2026

IREN and Wingspire Equipment Finance completed a $363 million equipment financing transaction to support IREN’s growing AI compute operations.

Platinum Equity To Acquire EDP And Expand Propane Distribution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2026

Platinum Equity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire EDP, a large independent U.S. propane distribution business serving residential, commercial, and agricultural customers.

Foundry Robotics Raises $100 Million Series A Led By Marlinspike Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2026

Foundry Robotics raised $100 million in an oversubscribed Series A to expand its autonomous manufacturing platform and build a 130,000-square-foot factory in Emeryville, California. The round was led by Marlinspike Partners. Khosla Ventures and Red Glass Ventures participated alongside new investors SE Ventures, Wing VC, and Axiom Ventures and existing investors Hanabi and Zero Shot Fund.

Spice Capital Appoints Former Microsoft Leader Jamal Edwards As Strategic Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2026

Spice Capital has appointed former Microsoft executive Jamal Edwards as a strategic advisor to the early-stage venture capital firm and its founder network.