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Parker Hannifin To Acquire Filtration Group In $9.25 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Parker Hannifin announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Filtration Group for $9.25 billion in a transaction that will significantly expand Parker’s filtration portfolio and strengthen its global aftermarket presence. The acquisition is being completed on a cash-free and debt-free basis and is expected to be financed through new debt and available cash. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions, with completion expected within six to twelve months.

AMD Completes Acquisition Of MK1 To Strengthen High-Speed AI Inference Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

AMD announced the completion of its acquisition of MK1, a Mountain View, California-based company specializing in high-speed inference and reasoning AI technologies designed for large-scale deployments. The deal marks a significant step in AMD’s strategy to advance AI performance and efficiency across hardware and software layers.

Chartwells Higher Education And Northeastern University Establish Five Year Strategic Collaboration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Chartwells Higher Education has entered into a new Master Collaboration Agreement with Northeastern University, expanding a partnership that has lasted over fifty years. The multi-year agreement, effective June 5, 2025, establishes a structured framework for collaborative work in innovation, sustainability research, and experiential learning across the food service and hospitality sectors.

DeepL: Martino Cadoni Named As CFO To Support Global Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

DeepL announced the appointment of Martino Cadoni as Chief Financial Officer as the company continues to expand globally and increase enterprise adoption. Cadoni brings more than 15 years of international finance and technology leadership experience, including guiding high-growth companies through scale, transformation, and significant strategic transactions.

Skip Appoints Mark Patterson As CEO To Lead AI-Powered Analytics Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Skip announced the appointment of Mark Patterson as Chief Executive Officer. Patterson brings more than three decades of experience in enterprise software leadership across commercial, nonprofit, and membership organizations. The company plans to scale its AI-powered analytical workspace platform, which enables associations to generate analytical insights through natural language conversation rather than technical reporting workflows.

Ellucian Appoints Daniel Greenstein As Chief Of Industry Transformation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Ellucian announced that Daniel Greenstein has been appointed as Chief of Industry Transformation. He will report directly to President and CEO Laura Ipsen as part of the Office of the CEO. In this role, Greenstein will lead the strategy for the higher education system and expand collaboration with state systems, policymakers, and institutional networks to accelerate modernization across the global higher education sector.

Google Photos Rolls Out Six New AI Features, Including Nano Banana Image Editing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Google is expanding its AI capabilities inside Google Photos with six new tools designed to simplify photo editing, creative image transformations, and more intelligent search. The updates include broader access to Ask Photos, a new generative editing option, and the integration of Google’s Gemini-powered image model, known as Nano Banana.

Bond Acquires Armadillo To Expand Global CRM And Loyalty Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Bond, a customer intelligence-driven engagement company backed by Mountaingate Capital, has acquired Armadillo, a UK-based CRM and relationship marketing agency. The acquisition enhances Bond’s end-to-end customer engagement offering by integrating Armadillo’s CRM and personalization expertise with Bond’s loyalty technology, data science, and enterprise marketing capabilities.

Potters Industries: Majority Stake Acquired By Macquarie-Led Consortium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Macquarie Asset Management, alongside co-investors including UniSuper and Partners Capital, has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Potters Industries from TJC. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026 pending regulatory approvals and standard closing conditions. Potters is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and operates 26 manufacturing and logistics sites across North America and Europe, with additional presence in South America and Asia.

Citizens Private Bank Expands In Los Angeles With New Market Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Citizens announced an expansion of its Private Bank in Southern California through the addition of a Los Angeles-based team and plans to open new private banking offices serving the Beverly Hills and South Bay communities. This move advances the bank’s strategy to deliver high-touch, holistic banking capabilities in regions with strong demand for customized financial services.

NextSense: $16 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Launch Of Clinically Accurate EEG Smartbuds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

NextSense, a company developing wearable EEG technology for consumer wellness, announced the close of a $16 million Series A funding round led by Ascension Ventures. Additional investors in the oversubscribed round include Satori Neuro and Corundum Neuroscience Fund, as well as individual backers David Eagleman, Esther Dyson, and Bradley Horowitz. The new funding supports the company’s plans to bring its Smartbuds product to market in Q4 2025.

