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American Hartford Gold has acquired the assets of Rosland Capital, expanding its national precious metals business and increasing the resources available to Rosland clients.

Middle River Power has acquired the 427-megawatt Panoche Energy Center in Firebaugh, California, from an Ares Infrastructure Equity fund, expanding its portfolio of dispatchable power generation assets across the Western U.S. 

Blaze Energy has raised $6.5 million in seed funding to accelerate deployment of its Flex-Fuel Reformer System, a technology designed to allow existing maritime engines to operate using multiple alternative fuels. Propeller Ventures and Catalyzer Ventures led the financing.

Bertram Capital has invested in Percopo Coatings Company, establishing the coatings and restoration services business as the fifth platform investment in Bertram's Ignite fund. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Althea US has rebranded as Ally Technical and received a growth investment from FFL Partners as the healthcare technology management company expands its services and pursues additional organic growth and acquisitions. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.

Torch Systems has secured $11.5 million in total financing to expand its AI-powered monitoring platform for utilities, renewable energy companies, municipalities and other operators of distributed outdoor infrastructure.

YouTube and Google.org have committed a $2.5 million grant to Class CrunchLabs, providing additional funding to expand the free STEM curriculum founded by Mark Rober.

TA Services has acquired the assets and operations of Carmen Pacheco Transportation and Interload Forwarding, expanding its U.S.-Mexico cross-border transportation, warehousing and logistics capabilities. TA Services is the non-asset flagship division of PS Logistics.

XKIG has acquired ClearPath Solutions Group, expanding its infrastructure services platform with additional capabilities spanning emergency management, strategic consulting, government relations, public safety and infrastructure support.

Chiplytics has raised $4.5 million in funding led by Scout Ventures and Waypoint Ventures and opened a new microelectronics inspection laboratory in Bellport, New York. The financing includes an Air Force Tactical Funding Increase, or TACFI, award supporting further development of Chiplytics' inspection technology. Additional investors include QK Special Services, Industrious Ventures, Interwoven Ventures, Seattle Alliance of Angels and Cornell University's Red Bear Angels.

Outer Spaces has launched with an $8 million pre-seed financing round and unveiled OS1, a modular outdoor structure that integrates residential solar generation and battery storage into a backyard pavilion and deck. Upfront Ventures led the funding, with participation from Unlock Venture Partners, Mucker Capital and Genius Ventures.

Mortgage Connect has acquired a majority interest in Stavvy and plans to combine the digital mortgage technology company's business operations with Mortgage Connect's Simply Secure Sign eClosing platform.

Cofounder.AI has appointed former Google X executive AJ Thomas as Chief Operating Officer, adding a venture investor, operator and founder coach to its leadership team as the AI-native startup expands its partnerships and operations.

Balflex and NRP Jones have combined their U.S. operations, bringing together NRP Jones' domestic hydraulic manufacturing capabilities with Balflex's international manufacturing, product and distribution network.

Bradbury Capital Holdings has completed its previously announced business combination with Technology & Telecommunication Acquisition Corporation and will begin trading on Nasdaq under the BBCI ticker. Following completion, the combined company has changed its name to Bradbury Capital Inc.

Avarra has raised $17 million in Series A funding following a year in which the AI company increased annual recurring revenue by more than 400% and expanded its product from sales-training simulations into a broader AI avatar platform for go-to-market organizations. Duration Ventures led the financing, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Draper Associates, GTMfund, Alumni Ventures, and a strategic investment from Zoom.

fullthrottle.ai has launched Last Mile Audiences, a new capability that turns engagement from paid search and social campaigns into addressable household audiences marketers can reach through additional media channels.

Vance Street Capital portfolio company Fumex Air Filtration Systems has acquired Filtrabox from PAT Technology Systems, expanding its specialized air filtration platform across North America and Europe. 

Konica Minolta Sensing Americas is integrating the North American sales and operations team of subsidiary Eines Vision Systems into its regional organization, creating a more unified structure for sales, technical service and customer support across the market.

Cubic has appointed Elliot "Lee" Sander President and Chief Executive Officer of Cubic Transportation Systems, effective immediately.

Insmed has announced that Chief Financial Officer Sara Bonstein will step down from her role on October 30, 2026, after nearly seven years with the biopharmaceutical company.

Hammerson has appointed Gina Szymanski as Chief Financial Officer and a Director of the company, with Szymanski expected to assume the position and join the Board no later than January 1, 2027.

Akin has added Filippo Durazzo as a corporate partner in London, continuing the expansion of its global private equity platform.

Debevoise & Plimpton has added Neal J. Reenan and Ian Bushner as partners in its Mergers & Acquisitions Group in New York, further expanding the firm's private capital platform.

Houlihan Lokey has appointed Jane Ma as a Managing Director in its Financial Services Group in New York, strengthening the investment bank's advisory capabilities across alternative asset management, wealth management and financial technology. Ma's primary coverage area will be alternative asset managers.

Morrison Foerster has added Chris Grey as a partner in its M&A Practice Group and named him UK Tech Sector Lead, continuing the law firm's expansion of its transactional and technology capabilities in London.

Emera, ATCO, and Canadian Utilities have entered into a definitive agreement that will combine Emera and Canadian Utilities in a merger of equals, creating a Canadian-headquartered utility and energy infrastructure company with an expected pro forma enterprise value of approximately $72 billion.

Google and Constellation Energy have entered into a long-term clean energy agreement designed to add 890 megawatts of new nuclear generating capacity to the PJM Interconnection grid, supported by more than $4.3 billion of planned investment by Constellation.

LawVu has launched Lens, a new artificial intelligence contract analysis tool designed to give in-house legal teams visibility across their entire contract portfolio and identify risks, obligations and commercial opportunities before they become problems.

EIT Pharma is a biotechnology company focused on advancing therapies for infectious diseases with significant unmet medical needs. The company is developing a portfolio of programs to address serious infectious diseases through rigorous science, disciplined execution, and a patient-centered approach that translates scientific innovation into meaningful real-world impact. Its lead program is Jitixib, or lonafarnib, an investigational oral therapeutic candidate in late-stage development for chronic hepatitis D, and the company is also advancing peginterferon lambda for severe acute viral respiratory infections. Pulse 2.0 interviewed EIT Pharma CEO Leen Kawas to learn more about the company’s strategy, its clinical programs, and its approach to building a biotechnology company around therapies with substantial existing scientific and clinical evidence.