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Rightsline: $500 Million Strategic Growth Investment From Hg

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Rightsline announced a $500 million strategic growth investment from Hg to accelerate the company’s AI innovation initiatives and international expansion efforts.

Field: Wealth Management Technology Platform Launches To Unify Advisory Firm Data And Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Field officially launched as a wealth management technology company focused on building foundational infrastructure for the advisory industry. The company is led by Bill Crager, the co-founder and former CEO of Envestnet and a founding partner of iAltA.

Periscope Equity: Strategic Investment Made In Amusement Connect

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Periscope Equity announced a strategic investment in Amusement Connect, a Kansas City-based specialty payments platform focused on the amusement industry. The deal marks the first platform investment from Periscope Equity’s third fund, which closed last year.

Cato Networks Appoints Tristan Elder As Vice President Of EMEA Channel

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Cato Networks announced the appointment of Tristan Elder as Vice President of EMEA Channel, reinforcing the company’s commitment to expanding its partner ecosystem across the region amid growing enterprise demand for AI security solutions.

Focused Energy: $240 Million Raised For Laser Fusion Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Focused Energy, a laser fusion company focused on developing clean fusion energy systems, announced it has raised $240 million in Series A financing. The company said the round is the largest fully secured Series A financing in the global fusion industry to date.

Go Swag: $5 Million Raised For Corporate Gifting Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Go Swag announced that it has raised $5 million in funding as the company looks to expand its corporate gifting platform globally.

Saris: $28.8 Million Raised To Scale Agentic Workflow Automation For Financial Institutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Saris, an AI-powered workflow automation platform built for banks and credit unions, announced it has raised $28.8 million in Series A funding. The round was led by 8VC, with participation from Audacious Ventures, Homebrew, Btech Consortium, and Service Ventures.

Goshe Energy Storage: $40 Million Financing Facility Secured From S2G Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Goshe Energy Storage announced it secured a strategic HoldCo debt facility of up to $40 million from S2G Investments to accelerate the acquisition and construction of late-stage battery energy storage projects across U.S. markets.

NavigateAI: $25 Million Raised To Build AI Copilot For The Physical World

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

NavigateAI officially launched with $25 million in seed funding to build AI copilots for field workers, aiming to improve how physical spaces are built and maintained. The company was founded by former Eric Wu co-founder Eric Wu and is focused on helping reskill and upskill workers across the trillion-dollar trades economy.

OpenAI: Colin Fleming Joins As Chief Marketing Officer, Business

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Colin Fleming announced that he is joining OpenAI as Chief Marketing Officer, Business, following what he described as “the most meaningful chapter” of his career at ServiceNow.

Reimagine Care: Interview With Chief Growth Officer John Elliott About The At-Home Cancer Care Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Reimagine Care partners with health systems and oncology providers to deliver tech-enabled, at-home cancer care by combining an AI-powered virtual assistant with a 24/7 team of clinical experts. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Reimagine Care chief growth officer John Elliott to learn more.

Perceptic: $12 Million Raised For AI Operating System For Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Perceptic, an AI-first operating system for biopharma, officially emerged from stealth and announced $12 million in funding backed by investors including Accel, Air Street Capital, and Elder Gull, as reported by Fortune.

CERo Therapeutics: Interview With CEO Chris Ehrlich About The Immunotherapy Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

CERo Therapeutics is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing next-generation engineered T cell therapies (CER-T) that combine innate and adaptive immunity to enhance the body's ability to eliminate solid and hematological tumors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CERo Therapeutics CEO Chris Ehrlich to learn more.

TIFIN Australia: AI Wealth Platform Launches To Expand Financial Advisory Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

TIFIN.AI announced the launch of TIFIN Australia, marking a major step in the company’s international expansion strategy and its mission to use artificial intelligence to improve financial outcomes globally.

JFFVentures: Interview With Managing Partner Sabari Raja About The Leading Impact Venture Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

JFFVentures is an impact investment fund that provides early-stage capital to technology companies developing education, HR, and workforce solutions designed to improve economic mobility for low- and middle-wage workers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed JFFVentures Managing Partner Sabari Raja to learn more.

South Street Partners: Solé Miami Acquisition Expands South Florida Hospitality Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

South Street Partners, a private equity real estate investment and development firm headquartered in Charlotte and Charleston, announced the acquisition of Solé Miami, an oceanfront boutique resort located in Sunny Isles Beach. The acquisition expands South Street’s hospitality footprint in South Florida and strengthens its presence in high-growth coastal resort markets.

