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Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s ETF Platform Surpasses $1 Billion In AUM

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 27, 2024

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced it had completed the conversion of two fixed-income mutual funds to exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Through these two additions, MSIM introduced 14 ETFs since the launch of the ETF platform last year and has over $1 billion in assets under management (AUM).

Brightside Health: Telemental Health Company Raises $33 Million Strategic Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 27, 2024

Experience Management Solutions Company Netigate Buying Lumoa

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Iron Sheepdog: Trucking Technology Company Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Iron Sheepdog - a trucking technology solution for brokers and contractors - announced it has raised a $10 million Series B funding round led by SJF Ventures with participation from Grand Ventures, Supply Chain Ventures, and other strategic partners.

ZayZoon: Earned Wage Access Provider Secures $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

ZayZoon, a leading Earned Wage Access (EWA) provider for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), announced it has raised $15 million in an extension of its Series B financing. This funding round was led by Viola Fintech with participation from Intuit Ventures and existing investors Framework Venture Partners, and Export Development Canada (EDC). This round extension brought ZayZoon’s total Series B funding round to $49.5 million.

Ionobell: Silicon Battery Technology Company Closes $7.3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Ionobell, a breakthrough silicon battery technology company, announced that it had raised a recent seed extension round of $3.9 million led by Dynamo Ventures and Trucks VC, bringing the total funding to $7.3 million in seed investment fundraising. Trucks VC led the initial equity round, with participation from Dynamo Ventures and Alumni Ventures.

Binarly: Supply Chain Security Platform Company Raises $10.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Binarly, a provider of an AI-powered firmware and software supply chain security platform, announced the closing of a $10.5 million seed funding round. The oversubscribed funding round was led by Two Bear Capital, with participation from Blu Ventures, Canaan Partners, Cisco Investments, and Liquid 2 Ventures. The pre-seed investors Westwave Capital and Acrobator Ventures also expanded on their equity positions.

Protembis: Cardiovascular Medical Device Company Raises €30 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Protembis - a privately-held emerging cardiovascular medical device company - announced the completion of a €30 million Series B funding round for supporting the enrollment of the PROTEMBO Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Pivotal Trial (NCT05873816).

Avenzo Therapeutics: $150 Million Raised To Develop Oncology Therapeutics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Avenzo Therapeutics - a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation oncology therapeutics - announced the closing of an oversubscribed $150 million Series A-1 financing. This funding round included nine new investors and was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Deep Track Capital, Sofinnova Investments, and Sands Capital, with participation from additional new investors, including INCE Capital, TF Capital, Delos Capital, and Quan Capital. The total funding since the company’s founding in August 2022 is $347 million.

OneNotary: On-Demand Notarization Provider Secures $5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

OneNotary, a leading on-demand notarization provider, announced it closed a $5 million Series A and entered a deal with DocuSign to provide a third-party notary network to DocuSign customers. Jackson Square Ventures led this funding round, with participation from DocuSign founder Tom Gonser and existing investors DocuSign Ventures, GoodPaper Ventures, Digital Future, and The LegalTech Fund.

Spatially Health: How This Company Empowers Healthcare Providers To Offer Patients Comprehensive Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Spatially Health is a company that built a cloud-based decision-guiding platform called the Equity Equalizer Platform, which ties the Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) factors to health outcomes and costs. The company empowers healthcare organizations to achieve health equity by providing actionable insights into the health barriers facing their patient populations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Spatially Health founder and CEO Hillit Meidar-Alfi, Ph.D., to learn more about the company.

Bedrock Security: Frictionless Data Security Company Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Abstract Security: $8.5 Million Raised To Centralize The Management Of Security Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Blank Rome: 3 Attorneys Join Chicago Office In Corporate Litigation Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

San Diego Angel Conference VI At USD Names Six Finalists

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) at the University of San Diego (USD) - an event that activates angel investors and connects them with promising early-stage companies to create robust deal flow for accredited investors - announced it has selected six company finalists to compete for a chance to win seed funding at SDAC VI Angel Conference at USD on May 9.

