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Mitratech: Interview With Jan Stappers About Connected GRC, Responsible AI, And Regulatory Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

As Executive Vice President, GRC Solutions Strategy at Mitratech, Jan Stappers leads key strategic initiatives and is a recognized expert in whistleblowing management, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. He contributed to ISO 37002, is CIPP/E certified, serves on the UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies, and helps organizations navigate increasingly complex governance, risk, and compliance requirements. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Mitratech's Jan Stappers to learn more about his perspective.

Voyager Awarded $22.4 Million Department Of War Contract For Next-Generation Satellite Deployment Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Voyager Technologies has been awarded a $22.4 million Other Transaction Agreement from the Strategic Capabilities Office within the Department of War for a research and development program focused on next-generation satellite deployment systems.

Captec Americas And Cincoze Form Strategic North American Industrial Computing Alliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Captec Americas and Cincoze have formed a strategic North American alliance as part of a broader global agreement, combining Cincoze's industrial computing portfolio with Captec's engineering, integration and lifecycle capabilities across the U.S. and Canada.

Socium Advisors Reaches $5 Billion In AUM After Tenfold Growth In Six Years

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Socium Advisors has surpassed $5 billion in assets under management, up from about $500 million six years ago, as the St. Louis-based Northwestern Mutual Private Client Group expands its wealth management capabilities and geographic footprint.

AngelNV Opens 2026 Entrepreneur Bootcamp With $400,000 Startup Investment Opportunity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

AngelNV is launching the seventh year of its Entrepreneur Due Diligence Bootcamp on October 13, providing Nevada startup founders with free training on raising venture capital and an opportunity to compete for a $400,000 investment.

LPL Financial Onboards $1.1 Billion Firm Praxis Financial Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

LPL Financial has added Praxis Financial Partners to its broker-dealer and Registered Investment Advisor platform, bringing a wealth management team that reported serving approximately $1.1 billion in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets.

Latham & Watkins Adds Lisa Kattan As Partner And ITC Practice Co-Chair

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Latham & Watkins has added Lisa Kattan as a partner in its Intellectual Property Litigation Practice and Co-Chair of the International Trade Commission Practice in Washington, D.C., strengthening the firm's capabilities across Section 337 investigations and patent disputes.

Kaizen Awarded Five-Year $49 Million U.S. Army Enterprise Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Kaizen has been awarded a five-year U.S. Army Enterprise Agreement indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a $49 million ceiling, creating a streamlined procurement vehicle for mission-critical application-layer software across eligible Army organizations.

Marlin Equity Partners Invests In Rystad Energy And Founder Retains Majority Stake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Marlin Equity Partners has signed a definitive agreement to make a growth investment in Rystad Energy, an independent provider of energy-market research, data and intelligence solutions. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Metric Point Capital Adds Jamaine Cook As Principal To Expand GP Solutions And Secondaries Advisory Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Metric Point Capital has appointed Jamaine Cook as Principal, adding the former RCP Advisors investment professional as the firm expands its GP solutions and secondaries advisory capabilities.

Growth Operators Names Co-Founder Molly Hiller As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Growth Operators has named co-founder Molly Hiller Chief Executive Officer as the middle-market advisory firm expands its platform across strategy, talent, technology and artificial intelligence.

POP.STORE: Interview With CEO Gautam Goswami About Agentic AI Commerce And The Creator Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

POP.STORE is the creator commerce platform behind ECHO-ME, its Agentic AI operating system designed to help creators and professionals turn audiences into owned businesses. ECHO-ME works across audience engagement, content, lead generation, monetization and other business functions, while POP.STORE gives creators an owned hub to convert that activity into lasting customer relationships. Pulse 2.0 interviewed POP.STORE CEO Gautam Goswami to learn more.

Bank Of Ann Arbor To Acquire Huron Valley State Bank For $52.1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Bank of Ann Arbor has agreed to acquire Milford-based Huron Valley State Bank in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $52.1 million, expanding the Ann Arbor-based financial institution's presence across Oakland County, according to The Detroit News.

Amentum Awarded $17.6 Million Air Force Contract Modification For Aerial Targets III Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Amentum Services has been awarded a $17.65 million U.S. Air Force contract modification covering the fourth option year of the Aerial Targets III Program, extending the company's support for the program through September 2027.

