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Innate Pharma Extends Cash Runway Through Q1 2028 As Sobi Partnership Advances Lacutamab Into Phase 3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Innate Pharma reported its first-half 2026 results as the oncology-focused biotechnology company strengthened its financial position and moved several key clinical programs toward important upcoming milestones.

Brookfield To Invest Up To $600 Million In ACME Cleantech Ventures To Develop Green Ammonia And Green Molecule Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Brookfield has agreed to invest up to $600 million in ACME Cleantech Ventures to support the development and construction of ACME's pipeline of green molecule projects across India and the Middle East.

Zeal Raises $10 Million To Bring Loyalty And Customer Intelligence To More Than 4 Million Payment Terminals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Zeal, a London-based payments technology company that connects loyalty programs and merchant intelligence with payment terminals, has raised $10 million in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to $14 million. The company did not disclose the investors participating in the latest round.

ING To Redeem $1.5 Billion Of Perpetual Additional Tier 1 Capital Securities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

ING plans to redeem $1.5 billion of 5.750% Perpetual Additional Tier 1 Contingent Convertible Capital Securities as the European banking group continues to optimize its capital structure.

Wayve Appoints Former Waymo CFO Elisa de Martel To Accelerate AV2.0 Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Wayve has appointed former Waymo CFO Elisa de Martel as Chief Financial Officer as the autonomous driving technology company moves into a larger commercialization phase across automotive and robotaxi markets.

atNorth Appoints Fredrik Jansson Senior Advisor As Nordic Data Center Company Continues Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

atNorth has appointed Fredrik Jansson as Senior Advisor as the Nordic data center company continues expanding its high-density colocation and built-to-suit infrastructure across the region.

Sanctuary Wealth Adds Harry Drozdowski, Reilly Cornell And Kelly LaPalio To Expand Estate Planning, M&A And Advisor Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Sanctuary Wealth has added three senior executives as the hybrid registered investment advisor expands specialized capabilities for independent advisory firms across estate planning, mergers and acquisitions and organic growth.

Franklin BSP Realty Trust Reappoints Richard Byrne As CEO As Michael Comparato Moves To Senior Advisor Role

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Franklin BSP Realty Trust has reappointed Richard Byrne as Chief Executive Officer as the commercial real estate debt REIT implements a leadership transition focused on continuity and portfolio execution.

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Adds Morgan Frisoli As Boston Partner To Expand Executive Compensation And M&A Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has added Morgan Frisoli as a partner in its Tax, Pensions & Benefits practice in Boston as the global law firm continues expanding its corporate and transactional capabilities in the market.

White & Case Adds Sarah Remmer Long As New York Partner To Expand M&A Executive Compensation Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

White & Case has added Sarah Remmer Long as a partner in New York as the global law firm continues expanding its Mergers & Acquisitions and Employment, Compensation & Benefits practices.

Jones Day Adds Cybersecurity And AI Litigator Alexander Southwell As New York Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Jones Day has added Alexander H. Southwell as a partner in its global Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Practice in New York, expanding the firm's capabilities across cybersecurity litigation, privacy, artificial intelligence, digital assets and regulatory investigations.

Steptoe Adds Former DOJ And Morgan Stanley Attorney Della Sentilles To Expand Financial Crime And Enforcement Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Steptoe has added Della Sentilles as a partner in its Investigations, White-Collar Defense & Compliance group in New York, strengthening the law firm's capabilities across financial crime, government enforcement and corporate compliance.

Ispire: Q4 Revenue Jumps 33% To $26.7 Million As Malaysia Manufacturing And Vapor ODM Ramp Up

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Ispire Technology reported a sharp improvement in fourth-quarter revenue as the vaping technology and precision-dosing company begins scaling new manufacturing and original-design-manufacturing initiatives.

Aeluma: Q4 Cash Rises To $56 Million As AI Photonics Commercialization Efforts Accelerate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Aeluma ended its fiscal fourth quarter with $56 million in cash and cash equivalents, up sharply from $37.8 million in the previous quarter, giving the semiconductor company additional resources to expand manufacturing capacity, product development and commercialization efforts across AI datacom and advanced computing.

Norton Rose Fulbright Adds Eight-Lawyer New York Real Estate Team Led By David Szeker, Darwin Huang And Matt McElroy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright has added an eight-lawyer real estate team in New York led by partners David Szeker, Darwin Huang and Matt McElroy, significantly expanding the firm's capabilities across real estate transactions, financing, litigation, restructuring and distressed situations.

Latham & Watkins Adds Ryan Plasky As Partner To Expand Fund Finance And Private Credit Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Latham & Watkins has added Ryan Plasky as a partner in its Banking & Private Credit Practice in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm's fund finance capabilities as private capital managers increasingly use more complex financing structures.

