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Marco Sealing Solutions, a portfolio company of Align Capital Partners, has acquired Rocket Seals, a Denver-based independent distributor of O-rings and other sealing products. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Milhaus, an Indianapolis-based multifamily developer, owner, and operator, has completed a merger with SRG Residential and separately announced an agreement to acquire Broadshore Capital Partners, an institutional investment management and lending firm. The two transactions together form a vertically integrated national multifamily platform with a $2.5 billion development pipeline, more than 50,000 apartment homes under third-party management, and approximately 1,400 employees operating across more than 20 U.S. markets. Financial terms of either transaction were not disclosed. The Broadshore acquisition is expected to close in late summer 2026.

Veritas Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BGIS from CCMP Capital Advisors and Alberta Investment Management Corporation. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Meet The People (MTP), the advertising holding company for big and mid-sized clients, announced its expansion into the South with the acquisition of The LOOMIS Agency, a Dallas-based, culture-driven challenger brand specialist, and its digital marketing arm, iluminere. The deal extends MTP's platform into one of the country's largest corporate markets, growing the group to 12 brands and over 850 employees across North America.

Wafra Inc., a New York-based alternative investment firm with approximately $30 billion in assets under management, has held the final close of Constellation Generation V (CG V) at $2.0 billion, exceeding the fund's $1.5 billion fundraising target. CG V is the largest vehicle raised for Wafra's Capital Constellation strategy since the platform launched in 2012. The fund has already begun deploying capital through strategic partnerships with Niobrara Capital and Gallatin Point Capital.

Walden Robotics has launched from stealth with $300 million in seed funding to develop and deploy general-purpose robots that can learn continuously while performing useful work in manufacturing, logistics and other industrial environments. The financing values the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based physical AI company at $1.1 billion. Toyota and Deviation Capital co-led the round. Toyota participated through Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Invention Partners and Toyota Ventures. Other strategic investors included NVIDIA, Boeing, AE Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Prologis Ventures and CoreWeave Ventures. Financial investors participating in the financing included Calibrate Ventures, Colle Capital, Shine Capital, NextView Ventures, Squarepoint Capital, One Madison Group, KAS Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures, among others.

Acumatica has acquired Vertrax, a longtime technology partner that provides cloud-based enterprise resource planning and business management software for the fuel and energy distribution industry. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Pulse Security AI provides an autonomous, AI-driven cybersecurity platform designed to instantly deploy a full security stack and autonomously manage it 24/7. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pulse Security AI co-founder and CEO Mike Armistead to learn more.

Lightbeam Health Solutions is a healthcare technology company that provides an AI-powered population health platform. It aggregates fragmented medical and social data to help providers, payers, and health systems improve care quality, manage patient risk, and succeed in value-based care. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Lightbeam Health President Ben Stilwill to learn more.

RealPage has completed its acquisition of Cherre, a real estate data intelligence company serving institutional property owners, investment managers and operators. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Railmark Holdings, a Henderson, Kentucky-based rail services company, has acquired Katahdin Railcar Services LLC, an Association of American Railroads (AAR)-certified tank car repair operation based in Derby, Maine. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition brings Railmark to 13 operating locations across 11 states, three of which are shortline railroads.

Allergan Aesthetics, an AbbVie company, announced SkinMedica's expanded commitment to regenerative science, with investments advancing innovation, research, clinical insight, and patient experience. The initiatives include a new Regenerative Science Advisory Board, an expanded research and development facility, and new flagship retail experiences.

Lion One Metals Limited, an emerging Canadian gold producer operating the Tuvatu Alkaline Gold Project in Fiji, has appointed Ronan Geoghegan as Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations. The announcement coincides with the resignation of Hamish Greig, the company's longtime Vice President and Corporate Secretary, who has been with Lion One since its public inception approximately 16 years ago.

AstraZeneca has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with Dizal Pharmaceutical for Zegfrovy, an oral targeted therapy approved in the U.S. and China for certain patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

I Squared Capital, a leading independent global infrastructure investor, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a 25% minority interest in TIP Group, one of Europe's leading transportation equipment leasing and services platforms, to the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario and GCM Grosvenor.

