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myCIO Sells Advisory Team To Clearstead Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

myCIO Wealth Partners announced the sale of an advisory team to Clearstead Advisors. The deal closed on June 30, 2026. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Behrman Capital Closes $250 Million Continuation Vehicle For Shurco

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Prosperity Bancshares Completes Merger With Stellar Bancorp

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Prosperity Bancshares announced the completion of its merger with Stellar Bancorp. The merger of Stellar Bancorp with and into Prosperity, along with the merger of Stellar Bank with and into Prosperity Bank, became effective today. Prosperity Bancshares is the parent company of Prosperity Bank. Stellar Bank was headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Avista Healthcare Partners Completes Acquisition Of sanotact Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Avista Healthcare Partners announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of sanotact Group. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. sanotact is a German vitamins, minerals, and supplements platform.

Valmet Completes Acquisition Of Severn Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Valmet announced that it has completed the acquisition of Severn Group. Severn is an industrial valve company specializing in severe service flow control solutions. The acquisition was originally announced on December 22, 2025. The transaction covers all three Severn divisions: Severn Glocon, ValvTechnologies, and LB Bentley. The deal is valued at $480 million on a cash- and debt-free basis.

Unique Sports Group And One Team Football Launch Unique France

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Unique Sports Group announced a strategic investment with French football agency One Team Football. The two businesses are joining forces to launch Unique France. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Ardian Semiconductor Invests In AI Inference Accelerator Company VSORA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Ardian announced that Ardian Semiconductor has completed a minority investment in VSORA. VSORA is a France-based fabless semiconductor company designing next-generation AI inference accelerators for data center applications. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Carrier Completes Sale Of Riello To Ariston Group For $440 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Carrier Global announced that it has completed the sale of its Riello business to Ariston Group. The transaction generated gross proceeds of approximately $440 million.

Arrow Financial Completes Acquisition Of Adirondack Bancorp

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Arrow Financial Corporation announced the completion of its previously announced strategic acquisition of Adirondack Bancorp.

Bow River Capital Surpasses $7.4 Billion In Managed Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Bow River Capital announced the successful integration of its recently acquired asset-based finance and venture capital platforms. The milestone marks Bow River Capital’s evolution into a diversified multi-asset alternative investment manager.

Integral Raises $25 Million To Build Privacy Layer For Real-World Data Economy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Integral Privacy Technologies announced that it has raised $25 million in total funding. The financing included participation from Venrex, The General Partnership, Array Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, LiveRamp Ventures, Haystack, Virtue Ventures, Also Capital, Caffeinated Capital, LifeX Ventures, Circle & Co, and WS Investments.

10Beauty Raises $23.5 Million To Expand Robotic Manicures To Retail And Salons

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

10Beauty announced that it has raised $23.5 million in new funding led by Story Ventures. The round brings 10Beauty’s total funding to more than $70 million.

Kroger To Acquire Giant Eagle For $1.65 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

The Kroger Co. and Giant Eagle announced a definitive agreement under which Kroger will acquire Giant Eagle. Giant Eagle is a family-owned food and pharmacy retailer with about $9 billion in annual sales, 197 supermarkets, and 11 standalone pharmacies across northern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, and Indiana.

QXO Completes Acquisition Of TopBuild

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

QXO announced it has completed its previously disclosed acquisition of TopBuild. The transaction significantly expands QXO’s scale and capabilities across the building products value chain.

Etched Comes Out Of Stealth With $800 Million Raised And $1 Billion In Customer Contracts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Etched announced that it has come out of stealth after building its first racks following a successful A0 tapeout. The company also disclosed that it has raised $800 million and secured more than $1 billion in customer contracts.

Keepit Upsizes And Refinances Credit Facilities To $90 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Keepit announced the renewal and upsizing of its credit facilities to $90 million. The financing is backed by HSBC Innovation Banking and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark.

Aligned Raises $60 Million To Advance AI Deal Workspace Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Aligned announced it has raised $60 million in Series B financing, bringing its total funding to $73.8 million. Aligned is the AI Deal Workspace where sellers, buyers, and AI agents run deals together.

OXMIQ Raises $35 Million To Scale OxCore Architecture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

OXMIQ Labs announced the close of its $35 million Series A financing round, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $60 million. OXMIQ is a unified GPU and AI architecture company founded by Raja Koduri.

Together AI Raises $800 Million Series C At $8.3 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Together AI announced it has raised $800 million in Series C financing at an $8.3 billion post-money valuation. Together AI is known for making it cheaper and easier for companies to run open-source AI models at scale. The round was led by Aramco Ventures, with participation from Vista Equity Partners, General Catalyst, Emergence Capital, NVIDIA, March Capital, Pegatron, S Ventures, and others.

Materna Medical Raises $5 Million In B3 Financing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Materna Medical announced the successful close of its $5 million B3 financing round. The funding positions the company for a pivotal year of clinical, commercial, and operational advancement.

Joulent Raises $1.75 Billion From National Grid

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Joulent announced that National Grid has agreed to make a $1.75 billion strategic minority investment in the company. Joulent is a technology-driven energy company developing multi-gigawatt power infrastructure to meet the rising electricity demands of American industry, AI infrastructure, and other compute-intensive sectors.

MGX Confirms Fund I Closes At $49 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

MGX announced the final close of MGX Fund I at $49 billion in total commitments, exceeding its initial target of $45 billion.

Testmate: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Dr. Siew-Veena Sahi About The STI At-Home Testing Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Testmate Health is a company that develops rapid, disposable, at-home self-tests that detect common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with laboratory-grade accuracy. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Testmate Health co-founder and CEO Dr. Siew-Veena Sahi to learn more.

Beauty Rep: Interview With Founders Keri Concannon & Olivia Schmid About The Beauty Digital Digital Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Beauty Rep is a B2B digital platform that connects global beauty and aesthetic brands with dermatology practices, plastic surgery centers, and med spas, streamlining product discovery, purchasing, and marketing into one centralized hub. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Beauty Rep CEO Keri Concannon and COO Olivia Schmid to learn more.

Remoti: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Pablo Miller About The Talent Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Remoti is a Workforce-as-a-Service and talent infrastructure platform that helps global organizations recruit, hire, and manage distributed teams, particularly across Latin America. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Remoti co-founder and CEO Pablo Miller to learn more.

Feinstein Institutes Secures $4.9 Million In NIH Grants For Inflammation And Alzheimer’s Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research announced that it has secured $4.9 million in new multi-year grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. The funding will support two research projects focused on acute inflammation and Alzheimer’s disease.

Pictor Raises $7.5 Million Bridge Round To Accelerate Targeted Proteomic Platform Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Pictor Holdings announced that it has closed a $7.5 million bridge round of growth capital. The financing was supported by existing investors and brings Pictor’s total capital raised to approximately $30 million.

Pegasus Tech Ventures And Asteria Launch Corporate Venture Capital Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Pegasus Tech Ventures announced the launch of a corporate venture capital fund in partnership with Asteria Corporation. The initiative marks Asteria’s first corporate venture capital fund.

Why ETS Is Acquiring ACT

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

ETS announced that it is acquiring ACT, one of the most recognized organizations in college and career readiness. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Enverus Acquires PDS Exchange Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2026

Enverus announced that it has acquired four exchange platforms from PDS Energy Information. The acquired platforms are the Frac Interference Exchange, Well Data Exchange, Production Data Exchange, and AquaTrade. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.