Stifel Adds Chris Morrison, Matt Scott And Arianne Perry To Expand East Coast Venture Banking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Stifel Financial has hired Chris Morrison, Matt Scott and Arianne Perry as managing directors as the financial services firm expands its Venture Banking and Venture Capital Coverage operations across New York and Boston.

Vector Capital Appoints Former Vista And TPG Executive Kiran Rao To Lead AI-Era Value Creation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Vector Capital has appointed Kiran Rao as Managing Director and Head of Value Creation as the private equity firm strengthens its operating capabilities around artificial intelligence and technology-company transformation. Rao will also serve on Vector's Management Committee.

Brown Brothers Harriman Names Kevin Stone Managing Partner And CEO, Succeeding William Tyree

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Brown Brothers Harriman has named longtime partner and Chief Financial Officer Kevin W. Stone as its next Managing Partner, positioning the 208-year-old private financial services firm for a leadership transition at the start of 2027.

Amazon Raises Minimum Starting Pay For Full-Time U.S. Operations Employees To $20 Per Hour

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Amazon is increasing the minimum starting wage for its U.S. full-time core operations employees to $20 per hour as the company prepares for the holiday shopping season, according to ABC News. The $1-per-hour increase will take effect September 27 and applies to employees working in areas such as packing and shipping customer orders.

IONATE Partners With General Motors To Deploy Hybrid Intelligent Transformer At Michigan Plant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

IONATE, a deeptech company developing hardware and software for smarter electrical grids, is collaborating with General Motors to deploy its Hybrid Intelligent Transformer technology at GM's manufacturing plant in Romulus, Michigan, marking IONATE's entry into the U.S. market.

Hanwha Finance Expands Abu Dhabi Partnership Across Digital Assets, Stablecoins And Cross-Border Financial Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Hanwha Finance is expanding its financial cooperation with Abu Dhabi through new partnerships focused on digital assets, capital markets, digital banking and cross-border financial infrastructure, advancing what the South Korean financial group describes as a "Digital Asset Silk Road" between Korea and the United Arab Emirates.

Ara Partners Acquires Majority Stake In Bryden Wood To Scale Decarbonization, Data Center And Advanced Manufacturing Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Ara Partners has acquired a majority interest in Bryden Wood, a London-based integrated design and engineering consultancy focused on mission-critical infrastructure, as the private markets firm looks to accelerate the development of industrial decarbonization, data center, and advanced manufacturing projects.

SuperOps Adds Smita Hashim, Kenneth Gonzalez And Yogesh Ranjan To Leadership Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

SuperOps has added three senior leaders across product, industry engagement and strategy as the autonomous endpoint management company expands its AI-native platform for enterprise IT teams.

Berkshire Hathaway Names Howard Buffett As Chairman As Warren Buffett Becomes Chairman Emeritus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway has named Howard Buffett chairman as Warren Buffett steps down from the role and becomes chairman emeritus, effective immediately, according to Reuters. The change marks another major step in Berkshire's long-planned leadership succession following Warren Buffett's departure as chief executive earlier in 2026.

MISUMI Americas Launches $50 Million Venture Fund To Back Robotics, Physical AI And Advanced Hardware Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

MISUMI Americas has launched MISUMI Ventures, a $50 million early-stage venture fund focused on companies building frontier hardware, robotics, automation, industrial AI and other advanced physical technologies.

Sheridan Capital Partners Invests In PtEverywhere To Scale Physical Therapy Practice Management And Payments Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Sheridan Capital Partners has completed an investment in PtEverywhere, a practice management and integrated payments software platform serving outpatient physical therapy and related rehabilitation providers.

QT Imaging Appoints Dr. Mark Winkler Chief Medical Officer To Accelerate Clinical Adoption

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

QT Imaging Holdings has appointed veteran radiologist and healthcare entrepreneur Dr. Mark L. Winkler as Chief Medical Officer as the medical device company works to expand clinical adoption of its radiation-free Breast Acoustic CT technology.

Gravity: Interview With Co-Founder And Head Of Partnerships & Policy Jay Ruckelshaus About Carbon And Energy Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Gravity is an integrated carbon and energy management platform designed to help companies measure and reduce emissions while lowering energy costs. The platform combines automated data collection, carbon management, sustainability reporting, supplier engagement, and an Energy Management Marketplace that helps companies move from identifying efficiency opportunities to implementing them. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Gravity Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships & Policy Jay Ruckelshaus, PhD, to learn more.

Treble Raises $18 Million To Expand Acoustic Digital Twin Platform For Physical AI And Voice Applications

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2026

Treble Technologies, an Icelandic developer of sound simulation, acoustic digital twins and synthetic audio data, has raised $18 million in Series A-2 funding to expand its platform for audio-enabled products and physical AI systems. Paladin Capital Group led the round, with participation from existing investors KOMPAS VC, Frumtak Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund. The financing brings Treble's total funding to approximately €36 million.