Empower: Roger Hobby Named As EVP Of Personal Wealth Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

apree health: Building An End-To-End Healthcare Solution Redefining The Care Experience

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

apree health is a company formed by digital innovator Castlight Health and leading advanced primary care provider Vera Whole Health - which has a goal of building an end-to-end healthcare solution that redefines the care experience and transforms the way patients access and engage with care, the way providers deliver care, and the way employers and other purchasers pay for care. Pulse 2.0 interviewed apree health’s Associate Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Marla McLaughlin, to learn more about the company.

nsave: $4 Million Raised To Help Individuals From Distressed Economies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

nsave - a fintech company focused on offering safe and secure accounts and payments for individuals from distressed economies - announced the closing of its first round of seed funding at $4 million. Sequoia Capital and TQ Ventures co-led the funding round with participation from Y Combinator, SV Angel, ACE Ventures, and FONGIT (the State of Geneva organization supporting tech startups).

Sandfly Security: Agentless Linux Security Company Raises Seed Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Sandfly Security, an agentless Linux Security company, announced it secured seed funding from Gula Tech Adventures and Sorenson Capital to meet growing market demand for its comprehensive Linux security solution.

Edgewood Oncology Closes $20 Million To Help Patients With Hematologic Malignancies And Genetically-Defined Solid Tumors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Edgewood Oncology (a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on delivering BTX-A51 to patients with hematologic malignancies and genetically defined solid tumors) has emerged from stealth mode with $20 million in Series A funding backed by Alta Partners to advance the clinical development of BTX-A51 in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a precision medicine approach to breast cancer.

Merge: Offering Unified APIs For Customer-Facing Teams To Support Client Integrations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Merge is a company that offers a suite of unified APIs for the top software categories. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Merge co-founder and CTO Gil Feig to learn more about the company.

Invent Analytics: Helping Retailers Profit-Optimize Retail Supply Chain And Inventory Planning

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Invent Analytics delivers significant financial improvement by empowering retailers to profit-optimize their supply chains. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Invent Analytics inventory solutions director Koray Parkin to learn more.

LPL Adds $580 Million Grafton Wealth Advisors Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors Sarah Grafton, William “Will” Grafton IV, CFP, CEPA, and Dexter Grafton, CPFA, CFA, launched a new independent practice, Grafton Wealth Advisors, through affiliation with LPL Financial’s supported independence model, LPL Strategic Wealth Services. They reported having served about $580 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets and joined LPL from Merrill Lynch.

Eliyan: Chiplet Interconnect Company Raises $60 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Eliyan, a company known for inventing the semiconductor industry’s highest-performance and most efficient chiplet interconnect, announced the closing of its latest funding round, totaling $60 million. The round was co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Tiger Global Management and included participation from existing investors, including Intel Capital, SK hynix, Cleveland Avenue, Mesh Ventures, and others.

Clarkson University Launches New Cybersecurity Masters Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 26, 2024

Clarkson University is now offering a new Master’s degree in Cybersecurity to meet the growing need to safeguard our online world. This new STEM-designated program will provide an interdisciplinary approach where students will have diverse choices.

Getzler Henrich: Michael Osment Named As Managing Director In Detroit Office

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2024

Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC, one of the nation's oldest and most respected middle-market corporate restructuring and operations improvement firms, announced that Michael Osment will join the Detroit office as a managing director.

Circular: Sustainable Sourcing Platform Company Raises $10.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2024

Circular.co, a leading sustainable sourcing platform, announced it raised $10.5 million to expand its massive database of post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials and the accompanying platform, which streamlines the buying and selling of PCR materials.

Foundational: $8 Million Raised To Identify And Prevent Data Issues With Advanced Analysis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2024

Foundational - a company that uses advanced analysis to identify and prevent data issues in data platforms - announced its general availability with $8 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Viola Ventures and Gradient (Google's AI-focused venture fund), with participation from Asymmetric Venture Partners and executives from Datadog, Intuit, Meta, Wiz, and others.

Airbus Buying Cybersecurity Consulting Company INFODAS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2024

INFODAS GmbH announced it has agreed to sell its shares in the company to Airbus Defence and Space. Combining expertise in securing the most sensitive data infrastructures and developing sophisticated technology, Airbus and INFODAS have a history of delivering top-tier solutions tailored to their client’s evolving needs.

B. Riley Names Virginia Schnippel As Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 25, 2024

B. Riley Financial has announced the addition of Virginia Schnippel as a Managing Director within the Corporate Advisory & Valuation Services practice at B. Riley Advisory Services.