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RQ Bio Raises $115 Million Series A To Advance Influenza Prevention Antibody Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

RQ Bio announced that it has completed an oversubscribed $115 million Series A financing round. The financing was led by Frazier Life Sciences, with participation from new investors EQT Life Sciences, Forbion, Monograph, and Wellington Management. Founding investor LifeArc Ventures also participated, along with shareholders Oxford Science Enterprises and the University of Oxford.

Why Schneider Geospatial Acquired New England GeoSystems

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

Schneider Geospatial announced that it has acquired New England GeoSystems, a Connecticut-based geospatial software and services company serving municipalities across the Northeast.

Engram Launches With $98 Million To Build AI Memory Layer For Enterprises

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

Engram announced that it has emerged from stealth with $98 million in funding to build what it describes as a learned memory layer for AI. The funding came from General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Factory, Modern, Amplify Partners, Neo, and notable angels and advisors. The angel and advisor group includes Assaf Rappaport, co-founder and CEO of Wiz; Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI; and Pieter Abbeel, AI and robotics pioneer and co-director of the Berkeley AI Research Lab.

Kotoba Technologies Raises $10 Million Seed Round To Expand Real-Time Voice AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

Kotoba Technologies announced that it raised an additional $10 million in seed funding to expand its real-time voice AI platform across East Asia.

Why MSCI Is Buying First Street

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

MSCI announced that it is acquiring First Street, a provider of physics-based climate risk data and analytics for properties worldwide.

Why PayPoint Acquired AperiData

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

PayPoint announced that it completed the acquisition of AperiData, strengthening the company’s Open Banking capabilities.

MDA Space Lands $688 Million Canadian Space Agency Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

MDA Space announced that it has been awarded a $688 million contract by the Canadian Space Agency to supply an advanced synthetic aperture radar satellite.

Palantir And Zeta Global Partner To Build AI Marketing Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

Zeta Global and Palantir Technologies announced a strategic partnership to build an enterprise AI infrastructure layer for marketing.

General Atlantic: Novak Djokovic Joins As Global Strategic Advisor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

General Atlantic announced that Novak Djokovic has joined the firm as Global Strategic Advisor.

JPMorganChase Names Doug Petno And Troy Rohrbaugh Co-Presidents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2026

JPMorganChase announced that Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh have been named Co-Presidents of the company, effective immediately.

Why onsemi Is Buying Synaptics For $7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

onsemi and Synaptics announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which onsemi will acquire Synaptics in an all-stock transaction.

Main Capital Partners Closes €5.25 Billion Dual Fundraise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Main Capital Partners announced the final closing of a €5.25 billion dual fundraise across Main Capital IX and Main Foundation III.

H.I.G. Capital Appoints Carlos Couret Managing Director And Head Of Lower Middle Market Private Equity In Spain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

H.I.G. Capital announced that Carlos Couret will join the firm as Managing Director and Head of its Spanish Lower Middle Market private equity team.

CapMan Infra Announces First Close Of €750 Million Nordic Infrastructure III Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

CapMan Infra announced the first close of CapMan Nordic Infrastructure III, the third vehicle in its Nordic infrastructure fund series.

Google Advances AI-Powered Tools For Natural Disaster Forecasting And Crisis Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Google announced new progress in its decade-long effort to use AI and global partnerships to help communities prepare for and respond to natural disasters.

Livelihoods Launches €150 Million Fund To Support Nature-Based Climate Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Livelihoods announced the launch of Livelihoods Carbon Fund 4, an investment fund dedicated to developing nature-based solutions designed with rural communities. The fund was launched alongside Livelihoods’ long-standing partners, including Danone, Hermès, Mars, Mauritius Commercial Bank, McCain, SAP, Schneider Electric, and Voyageurs du Monde.

DayMark Wealth Partners Closes $25 Million DayMark Fund I

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

DayMark Wealth Partners announced the $25 million final close of DayMark Fund I, which was developed in partnership with Opto Investments.

equipal Secures £16.25 Million Funding Partnership With Altum Capital Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

equipal announced that it has secured a £16.25 million combined equity investment and forward flow facility from Altum Capital Management. The funding package includes £1.25 million of equity investment and a forward flow facility of up to £15 million. The facility includes £5 million of initial full lease funding and up to a further £10 million of junior funding.

Seltz Raises $12.5 Million Seed Round To Build Web Search For AI Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Seltz announced that it raised a $12.5 million seed round to build web search infrastructure for AI agents. The round was led by B Capital and Speedinvest, with participation from Future Present, Italian Founders Fund, Arc Investors, United Ventures, Vento Ventures, Mango Capital, 2100 Ventures, and Future Back Ventures. The round also included angel investors from Google, Ramp, Tako, and Hugging Face.

Ollin Biosciences Raises $330 Million Series B To Advance OLN324

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Ollin Biosciences announced that it raised an oversubscribed $330 million Series B financing round. The round was co-led by new investor TCGX and founding investor ARCH Venture Partners. Participants included a16z Bio+Health, Blackstone Multi-Asset Investing, Commodore Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, RA Capital Management, accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, a leading sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala Capital, and Monograph Capital.

Permira And Warburg Pincus Complete $8.4 Billion Deal For Clearwater Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Clearwater Analytics announced the completion of its previously announced take-private acquisition by an investor group led by Permira and Warburg Pincus.

Boeing Selected For Up To $2 Billion U.S. Space Force Communications Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Boeing announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Space Force for the next phase of the Mobile User Objective System Service Life Extension program.

LPL Financial Welcomes $160 Million Firm NorthStar Wealth Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

LPL Financial announced that financial advisor Ronald White has launched a new independent practice, NorthStar Wealth Advisors, with support from Good Life Companies, an LPL Financial-affiliated firm. The NorthStar Wealth Advisors team reported serving approximately $160 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets and joins LPL from Raymond James.

Good Purpose Appoints Chad Williams To Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Good Purpose Investments announced the appointment of Chad Williams to its Board of Directors. The appointment is intended to strengthen the company’s capital markets strategy as Good Purpose advances its sustainability-focused growth platform. The company is focused on circular materials, sustainable manufacturing technologies, and next-generation consumer product categories.

NXP Names Mike Lucarelli Senior Vice President Of Investor Relations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

NXP Semiconductors announced that Jeff Palmer, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, has decided to retire after a 16-year career with the company.

Freshpet Announces Planned Leadership Transition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Freshpet announced a planned leadership transition tied to the company’s 20th anniversary. Scott Morris, Freshpet’s President and Co-Founder, will transition from his operating responsibilities to an advisory role on October 20, 2026. Morris will remain available to the company as an advisor for 18 months following the transition.

InMode Confirms Unsolicited $16.20 Per Share Acquisition Proposal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

InMode announced that its Board of Directors received an unsolicited proposal from M.N. Business Strategy to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares of the company not already owned by M.N. Business Strategy and its affiliates.

AMC Robotics Secures Vietnam Manufacturing Facility For NovaArm Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

AMC Robotics announced that it signed a lease agreement for a 6,150-square-meter manufacturing facility in Bắc Ninh, Vietnam.

Stitch Fix Expands Vision AI Platform For Personalized Style Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Stitch Fix announced that it is expanding Stitch Fix Vision, its AI style visualization platform, with a new capability that lets clients generate personalized images of themselves in recommended outfits.

Why Adobe Is Buying Topaz Labs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2026

Adobe announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Topaz Labs, an AI company known for video and image enhancement models.