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S3 Capital Closes Fund III With $1.3 Billion In Capital Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

S3 Capital announced the final close of S3 LB RE Credit Fund III with approximately $1.3 billion in total capital commitments, including $850 million of discretionary fund commitments and an additional $465 million in co-investment commitments.

Global Millennial Capital Raises $100 Million For IPO Opportunities Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Global Millennial Capital announced the final close of its inaugural IPO Opportunities Fund with $100 million in capital commitments raised through a private placement offering to institutional and professional investors.

Strategic Value Partners Acquires Majority Stake In New Frontera Holdings

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Strategic Value Partners announced that funds managed by the firm have acquired a majority equity stake in New Frontera Holdings, owner of a 530-megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle power generation facility located in Mission, Texas. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Aquatech Acquires FTS H2O To Expand Lithium Processing And Zero Liquid Discharge Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Aquatech announced the acquisition of FTS H2O, an Oregon-based developer of membrane-driven brine concentration and resource recovery technologies, as the company expands its industrial water treatment and critical minerals processing platform. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Mother Ventures Closes $10 Million Debut Fund Focused On The Mom Consumer Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Mother Ventures announced the closing of its inaugural $10 million early-stage venture capital fund focused on companies serving mothers as the primary consumer.

FH Capital To Acquire Majority Stake In JinkoSolar’s U.S. Manufacturing Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

FH Capital announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 75.1% majority stake in Jinko Solar (U.S.) Industries, the U.S. manufacturing subsidiary of JinkoSolar.

ReferU.AI: Interview With Founder & CEO Joel Geddis About The Attorney Selection Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

ReferU.AI is an AI-powered platform that analyzes billions of court records and legal analytics to match individuals with attorneys who have verified, specific experience in cases similar to their own. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ReferU.AI founder and CEO Joel Geddis to learn more.

eSleuth AI Appoints Former Secret Service Director Julia Pierson To Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

eSleuth AI announced the appointment of former United States Secret Service Director Julia Pierson to the company’s Advisory Board as the company expands its AI-driven investigative technology platform for law enforcement agencies.

ROBOTERA Raises Over $200 Million To Scale Humanoid Robotics Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

ROBOTERA announced it has raised more than $200 million in a new financing round led by SF Group as the robotics company accelerates commercialization of its humanoid robotics platforms and embodied intelligence systems.

Balcony Raises $14 Million To Build Digital Infrastructure For U.S. Property Records Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Balcony announced it has raised a $12.7 million seed financing round led by Blockchange Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to $14 million as it expands infrastructure designed to modernize property records across the United States.

Crown Affair Announces Series C Investment Led By Stride Consumer Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Crown Affair announced a Series C investment led by Stride Consumer Partners as the haircare brand continues expanding its retail presence and scaling its business.

Wells Fargo Launches Advisor Gateway Platform With AI-Powered Tools For Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Wells Fargo announced the launch of Advisor Gateway, a modernized desktop technology platform designed for financial advisors across its Wealth & Investment Management business.

UBS Appoints Rick Penafiel As Market Executive For South Florida

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

UBS announced that Rick Penafiel will join the firm as Market Executive for South Florida, a newly established market created as part of the firm’s continued expansion and investment strategy across Florida.

Cache Surpasses $1.5 Billion In Assets And Launches New Exchange Fund For Accredited Investors

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Cache announced that its platform has surpassed $1.5 billion in assets just 25 months after launching the Cache Exchange Fund, as the company also opened its Summer Aperture enrollment window and introduced a new exchange fund called Cobol for accredited investors.

Addepar Launches ADX To Enable Enterprise Data Activation And AI Workflows At Scale

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Addepar announced the launch of Addepar Data Exchange (ADX), a managed data environment designed to help investment firms unify, govern, and activate investment data across systems, workflows, analytics, and AI applications.

Strickoff Financial Services Joins Ameriprise Financial’s Branch Channel With Nearly $140 Million In Client Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Strickoff Financial Services, led by Kive Strickoff, CPA, AIF, has joined the branch channel of Ameriprise Financial from Commonwealth Financial Network, bringing nearly $140 million in client assets to the firm.

MN8 Energy Secures $87.5 Million Equipment Loan Facility From MUFG To Support U.S. Solar Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

MN8 Energy announced it has secured an $87.5 million equipment loan facility from MUFG Bank to finance solar panels and transformers supporting the company’s expanding renewable energy development pipeline across the United States.

Tayeh Capital Group Appoints Scott Harrison As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Tayeh Capital Group announced the appointment of Scott Harrison as Operating Partner as the private equity firm continues building its middle-market investment platform focused on professional and industrial services companies.

Cubit Diagnostics Raises SAFE Financing To Advance Molecular And Immunoassay Platform Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Cubit Diagnostics announced the closing of its latest SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) financing round as the company advances development of its integrated molecular and immunoassay diagnostic platform.

AppTech Payments Appoints Albert Lord As Executive Chairman And Adds Robert Lipstein To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

AppTech Payments announced that Albert L. Lord has been appointed Executive Chairman of the company, effective May 4, 2026, expanding his role from his previous position as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

NextLadder Ventures: $1 Billion Initiative Launched To Build Navigation Technology Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

NextLadder Ventures announced leadership appointments and investment priorities for its more than $1 billion initiative focused on building a new market category called Navigation Technology, or NavTech, designed to help Americans navigate major financial and life decisions using personalized technology tools.

LPL: Paxara Wealth Partners Launches Through Linsco With About $330 Million In Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

LPL Financial announced that advisors Conley Thornhill, Doug Rathbun, and Nikki Rathbun joined Linsco by LPL Financial to launch Paxara Wealth Partners with approximately $330 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets.

OpsMill: $14 Million Series A Raised To Expand Infrastructure Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

OpsMill announced it raised $14 million in Series A financing to accelerate development of its infrastructure automation and AIOps platform, Infrahub.

Sedivention: €2.9 Million Seed Financing Raised To Advance Outpatient Obesity Therapy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Sedivention announced it secured €2.9 million in seed financing to continue development of its outpatient obesity treatment platform and generate initial clinical data ahead of market entry.

Willis And Cornell University: Partnership Launched To Research Correlated Catastrophe Risk

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Willis, a WTW business, announced a new scientific partnership with Cornell University and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future focused on researching correlated natural catastrophe risks and their implications for the insurance and reinsurance industries.

FIS Partners With Anthropic To Launch Agentic AI Platform For Banking, Starting With Financial Crimes

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

FIS announced a partnership with Anthropic to bring agentic artificial intelligence capabilities to banking, beginning with the launch of a Financial Crimes AI Agent designed to automate anti-money laundering investigations.

Harvard Researchers Launch Keyring To Rethink Digital Identity And Online Privacy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Researchers at the Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society have unveiled Keyring, an open-source digital identity wallet designed to give users more control over their personal data and reduce reliance on centralized corporate identity systems.

Edwards Lifesciences Appoints Doretta Mistras As Chief Financial Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Edwards Lifesciences announced the appointment of Theodora “Doretta” Mistras as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective at the end of May. Mistras will succeed Scott Ullem, who previously announced plans to step down as CFO in October.

Bel Group Acquires Brainiac Brands To Expand Better-For-You Snacking Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Bel Group announced the acquisition of Ingenuity Foods’ Brainiac and Little Brainiac brands as the company expands its portfolio of better-for-you snacks focused on children and families.

Tekst: $13.5 Million Series A Raised For Process Intelligence And AI Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2026

Tekst announced the closing of a $13.5 million Series A financing round led by Elephant, with existing investor Entourage VC also increasing its investment in the company.