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Happy V: Interview With Founder & CEO Daniella Levy About The Women’s Wellness Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Happy V is a women’s wellness company that develops science-backed, transparently formulated supplements and probiotics designed to balance vaginal pH, support gut health, and manage common health issues like UTIs and hormonal imbalances. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Happy V founder and CEO Daniella Levy to learn more.

Aliya: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO S. P. “Wije” Wijegoonaratna About The Operational Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Aliya is a company that builds AI-powered operational intelligence software and infrastructure for banks. Their aliyaOS™ platform enables financial institutions to modernize lending workflows, optimize risk management, and increase revenue through autonomous, data-driven decisioning. Their technology helps banks move from manual processes to real-time, governed, and scalable lending operations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aliya co-founder and CEO Wije S. P. "Wije" Wijegoonaratna to learn more.

Fooda: Interview With Founder & CEO Orazio Buzza About The Leading Workplace Food Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Fooda is a workplace food platform that partners with both national and local restaurants to bring diverse, daily meal options to corporate offices, hospitals, government buildings and schools. Fooda has built its own proprietary technology experience – Fooda OS – that is supported by AI and enables data-driven scheduling, demand forecasting, and concept rotating. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Fooda founder and CEO Orazio Buzza to learn more.

Parallel Web Systems: $100 Million Series B At $2 Billion Valuation Raised To Scale AI Agent Web Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 29, 2026

Parallel Web Systems, a Palo Alto-based web infrastructure company powering how AI agents access the open web, has raised a 100 million dollar Series B round at a 2 billion dollar valuation, led by Sequoia Capital. The round more than doubles Parallel's Series A valuation from five months ago and brings total capital raised to 230 million dollars. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Spark Capital, Terrain Capital, and Abstract Ventures all increased their participation. Andrew Reed, Partner at Sequoia Capital, will join Parallel's board of directors.

Sage Acquires Doyen AI To Accelerate Customer Migrations And AI-Powered Implementations For SMBs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Sage, a London-listed leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses, has acquired Doyen AI, an AI-powered implementation company founded in 2024. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition strengthens Sage's ability to help customers migrate from legacy systems to modern Sage solutions faster and more accurately.

DoubleU Games Proposes $184 Million Buyout Of Remaining DoubleDown Interactive Shares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

DoubleU Games, a Seoul-based mobile social casino game developer listed on the Korea Exchange, has submitted a formal proposal to the board of DoubleDown Interactive to acquire all outstanding American Depositary Shares of DDI not currently held by DoubleU Games at $11.25 per ADS in an all-cash transaction, representing an aggregate value of approximately $184 million. The offer price equals DDI's 52-week high on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and represents a premium of approximately 22.4% over DDI's closing price on April 27, 2026.

Protective Life Acquires Obsidian Insurance Holdings From Genstar Capital To Enter Specialty Property And Casualty Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Protective Life Corporation, a U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Daiichi Life Group, has entered into an agreement to acquire Obsidian Insurance Holdings from Genstar Capital, establishing a new specialty property and casualty business line for Protective. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 or the first quarter of 2027, pending regulatory approvals.

TriFetch: $1.9 Million Raised To Automate Administrative Workflows For Independent Specialty Clinics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

TriFetch, a San Francisco-based AI automation platform built for independent specialty clinics, has raised a $1.9 million pre-seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from angels with backgrounds at Google, Hippocratic, Mercor, and MIT. The company is emerging from stealth with a platform designed to automate the three workflows that dominate clinic operating costs: patient calls and scheduling, referral processing, and prior authorizations.

CareDx To Acquire Naveris For Up To $260 Million To Expand Into Viral-Mediated Cancer Diagnostics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

CareDx, a precision medicine company focused on transplant patients, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Naveris, a commercial-stage precision oncology diagnostics company, for $160 million in upfront cash consideration plus up to an additional $100 million contingent on revenue milestones. The transaction extends CareDx's strategy into specialty oncology and adds a Medicare-reimbursed liquid biopsy platform addressing a total addressable market of $4.5 billion.