ReElement Technologies Corporation, a rare earth and critical mineral refiner based in Indiana and a minority holding of American Resources has received a $25 million investment from the United States Department of War through its Economic Defense Unit and the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment. The funding comes from the Department's Industrial Base Fund and is directed at expanding domestic refining capacity at ReElement's Marion, Indiana Refining Campus.

Ensysce Biosciences has received a $5.3 million installment from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support the development of its MPAR overdose-protection technology and lead product candidate, PF614-MPAR.

Vedanta Oil & Gas plans to invest $5 billion to increase its oil and gas production by more than fivefold, supporting India’s broader effort to reduce its dependence on imported energy, according to Bloomberg.

MDA Space, a trusted mission partner to the rapidly expanding global space industry, announced the closing of its previously announced upsized bought deal offering of common shares in Canada and the United States. A total of 23,000,000 common shares were issued and sold at a price of $35.60 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $819 million to the company.

Linker Finance, a modular platform purpose-built for community banks, announced it has secured an additional $5 million in Seed funding, bringing its total Seed funding to $8.7 million following its previously announced $3.7 million round. The financing includes continued participation from existing investors Chingona Ventures, Ten One Ten Ventures, Audaz Capital, and Angeles Investors, alongside new strategic investment from 22nd State Banking Company.

Goodfin, a Y Combinator-backed agentic wealth platform founded in 2022, has launched the Goodfin QSBS Venture Fund, a vehicle designed to give accredited investors access to early-stage startups that have been pre-vetted for eligibility under Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code — the provision governing Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS). The fund is structured to help investors potentially exclude up to $15 million or more in capital gains per investment from federal taxes, targeting an effective federal capital gains rate of 0% on qualifying exits. State tax treatment varies by residence.

Skalar has raised €12 million through its pre-seed and seed financing rounds to expand an AI-first tax advisory firm designed to address Germany’s growing shortage of tax consultants. Headline led the financing, with participation from futurepresent, QED Investors, Repeat Ventures, MS&AD Ventures, Foreword Fund, and several angel investors.

Paxos Labs, an enterprise stablecoin infrastructure company incubated within Paxos, has launched Amplify Transit, a stablecoin conversion product that allows platforms to move between major stablecoins across blockchain networks at fixed fees and locked rates. Transit went live on July 1, 2026, and has processed nearly $30 million in volume on Robinhood Chain as of July 13. Morpho, Jumper, Across, and Arcus have selected Transit as their integration of choice as they build on Robinhood Chain.

Nopan, a performance platform for account and digital wallet payments, has raised €7.2 million in total funding, including a new investment round led by Newion. Existing investors Crane and Seedcamp participated in the latest financing, along with a group of angel investors with experience across merchant payments and financial technology.

Atombeam has appointed Cody Martinson as president of its Neurpac division, placing the technology executive in charge of the unit’s engineering, product marketing, sales, and broader growth strategy.

Strategic Storage Trust VI (SST VI) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Strategic Storage Growth Trust III (SSGT III) in an all-stock merger valued at approximately $1.2 billion in total asset value. Both companies are sponsored by affiliates of SmartStop Self Storage REIT.

Meta's data center expansion represents an investment of more than $50 billion in the Richland Parish region, one of the largest investments in AI infrastructure in the world built in America. The project supports infrastructure projects, workforce development programs, and an energy agreement expected to save Entergy Louisiana customers more than $2 billion over 20 years, on top of $650 million in savings from a first agreement. Meta pays the full costs of the energy, water, and related infrastructure the data center uses so consumers aren't paying the cost.

Intel announced a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment at its Leixlip campus in Ireland, marking the next phase in the site's capacity expansion. Global demand for AI and high-performance computing is driving the need for advanced silicon to power AI Factories, and Intel is scaling capacity in Ireland to deliver Intel Xeon 6 and next-generation Intel Xeon processors built on its Intel 3 node.

ORTEC has acquired TOBA HR Solutions, a provider of workforce management software for healthcare organizations in Belgium and Luxembourg. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

PointsKash, a financial technology company developing self-service financial kiosks, digital banking, cryptocurrency, and loyalty rewards solutions, has completed the acquisition of the proprietary software assets of ChainBytes in an all-stock transaction that closed July 10, 2026. As part of the deal, ChainBytes founder and lead software developer Eric Grill has joined PointsKash as Principal Software Architect. Financial terms were not disclosed.