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Inovia Capital Holds $200 Million First Close For Venture Fund 6

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Inovia Capital has held a $200 million first close for Inovia Venture Fund 6, its latest venture capital fund focused on backing technology companies and emerging frontier technologies.

Modern Wealth Management Acquires $330 Million Firm 4thGEN Wealth Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Modern Wealth Management has acquired 4thGEN Wealth Management, a Lodi, California-based advisory practice overseeing approximately $330 million in client assets.

LTC Properties Acquires $52 Million Seniors Housing Community As 2026 SHOP Investments Near $900 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

LTC Properties has acquired a seniors housing community in Pennsylvania for $52 million, bringing the real estate investment trust’s year-to-date seniors housing operating portfolio investments to more than $880 million.

Hive Raises $27 Million Series B From Frontier Growth To Scale Live Events Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Hive has raised a $27 million Series B investment from Frontier Growth to expand its marketing platform for the live events industry and accelerate development of new artificial intelligence capabilities.

Boomi Acquires Elementary Data To Expand Data Observability And AI Governance Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Boomi has acquired Elementary Data, a provider of data observability, quality, governance, and discovery technology, as the company expands the capabilities of its Enterprise Platform for artificial intelligence and agentic workflows.

Marquette University Receives $2 Million Gift To Advance Biological Sciences Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Marquette University has received a $2 million gift from alumnus Nanda Alapati to support undergraduate and graduate research in biological sciences.

Upwind Raises $400 Million Series C At $3.8 Billion Valuation As Revenue Quadruples

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Upwind has raised $400 million in Series C funding at a $3.8 billion valuation as the cloud and AI security company expands its platform for securing increasingly complex enterprise infrastructure and autonomous AI agents. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Canapi Ventures and existing investors Cyberstarts, Greylock Partners, Craft Ventures, Leaders Fund, Salesforce Ventures, TCV, Alta Park Capital, Penny Jar Capital, Cerca Partners, Swish Ventures, and Picture Capital.

Switzer-CARTY Secures $300 Million Credit Facility Led By Scotiabank To Support U.S. Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Switzer-CARTY Transportation Services has secured a $300 million revolving credit facility from a five-bank syndicate led by Scotiabank, providing the student transportation company with additional capital to support expansion across Canada and the United States.

Bouwinvest And Tishman Speyer Launch U.S. Office Investment Vehicle With $1.5 Billion Of Purchasing Power

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors and Tishman Speyer have formed a separately managed account to acquire high-quality office properties across major U.S. markets.

William Blair Acquires Armentum Partners To Expand Debt And Alternative Capital Advisory Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

William Blair has acquired Armentum Partners, a boutique debt and alternative capital advisory firm serving venture-backed companies, public companies, academic institutions, and other organizations.

Wells Fargo Names Kleber Santos As CEO Of Consumer Banking And Lending And Saul Van Beurden As Head Of AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Wells Fargo has named Kleber Santos CEO of Consumer Banking and Lending, while Saul Van Beurden will shift his focus exclusively to leading artificial intelligence initiatives across the company.

Mintz Adds Toronto Partner Alexander Katznelson To Expand Cross-Border Corporate Finance And Capital Markets Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Mintz has added Alexander Katznelson as a Partner in its Securities & Capital Markets Practice in Toronto, expanding the firm’s cross-border corporate finance and capital markets capabilities across the United States and Canada.

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani Adds Timothy Sullivan As Partner In Wilmington

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani has added Timothy A. Sullivan III as a Partner in its Wilmington office, strengthening the firm’s litigation capabilities in Delaware and across the Mid-Atlantic region.

A.Y. Strauss Appoints John J. Bono As Chief Operating Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

A.Y. Strauss has appointed John J. Bono as Chief Operating Officer, adding an experienced law firm and financial services executive to its leadership team as the firm continues to expand its practices and operations.

iCOUNTER Appoints Mark H. FitzPatrick As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

iCOUNTER has appointed Mark H. FitzPatrick as Chief Financial Officer, adding an executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience across technology, media, and consumer businesses.

