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Sabanto, an agricultural technology company developing autonomous retrofit systems for farm equipment, has raised an oversubscribed Series B funding round. The financial terms of the round were not disclosed. Leaps by Bayer led the financing, with participation from Sustainable Forward Capital, InnoVenture Iowa, Fulcrum Global Capital, DCVC, and Yara.

Odyssey Investment Partners has made a majority investment in TransPak, a Silicon Valley-based provider of packaging engineering, logistics, testing, and supply chain solutions serving the data center, semiconductor, aerospace and defense, and medical industries. Financial terms were not disclosed.

NUBURU, a next-generation dual-use Defense & Security integrated platform company, announced the commencement of a proposed best-efforts public offering of up to $38 million of securities.

Leon Capital Group subsidiaries Leon Multifamily and Leon Financial have closed two structured equity investments totaling approximately $19 million to finance multifamily and student housing developments in New Hampshire and New York.

VetnCare, a Northern California veterinary hospital group backed by Greenwich-based healthcare private equity firm Great Point Partners, has acquired Holistic Veterinary Care, an Oakland-based practice specializing in integrative and rehabilitative animal medicine. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal marks VetnCare's sixth acquisition since Great Point Partners first invested in the company, and the first completed under CEO Matt Kirchner.

Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings for $60.50 per share, valuing the digital payments company at more than $53 billion. The proposal is backed by approximately $50 billion in committed bank financing, according to Reuters, which cited people familiar with the confidential discussions. The offer represents a premium of roughly 28% to PayPal’s closing share price on July 14, 2026.

Zoetis has agreed to acquire VitalRADS, a veterinary teleradiology services platform, in a transaction designed to expand the company’s diagnostic imaging, specialist services, and workflow technology capabilities. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

CSI, a provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, has acquired Qolo, a fintech company offering treasury solutions and payments infrastructure. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Prenetics Global, the parent company of supplement brand IM8, has closed $1 billion in growth financing from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF), the company announced Tuesday. The deal is structured to fund IM8's marketing spend without issuing any new equity, warrants, or convertible instruments to General Catalyst.

Goldman Sachs raised $10 billion from a new U.S. dollar investment-grade bond sale after reporting strong second-quarter results. The offering came as large Wall Street banks continued tapping the high-grade debt market following earnings. According to Bloomberg, the Goldman Sachs bond sale was structured across three tranches: $3.5 billion of six-year notes due July 2032, $3.5 billion of 11-year notes due July 2037, and $3 billion of 31-year notes due July 2057.

Fable Security is a human risk management platform that uses AI to analyze employee data, detect risky behaviors, and deliver automated, real-time interventions and coaching to help employees build better cybersecurity habits and prevent breaches. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Fable Security CEO Nicole Jiang to learn more.

Berkshire Hathaway announced that Warren E. Buffett will convert 8,000 Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares into 12 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares in order to donate the Class B shares to four foundations.

BRINC, a public safety drone technology company, announced a $125 million financing round led by Motorola Solutions, with participation from Index Ventures and Dylan Field, Figma's CEO and founder. The investment brings BRINC's total capital raised to well over a quarter billion dollars and will support the company's goal of deploying 911 response drones at the 80,000 police and fire stations across the United States.

Draig Therapeutics announced the closing of an oversubscribed $65 million Series B financing to accelerate development of its pipeline of neuropsychiatric therapies. The round was led by new investor Deep Track Capital, with participation from Janus Henderson Investors, Marshall Wace, British Business Bank, and Jefferson Life Sciences.

Lightspring Capital Partners announced the final closing of its second fund, Lightspring Capital II, LP, with total capital of $218.125 million. Fund II has been licensed as a Small Business Investment Company by the U.S. Small Business Administration. With the closing of Fund II, Lightspring Capital Partners now manages approximately $350 million across its two funds.

DELTA Equity Partners announced the first and final close of DELTA Equity Partners Technology & Health Fund II Coöperatief U.A. at its €125 million hard cap.

Citation Capital, a private equity firm specializing in partnering with founder- and family-led businesses, announced the final close of its inaugural fund, Citation Fund I. The fund was oversubscribed, reaching its hard cap of $1.1 billion in third-party limited partner commitments, with additional commitments from the GP and affiliates bringing total investable capital in Fund I to $1.2 billion. Inclusive of co-invest capital, the firm now manages $2.1 billion in assets under management.

Pictet Alternative Advisors announced the final close of Environment Co-Investment Fund I, raising $253 million in committed capital. The fund closed above its $200 million target.

