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Enova Appoints Maria Veltre To Board As William Goodyear And Mark McGowan Depart

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Enova International, an online financial services company serving small businesses and consumers underserved by traditional banks, announced several planned changes to its Board of Directors.

Beyond Capital Ventures Invests In BimaKavach To Advance AI-Native Commercial Insurance In India

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Beyond Capital Ventures announced an investment in BimaKavach, a technology-first commercial insurance company focused on helping India’s micro, small, and medium enterprises access, manage, and benefit from insurance.

OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT Work And Deprecates Atlas Browser

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

OpenAI announced ChatGPT Work, an agent in ChatGPT designed to take action across apps and files, stay with complex projects for extended periods, and turn user goals into finished work. The new experience is intended to move ChatGPT beyond answering questions and toward completing multi-step workflows across web, mobile, and desktop.

Gradium Raises Funding To $100 Million And Expands To Silicon Valley

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Gradium announced that it extended its funding to $100 million just seven months after launch. The extension of the company’s seed financing includes new investors such as NVIDIA.

Anthropic Reportedly Reaches $1.2 Trillion Valuation On Secondary Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Anthropic has reportedly reached a $1.2 trillion valuation on secondary markets as investor demand for shares in the private AI company continues to surge.

Argo Infrastructure Partners Acquiring Solar Portfolio From NuGen

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Argo Infrastructure Partners announced that it acquired a commercial and industrial solar portfolio from NuGen Capital Management. The portfolio includes eight sites, consisting of six sites in Massachusetts and two in New Jersey.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Acquiring A Majority Stake In Nicollin Environnement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, announced that it has entered into exclusivity and committed to complete the acquisition of a majority stake in Nicollin Environnement.

Spartan Capital Secures $160 Million Senior Credit Facility To Expand SMB Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Spartan Capital announced that it closed a new senior credit facility with a leading specialty finance lender. The facility provides $60 million at closing and can grow by an additional $100 million, giving Spartan Capital up to $160 million of total funding capacity.

Park Aerospace Appoints John Jamieson As Senior Vice President And General Manager

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Park Aerospace announced the election of John Jamieson to the newly created position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company.

AT&T And Ericsson Demonstrate Drone Detection Outside AT&T Stadium Using 5G Network Sensing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

AT&T and Ericsson demonstrated drone detection using advanced network sensing over a 5G network outside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The demonstration showed how capabilities often associated with future 6G systems can begin emerging through advanced 5G infrastructure today.

Bank CMG Acquiring Farmers Savings Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Bank CMG announced the completion of its acquisition of Farmers Savings Bank, bringing together two Wisconsin community banks with a shared focus on customer service, local decision-making, and community investment.

StoneTree Investment Partners Investing In Wilbar Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

StoneTree Investment Partners, a private equity firm focused on lower-middle-market industrial businesses, announced that it has completed a strategic investment in Wilbar Group, a leading North American designer and manufacturer of premium aboveground and semi-inground swimming pools. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Lissi Raises €3.5 Million To Expand EUDI Wallet Infrastructure For Europe’s Financial Sector

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Lissi, a European provider of digital identity and European Union Digital Identity Wallet integration infrastructure, has raised €3.5 million in a funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Ventech.

Oxylabs Raises $130 Million At $3.6 Billion Valuation From Warburg Pincus

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Oxylabs, a data infrastructure platform supporting artificial intelligence applications and large-scale web intelligence operations, announced a $130 million investment from Warburg Pincus. The transaction values the Vilnius, Lithuania-based company at approximately $3.6 billion.

Bohr Energie Raises €10 Million Series A To Expand Renewable Energy Optimization Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Bohr Energie announced that it raised €10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Suma Capital, with participation from IRDI Capital Investissement, Grand Sud Ouest Capital, Groupe Crédit Agricole, and existing investors Varsity, Founders Future, and AFI Ventures.

