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AiRWA Announces Completion Of Acquisition Of Best Life

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 1, 2026

AiRWA has completed its previously announced acquisition of Hong Kong Best Life Trade Co., Limited, an import-export company operating across multiple international markets. The deal marks another step in AiRWA's ongoing effort to diversify its revenue base while continuing to invest in its core artificial intelligence business.

CHAOS Industries Acquires Atropos Group, Uniting Sensing And Effects With Autonomous Airborne Platforms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

CHAOS Industries has acquired Atropos Group, an aerospace company developing autonomous air platforms. And it expands CHAOS's product portfolio, creating an integrated autonomous platform that closes the counter-UAS kill chain.

WaterFleet To Be Acquired By Xylem Subsidiary For About $200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

WaterFleet has announced that a subsidiary of Xylem has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WaterFleet from investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital and its co-investors for approximately $200 million. The transaction pairs a specialized mobile water services provider with one of the world's largest water technology companies, extending Xylem's reach into temporary and infrastructure-critical water solutions.

Vena To Acquire Morpheo AI, Advancing Vena AI Through Vena Omega

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Vena Solutions has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Morpheo AI, an enterprise agentic data platform. The agreement is subject to customary closing conditions. Morpheo AI's technology prepares, curates, structures, and enriches fragmented enterprise data for advanced AI applications, giving Vena a stronger foundation for the intelligence layer it is building across its planning products.

Polar Power Secures Up To $25 Million Committed Equity Facility To Support Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Polar Power has entered into a Committed Equity Facility with Roth Principal Investments, LLC, an affiliate of CR Financial Holdings, Inc. The facility allows Polar Power to issue and sell up to $25 million of common stock at its discretion, subject to the filing and effectiveness of a registration statement covering the resale of the shares and other conditions set forth in the agreement.

Rice University Receives Nearly $20 Million NSF Award For AI-Powered Materials Laboratory

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Rice University has received a $19.9 million award from the National Science Foundation to lead a four-year project using artificial intelligence, robotics, and cloud-based laboratories to accelerate the manufacturing of electronic and quantum materials. The university announced the project, called READINESS.

Novanta Completes Acquisition Of Riverpoint Medical

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Novanta has completed the acquisition of Riverpoint Medical from Arlington Capital Partners. Riverpoint is a category leader in high-growth minimally invasive surgical consumables, including advanced surgical fibers and related technologies for sports medicine, trauma, and cardiovascular surgical applications. Riverpoint designs and manufactures IP-protected, private-label products for leading medical OEM customers, with a portfolio spanning suture anchors, implantable materials, sutures, and surgical instruments.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners To Acquire Epic Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, has agreed to acquire Epic Energy, an Australian gas pipeline operator. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

Alfred University Leads Project To Develop Battery Storage And Microgrid Control System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Alfred University is partnering with clean-tech startup Ranial Systems Inc. to develop an artificial intelligence-assisted controller for grid-scale battery storage and microgrids. The project began the week of June 29 and is supported by funding from New Energy New York.

heytruffle Raises Funding To Grow Its Managed Restaurant AI Nationwide

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

heytruffle, formerly known as RestoHost, has raised new funding from Preface Ventures. The announcement coincided with the company's rebrand from RestoHost to heytruffle, a shift that reflects the company's roots in running restaurants and its focus on protecting the guest experience over the phone. heytruffle plans to use the funding to expand its service across the United States.

Eliyan Achieves Unicorn Status With $145 Million Series C To Advance Electro-Optical Interconnects For AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Eliyan Corporation has completed its Series C with a total of $145 million at a $1 billion valuation. Seligman Ventures led the round, with participation from new strategic investors Cisco Investments and Lumentum.

Investcorp Invests In Berger Financial Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Investcorp has invested in Berger Financial Group, a wealth management platform providing financial advisory services to individual investors and retirement savers across the United States. The investment adds a fee-based wealth management platform to Investcorp's growing roster of specialized business and professional services firms, which includes notable investments such as PKF O'Connor Davies, AlixPartners, CrossCountry Consulting, ICR, Resultant, and United Talent Agency.

Solace: Interview With CEO And Co-Founder Jeremy Gurewitz About Healthcare Advocacy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Solace is a healthcare advocacy marketplace that connects patients and families with professional advocates who help them make decisions and navigate the complexities of the U.S. healthcare system. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Solace CEO and Co-Founder Jeremy Gurewitz to learn more.

S&P Global To Acquire DatacenterHawk, Connecting Global Data Center, Power, And Infrastructure Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

S&P Global has entered a definitive agreement to acquire datacenterHawk, a provider of proprietary intelligence for the global data center, fiber optic, and related infrastructure markets.

Henry AI Raises $16.5 Million Series A And Launches Henry Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Henry AI Inc. has announced a $16.5 million Series A round. FirstMark Capital led the round. Thomson Reuters Ventures participated, along with follow-on investment from Y Combinator, Susa Ventures, 1Sharpe, StoryHouse Ventures, Pioneer Fund, RXR Arden Digital Ventures, Karman Ventures, and Coalition Operators. Adam Nelson, Partner at FirstMark Capital, has joined Henry's board of directors.