Corporate Technologies Acquires RPM Technologies To Expand Life Sciences Expertise And National Reach

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Corporate Technologies, a national managed IT services and cybersecurity provider for small and mid-sized businesses, has acquired RPM Technologies, a managed services provider with deep expertise in life sciences and other highly regulated industries. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition expands Corporate Technologies' presence to 21 markets nationwide.

Keller Williams Names Christopher Brodhead As Chief Revenue Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Keller Williams Realty, the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count, has appointed Christopher Brodhead as Chief Revenue Officer in a newly created role. Brodhead will lead the company's revenue growth strategy and align KW's revenue-driving functions into a unified approach that supports growth across its ecosystem of agents, franchises, and leaders.

Janney Welcomes Adam Runk And Greg Marco In Lancaster, Pennsylvania

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Janney Montgomery Scott has announced the addition of Adam Runk and Greg Marco as Executive Vice Presidents of Investments in its Lancaster, Pennsylvania office. The two advisors join from FNB Trust, bringing client relationships representing more than $760 million in assets. They are joined by Account Executive Gizem Folk and Private Client Associate David Whiting.

Performativ Raises $14 Million Series A To Expand AI-Native Wealth Management Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Performativ, a Copenhagen-based operating system for wealth management, has raised 14 million dollars in a Series A funding round led by Deutsche Börse Group, with participation from Rabo Investments, the investment arm of Rabobank, former McKinsey Senior Partner Jacob Dahl, and existing investors FinTech Collective and EIFO, the Danish sovereign wealth fund.

T-Mobile Forms Two Fiber Joint Ventures to Extend Broadband Reach

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

T-Mobile has announced two strategic fiber joint ventures that will expand its broadband footprint by more than one million households nationwide. The deals pair T-Mobile with private equity firm Oak Hill Capital and global infrastructure investor Wren House, bringing three regional fiber operators into T-Mobile's growing portfolio alongside its existing fixed wireless 5G broadband business.

Clifford Chance Appoints 30 Senior Counsel And Counsel Across European Offices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Clifford Chance has announced 30 Senior Counsel and Counsel appointments across its European offices, effective May 1, 2026. The promotions span practice areas including M&A, Antitrust, Private Capital, Technology, Tax, and Litigation, and cover offices in Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Brussels, Madrid, Düsseldorf, Rome, Warsaw, and Milan.

Ropes & Gray Adds Real Estate Structured Finance Counsel Ian Sterling in New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Ropes & Gray has hired Ian Sterling as counsel in its real estate practice in New York, bringing nearly thirty years of experience across real estate structured finance and securitization. Sterling joins from an AmLaw 100 firm where he served as special counsel in the structured finance and securitization group.

Dentons Adds 8 Partners and Opens Charleston, South Carolina Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Dentons US has added eight new partners and established a new office in Charleston, South Carolina, expanding its capabilities across employment and labor, corporate transactions, and real estate. The eight-partner group, many of whom have practiced together for decades, anchors the firm's entry into one of the nation's fastest-growing business markets.

AALRR Welcomes Employment Litigator Ryan Estes as Partner in Cerritos

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo has added Ryan Estes as a partner in its Cerritos office, joining the firm's Private Labor and Employment Practice Group. Estes brings extensive experience defending employers in complex employment litigation, having handled more than 300 depositions, argued dispositive motions, and prepared multiple appellate cases.

MagicCube Secures Investment From e& in $10 Million Post-Quantum Security Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

MagicCube, a software-based security platform for payments, identity, and digital assets, has closed the second tranche of its $10 million funding round with a strategic investment from e& Capital, the investment arm of the UAE-based global technology group e&. The round's first close included payments technology company Verifone as a strategic investor, alongside existing backers Bold Capital Partners and Mosaik Partners.

Coultreon Biopharma Raises $125 Million Series A to Advance Oral Autoimmune Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Coultreon Biopharma, a Belgium-based biotechnology company formerly known as Onco3R Therapeutics, has closed an oversubscribed 125 million dollar Series A financing round to advance its immunology pipeline. The round was led by Sofinnova Investments and co-led by Forbion and Novo Holdings, with additional participation from Galapagos, Regeneron Ventures, Balyasny Asset Management, Luma Group, Samsara BioCapital, Longwood Fund, and Finchley Healthcare Ventures.

