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Western Alliance Bank Finances $33 Million First Phase Of Marble Manor Redevelopment In Las Vegas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:43 AM

Western Alliance Bank announced $33 million in construction financing for Marble Manor Phase I, a 138-unit mixed-income housing redevelopment located less than two miles northwest of downtown Las Vegas. The project is designed to expand affordable housing access in the city’s Historic Westside neighborhood.

AGI Appoints Haaris Uddin As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:41 AM

Ag Growth International announced the appointment of Haaris Uddin as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 4, 2026. Uddin will join AGI’s executive team and report directly to Paul Brisebois, AGI’s President and CEO.

NOVA Infrastructure: Interview With Founders Chris Beall And Allison Kingsley About The PE Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:00 AM

NOVA Infrastructure is a private equity firm that invests in and manages mid-sized infrastructure assets across North America, specifically targeting the environmental services, transportation, energy transition, and communications sectors. To learn more, Pulse 2.0 interviewed Founder and Managing Partner Chris Beall and Founder and Partner Allison Kingsley.

Boost Run Receives Approximately $45 Million From Public Warrant Exercises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Boost Run announced that it has received over $45 million in gross cash proceeds from the exercise of its public warrants. The company said the proceeds support its capital markets initiatives following the closing of its business combination on May 8, 2026.

Vertex Acquiring Crinetics Pharmaceuticals For $10 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Crinetics Pharmaceuticals announced a definitive agreement under which Vertex will acquire Crinetics for $85 per share in cash. The transaction has a total equity value of approximately $10 billion, or about $8.8 billion net of estimated cash acquired.

Mubadala Capital Integrates Mubadala’s $25 Billion Credit Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Mubadala Capital announced the completion of the transfer of Mubadala Investment Company’s credit business into its platform. Under a long-term management agreement, Mubadala Capital will now manage Mubadala’s existing $25 billion credit portfolio.

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $232 Million Financing For Workforce Housing Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Walker & Dunlop announced that it arranged $232.352 million in financing for a portfolio of five multifamily properties. The properties total 1,585 units across Arkansas and Florida.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Invests In Greenlight Electricity Centre

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management announced that funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners have invested in Greenlight Electricity Centre. Greenlight is a 932-megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power generation project in Sturgeon County, Alberta.

UC Berkeley SkyDeck Expands Japan Initiatives And Appoints Cole Harry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

UC Berkeley SkyDeck announced the expansion of its Japan-focused initiatives and the appointment of Cole Harry as Japan Program Manager. The move reflects SkyDeck’s growing role in Japan’s evolving innovation ecosystem.

Robinhood Launches New DeFi, Stock Token, And Agentic Trading Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Robinhood Markets announced a major global expansion and product roadmap during its “Robinhood Presents: The World is Flat” keynote in London. The company unveiled new decentralized finance, stock token, agentic trading, and international expansion initiatives designed to broaden access to global markets.

CMA CGM Acquiring FedEx Supply Chain For $1.4 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

CMA CGM Group announced an agreement to acquire FedEx Supply Chain, a subsidiary of FedEx, at an enterprise value of $1.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close in 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals.

Draper Foundation Gives $2.5 Million To Support UT Dallas Entrepreneurs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

The Draper Foundation made a $2.5 million gift to The University of Texas at Dallas to expand the university’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The funding will support initiatives ranging from early-stage student ventures to startup competitions designed to help companies move toward the marketplace.

Epitome Therapeutics Raises €4 Million To Advance Epigenome Editing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Epitome Therapeutics announced its launch with €4 million in total funding. The funding includes an oversubscribed €2 million pre-seed round and €2 million in non-dilutive grant funding.

KPS Capital Partners Launches KPS Asia To Expand Global Industrial Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

KPS Capital Partners announced the launch of KPS Asia, expanding the firm’s global industrial investment platform. As part of the initiative, KPS appointed Takajiro “Tak” Ishikawa as President of KPS Asia and plans to establish a Tokyo office in 2027.

Patria Investments Raises Over $670 Million For Secondary Opportunities Fund V

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Patria Investments announced the successful close of Patria Secondary Opportunities Fund V with more than $670 million in total commitments. The fund exceeded its initial $500 million target by more than one-third.

Parabellum Investments Acquires Crux Informatics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Parabellum Investments announced its acquisition of Crux Informatics, a platform for AI-powered external data management. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

RGREEN INVEST Raises Nearly €500 Million For INFRABRIDGE IV

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

RGREEN INVEST announced the final close of its INFRABRIDGE IV fund at its target size of nearly €500 million. The fundraising more than doubled the size of the firm’s previous vintage.

Inflexion Reveals Record Number Of Promotions In 2026

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Inflexion announced a record number of promotions across its 200-person team. The promotions reflect the firm’s continued focus on career development during a period of strong growth.

Flexpoint Ford Closes Over $460 Million Continuation Vehicle For SageSure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Flexpoint Ford announced the closing of a single-asset continuation vehicle for SageSure, one of the largest managing general underwriters focused on catastrophe-exposed markets. The vehicle closed with total commitments of more than $460 million, including commitments from the general partner and rollover investors.

Coller Capital And Cherry Bank Partner To Expand Access To Private Credit Secondaries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Coller Capital and Cherry Bank announced a distribution partnership to provide Cherry Bank clients with access to Coller Capital’s private credit secondaries investment strategy. The partnership is intended to broaden access to institutional-quality private markets strategies for wealth investors in Italy and across Europe.

Tapestry VC Raises $80 Million Fund III To Back Repeat Founders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Tapestry VC announced Fund III, an $80 million fundraise focused on backing ambitious repeat founders building new companies. The firm will continue investing in founders who are applying lessons from prior startup journeys to their next ventures.

Antin Appoints Duncan Welsh To Investor Relations Team In Australia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Antin Infrastructure Partners announced the appointment of Duncan Welsh as Investor Relations Principal. His appointment is effective immediately.

Telum Therapeutics Raises €18 Million Series A To Advance Antimicrobial Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Telum Therapeutics announced the completion of an €18 million Series A financing round. The funding will advance the company’s lead antimicrobial program targeting hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii.

Ruya Ventures Launches With $50 Million Fund To Back European Deep Tech Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Ruya Ventures announced its official launch after raising a $50 million fund. The firm said the fund was oversubscribed and that it declined additional limited partner capital to stay aligned with its strategy.

Dawnguard Launches Secure Cloud Architecture Platform With $3.3 Million In Fresh Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Dawnguard announced the public launch of its security architecture automation platform. The platform is designed to help organizations design, build, and operate secure cloud-native systems from day zero through production.

Orbit Capital Holds Second Close Of Growth Debt II At €107 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Orbit Capital announced the second closing of Growth Debt II at €107 million. The milestone reflects support from both existing and new investors.

Climentum Capital Holds First €60 Million Close Of Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Climentum Capital announced the first €60 million close of Fund II. The first close matches the full size of the firm’s Fund I.

Reed Smith Launches AI Leadership Program With Cornell University

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Reed Smith announced the launch of the Reed Smith AI Leadership Program at Cornell University. The customized curriculum was developed in partnership with Cornell’s Executive Education organization.

Venice Raises $65 Million Series A At $1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Venice announced that it has raised $65 million in Series A funding at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Dragonfly, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, F-Prime, North Island Ventures, and other investors.

Balance Point Invests In AquaVerse To Support Residential Pool Services Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 6, 2026

Balance Point Capital Advisors announced an investment in AquaVerse, a portfolio company of Trivest Partners. Balance Point provided debt and equity capital to support multiple acquisitions.