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PGIM To Acquire Remaining Interest In Deerpath Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

PGIM announced it has agreed to acquire the remaining 25 percent interest in Deerpath Capital, bringing its ownership to 100 percent. The transaction follows PGIM's initial acquisition of a 75 percent stake announced in May 2023 and is subject to regulatory approval.

UnityAI: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Edmund Jackson About Scaling Healthcare Operations With AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

UnityAI builds AI agents for autonomous healthcare operations, centered primarily around scheduling and coordination. Many of those agents are voice-enabled, handling everything from referral queues and rescheduling and load-balancing to pre-visit prep and post-visit surveys. The company is led by CEO and Co-Founder Edmund Jackson. Pulse 2.0 interviewed UnityAI CEO & Co-Founder Edmund Jackson to learn more.

Vireo Growth To Acquire Planet 13 Holdings

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Vireo Growth and Planet 13 Holdings announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Vireo will acquire all outstanding equity interests of Planet 13. Under the agreement, each share of Planet 13 common stock will convert into the right to receive 0.015383618 of a Vireo subordinate voting share, representing a 16.6 percent premium over Planet 13's 20-day volume-weighted average price as of July 24, 2026, and a 24 percent premium over its closing price that day.

Keyfactor Announces Intent To Acquire Cofide To Bring Verified Identity To AI Agents And Cloud Workloads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Keyfactor announced its intent to acquire UK-based Cofide, an identity platform that secures software workloads and AI agents across cloud environments. The acquisition is intended to extend the Keyfactor Trust Control Plane to workloads and AI agents, giving security teams a single system to manage non-human identities across the enterprise. Financial terms were not disclosed, and Cofide's team and technology are expected to join Keyfactor immediately.

Way Security Raises $20 Million In Funding Led By Insight Partners And Glilot Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Insight Partners and Glilot Capital announced a $20 million investment in Way Security, a company aiming to fix the operational costs of deploying and running enterprise identity and access management systems. Way Security was founded by former security leaders Yossi Barishev and Yonatan Rosenberg, who serve as CEO and CTO, respectively.

Ominimo Closes Series B Funding Led By EBRD At A $1.6 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Ominimo announced the closing of its Series B round at a $1.6 billion valuation, with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development serving as lead investor. Just over two years after launch, the company said it is approaching one million customers across four European markets and has already surpassed an annualized $350 million in gross written premium.

Beelzebub Raises €3 Million To Arm Enterprises With AI-Powered Hacker-Trapping Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Beelzebub announced a €3 million seed round exclusively led by Italian deep tech VC United Ventures. The capital will fund the expansion of Beelzebub's research team, the opening of new commercial offices in Rome and San Francisco by the end of the year, and client acquisition across Europe, with particular emphasis on organizations regulated under the EU's NIS2 directive.

The Exploration Company Reportedly In Talks To Raise $300 Million At A $2 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

The Exploration Company, a Munich-based startup building what it describes as Europe's first reusable space capsule, is in talks to raise at least $300 million, according to reporting from the Financial Times. The round would value the six-year-old firm at more than $2 billion, more than quadrupling its previous valuation, though people familiar with the discussions cautioned that the financing has not been finalized and terms could still change or the deal could fall through entirely.

Nuclear Turbines Emerges From Stealth With £15 Million Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Nuclear Turbines, a company spun out of Europe's largest aerospace and defense company, BAE Systems, announced it has emerged from stealth after raising £15 million in funding led by IQ Capital, with participation from Rhapsody Venture Partners, Zero Carbon, and Empirical Ventures, along with continued support from BAE Systems.

Multiverse Computing Announces Series C Fundraising Targeting Up To $570 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Multiverse Computing announced a $570 million, or €500 million, Series C funding round at a $1.7 billion pre-money valuation, a five-fold step-up from its Series B. The round is co-led by Forgepoint Capital International, BNPP SIVF, and Bullhound Capital, with additional commitments from investors including Santander Alternative Investments, Tikehau Capital, HP Inc., Orange Ventures, Scania Invest, NAventures, Qatar Development Bank, Zouk Capital, SETT, EIC Fund, the Basque Government's Hazten Scale-Up Fund, and Kutxa Fundazioa. Advised by JP Morgan and Santander CIB, the round is expected to bring the company's total funding to $800 million and may remain open to additional strategic investors.

Ridgeview Offers To Buy UK’s Pinewood Technologies At £545 Million Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

U.S. tech private equity firm Ridgeview offered to buy Britain's Pinewood Technologies for 448 pence per share, valuing the automotive service provider at £545 million (or approximately $726.10 million), according to Reuters. The offer represents a premium of about 42 percent to Pinewood's closing price of 315 pence on Friday, when the announcement was made, and comes as private equity interest in the company continues even after an earlier bid fell through.

Nvidia Reportedly In Talks With OpenAI To Guarantee $250 Billion Financing For Data Center

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, the Wall Street Journal reported. The backstop would help the ChatGPT maker lease a 10-gigawatt project in southern Ohio being developed by SoftBank's energy subsidiary, according to people familiar with the matter.

NVIDIA To Invest $1 Billion As NAVER, NVIDIA, And Brookfield Expand Korea’s National AI Factory Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

NAVER, NVIDIA, and Brookfield announced a proposed expansion of Korea's sovereign AI factory infrastructure, with planned investments to grow the initial NVIDIA DSX AI factory deployment at NAVER's GAK Sejong data center from 55 megawatts to 200 megawatts by 2028, more than tripling last month's announced buildout. NAVER intends to expand its deployment of NVIDIA AI infrastructure to 1 gigawatt over time. The announcement came during Korea President Jae Myung Lee's visit to San Francisco for the AI Summit.

Qarbon Aerospace Awarded F-22 Raptor Composite Structures Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Qarbon Aerospace announced it has been awarded a contract to produce composite structures supporting sustainment of the F-22 Raptor fleet. The award builds on Qarbon's earlier work on the platform, which included manufacturing the aircraft's horizontal stabilizers during its development in the early 2000s.

Mitsubishi Electric And Sony Semiconductor Solutions To Establish JV For AI Vision Sensor Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2026

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement to establish a joint venture, Advanced Vision Solutions Co., Ltd., aimed at accelerating automation and advancement of manufacturing equipment across the manufacturing industry. The joint venture is scheduled to begin operations in October 2026, subject to regulatory approvals, with Mitsubishi Electric holding a 60 percent stake and Sony Semiconductor Solutions holding 40 percent.