Spero Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing next-generation medicines in immunology and inflammation, announced a $105 million non-recourse non-dilutive royalty financing transaction with affiliates of Healthcare Royalty, a business of KKR. Under the agreement, Healthcare Royalty will receive a portion of future milestone and royalty payments associated with sales of Utebzi (tebipenem pivoxil). Proceeds will primarily support advancement of the company's lead immunology drug candidate, SP001, a Phase 2-ready, Fc-silent, third-generation anti-CD40L monoclonal antibody with potential across a range of immune-mediated diseases.

Tower Semiconductor announced a strategic dual-track capacity expansion in Japan with support from the Government of Japan. The expansion will increase the company’s capabilities in 300mm Silicon Photonics, Silicon Germanium, and advanced packaging.

Catalyst Bancorp, the parent company of Catalyst Bank, has completed its acquisition of Lakeside Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Lakeside Bank, effective July 14, 2026. Lakeside shareholders received $19.58 per share in cash, representing $41.1 million in aggregate consideration. The deal was announced in April 2026.

Almonty Industries, a leading global producer of tungsten concentrate, announced it has entered into an amendment to its long-term offtake agreement with Global Tungsten & Powders, a member of Austria's Plansee Group, covering tungsten concentrate produced from Phase I of the company's Sangdong Mine in South Korea. The amendment extends the term of the agreement by six years, increases total contracted volumes by 40%, and improves the pricing payable to Almonty on all contracted volumes by approximately 6.3%.

State Affairs announced $70 million in total funding to accelerate its AI-powered intelligence platform for policy and regulatory markets. Investors in the funding include Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, Alumni Ventures, Marcus Brauchli, Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann, and Richard Sarnoff. Brauchli is the former Executive Editor of The Washington Post and former Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal; Mather and Hansmann founded The Athletic; and Sarnoff is Chairman of Media, Education and Entertainment at KKR.

Flex, a San Francisco-based AI-native private banking platform for high-net-worth business owners in the middle market, has raised a $70 million Series B1 led by Halo Fund, the investment platform co-founded by Utah Jazz and Utah Mammoth owner and Qualtrics founder Ryan Smith and Accel general partner Ryan Sweeney. Portage Ventures, Wellington, Crosslink Capital, 53 Stations, Titanium Ventures, Spice, Florida Funders and others also participated. The round comes just months after Flex's $60 million Series B in December 2025 and brings total equity raised to $180 million and total capital including debt to $300 million. Annualized revenue has grown 3x since the December round, and Flex is now at a nine-figure annualized revenue run rate with more than $10 billion in annualized total payment volume, growing roughly 4x year over year.

ZeroEyes, creators of a multi-analytics weapons-detection and threat-intelligence platform, announced a planned $10 million U.S. investment in AI and machine-learning research and development. The investment includes a commitment to hiring more than 100 veterans in Southeastern Pennsylvania over the next 24 months to fill roles including Technical Program Managers, MLOps Engineers, and AI Solutions Specialists. The company made the announcement at Senator Dave McCormick's 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, held at Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Mighty Therapeutics announced the closing of transactions securing up to $150 million in non-dilutive growth and equity capital. The financing is designed to support the company’s commercial and clinical development plans for a new class of medicines targeting mitochondrial dysfunction.

410 Medical, a North Carolina-based medical device company focused on advanced resuscitation technologies for emergency and critical care, has completed an oversubscribed $12 million financing round. Orlando Health Ventures led the round, with participation from Hatteras Venture Partners, Ballad Health, OSF Healthcare, Rex Health Ventures, CU Healthcare Innovations Fund, Sarnova, Catalyst by Wellstar, Tampa General and a new undisclosed strategic investor. The capital will be used to scale commercial operations and support the launch of a next-generation LifeFlow infuser planned for 2027.

Tempus Realty Partners, an Arkansas-based real estate investment firm, announced the acquisition of two properties totaling approximately $42.1 million for its perpetual-life investment vehicle, Tempus Evergreen. The acquisitions include five buildings spanning 336,242 square feet across roughly 22.5 acres in North Little Rock and Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Moonfare announced that it has surpassed €4 billion in assets under management, marking a major growth milestone for the global private markets platform and investment firm.

Diodes announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ElevATE Semiconductor in an all-cash transaction valued at $250 million. ElevATE is a fabless semiconductor company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in integrated circuits for the Automated Test Equipment industry, designing low-power, high-density solutions aimed at delivering the lowest possible cost of test.