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Bland Raises $50 Million Series C And Surpasses $100 Million In Total Funding To Expand Voice AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Bland announced a $50 million Series C financing round, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $100 million. The round was led by Dell Technologies Capital and included participation from HubSpot Ventures, Archerman Capital, Tribeca Venture Partners, and existing investors including Emergence Capital, Upfront Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Max Levchin, Piotr Dąbkowski, and Jeff Lawson.

Limitless Labs Raises $20 Million Series A To Expand Physical AI Platform For Precision Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Limitless Labs announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its agentic physical AI platform for CAD/CAM in mechanical manufacturing. The round was co-led by Dell Technologies Capital and Square Peg, with participation from Grove Ventures, Meron Capital, and Kinetica. The company, formerly known as LimitlessCNC, has raised $27.3 million to date.

Eileen Secures Strategic Investment From DisPact Ventures To Expand Retail Execution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Eileen, a retail technology platform focused on helping consumer brands improve in-store execution, announced a strategic investment from DisPact Ventures. The financing extends the company’s previously announced $1 million pre-seed round led by Top Shelf Ventures and will support the expansion of its AI-powered retail insights platform.

NewEdge Wealth Expands Nashville Presence With Team Led By James Nichols

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

NewEdge Capital Group announced that a team led by James Nichols has joined NewEdge Wealth, further expanding the firm’s presence in Nashville and strengthening its ability to serve ultra-high-net-worth and high-net-worth families, family offices, and institutional clients in the growing market.

LEBEC Secures Strategic Investment From Community Capital Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

LEBEC, a global innovative finance platform, announced a strategic investment from CCM Holding Company, the parent company of Community Capital Management (CCM), a $7 billion institutional asset manager focused on delivering market-rate returns alongside positive societal outcomes.

Receipts Depositary Corporation Raises $7 Million To Expand Depositary Receipt Platform For Digital And Alternative Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Receipts Depositary Corporation (RDC), a depositary focused on issuing depositary receipts (DRs) for digital and alternative assets, announced the closing of an oversubscribed $7 million funding round led by LiveOak Ventures.

Global Jet Capital Raises $659 Million Through Ninth Aircraft ABS Transaction

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Global Jet Capital, a provider of financing solutions for business aircraft, announced the closing of its BJETS 2026-1 securitization, raising approximately $659 million. The transaction marks the company’s ninth asset-backed securities (ABS) issuance and brings its total securitized assets to approximately $6.7 billion and total bonds issued to about $5.4 billion.

Creative Planning Expands Florida Presence With Acquisition Of MarkhamNorton

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Creative Planning, one of the largest independent registered investment advisors in the U.S., announced an agreement to acquire MarkhamNorton Accountants+Advisors, a Southwest Florida accounting and advisory firm. The transaction is expected to close on July 1, 2026.

Copia Automation Raises $26 Million To Expand Industrial Code Management And Recovery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Copia Automation announced $26 million in additional funding, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $55 million. The round was co-led by AE Ventures and Squadra Ventures, with participation from KAS Venture Partners and continued backing from existing investors Construct Capital, Lux Capital, Ironspring Ventures, and Renegade Partners. The financing included a combination of equity and venture debt.

Lilly Acquires 4E Therapeutics To Advance Non-Opioid Chronic Pain Treatments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Eli Lilly and Company has acquired Austin-based neuroscience company 4E Therapeutics, which is developing a pipeline of orally available MNK inhibitors aimed at treating chronic pain through a non-opioid approach.

Zocks Launches Client Queries To Help Advisors Identify Growth Opportunities And Service Gaps Using AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Zocks, a privacy-first AI platform for financial services, announced the launch of Client Queries, a new agentic AI capability that enables financial advisors and enterprise firms to identify organic growth opportunities and unmet client service needs across their books of business using natural language queries.

Clearlake Capital Closes $14.8 Billion Fund To Invest In AI-Driven Transformation Opportunities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Clearlake Capital announced the closing of its eighth flagship fund, Clearlake Capital Partners VIII, along with related co-investment vehicles and separately managed accounts, bringing total capital commitments to $14.8 billion.

Elektrik Secures Growth Investment From Lead Edge Capital To Accelerate Electrical Infrastructure Procurement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Elektrik, a procurement platform for sourcing critical electrical infrastructure components, announced a new growth investment from Lead Edge Capital. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Access Point Financial Provides $29.25 Million Bridge Loan To American Hotel Income Properties REIT

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Access Point Financial (APF) announced that it has provided a $29.25 million bridge loan to American Hotel Income Properties (AHIP), a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in Vancouver, Canada.

