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xAI: $10 Billion In Debt And Equity Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

xAI, the generative artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk and the company behind Grok, has raised $10 billion in debt and equity, according to Morgan Stanley. Half of this was secured through notes and term loans, and the other $5 billion was in the form of a strategic equity investment.

CRED: $15 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Predictive Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

CRED, an AI-based predictive intelligence platform, announced it has raised a $15 million seed round led by defy.vc with participation from HOF Capital, Alumni Ventures, LDV Partners, Streamlined Ventures, SilverCircle Ventures, Octopus Ventures, BAM Ventures, Gaingels, and the leader of one of the largest PE firms.

Staffbase: Interview With SVP & GM David Maffei About The Employee Communications Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Staffbase is one of the fastest-growing employee communications cloud companies, equipping many of the world’s leading companies with solutions to inspire every employee with motivating communication. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Staffbase SVP & GM of Americas David Maffei to learn more about the company.

Zocks: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Mark Gilbert About The AI Platform For Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Zocks is a privacy-first AI platform for financial advisors that analyzes conversations with clients to capture key information and integrates with key business and records systems to accelerate workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zocks co-founder and CEO, Mark Gilbert, to learn more about the company.

King Street: European Real Estate Special Situations Fund II Closed At About $950 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Poppulo: Interview With VP AI and Analytics Sanjay Rakshit About The Omnichannel Employee Communications Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Poppulo is a company that is redefining how organizations connect with their people. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Poppulo VP of AI and Analytics, Sanjay Rakshit, to learn more about the company.

Barings: $136 Million Financing Raised For Two Industrial Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Barings, which is one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, announced that it has provided a $96.96 million loan for Generation Park I & II in Houston, Texas and a $39.5 million loan for Falcon II in Oakwood (Atlanta), Georgia to refinance these newly built industrial properties. Run by Centris Industrial and externally managed by Outrigger Industrial, these projects have recently been completed and are in various stages of lease up.

HealthpointCapital Buys Extended Reality Surgical Platform ImmersiveTouch

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

HealthpointCapital, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on musculoskeletal healthcare, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in ImmersiveTouch.

AbbVie Buying Capstan Therapeutics In $2.1 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

AbbVie and Capstan Therapeutics (a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to advancing in vivo engineering of cells through RNA delivery using tLNPs) announced a definitive agreement under which AbbVie will acquire Capstan, including CPTX2309 (a potential first-in-class in vivo tLNP anti-CD19 CAR-T therapy candidate, currently in Phase 1, in development for the treatment of B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases). Plus, AbbVie will buy Capstan's proprietary tLNP platform technology designed to deliver RNA payloads, such as mRNA, which is capable of engineering specific cell types in vivo.

BforeAI: Interview With Founder & CEO Luigi Lenguito About The Cybersecurity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

BforeAI is a pioneer in Predictive Attack Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS). With predictive AI, the company offers the fastest, most accurate automated solution to stop malicious infrastructure attacks weeks before they happen. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BforeAI founder and CEO Luigi Lenguito to learn more about the company.

Clio To Buy vLex For $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Clio, a leading provider of legal technology, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire vLex, a pioneer in legal intelligence that combines AI with the world's most comprehensive global legal research platform. The deal is valued at $1 billion and will be paid in a combination of cash and stock.

Edward Jones To Buy Overlay Management Services Capabilities From Natixis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Edward Jones announced it intends to acquire Natixis Investment Managers' (Natixis IM) Overlay Management Services capabilities through the purchase of select assets and an exclusive license for certain proprietary technology. And Natixis IM will continue to serve as a direct-indexing provider to Edward Jones' UMA offerings. The deal is expected to close later this year, at which time Edward Jones will serve as the overlay manager for its U.S.-based Unified Managed Accounts (UMA).

Ciroos: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ronak Desai About The AI SRE Teammate Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Ciroos is a company that offers an AI SRE teammate, empowering site reliability engineers (SREs), DevOps, and operations teams to be superheroes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ciroos co-founder and CEO, Ronak Desai, to learn more about the company.

Intent IQ: Interview With CTO Dror Ben Yishai About The Identity Resolution Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Intent IQ is a company that is able to create and maintain an accurate real-time map of devices, their users’ identities, and the relations amongst the devices. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Intent IQ CTO Dror Ben Yishai to learn more about the company.

GetReal: Interview With CEO Matt Moynahan About The World’s Leading Digital Content Verification Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

GetReal Security is the world’s leading authority on malicious digital content and deepfake protection. The company serves enterprises, governments, and news organizations, offering advanced solutions to verify, authenticate digital content files, and secure real-time communication streams to restore trust in digital communications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed GetReal CEO Matt Moynahan to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cato Networks: $359 Million Raised At Over $4.8 Billion Valuation For SASE Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

SASE leader Cato Networks announced its Series G funding round, raising $359 million led by new investors, including Vitruvian Partners and ION Crossover Partners, as well as existing investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Acrew Capital, and Adams Street Partners. The funding brings Cato's valuation to over $4.8 billion and total funding to over $1 billion, marking a significant milestone in the company's mission to redefine enterprise security.

Marlin Equity Partners: Over €1 Billion Closed For Third European Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Marlin Equity Partners, an investment firm with nearly $10 billion in capital commitments, announced the final closing of its third European fund, Marlin Heritage Europe III, SCSp (Heritage Europe III), at its €1 billion hard cap. This fFund was oversubscribed and significantly surpassed its target, receiving over 50% more in limited partner commitments than its predecessor. This fund builds on Marlin's 20-year track record of successfully investing in leading software, technology and services businesses.

Viridian Financial: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From TA Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Viridian Financial Group, which is one of Australia’s leading diversified financial services businesses, announced that TA Associates has signed an agreement to make a strategic investment in the firm. This investment has been approved by Viridian’s founders, Board of Directors, and senior management team. Upon completion of the transaction, they will partner closely with TA to accelerate the firm’s next phase of growth.