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James Fisher: H1 Underlying Operating Profit Rises 28% As Defence Revenue Jumps 43%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

James Fisher and Sons reported improved first-half profitability as strong performances in Defence and Maritime Transport offset difficult market conditions across its Energy business.

Funding Circle: H1 Revenue Jumps 50% To £138.2 Million, Raises FY26 Guidance And Announces £25 Million Buyback

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Funding Circle reported first-half 2026 revenue of £138.2 million, up 50% year over year, as increased lending volumes, product expansion and operating leverage drove a sharp increase in profitability.

JLL Selected By Nestlé For Global Real Estate Portfolio Services Across 130 Countries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Nestlé has selected JLL as its global real estate services provider across 130 countries, expanding the companies' relationship to cover integrated leasing transaction management and strategic advisory services across Nestlé's entire office, industrial and retail property portfolio.

Circle To Acquire Tazapay, Adding $25 Billion In Annualized Cross-Border Payment Volume

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Circle Internet Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tazapay, a Singapore-based B2B cross-border payments infrastructure company serving payment providers and financial institutions.

Coinbase And Moov Partner To Bring Stablecoin Payments To More Than 1,000 Community Banks And Credit Unions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Coinbase and Moov have formed a partnership to bring stablecoin payment acceptance, settlement, custody and real-time funding capabilities to more than 1,000 community banks and credit unions served through Moov's payments infrastructure.

Stan: Interview With Marketing Lead Lauren Giovannetti About Creator Monetization And AI-Powered Content Creation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Stan provides tools designed to help Creator-Entrepreneurs build audiences, create content, and earn money online. Its core products include Stan Store, which enables Creators to monetize products directly through their social channels, and Stanley, an AI Head of Content designed to help users develop content ideas and grow their personal brands. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Stan Marketing Lead Lauren Giovannetti to learn more.

LPL Onboards $270+ Million Firm Northstar Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

LPL Financial has added Northstar Financial Advisors, a Danville, California-based wealth management practice led by Jeneen Slack, CFP, CDFA, to its broker-dealer and Registered Investment Advisor platform.

Bending Spoons To Acquire Miro For $1.355 Billion As AI Workspace Reaches $600 Million ARR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Bending Spoons has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Miro at an enterprise value of $1.355 billion, adding the AI-powered collaborative workspace to a portfolio that already includes Airtable, AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, Tractive, Vimeo and WeTransfer.

SKYX To Merge With Deako To Build AI-Powered Smart Home Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

SKYX Platforms has signed a merger agreement with Deako, combining the companies' plug-and-play technologies to create a broader smart home and AI platform spanning wall switches, electrical outlets, ceiling fixtures, sensors and other connected products.

Axogen To Acquire BioCircuit Technologies For $200 Million To Add Sutureless Nerve Repair Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Axogen has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BioCircuit Technologies for $200 million in cash, adding NerveTape, the first FDA-approved device for sutureless peripheral nerve repair, to its portfolio of nerve repair technologies.

Swarmer To Acquire Ukrainian Unmanned Ground Vehicle Maker Ratel Robotics For Up To $224 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Swarmer has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ratel Robotics for up to $224 million in cash and stock, expanding the defense technology company's autonomy platform with a portfolio of combat-deployed unmanned ground vehicles.

Meta: Stilla Joins To Expand Business AI Agent Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Stilla is joining Meta about eight months after launching its multiplayer AI agent platform for teams and businesses, bringing its technology and expertise to Meta as the tech giant expands AI products for business use. Stilla did not disclose financial terms or the transaction structure in its announcement.

Revvity To Acquire Human Cell Design To Expand GLP-1 And Metabolic Drug Discovery Tools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Revvity has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Human Cell Design, adding human pancreatic beta cell models and other preclinical research technologies focused on diabetes, obesity and metabolic diseases.

CGI Acquires Callibrity To Expand Enterprise AI And Platform Engineering Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

CGI has acquired Callibrity, expanding its presence in Cincinnati and adding capabilities across production-ready enterprise AI, platform engineering and digital product development.

Dunelm: FY26 Sales Rise 3.1% To £1.83 Billion As Retailer Launches New Three-Year Growth Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Dunelm Group reported fiscal 2026 sales of £1.83 billion, up 3.1% year over year, while profit before tax remained flat at £211 million and the UK homewares retailer unveiled a new three-year strategy designed to accelerate its next phase of growth.

Computacenter: H1 Revenue Jumps 72% To £6.85 Billion As AI Infrastructure Demand Drives Record Results

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Computacenter reported a record first half of 2026, with revenue increasing 71.6% to £6.85 billion and adjusted profit before tax rising 87% as strong demand for digital and AI infrastructure drove rapid growth, particularly in North America.