A&O Shearman Adds Gabriel Boghossian And Sarah de Ste Croix As Global Co-Heads Of Secondaries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

A&O Shearman has hired Gabriel Boghossian and Sarah de Ste Croix as Global Co-Heads of Secondaries, along with their full London-based team, expanding the firm's private capital platform.

Lockheed Martin Awarded $209 Million Navy Contract Modification For SEWIP Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 6, 2026

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $208.96 million U.S. Navy contract modification to continue producing Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program AN/SLQ-32(V)6 systems.

Greenberg Traurig Adds Ben Patton As Head Of London Construction Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Greenberg Traurig has added Ben Patton as a shareholder and head of its London Construction Practice, expanding the law firm's real estate, construction and infrastructure capabilities in the U.K.

Northrop Grumman Awarded $66 Million MQ-4C Triton Retrofit Contract For U.S. Navy And Australia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $66.04 million U.S. Navy delivery order covering engineering retrofits, material and spares for fielded MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems operated by the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force.

Weil Names Peter Feist U.S. Co-Head Of Private Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has named Peter Feist a partner and U.S. Co-Head of its Private Equity practice as the veteran deal lawyer returns to the firm in New York.

Collins Aerospace Awarded Up To $95 Million Air Force ATNAVICS Logistics Support Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Collins Aerospace has been awarded a U.S. Air Force indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $95 million to provide contractor logistics support for the Air Traffic Navigation, Integration, and Coordination System program.

Hunt Capital Partners Closes Financing For $17.1 Million Kansas City Affordable Housing Rehabilitation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Hunt Capital Partners, Riverstone Platform Partners and Kansas City Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry have closed financing for a $17.1 million rehabilitation of The Alexandria, a 55-unit affordable housing community in Kansas City, Missouri.

Mona Raises $3.5 Million To Expand AI Platform For Small Business Capital Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Mona has raised an oversubscribed $3.5 million financing round to expand its AI platform for small business capital access and financial coaching. Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners led the round, with participation from Alumni Ventures, Wisdom Ventures, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and other angel investors.

Incline Equity Partners Acquires The Conrad Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Incline Equity Partners has invested in The Conrad Company, a value-added distributor and service provider focused on fluid power, motion control, automation and related industrial products. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Regal Ventures, Snowball, And Devli Acquire 29.7-Acre Windsor Industrial Property

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

A joint venture of Regal Ventures, Snowball Developments and Devli Real Estate has acquired a 186,603-square-foot industrial property on approximately 29.7 acres at 600 Day Hill Road in Windsor, Connecticut. The sale price and seller were not disclosed.

Menos AI Raises $5.1 Million Pre-A Round, Bringing Total Funding To More Than $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Menos AI has raised $5.1 million in Pre-A financing led by returning investor Copper Sky Capital, bringing total funding for the institutional investment AI company to more than $10 million. Alpha Square Group also participated.

Kodiak Acquires Eco Solution Distributing, Its Ninth Acquisition Since 2023

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Kodiak Chemical has acquired Eco Solution Distributing, expanding into water treatment and adding five locations to its specialty chemicals platform.

Leica Biosystems Completes StatLab Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Leica Biosystems has completed its acquisition of StatLab, expanding its pathology portfolio across specimen preparation, staining, digital imaging and AI-enabled cancer diagnostics.

Mark43 Acquires ForceMetrics To Expand Public Safety Data Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

Mark43 has acquired ForceMetrics, expanding its public safety technology platform with additional capabilities for connecting fragmented data and turning it into real-time operational intelligence. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ITpipes Secures Strategic Growth Investment From Luminate Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

ITpipes has received a strategic growth investment from Luminate Capital Partners to accelerate product development and expand its use of artificial intelligence across sewer and stormwater pipe inspection. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

MoneyStack Raises $1 Million To Bring Financial Crisis Care Into Behavioral Health Treatment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 5, 2026

MoneyStack has raised $1 million in new funding to expand its financial counseling platform for behavioral healthcare, beginning with services for people experiencing gambling-related financial harm. Cistern Capital led the round, with participation from the American Heart Association's Social Impact Funds, O'Shaughnessy Ventures, Sidecut Ventures, Gaingels and angel investors.