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Equifax Completes Acquisition Of Vault Verify To Expand Verification Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Equifax has finalized its acquisition of Vault Verify, a move that strengthens its employment and income verification services by adding new data sources and technologies to its existing ecosystem. The deal deepens The Work Number's capabilities, a core Equifax offering used by employers, financial institutions, and government agencies to help consumers secure jobs, mortgages, benefits, and other key financial services.

X-Caliber: $285 Million Financing Finalized To Advance Oasis At Lakeport Resort Development In Missouri

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

X-Caliber Capital Holdings has closed a major $285 million Rural PACE-X financing package to support the ground-up development of a $495 million resort and entertainment district in Osage Beach, Missouri, marking one of the most significant real estate financings in the state in recent years. The project, known as The Oasis at Lakeport, is positioned to become a prominent Midwest destination with a Marriott hotel featuring 402 rooms, a large indoor waterpark, a conference center, an amusement park, and a broad spectrum of entertainment amenities.

Nanoramic: $54 Million Raised To Advance Global Commercialization Of Its Neocarbonix Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Nanoramic has secured $54 million in Series 1 equity financing, marking a significant step toward scaling the global commercialization of its Neocarbonix battery platform. The round includes a new investment from PEP Capital along with continued participation from Samsung Ventures and Top Material. Earlier commitments from General Motors Ventures and Catalus Capital, which co-led the round, were also included alongside prior investments from ITOCHU Corporation, Fortistar Capital, and WindSail Capital Group.

Gridware: $55 Million Series B Closed To Accelerate U.S. Deployments And Drive Global Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Gridware has secured a $55 million Series B strategic growth round led by Tiger Global and Generation Investment Management, marking a significant step in the company’s efforts to expand its continuous grid monitoring technology across the United States and into new international markets. The round also includes continued participation from Sequoia Capital, Convective Capital, Fifty Years, True Ventures, Lowercarbon, and Y Combinator.

Capital Markets Gateway: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Greg Ingram About The Equity Capital Markets Digitizing Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Capital Markets Gateway provides a platform that streamlines and digitizes the equity capital markets issuance process for banks and investors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Capital Markets Gateway CEO & Co-Founder Greg Ingram to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Infinite Orbits: €40 Million Secured To Advance European In-Orbit Servicing Leadership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Infinite Orbits has raised an oversubscribed €40 million financing round to accelerate its position as Europe’s leading in-orbit servicing provider. The company, headquartered in Toulouse and already recognized as a global pioneer in the sector, plans to leverage the new capital to expand its European footprint, accelerate satellite deployment, and strengthen the continent’s space sovereignty.

TPG And La Caisse Acquire Majority Stake In Pike To Drive Grid Modernization And Climate Resilience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

TPG and La Caisse have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Pike Corporation, one of the nation’s largest providers of turnkey infrastructure engineering and construction solutions for the electrical grid. The investment, made through TPG Rise Climate with La Caisse taking a significant minority position, marks a major strategic move to accelerate Pike’s growth amid rising nationwide demand for grid modernization and climate adaptation.

Peec AI: $21 Million Series A Raised To Expand Its AI Search Marketing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Peec AI, a marketing technology platform designed for the emerging age of AI-driven search, announced a $21 million Series A financing round on November 18, 2025. The investment was led by European venture firm Singular, with participation from Antler, Combination VC, identity.vc, and S20. The round brings the company’s total funding to $29 million following its Seed raise led by 20VC in July 2025, making it one of the largest Series A financings in the AI search category to date.

Secure.com: $4.5 Million Raised To Launch AI-Native Digital Security Teammates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Secure.com has introduced its new Digital Security Teammate platform, an AI-native agent designed to help overwhelmed security teams handle rising breach costs, severe labor shortages, and the accelerating pace of cyberattacks. The launch coincides with the company’s $4.5 million investment from Disrupt.com, the MENA venture builder known for backing global technology companies, including Cloudways, which achieved a $350 million exit to DigitalOcean. The financing marks Secure.com’s first institutional raise and positions the company for expanded global deployment.

Klarna: $6.5 Billion U.S. Loan Purchase Agreement Secured To Accelerate Fair Financing Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Klarna has entered into a major U.S. funding agreement expected to support $6.5 billion in Fair Financing loans, marking one of the company’s largest U.S. capital arrangements to date and reinforcing its rapid growth in the American consumer credit market.