H.I.G. Growth Completes Strategic Investment In Rewind

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

H.I.G. Growth Partners has completed an investment in Rewind Software Inc., a SaaS resilience platform delivering backup and recovery, business continuity, and data governance services. H.I.G. Growth is the growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, which has $75 billion of capital under management.

Carrier To Sell NORESCO To OPTERRA Energy Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Carrier Global Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to sell its NORESCO business to OPTERRA Energy Services, a subsidiary of LS Power. The agreement covers Carrier's energy services and performance contracting business, and the transaction is expected to close shortly, subject to customary conditions.

KGK Science Receives Growth Investment Led By Maxim Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

KGK Science Inc. has received a growth investment led by Maxim Partners. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Strategic Value Partners To Acquire Minority Stake In South Field Energy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Strategic Value Partners has agreed to acquire a minority equity interest in South Field Energy, a 1,182-megawatt natural gas-fired combined-cycle generation facility in Columbiana County, Ohio. Financial terms were not disclosed.

RKD Group Acquires Whiteboard

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

RKD Group has acquired Whiteboard, an award-winning creative agency. The acquisition brings together an established fundraising and marketing services firm with an agency known for combining strategy, creativity, and technology in service of storytelling for mission-driven organizations.

Watts Law Firm Accelerates AI Transformation With Launch Of Intelligent Case Qualification Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Watts Law Firm LLP has launched an AI-powered case qualification platform built with S4 Capital's Monks Technology Services. The platform ingests claim documentation, extracts and validates data, evaluates eligibility, estimates recoverable damages, and assembles attorney-ready case files in minutes.

Yoodli Appoints Former Meta And Coalition Product Leader Kartik Murthy As VP Of Product

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Yoodli has appointed Kartik Murthy as Vice President of Product. Murthy officially joined the company July 27, 2026 and will lead product strategy as Yoodli scales its platform for global revenue teams. He brings more than 17 years of product leadership spanning AI, consumer software, hardware, and learning.

EigenQ Appoints Mark Pecen As Vice Chairman And Promotes Alexander Truskovsky To Chief Information Security Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

EigenQ has appointed Mark Pecen as Vice Chairman and promoted Alexander Truskovsky to Chief Information Security Officer. The appointments were announced ahead of EigenQ's proposed merger with Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp.

Nexus Acquires Telemetrix RPM, Extending The Clinical Care Operating System From The Hospital To The Home

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Nexus, formerly Nexus Bedside, has acquired Telemetrix RPM, a remote patient monitoring and chronic care management company. The acquisition closed July 23, 2026, in Cleveland. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Katalyst Strengthens Its Platform With The Acquisition Of Layer27

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Katalyst has acquired Layer27, a Durham, North Carolina-based managed services and cybersecurity provider. The acquisition is Katalyst's first tuck-in acquisition since partnering with e4n in May 2026.

Tonic Security CEO Sharon Isaaci On Moving Cybersecurity From Detection To Remediation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Tonic Security is an Agentic Exposure Management Platform that helps security teams transform fragmented exposure data into actionable risk decisions and coordinated remediation campaigns. The platform combines contextual risk prioritization, automation, and orchestration to help organizations reduce cyber risk rather than simply detect it. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Tonic Security Co-Founder and CEO Sharon Isaaci to learn more.

Cloud For Good Acquires StackNexus To Expand State & Local Government Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Cloud for Good, a Salesforce consulting partner focused on education, nonprofit, and financial services sectors, has acquired StackNexus, a firm specializing in Salesforce solutions for the state and local public sector. The acquisition expands Cloud for Good's ability to support the transformation of public sector services.

Alma Bank To Acquire American Community Bank

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Alma Bank, American Community Bancorp, Inc. and American Community Bank have entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Alma Bank will acquire American Community Bank. Upon completion, American Community Bank will merge into Alma Bank, with Alma Bank continuing as the surviving institution.

ACT Capital Advisors Secures Development Capital From Pathward And BridgePeak

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

ACT Capital Advisors has secured $30 million in development line financing from Pathward, N.A. on behalf of Teichos Energy, LLC, a utility-scale renewable energy developer. BridgePeak Energy Capital, LLC served as lender service provider to Pathward. Teichos plans to use the capital to support continued development of its late-stage solar-energy projects.

SiEngine Secures $200 Million Equity Financing To Accelerate Vertical Silicon-To-Software SDV Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

ECARX Holdings announced that SiEngine Technology Co., Ltd., its incubated automotive semiconductor investment, has secured $200 million in new equity capital from institutional investors over H1 2026. Co-founded in 2018 by ECARX and Arm China, SiEngine has evolved into an independent automotive semiconductor enterprise, with ECARX retaining its position as the company's largest single shareholder. The funding round marks a transformative milestone for SiEngine as it establishes itself among China's top vehicle-grade semiconductor designers.