EVE Raises $2 Million To Launch Inbox-Based Revenue Engine For SMBs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

EVE, a platform designed to help small B2B businesses recover revenue hidden in daily emails, announced it has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Firsthand.VC with participation from a16z’s Scout Fund, Acquisition.com Ventures, Geek Ventures, Founders Future, Punch Capital, Silicon Gardens, and several notable angel investors, including the co-founders of Slack and Hugging Face and the former CEO of Oura. The funding will support product development and expand EVE’s rollout to the hundreds of small businesses currently on its waitlist, with plans to scale to thousands in the coming months.

The POTS Box: Interview With Robert Garry About The Telecommunications Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

The POTS Box is a company that has spent decades in wireless and IoT solutions and now helps a variety of industries such as healthcare, hospitality, education retail and other midsize and large companies replace copper without tearing out existing equipment. Pulse 2.0 interviewed The POTS Box CEO, Robert Garry, to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Neuberger Berman Closes $7.3 Billion Private Debt V Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Neuberger Berman announced the final close of NB Private Debt V, with $7.3 billion raised, inclusive of leverage, exceeding its original target. The firm will utilize the Fund to invest in senior secured first-lien and unitranche loans supporting high-quality U.S. private equity-backed companies. The Fund attracted commitments from global institutional investors across North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Francisco Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In OEConnection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Francisco Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in OEConnection, a global technology platform that supports the automotive aftersales ecosystem. The stake is being purchased from Genstar Capital. Genstar, along with Ford and General Motors, will remain minority investors. Financial terms were not disclosed.

IBI Ag Completes $10 Million Series A Funding Raised To Protect High-Value Crops

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

IBI Ag announced the completion of its Series A funding round totaling $10 million, marking a significant step forward in advancing the company’s bioinsecticide platform. Corteva led the round through its Corteva Catalyst platform, alongside participation from The Trendlines Group, Iron Nation, Consensus Business Group, and a grant from the Israel Innovation Authority. Bandera Capital and First Imagine Ventures joined the round to support its completion.

Coalesce Capital To Buy Majority Stake In DecisionHR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Coalesce Capital has agreed to acquire a majority stake in DecisionHR, a national provider of human resources outsourcing services. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions. The current management team will continue leading the company following the transaction and will retain a meaningful ownership stake alongside existing shareholders.

Allurion Announces Key FDA Progress And Secures $5 Million Private Placement Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Allurion Technologies announced that it has achieved several significant milestones in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Pre-Market Approval process for the Allurion Smart Capsule, signaling continued progress toward potential approval in the United States. The company has also entered into an agreement that would eliminate all of its outstanding debt through an exchange transaction, along with completing a $5 million private placement financing that includes participation from new and existing stockholders, as well as a strategic investor with expertise in obesity.

Blaize: $30 Million Raised Through Private Placement For AI Computing Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Blaize Holdings, a provider of programmable and energy-efficient edge AI computing solutions, announced that it entered into a securities purchase agreement with Polar Asset Management Partners to raise approximately $30 million in gross proceeds through a private investment in public equity transaction involving common stock and warrants. The transaction is expected to close on November 12, subject to customary closing conditions.

Citrin Cooperman Establishes First Nashville Office Through Addition Of KBFM Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Citrin Cooperman Advisors announced the joining of partners and employees from KBFM, a Nashville-based business management and tax firm. The transaction marks Citrin Cooperman’s entry into the Nashville market and establishes its first physical office in the city. The move pushes the firm’s local headcount above 20 and reflects a long-term commitment to the region’s expanding economic landscape.

Eagle Partners Buys 350 Unit Community For $107 Million To Convert Market Rate Units To Affordable Housing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Eagle Partners announced the closing of a $107 million acquisition of The Hills at Hacienda Heights, a 350 unit apartment community located in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles. The company will convert the market rate property into long term affordable housing and invest in improvements intended to enhance resident quality of life. The acquisition was completed in partnership with Red Stone Equity Partners, JPMorgan Chase, the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA), and Affordable Housing Access.