Golden Child Raises $37 Million to Launch Science-Backed Fresh Dog Food Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Golden Child, a Miami-based fresh dog food company, has emerged from stealth with 37 million dollars in funding from Atomic, A*, and Redpoint Ventures. The company is introducing a new class of fresh dog food built around veterinary nutrition science, culinary craftsmanship, and a proprietary supply chain designed to meet the same standards as human food delivery.

Consertus Acquires Laceco To Expand MENA Footprint And Multidisciplinary Engineering Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Consertus, a Miami-based integrated professional services firm and portfolio company of RTC Partners, has acquired Laceco, an architecture, engineering, and planning consultancy headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon. The deal expands Consertus' presence across the Middle East and North Africa, adding one of the region's largest multidisciplinary consultancies to its platform.

Spin.AI Acquires Revyz To Extend Data Protection And Security Management To Atlassian Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Spin.AI, a Palo Alto-based AI-powered enterprise software security platform, has acquired Revyz, an Atlassian Gold Marketplace Partner specializing in backup and configuration management for Jira and Confluence. The deal brings unified data protection and configuration management to organizations running Atlassian solutions alongside Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and Salesforce. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Novita AI Launches Sandbox To Secure Autonomous Agent Systems At Enterprise Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Novita AI, a San Francisco-based AI and agent cloud platform, has launched Novita Sandbox, a secure runtime infrastructure layer designed to isolate autonomous agent systems during execution. The product targets a growing class of security risks introduced by autonomous agents that execute code, call APIs, browse the web, and interact with live environments, including frameworks such as OpenClaw and Hermes Agent.

PRC Appoints Cynde King As Chief Executive Officer To Lead Next Phase Of Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

PRC, a privately held healthcare experience improvement firm headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, has appointed Cynde King, Ph.D., as President and Chief Executive Officer. Founder Joe Inguanzo, Ph.D., who has led the organization since 1980, will transition to Chairman of the Board.

Flash Appoints Peter Weiss As Chief Business Officer To Lead Real Estate Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Flash, an Austin-based mobility technology company connecting property owners, operators, and drivers, has appointed Peter Weiss as Chief Business Officer. Weiss will lead Flash's newly established Office of Real Estate and oversee the company's marketing strategy, with a mandate to expand owner relationships and position parking as a measurable source of net operating income across real estate portfolios. He is based in New York and reports directly to CEO Chris Donus.

I Squared Capital Acquires Elea Data Centers To Expand Brazilian Digital Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

I Squared Capital, a Miami-based global infrastructure investment manager with 55 billion dollars in assets under management, has agreed to acquire Elea Data Centers, one of the largest carrier-neutral data center platforms in Brazil. The investment will support Elea's planned expansion program and accelerate the development of large-scale, high-density AI infrastructure nationwide.

LPL Launches Military Deployment Practice Continuation Program For Affiliated Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

LPL Financial, one of the fastest-growing wealth management firms in the United States, has launched its Military Deployment Practice Continuation Program, a new support framework designed to help eligible LPL-affiliated financial advisors who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces maintain the value and stability of their practices when called to active duty.

ProcessMiner Raises Seed Funding To Scale AI-Powered Process Optimization For Manufacturing And Critical Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

ProcessMiner, an Atlanta-based provider of AI-powered process optimization for manufacturers, has raised seed funding led by Titanium Innovation Investments. The investment marks the company's first external funding round and will support platform expansion, hiring, and growth into new industrial verticals.

Quantum Software Firm Zapata Completes Oversubscribed $15 Million Strategic Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 28, 2026

Zapata Quantum, a hardware-agnostic pure-play quantum software company, has closed an oversubscribed $15 million strategic financing round led by Triatomic Capital, with participation from additional strategic investors. Odeon Capital Group acted as co-lead placement agent on the offering.