Forgent Power Solutions Names Amy Ard As Chief Financial Officer As Ryan Fiedler Transitions To Consulting Role

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Forgent Power Solutions has appointed Amy Ard as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Ryan Fiedler, who will step down from the role and transition to an external consulting position.

Alabama Law Raises More Than $37.6 Million In Rising Tide 2.0 Capital Campaign

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

The University of Alabama School of Law raised more than $37.6 million through The Rising Tide 2.0 Capital Campaign, exceeding its original $30 million fundraising goal.

Pittsburgh Penguins Name Ted Towne As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

The Pittsburgh Penguins have named Ted Towne as Chief Financial Officer, adding a veteran sports finance executive to the organization’s leadership team.

GE Vernova To Acquire Trench Group From Triton Partners For $9 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

GE Vernova has agreed to acquire Trench Group from Triton Partners for approximately $9 billion, expanding its high-voltage grid equipment business and vertically integrating an existing supplier.

University At Buffalo Raises Record $166 Million In Fiscal 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

The University at Buffalo raised more than $166 million in philanthropic support during fiscal 2026, marking the most successful fundraising year in the university’s history.

Meta Acquires Sundial As Co-Founders Julie Zhuo And Chandra Narayanan Join Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

Meta has acquired Sundial, a data and analytics startup founded by Julie Zhuo and Chandra Narayanan, with the co-founders and other members of the company’s team joining Meta.

ChipAgents: Interview With Founder And CEO William Wang About Agentic AI And Semiconductor Engineering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2026

ChipAgents is an artificial intelligence company developing agentic AI technology for semiconductor design and verification. The company’s platform combines specialized AI agents with existing engineering tools to automate complex chip development tasks, including design generation, debugging, verification, simulation, and optimization. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ChipAgents Founder and CEO William Wang to learn more about the company's origins, IC-star technology, semiconductor engineering challenges, customer results, collaboration with NVIDIA, and the future of AI-powered chip development.

OH.io Invests $2 Million In CVAT To Accelerate Open-Source AI Data Labeling Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

OH.io has partnered with CVAT and added the open-source AI data labeling company to its portfolio, with sister company OH.io Capital making a $2 million investment.

Vertiv Completes UtilityInnovation Group Acquisition For Up To $2.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Vertiv has completed its acquisition of UtilityInnovation Group for approximately $1.45 billion in upfront cash, with the transaction potentially reaching $2.6 billion if up to $1.15 billion of additional contingent consideration is earned.

La Caisse To Acquire 49.9% Stake In Bell TowerCo For C$2.45 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

BCE has entered into an agreement with La Caisse under which the global investment group will acquire a 49.9% stake in a newly created wireless tower infrastructure company from Bell Canada for C$2.45 billion.

Omabit Raises $2 Million Seed Financing Led By Bright Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Omabit has raised $2 million in seed financing led by Bright Ventures to advance an artificial intelligence platform designed to help life sciences companies analyze scientific evidence and make decisions throughout drug development.

Guidewire To Acquire Hyperexponential For Up To $2.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Guidewire has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire hyperexponential for a base purchase price of $1.7 billion in cash, with up to an additional $400 million of contingent consideration tied to specified recurring revenue targets. The potential total consideration is therefore approximately $2.1 billion.

Odeko Acquires Nantel McDiarmid In First Cross-Border Transaction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Odeko has acquired Montreal-based food and beverage distributor Nantel McDiarmid in its first cross-border acquisition, expanding the company’s operations into Canada.

Wisable Raises $5 Million Seed Funding Backed By The D. E. Shaw Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Wisable has raised $5 million in seed funding as the M&A advisory firm looks to bring institutional-style deal execution to owners of small and midsize businesses.

Nord Quantique Secures $10 Million DARPA Stage B Extension For Quantum Computing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2026

Nord Quantique has secured a $10 million extension to its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage B agreement, providing additional funding to evaluate the company’s approach to fault-tolerant quantum computing.