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Leading infrastructure solutions investor Warren Equity Partners Manager, L.P. (WEP) announced the closing of Warren Equity Partners ELIDO Fund II, L.P. and Warren Equity Partners ELIDO Fund II-A, L.P. at its hard cap, with over $550 million in total capital commitments, exceeding its initial target of $450 million.

Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (a leading opportunistic credit manager) announced that Petershill at Goldman Sachs Asset Management had made a passive minority investment in the firm.

EP Wealth Advisors, a leading independent registered investment adviser (RIA) with an expanding national presence and client base, announced it had acquired Wacker Wealth Partners. This partnership with the San Luis Obispo, California-based firm expands EP’s presence in California to the state’s Central Coast and adds nearly $1.2 billion in assets under management.

Focus Financial Partners, a leading partnership of fiduciary wealth management firms, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which its partner firm Strategic Wealth Partners Group (SWP), based in Deerfield, Illinois, will formally join Focus “hub” firm Kovitz Investment Group Partners. Subject to customary closing conditions, this deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year.

actnano, a leader in surface protection technologies for automotive, consumer, and industrial electronics, announced the closing of a $40 million investment by Anthelion Capital.

Adenia Partners, a leading PE firm focused on growth opportunities in Africa, has closed its fifth fund, Adenia Capital V - known as AC(V) - at its $470 million hard cap. This fund was significantly oversubscribed and attracted commitments from new and existing investors globally.

Hildred Capital - a healthcare-focused private equity firm specializing in partnering with middle-market companies - announced the closing of a multi-asset continuation fund led by Lexington Partners.

Neurosterix, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing allosteric modulator therapeutics for underserved neurological disorders, announced it has launched with a $63 million Series A financing led by Perceptive Xontogeny Venture Fund II, with participation from Perceptive Life Sciences Fund and Acorn Bioventures.

GoldenTree Asset Management (a global asset management firm with over $54 billion in assets under management) announced closing $1.3 billion in commitments on its third CLO strategy (GLM III). GLM III continues the GoldenTree Loan Management (GLM) program that started in 2016, bringing aggregate commitments across the entire GLM program to over $2.625 billion.

Read AI - a leader in gen AI meeting summaries - announced a $21 million Series A funding round led by Goodwater Capital with existing investor Madrona Venture Group. Goodwater partner Coddy Johnson will join the Board of Directors alongside Madrona’s Matt McIlwain and David Shim (Read AI’s Co-Founder and CEO). The additional funding will accelerate Read AI’s goal of building the future of work, where every interaction is improved with AI.

Stratos Wealth Advisors (a part of Stratos Wealth Holdings) announced it has successfully recruited a senior team of wealth managers from RBC Wealth Management who will establish the firm's first Northern Nevada office. The team will use Fidelity as their primary custodian.

tru Independence, a national independent advisory platform servicing about $12.5 billion in assets, announced the launch of Mindset Wealth Management. And the launching of the new Indianapolis-based registered investment advisor (RIA) continues tru’s strong momentum, after the firm successfully onboarded six new advisory teams last year, collectively representing over $4 billion in assets.

Homrich Berg, a leading Atlanta-based RIA serving families and investors across the country, announced the appointment of Michael A. Woocher as Principal and Chief Advisory Officer. Under this newly created executive role, Woocher will lead the $16 billion firm’s accomplished group of financial advisors, position the firm for continued growth by developing its next generation of advisors, and attract and integrate new advisors for future strategic hires and acquisitions.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) announced it has provided an unsecured term loan to The Pasha Group, a family-owned and third-generation maritime transportation company, to support continued infrastructure investment in the Hawaii trade.

Alsym Energy, a developer of next-generation non-flammable rechargeable batteries for stationary storage, marine, and mobility applications, announced a $78 million funding round jointly led by Tata Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons) and General Catalyst. Thrive Capital and Thomvest joined the round along with existing investor Drads Capital. Alsym will use the funding to expand its team and prototyping and pilot lines, which will help address the increasing demand for customer samples.

Leading registered financial advisor (RIA) Clearstead Advisors has acquired the assets of Wilbanks Smith and Thomas Asset Management (WST), a Norfolk, Virginia-based wealth and investment management firm with over $5 billion of assets under management. This combination continues Clearstead's growth trajectory and further consolidates Clearstead's position among the leading RIAs in the US.