Troutman Pepper Locke Adds Insurance Partner Yuliya Feldman In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Troutman Pepper Locke has added Yuliya Feldman as a partner in its Insurance Transactional and Regulatory Practice Group in New York, strengthening the firm's capabilities across insurance M&A, regulatory compliance, reinsurance and other complex transactions.

Shopify Brings In Tailwind Labs As Tailwind CSS Tops 110 Million Weekly Installs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify, giving the company behind Tailwind CSS a long-term home while keeping the widely used web development framework open source and under active development.

H1 Acquires Defacto Health To Expand AI-Powered Provider Network Intelligence

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

H1 has acquired Defacto Health, a healthcare data company specializing in provider network intelligence, expanding the AI-powered healthcare platform's capabilities around provider data, payer networks and access to care. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Celligence And AngelAi Secure $100 Million Investment From Mortgage Treasury To Scale AI Financial Transactions Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Celligence has secured a $100 million investment from Mortgage Treasury to scale AngelAi, its AI platform designed to automate complex financial decision-making and transactions, including the entire mortgage process.

Buildcheck Raises $12 Million Series A To Scale AI-Powered Construction Design Review Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Buildcheck has raised $12 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered construction design review platform, bringing the company's total funding to $18 million only nine months after its $5.9 million seed round.

RapidAI Launches EdgeIQ To Orchestrate Imaging AI Workflows Across Health Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

RapidAI has introduced EdgeIQ, a new intelligent imaging orchestration system designed to automate how medical imaging studies are matched with AI models, prioritized and routed to clinicians across complex health system environments.

EnableAll: Interview With CEO Imogen Wethered About Ecommerce Accessibility And Digital Inclusion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

EnableAll is an ecommerce accessibility platform that helps Shopify brands meet WCAG, ADA, and EAA compliance requirements while improving SEO and conversion. Pulse 2.0 interviewed EnableAll CEO Imogen Wethered to learn more.

Blue Water Autonomy/Precise Power Systems: Interview With Co-Founder And CSO Austin Gray And Director Of Business Development Tom Markham About Autonomous Naval Shipbuilding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Blue Water Autonomy is developing autonomous naval vessels designed for repeatable production and operational deployment, while Precise Power Systems contributes automated fluid delivery and other critical shipboard systems designed to support long-duration unmanned operations. The companies are working together on Blue Water Autonomy’s Liberty Class autonomous vessel and broader efforts to scale autonomous shipbuilding through the existing U.S. industrial base. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Blue Water Autonomy Co-Founder and CSO Austin Gray and Precise Power Systems Director of Business Development Tom Markham to learn more.

Kyushu Electric Power To Make Strategic Investment In ProLogium To Expand Next-Generation Battery Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Kyushu Electric Power is moving forward with a strategic investment in ProLogium, expanding an existing industrial partnership between the companies into a capital relationship focused on next-generation battery technology, energy applications and commercialization.

Spire Healthcare Agrees To £1.03 Billion Takeover By Toscafund, Three Hills And Ares Consortium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Spire Healthcare Group has agreed to be acquired by a consortium comprising funds managed by Toscafund Asset Management, Three Hills and Ares in a transaction valuing the British private healthcare company at approximately £1.026 billion ($1.39 billion). The agreement follows months of takeover discussions and multiple extensions to the deadline for a formal offer, according to Reuters.

Cegid And Silae To Merge At More Than €10 Billion Enterprise Value To Create European AI Business Software Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Cegid and Silae plan to merge in a transaction expected to value the combined company at more than €10 billion in enterprise value, creating one of France's largest software companies and a major European technology platform spanning accounting, tax, payroll, human resources, e-invoicing, digital financial services and payments.

Cloverleaf Bio Raises $33 Million Seed Financing To Advance RNA-Based Cancer Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Cloverleaf Bio has closed an upsized and oversubscribed $33 million seed financing to advance its engineered transfer RNA, or tRNA, therapeutic platform and develop new treatments for cancer. The round was led by 4BIO Capital and included strategic investments from AbbVie Ventures, Eli Lilly and Company, and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, along with Draper Associates, Mission BioCapital and American Cancer Society BrightEdge.

Bannerman Energy Raises A$124 Million To Fully Fund Etango Uranium Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Bannerman Energy has completed the bookbuild for a fully underwritten A$124 million institutional placement, providing the company with funding expected to support its Etango Uranium Project in Namibia through construction and ramp-up.

Wint Raises $36 Million Series D To Scale AI-Powered Water Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2026

Wint has raised $36 million in Series D funding to expand its AI-powered platform for monitoring water usage, preventing leaks and reducing water-related risks across commercial and industrial buildings.