BTQ Buys QPerfect To Establish Fully Integrated Neutral Atom Quantum Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

BTQ Technologies announced that it has exercised its option to acquire QPerfect, a neutral atom quantum computing company based at the European Center for Quantum Science in Strasbourg. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2025, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval from French authorities for foreign direct investment and approval from the stock exchange. BTQ has also made a strategic investment of approximately €2 million for a minority stake in QPerfect, ahead of a complete acquisition.

Studiosity Buys Norvalid To Advance Learning Validation In Higher Education

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Studiosity has announced the acquisition of Norvalid, expanding its research-supported learning and writing support platform with new student authorship validation capabilities. The acquisition introduces a validation-focused approach that offers educational institutions an alternative to punitive AI detection measures, supporting student development in critical thinking and communication skills.

J2 Ventures: $250 Million Brookhaven Fund Raised To Scale Dual-Use Technology For National Security And Commercial Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

J2 Ventures announced the close of its $250 million oversubscribed Brookhaven Fund. The Boston-based venture capital firm focuses on technology that advances both commercial markets and U.S. national security. The fund secured commitments from JP Morgan, MetLife, Upsher Management, Alpha Leonis Partners, and the State Investment Council of New Mexico, along with additional institutional and family office investors. This marks one of the largest early-stage funds dedicated to dual-use innovation.

myTomorrows: $29 Million Raised To Expand Global Access To Pre-Approval Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

myTomorrows announced it has raised $29 million in new growth funding from Avego to scale its AI-enabled platform that connects patients, physicians, trial sites, and BioPharma partners to pre-approval treatments. The company stated that the investment will expand its international reach, enhance platform capabilities, and strengthen collaborations across the pharmaceutical ecosystem.

Unconventional Ventures Announces €80M Fund II to Back Underrepresented Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Unconventional Ventures announced the first close of its second fund, Unconventional Ventures Fund II, totaling €80 million. The new fund is designed to support founders building scalable, globally focused companies while expanding opportunities for underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe.

Kaltura To Acquire eSelf.ai In $27 Million Deal To Expand AI Virtual Agent Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Kaltura announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eSelf.ai, a multimodal AI company specializing in conversational, photorealistic avatars designed for real-time interaction. The acquisition supports Kaltura’s strategic expansion from providing enterprise video experiences to enabling immersive virtual agents and AI-driven interactive environments across customer and employee applications.

Guidepost Growth Equity: Tom Eacobacci Appointed As Operating Partner To Strengthen Portfolio Value Creation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

Guidepost Growth Equity announced that Tom Eacobacci has joined the firm as Operating Partner after previously serving as a Value Creation Group Advisor. He brings more than twenty-five years of leadership experience in high-growth enterprise software businesses, including cloud, cybersecurity, infrastructure, IoT, artificial intelligence, and mobility. Eacobacci will now work closely with portfolio company leadership teams to support growth strategies, operational scaling, and long-term organizational effectiveness.

The Barton Partnership: Melissa Chester Named As VP To Lead North American Growth In Independent Consulting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

The Barton Partnership announced that Melissa Chester has joined the firm as Vice President, North America, where she will help expand Independent Consulting and strengthen the firm’s Strategy and Transformation capabilities. The firm, which specializes in strategic talent solutions across value creation, strategy, and transformation, highlighted that Chester will work closely with senior leadership to accelerate client growth across private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.

ICG: David Scudellari Appointed As Senior Advisor To Strengthen Canadian Client Partnerships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 11, 2025

ICG announced the appointment of David Scudellari as Senior Advisor for Canada, as the global alternative asset manager continues to expand its client coverage across North America. Scudellari will be based in New York and report to Alan Isenberg, Global Head of Client Solutions. He will work closely with the Canada Client Solutions team, including Sunil Vaswani and Lauren Korosec, to deepen engagement with Canadian institutional investors.