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Weil Adds Private Capital Partner Damian Ridealgh In New York

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has added Damian Ridealgh as a partner in its U.S. Banking & Finance Group in New York, strengthening the firm's private capital, direct lending, capital solutions and liability management capabilities.

Lowenstein Sandler Adds Brendan Kalb And Nathan Calko To Investment Management & Private Funds Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Lowenstein Sandler has expanded its Investment Management & Private Funds Group with the additions of Brendan R. Kalb and Nachman "Nathan" Calko, bringing additional in-house asset management and private fund formation experience to the practice.

Houlihan Lokey Names Mayra Fregonesi Managing Director To Lead Latin America Coverage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Houlihan Lokey has appointed Mayra Fregonesi as a Managing Director in its Financial Sponsors Group, with responsibility for leading the investment bank's coverage efforts across Latin America.

JPMorgan Names Mark Fiteny And Matt Gehl As Co-Heads Of International Technology Investment Banking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

JPMorgan Chase has appointed Mark Fiteny and Matt Gehl as Co-Heads of International Technology Investment Banking, according to Reuters, expanding the responsibilities of two senior bankers who currently lead technology investment banking teams in Asia-Pacific and EMEA.

Firmus Surpasses 900 MW Contracted Capacity With OpenAI Partnership And Malaysia Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Firmus has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with OpenAI under which OpenAI will contract dedicated AI compute capacity from two Firmus AI Factory sites in Malaysia.

Lawfront Completes Two Acquisitions As Group Revenue Approaches £175 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Lawfront has announced two additional acquisitions across its group: Fisher Jones Greenwood is acquiring Giles Wilson, and Farleys is acquiring Houldsworth Solicitors, as the legal services platform continues to expand across regional U.K. markets.

Doncasters Completes $325 Million Debt Refinancing Following IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

DPC Holdings, which operates as Doncasters, has completed a debt refinancing designed to increase liquidity and financial flexibility, reduce annual interest expense and extend its debt maturities following the company's initial public offering.

GoPro Issues $20 Million Convertible Debenture To Yorkville

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

GoPro has issued a $20 million convertible debenture to YA II PN, Ltd., or Yorkville, completing the third closing under a previously announced securities purchase agreement that provided for up to $50 million of convertible debentures.

Envestnet More Than Doubles Tamarac Technology Investment As Part Of $1 Billion WealthTech Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Envestnet is increasing its technology investment in Tamarac by 2.5 times, including a $35 million surge investment, as part of a broader $1 billion, five-year research and development commitment focused on transforming technology for financial advisors.

Six Flags Acquires ArieForce One Roller Coaster And Plans Relaunch At Undisclosed Park In 2028-2029

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has acquired ArieForce One, the Rocky Mountain Construction steel roller coaster formerly located at Fun Spot America Atlanta, and plans to reopen the attraction at an undisclosed Six Flags park during the 2028-2029 operating seasons.

Hyperion DeFi Raises 2026 Guidance And Launches $20 Million Share Repurchase Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Hyperion DeFi has raised its full-year 2026 outlook and authorized a $20 million share repurchase program as the publicly traded decentralized finance company expects its core operations to reach profitability and positive adjusted operating cash flow during the third quarter.

McGuireWoods Adds Insurance Recovery Partner Andrew Barrios In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

McGuireWoods has added Andrew M. Barrios as a partner in its Chicago office, continuing to expand the firm's Insurance Recovery Practice Group and strengthening its ability to represent corporate policyholders in complex coverage disputes. Barrios joins from Reed Smith and brings more than a decade of complex litigation experience.

Endor Labs: Interview With CEO Varun Badhwar About AI-Native Application Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Endor Labs provides an AI-native application security platform designed to help organizations understand software supply chain risk, prioritize vulnerabilities based on reachability, and secure increasingly AI-generated software without slowing development. The company is expanding across software composition analysis, AI SAST, security code review, and full-stack container reachability. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Endor Labs CEO Varun Badhwar to learn more.

Franklin Templeton And Clarion Partners To Acquire Majority Stake In Stoneshield Capital, Expanding European Real Assets AUM To $13 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Franklin Templeton, through its real estate subsidiary Clarion Partners, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Stoneshield Capital, a European real assets manager with approximately $9 billion (€8 billion) in assets under management.

Qualitas Energy To Acquire Cero Generation’s 5.8 GW European Renewable Energy Platform From Macquarie Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Qualitas Energy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cero Generation's core European platform from Macquarie Group, adding a 5.8 GW portfolio of solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage projects across the U.K., Italy and Spain.

