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Madrivo Acquires MoneyGeek To Combine Finance Content With Performance Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

PEF Advisors Acquires Carroll Tower Apartments In St. Charles, Illinois

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Preservation Equity Fund Advisors, LLC (PEF Advisors), a real estate private equity firm focused on preserving existing affordable housing in high-cost markets, announced the acquisition of Carroll Tower, a 108-unit affordable senior housing community in St. Charles, Illinois. This represents PEF Advisors' third acquisition in the greater Chicago metropolitan area.

Wealth Enhancement Acquires WealthShield Partners And Madison Oaks Wealth Partners With Over $993 Million in Client Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Wealth Enhancement, a national independent wealth management firm, announced it has acquired the investment advisory business of Raleigh-area WealthShield Partners, led by Managing Partner Robert Leggett, and its affiliated wealth management practice, Madison Oaks Wealth Partners, led by Managing Partner Scott Lord and partners Kenny Bollinger, Stuart Gay, and John Maher. Madison Oaks Wealth Partners operated as a DBA of WealthShield Partners. Together, the organizations managed more than $993 million in client assets and have joined Wealth Enhancement as the Emerald Team and Madison Oaks Team.

VLS Environmental Solutions Acquires ECC to Expand West Coast Hazardous Waste Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

VLS Environmental Solutions has acquired Environmental & Chemical Consulting (ECC), a Los Angeles-based provider of hazardous and non-hazardous waste management services, in a move that extends VLS's footprint into Northern California and consolidates its position across the western United States. Financial terms were not disclosed.

IMB Partners Acquires Strategic Land Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

IMB Partners has acquired Strategic Land Services, a Georgia-based heavy civil contractor specializing in site preparation and infrastructure services for electric utility projects. The transaction was completed in late May, and its financial terms were not disclosed.

ABB Invests In Gridcog To Accelerate Complex Energy Project Modeling

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

ABB has made a strategic minority investment in Gridcog, a UK-based software startup whose platform enables scenario modeling, design, and simulation for renewable energy, storage, microgrids, and distributed energy resources. Financial terms were not disclosed. ABB is leading the funding round, joined by energy companies AXPO, DNV, and Verbund Ventures. Existing shareholders Albion and Clean Energy Finance Corporation retain their stakes.

IFG’s Expanded Recruiting Platform Sees Momentum With New Advisor Offices Representing Over $1 Billion in Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Independent Financial Group (IFG), a privately held independent wealth management provider supporting more than 600 financial professionals across more than 400 locations nationwide, announced that its strategic investment in expanding its national recruiting and transition platform is delivering results, with the addition of multiple established advisor offices representing over $1 billion in total client assets.

Code Ninjas: Interview With VP Of Education & Training Ed Kim About The Kids Coding Franchise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Code Ninjas is the world's largest kids' coding franchise, teaching children ages 5 to 14 vital STEM and problem-solving skills through a game-based curriculum where they build their own video games. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Code Ninja VP of Education & Training Ed Kim to learn more.

NextCure And Avere Therapeutics Announce Merger And $320 Million Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

NextCure and Avere Therapeutics have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction that will create a publicly traded biotechnology company focused on developing oral therapies for inflammatory diseases driven by interleukin-23.

Cresset Names Dheeraj Soni As Chief Technology Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Cresset has named Dheeraj Soni as its Chief Technology Officer, placing the financial services technology veteran in charge of the wealth management firm’s technology organization, infrastructure, trading platform, and cybersecurity strategy.

Sabanto Raises Series B To Scale Autonomous Farming Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Sabanto, an agricultural technology company developing autonomous retrofit systems for farm equipment, has raised an oversubscribed Series B funding round. The financial terms of the round were not disclosed. Leaps by Bayer led the financing, with participation from Sustainable Forward Capital, InnoVenture Iowa, Fulcrum Global Capital, DCVC, and Yara.

Odyssey Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in TransPak

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Odyssey Investment Partners has made a majority investment in TransPak, a Silicon Valley-based provider of packaging engineering, logistics, testing, and supply chain solutions serving the data center, semiconductor, aerospace and defense, and medical industries. Financial terms were not disclosed.

NUBURU Announces Proposed $38 Million Offering To Fund Tekne Acquisition And Extinguish Debt

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

NUBURU, a next-generation dual-use Defense & Security integrated platform company, announced the commencement of a proposed best-efforts public offering of up to $38 million of securities.

Leon Capital Closes Approximately $19 Million In Structured Equity Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Leon Capital Group subsidiaries Leon Multifamily and Leon Financial have closed two structured equity investments totaling approximately $19 million to finance multifamily and student housing developments in New Hampshire and New York.

VetnCare Acquires Holistic Veterinary Care In Sixth Add-On Under Great Point Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

VetnCare, a Northern California veterinary hospital group backed by Greenwich-based healthcare private equity firm Great Point Partners, has acquired Holistic Veterinary Care, an Oakland-based practice specializing in integrative and rehabilitative animal medicine. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal marks VetnCare's sixth acquisition since Great Point Partners first invested in the company, and the first completed under CEO Matt Kirchner.