UJET Acquires Spiral To Expand AI Capabilities And Strengthen Customer Data Analysis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

UJET announced the acquisition of Spiral, a conversational analytics and artificial intelligence company, to expand its AI capabilities and add a standalone customer intelligence product to its portfolio. The transaction enhances UJET’s core CCaaS platform and accelerates its roadmap for conversational AI, predictive analytics, and large-scale customer data analysis.

Topgolf Callaway Brands To Sell Majority Stake To Leonard Green & Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Topgolf Callaway Brands announced an agreement to sell a 60 percent stake in its Topgolf and Toptracer businesses to private equity firm Leonard Green and Partners, valuing the businesses at approximately $1.1 billion. The deal will provide the company with about $ 770 million in net proceeds following purchase price adjustments and marks a significant strategic shift as the company narrows its focus to its core Golf Equipment and Active Lifestyle platform.

nvp Capital Closes $80 Million Second Fund As Assets Rise To $200 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

nvp capital has closed its second venture fund at $80 million, bringing the New York-based firm’s total assets under management to $200 million as it expands its global focus on seed-stage enterprise software and vertical AI startups. The new fund includes commitments from institutional investors such as Prudential Financial, Rutgers University Endowment, Ford Foundation, and Liberty Mutual Investments, as well as corporate backers such as Audible and Horizon Mutual Holdings.

DealMaker: $20 Million Financing Facility Secured From CIBC And Information Venture Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

CIBC Innovation Banking and Information Venture Partners have jointly provided a $20 million financing facility to DealMaker. This New York-based platform enables companies to raise capital directly from individual investors. The new funding, a mix of equity and debt, strengthens a relationship that began in 2022 and is expected to accelerate DealMaker’s product innovation and expansion efforts across the U.S. market.

Azul: Majority Investment Secured From Thoma Bravo To Accelerate Enterprise Java Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Azul announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to receive a majority strategic investment from Thoma Bravo, marking a significant expansion milestone for the enterprise Java platform provider. Existing investors Vitruvian Partners and Lead Edge Capital will reinvest additional capital and retain meaningful minority positions, joining Azul employees as shareholders.

Anthropic Secures Up To $45 Billion In New Strategic Commitments From Microsoft And Nvidia To Scale Claude Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Microsoft, Nvidia, and Anthropic unveiled a sweeping set of strategic partnerships that will significantly expand access to Claude, accelerate infrastructure development, and deepen long-term collaboration across engineering, cloud computing, and model optimization.

Dynasafe: Interview With CEO Charles Diggs About The Demilitarization Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Dynasafe is the world leader in demilitarization, specializing in the decommissioning of explosive devices, chemical weapons and hazardous materials. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Dynasafe CEO Charles Diggs to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Hammerhead AI: $10 Million Seed Funding Raised To Accelerate AI Factory Deployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Hammerhead AI has emerged from stealth with a $10 million seed round to accelerate the deployment of AI factories by enabling operators to maximize power utilization for AI workloads. The oversubscribed round was led by Buoyant Ventures, with participation from SE Ventures, AINA Climate AI Ventures, MCJ Collective, WovenEarth Ventures, Bombellii Ventures, Clearvision Ventures, Stepchange, Acclimate Ventures, and several prominent industry leaders, including Jack Cogen of CoreWeave’s Board of Directors.

Maxima: $41 Million Raised To Advance Human-AI Collaboration In Enterprise Accounting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Maxima has secured $41 million in combined Seed and Series A financing as it aims to transform the month-end accounting close through its agentic AI platform. The funding was led by Redpoint Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and Audacious Ventures, with participation from several industry leaders, including former BlackLine executives Andres Botero and Eric Borrmann, Rubrik CFO Kiran Choudary, Vanta CFO David Eckstein, and Liquid 2 Managing Partner and former NFL Super Bowl Champion Joe Montana.

