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Lowe’s Buying Artisan Design Group In $1.325 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Lowe's Companies announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Artisan Design Group (ADG) for $1.325 billion.

Falx Capital: Acquisition Of Pyramid Time Systems Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Pyramid Time Systems (a leader in time and attendance solutions and synchronized time systems) announced it has been acquired by a private investment group led by Falx Capital.

Super Speciosa: Interview With Co-Founder Ken Loricchio About The Kratom Products Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Super Speciosa is a leading brand of kratom herbal supplements with a focus on quality and transparency. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Super Speciosa co-founder Ken Loricchio to learn more about the company.

Trellis Health: $1.8 Million (Pre-Seed) Raised To Provide Women With Personalized And Proactive Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Trellis Health, a digital health platform designed to empower women with personalized, proactive care, today emerged from stealth. The company is launching with $1.8 million in pre-seed funding from Palette Ventures, Swizzle Ventures, NEXTBLUE, Suncoast Ventures, and Sundial Foundation, along with high-profile healthcare individuals like Care.com founder Sheila Marcelo, the co-founders of Flo Health, Yuri Gurski and Andrei Kouzel, Mike Prytkov - the founder and CEO of Simple, Naseem Sayani, angels and executives from ARM, Microsoft AI and others.

FIS And Global Payments Sign $20+ Billion In Concurrent Deals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

FIS and Global Payments announced a couple of major concurrent deals. FIS entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Global Payments' Issuer Solutions business for an enterprise value of $13.5 billion, or a net purchase price of $12 billion including $1.5 billion of anticipated net present value of tax assets. And FIS entered into a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Worldpay to Global Payments for $6.6 billion in pre-tax value.

SpotDraft: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Shashank Bijapur About The Contract Automation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

SpotDraft is known as a co-pilot for your legal team that democratizes legal paperwork and speeds up the contract lifecycle. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SpotDraft CEO and co-founder Shashank Bijapur to learn more about the company.

Exaforce: $75 Million (Series A) Raised For Transforming Security With Agentic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Exaforce announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series A funding led by marquee investors Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, and Thomvest to develop an Agentic SOC Platform that provides AI agents (called Exabots) and advanced data exploration that gives customers a tenfold reduction in human-led SOC work, while dramatically improving security outcomes.

CleanArc Data Centers: Investment Raised From Townsend Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

CleanArc Data Centers - a developer and operator of renewables-focused hyperscale data center campuses - announced that Townsend Group, which is a leading advisor and partner to institutional investors globally, made a strategic investment in the company.

SK Capital Partners: John Novak Named As Head Of Business Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

SK Capital Partners - a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, ingredients, and life sciences sectors - announced that John Novak has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Head of Business Development.

Achilles Buying Contractor Management Company InfoControl

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Achilles, a leader in supply chain risk and performance management, announced the acquisition of InfoControl, a specialist AI and contractor management company based in Latin America.

KKR: General David Petraeus Named As Chairman Of The Middle East

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Global investment firm KKR announced that it is expanding its presence in the Middle East including the appointment of General David Petraeus (US Army, Ret.) as Chairman of KKR Middle East and the establishment of a dedicated investment team in the region led by Julian Barratt-Due, a Managing Director at KKR.

Decision Logic: Growth Investment Raised From Clovis Point Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Decision Logic, a provider of back-office management software for restaurants, announced a significant growth investment from Clovis Point Capital, a Houston-based growth equity firm. This partnership will advance Decision Logic's roadmap, drive team expansion, and strengthen its ability to deliver transformative outcomes for restaurant operators.