Conifer Infrastructure Partners Closes Oversubscribed $900 Million Debut Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Conifer Infrastructure Partners announced the closing of its inaugural fund, Conifer Infrastructure Partners I, LP, at its hard cap of $900 million. The fund exceeded its original target of $500 million and was oversubscribed, completing a single institutional closing process less than five months after launch.

LifeSciKY: Interview With Executive Director Dr. Christin Godale About The Nonprofit Lab Incubator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

LifeSciKY is Kentucky's dedicated nonprofit laboratory incubator that accelerates life science startups by providing affordable, fully equipped lab spaces, shared instrumentation, and mentorship to advance regional innovation. Pulse 2.0 interviewed LifeSciKY Executive Director Dr. Christin Godale to learn more.

Aston Power Raises $20 Million From TDK Ventures And JLL To Expand Data Center Power Delivery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Aston Power, a provider of integrated large-scale power delivery solutions for data centers, announced a $20 million funding round led by TDK Ventures and Building Ventures, with participation from JLL Spark Global Ventures and other investors.

Emmecell Closes Strategic Financing To Advance Magnetic Cell Delivery Platform For Ophthalmic Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Emmecell, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing magnetic cell delivery technologies for ophthalmic diseases, announced the successful closing of a strategic financing round. The financing included participation from existing investors as well as strategic industry participant Bausch + Lomb.

Kimba Raises $6.5 Million To Launch AI-Powered Scent Therapy Platform For Better Sleep

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Kimba, a sleep technology company focused on adaptive scent therapy, announced its launch alongside a $6.5 million funding round led by Selva Ventures. The company is introducing a clinically validated approach to improving sleep through AI-powered scent interventions designed to promote deeper and more restorative rest.

Rejoni Secures $25 Million To Advance Juveena Hydrogel System Toward FDA Approval And Commercial Launch

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Rejoni, a clinical-stage women’s health company focused on biomaterial therapies, announced the closing of a $25 million financing round to support the development and commercialization of the Juveena Hydrogel System.

Ent Raises $100 Million Seed Round And Emerges From Stealth With AI-Powered Workspace Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Ent emerged from stealth with $100 million in seed financing as the company seeks to bring prevention back to cybersecurity through its intent-aware Workspace Security platform.

Opti: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Barak Perelman About The Identity Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Pegasus Tech Ventures And CYBERDYNE Launch $60 Million Corporate Venture Capital Fund For Physical AI And Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Pegasus Tech Ventures and CYBERDYNE announced the launch of a 10 billion Japanese yen ($60 million) corporate venture capital fund focused on advancing HCPS Cybernics with Physical AI and accelerating innovation in robotics, healthcare, automation, and intelligent systems.

Phoenix Tailings And U.S. Department Of War Launch About $1 Billion Initiative To Rebuild America’s Rare Earth Supply Chain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Phoenix Tailings announced a strategic initiative with the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) aimed at rebuilding the domestic rare earth industrial base through an approximately $1 billion financing initiative.

AIRS Medical Receives Strategic Investment From TA Associates To Expand AI-Powered MRI Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

AIRS Medical announced that it has received a strategic growth investment from TA Associates, which will support the company’s next phase of international expansion, product innovation, and advancement of its AI-powered radiology technologies.

Merit Financial Partners With Prizm To Expand Insurance Services For Wealth Management Clients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Merit Financial Advisors announced a strategic partnership with Prizm, bringing the digital insurance platform’s capabilities to the wealth management firm’s advisors and clients across the United States.

NeoGenomics Launches $275 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

NeoGenomics announced that it has commenced a private offering of $275 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2032, with the oncology diagnostics company also granting initial purchasers an option to acquire up to an additional $41.25 million of notes.

Iron Mountain Upsizes Debt Offering To $1.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Iron Mountain announced that it has priced an upsized offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.250% Senior Notes due 2035, increasing the size of the offering by $500 million from the previously announced $1.0 billion.

OpenArc Appoints Retirement Industry Veteran Kevin Crain As Strategic Consultant

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

OpenArc Corporate Advisory announced that Kevin Crain, a longtime leader in the institutional retirement and corporate benefits industry, has joined the firm as a Strategic Consultant as the company seeks to advance a more integrated and client-centric approach to employee financial wellness.

Beacon Coast Partners Launches Independent Wealth Advisory Firm Focused On Ultra-High-Net-Worth Clients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2026

Beacon Coast Partners announced the launch of an independent, employee-owned registered investment advisor focused on serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families, particularly those preparing for or navigating major liquidity events.