Stripe And Advent Offer More Than $53 Billion To Acquire PayPal: Report

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings for $60.50 per share, valuing the digital payments company at more than $53 billion. The proposal is backed by approximately $50 billion in committed bank financing, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the confidential discussions. The offer represents a premium of roughly 28% to PayPal’s closing share price on July 14, 2026.

Zoetis To Acquire VitalRADS To Expand Veterinary Diagnostic Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 15, 2026

Zoetis has agreed to acquire VitalRADS, a veterinary teleradiology services platform, in a transaction designed to expand the company’s diagnostic imaging, specialist services, and workflow technology capabilities. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

CSI Acquires Qolo To Expand Commercial Banking And Embedded Finance Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

CSI, a provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, has acquired Qolo, a fintech company offering treasury solutions and payments infrastructure. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Prenetics Raises $1 Billion For IM8 Via General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Prenetics Global, the parent company of supplement brand IM8, has closed $1 billion in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF), the company announced Tuesday. The deal is structured to fund IM8's marketing spend without issuing any new equity, warrants, or convertible instruments to General Catalyst.

Goldman Sachs Raises $10 Billion From Latest High-Grade Bond Sale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Goldman Sachs raised $10 billion from a new U.S. dollar investment-grade bond sale after reporting strong second-quarter results. The offering came as large Wall Street banks continued tapping the high-grade debt market following earnings. According to Bloomberg, the Goldman Sachs bond sale was structured across three tranches: $3.5 billion of six-year notes due July 2032, $3.5 billion of 11-year notes due July 2037, and $3 billion of 31-year notes due July 2057.

Fable Security: Interview With CEO Nicole Jiang About The Human Risk Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Fable Security is a human risk management platform that uses AI to analyze employee data, detect risky behaviors, and deliver automated, real-time interventions and coaching to help employees build better cybersecurity habits and prevent breaches. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Fable Security CEO Nicole Jiang to learn more.

Warren Buffett To Donate 12 Million Berkshire Hathaway Class B Shares To Four Foundations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway announced that Warren E. Buffett will convert 8,000 Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares into 12 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares in order to donate the Class B shares to four foundations.

BRINC Raises $125 Million To Put A 911 Response Drone On Every Police And Fire Station Roof

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

BRINC, a public safety drone technology company, announced a $125 million financing round led by Motorola Solutions, with participation from Index Ventures and Dylan Field, Figma's CEO and founder. The investment brings BRINC's total capital raised to well over a quarter billion dollars and will support the company's goal of deploying 911 response drones at the 80,000 police and fire stations across the United States.

Draig Therapeutics Raises $65 Million Series B To Advance Neuropsychiatric Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Draig Therapeutics announced the closing of an oversubscribed $65 million Series B financing to accelerate development of its pipeline of neuropsychiatric therapies. The round was led by new investor Deep Track Capital, with participation from Janus Henderson Investors, Marshall Wace, British Business Bank, and Jefferson Life Sciences.

Lightspring Capital Partners Closes Fund II At $218.1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Lightspring Capital Partners announced the final closing of its second fund, Lightspring Capital II, LP, with total capital of $218.125 million. Fund II has been licensed as a Small Business Investment Company by the U.S. Small Business Administration. With the closing of Fund II, Lightspring Capital Partners now manages approximately $350 million across its two funds.

DELTA Equity Partners Closes Technology And Health Fund II At €125 Million Hard Cap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

DELTA Equity Partners announced the first and final close of DELTA Equity Partners Technology & Health Fund II Coöperatief U.A. at its €125 million hard cap.

Citation Capital Closes Inaugural Fund With $1.2 Billion In Total Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Citation Capital, a private equity firm specializing in partnering with founder- and family-led businesses, announced the final close of its inaugural fund, Citation Fund I. The fund was oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap of $1.1 billion in third-party limited partner commitments, with additional commitments from the GP and affiliates bringing total investable capital in Fund I to $1.2 billion. Inclusive of co-invest capital, the firm now manages $2.1 billion in assets under management.

Pictet Raises $253 Million For First Environment Co-Investment Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Pictet Alternative Advisors announced the final close of Environment Co-Investment Fund I, raising $253 million in committed capital. The fund closed above its $200 million target.

Spero Therapeutics Announces $105 Million Non-Recourse Non-Dilutive Financing Backed By Utebzi Milestones And Royalties

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Spero Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing next-generation medicines in immunology and inflammation, announced a $105 million non-recourse non-dilutive royalty financing transaction with affiliates of Healthcare Royalty, a business of KKR. Under the agreement, Healthcare Royalty will receive a portion of future milestone and royalty payments associated with sales of Utebzi (tebipenem pivoxil). Proceeds will primarily support advancement of the company's lead immunology drug candidate, SP001, a Phase 2-ready, Fc-silent, third-generation anti-CD40L monoclonal antibody with potential across a range of immune-mediated diseases.

Tower Semiconductor Announces $3 Billion Japan Expansion With METI Support

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2026

Tower Semiconductor announced a strategic dual-track capacity expansion in Japan with support from the Government of Japan. The expansion will increase the company’s capabilities in 300mm Silicon Photonics, Silicon Germanium, and advanced packaging.