Carson Group Launches Estate Planning Capability

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Carson Group, a wealth advisory firm with more than $58 billion in assets under management, announced the launch of a new estate planning capability designed to help financial advisors strengthen client retention, build multi-generational relationships, and support long-term business growth during the ongoing generational wealth transfer.

JobGet Acquires RippleMatch To Expand Into Early-Career Recruiting

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

JobGet announced the acquisition of RippleMatch, an AI-powered early-career recruiting platform, as the company continues building a unified hiring ecosystem across hourly, frontline, and entry-level talent categories. The deal marks JobGet’s sixth acquisition and expands its strategy of consolidating the fragmented hiring technology market through AI-powered infrastructure.

Cognia: EL Education Merger Creates Unified School Improvement Ecosystem

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Cognia announced a merger with EL Education aimed at creating a more unified and coherent ecosystem for school improvement across K-12 education.

Apex Service Partners: Apollo Funds Makes Strategic Minority Investment In Residential Home Services Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Apex Service Partners, the nation’s largest residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services business, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, under which Apollo Funds will acquire a minority interest in Apex. Existing investor Alpine Investors is also making an additional investment in Apex to support the company’s continued growth. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Countable Labs Raises $26 Million To Accelerate Countable PCR Commercialization

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Countable Labs announced it has raised $26 million in an oversubscribed financing round to accelerate clinical product development and global commercialization of its Countable PCR technology.

AirMDR: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Kumar Saurabh About The Managed Detection And Response Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

AirMDR is a company that provides an AI-powered Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service that uses autonomous virtual analysts to handle 80–90% of security operations center (SOC) tasks—such as triaging, investigating, and responding to threats—enabling 24/7, enterprise-grade cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AirMDR co-founder and CEO Kumar Saurabh to learn more.

CoreWeave: Unified Agentic AI Capabilities Enable Continuous Autonomous Improvement

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

CoreWeave announced the launch of unified agentic AI capabilities designed to help enterprises deploy AI agents directly into production and continuously improve them using real-world operational data. The new capabilities integrate serverless reinforcement learning, production inference, observability, and autonomous optimization into a closed-loop system designed to improve reliability and reduce the operational burden of scaling enterprise AI agents.

Living Security: Interview With Founder & CEO Ashley Rose About The Human Risk Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Living Security is a Human Risk Management (HRM) platform that reduces cybersecurity threats by analyzing workforce behavioral data, conducting tailored, engaging training, and providing actionable, AI-driven insights to proactively mitigate risk. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Living Security founder and CEO Ashley Rose to learn more.

Fertitta Entertainment: $17.6 Billion Caesars Entertainment Acquisition Deal Announced

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Fertitta Entertainment announced a definitive agreement to acquire Caesars Entertainment in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $17.6 billion, including the assumption of about $11.9 billion in Caesars’ outstanding debt.

Altruix: WindRose Health Investors Completes Sale To Frazier Healthcare Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

WindRose Health Investors announced it has completed the sale of Altruix to Frazier Healthcare Partners. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Matternet: $33 Million Raised As Drone Delivery Platform Goes Public

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Matternet, an autonomous aerial logistics technology company and the only FAA Type-Certified drone delivery platform, announced that it raised approximately $33 million through an oversubscribed private placement offering while completing a go-public reverse merger transaction with Los Altos Ventures Corp., which has been renamed Matternet, Inc.

Payslip: Growth Financing Secured To Scale AI-Powered Global Payroll Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Payslip announced that it has secured new growth financing to support international expansion and continued investment in its AI-powered payroll platform.

DigitalBridge: Up To $1.05 Billion ArcLight Acquisition Creates Power And AI Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

DigitalBridge announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ArcLight Capital Partners for a total transaction value of up to $1.05 billion, including a base purchase price of $650 million and up to $400 million in contingent consideration. The transaction brings together two specialist infrastructure investment platforms with combined assets representing more than $150 billion, positioning the combined business at the convergence of power, AI, and digital infrastructure.

Carlyle: Dedicated Middle-Market Platform Launched For Aerospace, Defense, Government, And Industrials

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2026

Carlyle announced the expansion of its Aerospace, Defense & Government and Industrial investment capabilities through a dedicated middle-market platform focused on opportunities across the United States and Europe.