Piq Energy Raises $5 Million Seed To Help Unlock North America’s Grid Bottleneck

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Piq Energy announced that it raised an oversubscribed $5 million seed financing round. The round was led by Active Impact Investments, with participation from Cisco Foundation, Mobilize AI x Energy Ventures, New Climate Ventures, Ascent Energy Ventures, Umami Capital, CLAI Ventures, and 9Zero.

EQT Acquiring Copia Power

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

EQT announced that EQT Infrastructure VII has agreed to acquire Copia Power from Carlyle. Copia Power is an integrated power and AI infrastructure platform that develops, owns, and operates large-scale energy and digital infrastructure campuses across the U.S.

Seattle Seahawks: Estate Of Paul G. Allen Reaches Agreement To Sell Team To Khosla Family In $9.612 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

The Estate of Paul G. Allen announced that it entered into a formal sale agreement with an ownership group led by the Khosla family, including Vinod Khosla, for the Seattle Seahawks NFL franchise. The deal was undisclosed but ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that it was for $9.612 billion.

PRAVAAH Launches To Connect South Asian Business Leaders Across North America Through Sports

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

PRAVAAH announced its official launch as a new sports business platform focused on connecting South Asian business leaders, brands, technology innovators, investors, community organizations, and sports properties across North America.

e& Announces $5.95 Billion Sale Of Vodafone Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company, known as e&, announced the sale of its investment in Vodafone Group following a comprehensive strategic review of its international investment portfolio.

Encube: Interview With Founder & CEO Hugo Nordell About The Visual Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Encube is a deep-tech company that provides an AI-powered visual platform to help hardware manufacturers simulate production steps in real time and catch design flaws early. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Encube founder and CEO Hugo Nordell to learn more.

RISR Partners With OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners to Expand Business Owner Planning Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

RISR has entered into a partnership with OnePoint BFG Wealth Partners to provide the wealth advisory firm with specialized technology designed to help financial advisors better serve entrepreneurs and privately held business owners.

Everforth Completes Refinancing And Expands Revolving Credit Facility To $600 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Everforth announced the completion of a refinancing transaction that increases its revolving credit facility from $500 million to $600 million, providing the technology and digital engineering company with additional financial flexibility to support its long-term growth strategy.

Palm Beach Capital Invests In NELSON Worldwide To Expand National Architecture And Design Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Palm Beach Capital Fund VI has made a strategic investment in NELSON Worldwide through United Design Partners, advancing its strategy of building an integrated national architecture and design services platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

DXP Enterprises Expands ABL Revolver To $225 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

DXP Enterprises announced that it has expanded its asset-based revolving credit facility from $185 million to $225 million, increasing its borrowing capacity by $40 million and providing additional financial flexibility to support its organic growth, acquisition strategy, and ongoing investments in the business.

Janney Expands Radnor Office With Four Advisors Managing Over $630 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Janney Montgomery Scott announced the expansion of its Radnor, Pennsylvania office with the addition of four financial advisors who collectively manage more than $630 million in client assets.

VerticalScope Makes $6.1 Million Strategic Investment In AltaML

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

VerticalScope Holdings announced an approximately $6.1 million strategic investment in AltaML, a Canadian applied artificial intelligence company.

Apollo Makes Higher £5.7 Billion Offer For EasyJet, Topping Castlelake Bid

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

EasyJet received a surprise takeover proposal from Apollo Global Management that values the U.K. budget airline at about £5.7 billion ($7.7 billion), according to Bloomberg. The offer represents a major twist in the ongoing takeover battle for EasyJet.

Blue Wolf Capital Appoints Anne Bailey As Lead Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Blue Wolf Capital Partners announced that Anne Bailey has been appointed Lead Operating Partner and will join the firm’s senior leadership team. In this role, Bailey will lead Blue Wolf’s Operating Partners and work closely with portfolio company management teams across the firm’s healthcare and industrials investments.

Jolt Capital Appoints Charles Bernheim As Value Creation Partner In Berlin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2026

Jolt Capital announced that Charles Bernheim has joined the firm as Value Creation Partner. He will be based in Berlin, Germany.