Global alternative asset management firm TPG has agreed to acquire Classic Collision, a leading national collision repair multi-site operator. TPG Capital (the U.S. and European private equity platform of TPG) will buy the business from New Mountain Capital. Classic Collision’s management team will remain invested in the company. The terms of the transaction were undisclosed.

 eBPF is a technology that offers a programmable framework for in-kernel operations without modifying the kernel source code. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Shahar Azulay, CEO and Co-Founder of groundcover, to learn more about the technology.

Hello Alice - a fintech platform connecting 1.5 million small businesses to capital, connections, and opportunities - announced the closing of a Series C funding round with QED Investors, Mastercard, and others. This funding round brought the company’s valuation to $130 million. Additional investors in this round of funding included Backstage Capital, Guy Fieri, Golden Seeds, Harbert Growth Partners Fund, How Women Invest I, LP, Lovell Limited Partnership, Tyler "Ninja" and Jessica Blevins, and Tamera Mowry and Adam Housley.

Pigment, a business planning platform, announced a $145 million Series D funding round led by ICONIQ Growth. Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners and several other existing investors, including IVP, Meritech, Greenoaks, and Felix Capital, also participated in the round.

Dentons announced that Neil Hare had joined the Firm’s Public Policy practice as a partner resident in the Washington, DC, office. Hare offers clients broad experience in business, law, and government.

Skadden announced that James Fredricks has joined the firm’s global Antitrust/Competition Group as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office. Fredricks was most recently chief of the Washington Criminal II Section of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Eirene, Canada's first and only online funeral services provider, announced it had launched operations in the U.S. after raising $4.1 million in seed funding. Relay Ventures led the funding round, with participation from Export Development Canada and Saint Elizabeth Healthcare. This funding round will drive Eirene's expansion into the US, build its brand, and grow the team.

DLA Piper announced that Dr. Marcell M. Németh, LL.M, was appointed as Head of the Finance Practice for DLA Piper Austria, effective immediately.

Diagonal Therapeutics - a company pioneering a new approach to discover and develop agonist antibodies - has launched with $128 million in financing. BVF Partners and Atlas Venture co-led the Series A funding round, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, RA Capital Management, Frazier Life Sciences, Viking Global Investors, Velosity Capital, and Checkpoint Capital. The company was co-founded by CEO Alex Lugovskoy, Ph.D., and Atlas and was previously seeded by Atlas, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Velosity Capital.

Manifold, an AI-powered clinical research platform, announced a $15 million Series A. TQ Ventures led this funding round. It also included new investors Calibrate Ventures and SK Ventures, notable founders and CEOs, including healthcare leader Dr. Sachin H. Jain, and existing investors, including TTCER Partners. Additional investors and advisors include Dr. Gaurav Singal (former Chief Data Officer, Foundation Medicine), Eric Just (former SVP and General Manager, Health Catalyst), Amar Kendale (former Chief Product Officer), Livongo/Teladoc, Andrew Bialecki (CEO & Co-Founder, Klaviyo), Brad Porter (CEO & Founder, Collaborative Robotics and former VP Robotics, Amazon), Steve Fredette (President & Co-Founder, Toast), Jon Karlen (Chairman & Founder, Acadian Software), and Pravin Soni (former CTO & Co-Founder, Elevation Pharma).

Dentons announced it has named Yechiel Belfer as a Banking & Finance Partner working at the Melbourne-based office. Belfer is an experienced banking and finance lawyer who primarily focuses on regulating financial services and consumer credit in the payments and cross-border sectors.

Private credit firm Brightwood Capital Advisors announced that it had closed Brightwood Capital MM CLO 2024-2, a $707 million collateralized loan obligation (CLO). This CLO represents the second largest new issue middle-market CLO this year, bringing the firm’s year-to-date issuance to $862 million, and it makes Brightwood one of the top three largest middle-market issuers year-to-date (representing over 10% of the total middle-market issuance). This also marks Brightwood’s seventh CLO since 2019, bringing the firm’s total CLO issuance to over $3.5 billion.

Kirkland & Ellis announced that Sarah Mallett has joined the firm as a Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Practice Group partner.

OceanSound Partners—a PE firm that invests in technology-enabled services companies working with government and highly regulated enterprise end markets—announced the closing of a $1.15 billion single-asset continuation fund transaction in connection with the sale of its portfolio company, SMX Group, from OceanSound Partners Fund, LP.