GlobalFoundries Acquiring Advanced Micro Foundry To Expand AI Infrastructure Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

GlobalFoundries announced a significant expansion of its silicon photonics leadership with the acquisition of Singapore-based Advanced Micro Foundry, representing one of the company’s most important moves to date in strengthening its global manufacturing footprint and accelerating its AI infrastructure portfolio. The transaction positions GlobalFoundries as the largest pure-play silicon photonics foundry by revenue and further deepens the company’s reach across data center, communications, computing, automotive, and sensing applications.

PicoJool: $12 Million To Commercialize Pixel-Level Photonics For AI Data Center Bandwidth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

PicoJool has emerged from stealth with $12 million in new funding, led by Playground Global, as the company seeks to commercialize a new class of pixel-level photonics designed to increase bandwidth in AI and hyperscale data centers dramatically. The Palo Alto–based startup has developed high-bandwidth Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) and a suite of parallel-optics packaging technologies that aim to make optical connections as inexpensive and manufacturable as copper, enabling data centers to transition to optical architectures at scale.

Agentio: $40 Million Series B At $340 Million Valuation Raised To Accelerate Global Expansion Of AI Creator Advertising Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Agentio announced a $40 million Series B funding round led by Forerunner, bringing its total capital raised to $56 million and valuing the company at $340 million. The company plans to expand its AI-native infrastructure, which enables brands to transition substantial portions of the massive digital advertising market into creator-led channels.

Coller Capital’s Evergreen Secondaries Fund Surpasses $1 Billion In Assets Under Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Coller Capital announced that its Coller Secondaries Private Equity Opportunities Fund has exceeded $1 billion in assets under management as of September 2025, marking a major milestone for the evergreen vehicle launched in April 2024. The achievement reflects growing investor demand for access to private market secondaries through structures that offer liquidity, diversification, and long-term performance.

Data Squared: Interview With Veteran & CEO About Mission-Critical Analytics And Automation Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Data Squared (Data²) is an AI-based data analytics and automation company that helps organizations transform complex datasets into actionable insights. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Data Squared CEO Jon Brewton to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Payara Services: Interview With Founder Steve Millidge About The Enterprise Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Payara Services is a provider of trusted, stable runtimes for running enterprise Java applications on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid environments. The company's products help global enterprises simplify application deployment and management, delivering reliability, security, and performance while helping successful modernizations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Payara Services founder and CEO Steve Millidge to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Emirates Expands Boeing Partnership With $38 Billion Order For 65 Additional 777X Jets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Emirates announced a major fleet expansion on the opening day of Dubai Airshow 2025 with a US$38 billion order for 65 additional Boeing 777-9 aircraft powered by GE9X engines. The new agreement strengthens one of aviation’s most significant and longest-running partnerships and pushes Emirates’ total Boeing orderbook to 315 widebody aircraft, including 270 Boeing 777X jets, 10 Boeing 777 freighters, and 35 Boeing 787s.

VentureIsrael: Interview With Managing Partner Rafael Gold About The Early-Stage VC Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

VentureIsrael is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in deep-tech and machine-learning startups. Pulse 2.0 interviewed VentureIsrael Managing Partner Rafael (Roman) Gold to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

voize: $50 Million Series A Raised To Help Nurses Cut Administrative Burden

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

voize, a Berlin-based startup building AI tools specifically designed for nurses, has closed a $50 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital, with participation from HV Capital, Redalpine, Y Combinator, and HPI Ventures. The company says the funding will accelerate its expansion across Europe and support its entry into the United States.

RebuilderAI: Pre-Series A Funding Raised To Accelerate Global Expansion In 3D Modeling AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

NAVER D2SF-backed RebuilderAI has secured KRW 4.5 billion in new capital through a Pre-Series A funding round that adds ASICS Ventures, Medici Investment, IBK Capital, and Korea Credit Guarantee Fund to its investor base. The round marks a new stage of momentum for the Seoul-based company, which continues to gain global recognition for its 3D modeling AI technology after receiving a CES Innovation Award and being named a Top 100 Global Startup at the Entrepreneurship World Cup 2025.

Superprof: Interview With CPO Mickaël Laires About The Online Tutoring Marketplace

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 18, 2025

Superprof is an online tutoring marketplace that connects students with private instructors across a wide range of subjects, including academics, languages, test preparation, music, art, and fitness. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Superprof CPO Mickaël Laires to gain a deeper understanding of the company.