Clean Growth Fund II Reaches £81.5 Million With £22.5 Million Border To Coast Commitment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Clean Growth Fund has completed the second close of Fund II at £81.5 million, taking the specialist UK climate technology venture fund more than halfway toward its £150 million target.

Rohati Capital Closes Oversubscribed $50 Million Inaugural Venture Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Rohati Capital has closed its inaugural venture fund, Rohati Fund I, at $50 million, exceeding its original $30 million target. The Palo Alto-based venture platform was founded by former Amazon operators and is designed to give individual investors and family offices exposure to both venture funds and direct company investments.

Techshop II Reaches €43 Million First Close And Targets €100 Million By 2027

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

The Techshop has announced the €43 million first close of Techshop II, its second venture capital fund, as the Italian investment firm expands its strategy around early-stage B2B software and artificial intelligence companies.

Apogem Capital Closes Eleventh Private Equity Fund At $597 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Apogem Capital has closed Apogem Private Equity Fund XI at $597 million in total commitments, reaching the fund's hard cap and continuing its lower middle-market private equity strategy.

Forus Raises $150 Million Series C At $3 Billion Valuation Led By Bain Capital Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Forus has raised $150 million in Series C financing at a $3 billion valuation, tripling its valuation just months after its Series B and bringing total funding to more than $300 million. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures, which has invested in Forus since its seed round. Every existing institutional investor also participated, including Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, Accel, Redpoint, BoxGroup, Pear VC, Vast Ventures and SV Angel.

Moonwalk Biosciences Raises $70 Million Series B To Advance Adipose-Targeted RNAi Obesity Therapies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Moonwalk Biosciences has raised an oversubscribed $70 million Series B financing to advance its pipeline of adipose-targeted RNA interference medicines for obesity and cardiometabolic diseases. The round was co-led by Alpha Wave and YK Bioventures, with participation from Eli Lilly and Company, Gaorong Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures and Future Ventures.

Jolt Capital Names Former Accenture EMEA CEO Jean-Marc Ollagnier As Operating Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Jolt Capital has appointed Jean-Marc Ollagnier as Operating Partner, adding a former senior Accenture executive with 40 years of experience in technology transformation, artificial intelligence, business services and international leadership.

Citizens Private Wealth Adds $1+ Billion Team MacLellan Bickle Wealth Partners In Tampa

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Citizens Financial Group has added MacLellan Bickle Wealth Partners, a Tampa-based advisory team led by Chris MacLellan and Katie Bickle, to Citizens Private Wealth as the firm continues expanding its presence in Florida.

Morgan Lewis Adds Life Sciences Transactions Partner Andres Liivak In Boston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Morgan Lewis has added Andres Liivak as a partner in its corporate and business transactions practice in Boston, further expanding the firm's global life sciences transactional capabilities.

Baker McKenzie Adds Private Equity Partner Christoph Jerger In Munich

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Baker McKenzie has added Dr. Christoph Jerger as a partner in its Transactional Practice Group in Munich, strengthening the firm's private equity and M&A capabilities in Germany and across its global platform. Jerger joins from Kirkland & Ellis, where he had practiced since 2017.

The Exploration Company Raises $450 Million Series C Co-Led By Bessemer, Atomico And Scaleup Europe Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

The Exploration Company has raised $450 million in Series C funding, marking the largest Series C ever announced by a European space company and bringing its total funding secured to approximately $680 million.

Veridue Raises $4 Million Pre-Seed Led By Episode 1 Ventures And Launches AI Due Diligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Veridue has raised a $4 million pre-seed funding round led by Episode 1 Ventures and officially launched its AI-native due diligence and M&A platform for energy infrastructure following two years of product development and industry validation.

GE Aerospace To Acquire Consolidated Precision Products For $11.75 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

GE Aerospace has agreed to acquire Consolidated Precision Products (CPP) for $11.75 billion, expanding its capacity to manufacture mission-critical castings used across commercial aviation, aftermarket and defense programs.

Mistral Raises €3 Billion Series D At More Than €21 Billion Valuation Led By Samsung

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Mistral has raised €3 billion in Series D funding at a post-money valuation of more than €21 billion, marking what the company described as the largest equity fundraising round ever completed by a European technology company. Samsung Electronics led the round, with the Scaleup Europe Fund managed by EQT and existing investor PSG Equity serving as co-leads.

Paul Hastings Adds Capital Markets Partner Jean Park In New York And Silicon Valley

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2026

Paul Hastings has added Jean Park as a partner in its Capital Markets practice in New York and Silicon Valley, continuing the firm's expansion across equity capital markets, public company advisory and emerging companies and venture capital.