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Obsidian Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering engineered cell and gene therapies, announced it has closed a significantly oversubscribed $160.5 million Series C financing with a top-tier syndicate of life science investors led by a new investor, Wellington Management. And new investors participating in the funding include Foresite Capital, Janus Henderson Investors, Novo Holdings A/S, Paradigm BioCapital, RTW Investments, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, and Woodline Partners LP. Existing investors Atlas Venture, Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities, Bristol Myers Squibb, Deep Track Capital, Logos Capital, RA Capital Management, TCGX, Samsara BioCapital and Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company) also joined the round.

NobleAI, a pioneer in Science-Based AI solutions for Chemical and Material Informatics, announced over $10 million in Series A extension financing. New investor Sway Ventures led the round and was joined by Dorilton Ventures. The round also included additional investments from NobleAI’s original Series A investors.

Arctos, a private investment firm that provides growth and liquidity solutions, differentiated thought partnership and value creation services to sports franchises (Arctos Sports) and alternative asset managers (Arctos Keystone), announced the final close of Arctos Sports Partners Fund II.

Sidley announced that John C. Godfrey has joined Sidley’s M&A and Private Equity practice as a partner in New York. Godfrey joins Sidley from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP where he served as a member of that firm’s M&A and PE practices. And this follows the addition of a team of 11 lawyers from Paul, Weiss in the last ten months.

Hailo, a pioneering chipmaker of edge AI processors, announced it had extended its series C fundraising round with an additional $120 million investment. The company also introduced its innovative Hailo-10 high-performance generative AI (GenAI) accelerators, which ushered in a time when users could own and run GenAI applications locally without registering with cloud-based GenAI services.

Accel-KKR announced a majority equity investment in Aico Group, an end-to-end financial close software platform for large enterprises. With this funding, Accel-KKR will join current investor Juuri Partners as Aico's backers.

Datavolo, a leader in multimodal data pipelines for AI, announced that it has raised over $21 million in financing, led by General Catalyst, with participation from notable investors, including Citi Ventures, Human Capital, Rob Bearden, and MVP Ventures. This funding includes the company’s seed and Series A funding round.

TechGrid, a business platform for technology service providers (TSPs), announced it has secured a $9.2 million Series A investment from Bellini Capital. Formerly called SecurEdge Networks, TechGrid works with TSPs, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and Value-Added Resellers (VARs), by streamlining workflows for selling, fulfilling, and managing IT solutions delivered to businesses. The new funding round will help evolve and scale the platform.

Miach Orthopaedics - a company transforming the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears from reconstruction to restoration with the Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration (BEAR) Implant - announced the closing of a $20 million Series B extension financing round. The funding will support the commercial expansion and clinical activities for the BEAR Implant, which has been used to treat nearly 3,000 patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.

Proxima - a data intelligence software company that enables consumer technology businesses to scale customer acquisition profitably, expand customer lifetime value, and optimize full lifecycle marketing - announced the closing of a $12 million Series A round led by Mucker Capital. And the other investors in the round include Aglae Ventures (the family office of LVMH founder), Great Oaks Venture Partners, Data Point Capital, Broadway Venture Partners, FirstLook Partners, and Connexa Capital.

Alterome Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of small-molecule targeted therapies for cancer treatment, announced the closing of a $132 million Series B financing. The proceeds from the funding round will support the advancement of multiple wholly-owned pipeline programs in the clinic, such as a specific AKT1 E17K inhibitor and a KRAS-selective inhibitor.

Torus announced some milestones, including completing an equity fundraising round and expanding its Board of Directors. This $67 million financing round (in the form of conversion of outstanding notes and a loan facility) was led by Origin Ventures. The financing also features contributions from notable institutional investors, including Epic Ventures, Cumming Capital, the Larry H. Miller Company, Zions Bank, Pelion, and ICONIQ.

Higgsfield AI, a company focused on democratizing social media video creation, recently announced $8 million in seed funding led by Menlo Ventures. This new funding round marks a major milestone in Higgsfield AI's goal to bring video AI generation and editing into the mainstream with its proprietary video model.

The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research was awarded a $6.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for gaining a better understanding of red cell disorders. Red cell disorders like Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) and sickle cell disease (SCD) affect over 1 billion people worldwide and are a significant cause of chronic illness and mortality.

OROS Labs, a thermal solutions company known for creating Solarcore, announced the closing of its Series B funding round, raising $22 million to support its expansion in consumer, commercial, and government industries. This funding round was led by Airbus Ventures and participated in by REI Co-op Path Ahead Ventures, Platinum Mile Ventures, Culper Ventures, Crumpton Ventures, Iron Gate Capital Advisors, Enlightenment Capital, CTK and the Goldwin Play Earth Fund, and others.

EarliTec Diagnostics, a medical device company focused on diagnostic and therapeutic solutions for children with autism and related early childhood vulnerabilities, announced a $21.5 million Series B financing round led by Nexus NeuroTech Ventures and Venture Investors Health Fund. This funding will expand commercialization efforts and advance clinical research for the first-in-kind EarliPoint Evaluation, which aids clinicians in diagnosing and assessing autism in children aged 16 to 30 months.

Juniper Biomedical - a medical device company that is focused on developing solutions that treat pelvic health disorders like incontinence using their unique neuromodulation micro-implant - announced that it has completed an oversubscribed $2 million seed funding round and also has been awarded $1 million through the NIH Common Fund as a winner of the NIH SPARC Neuromod Prize, a competition designed to accelerate the development of targeted neuromodulation therapies.

Seso - a workforce management platform for agriculture - announced the closing of a $26M Series B led by BOND with participation from Index Ventures, NFX, SV Angel, and other prominent investors. And several Seso customers also participated in the round.

Johnson & Johnson and Shockwave Medical announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Johnson & Johnson will acquire all outstanding shares of Shockwave for $335 per share in cash. This corresponds to an enterprise value of approximately $13.1 billion, including the cash acquired. Both companies’ boards of directors approved this deal.

Physical AI company Archetype AI announced its emergence from stealth and has introduced Newton, a first-of-its-kind foundation model that understands the physical world. The company also raised a $13 million seed funding round led by Venrock, with participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Hitachi Ventures, Buckley Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and several angel investors. Ganesh Srinivasan, Partner at Venrock, will join the board in connection with the funding.

Brim Financial - a leading fintech infrastructure company transforming the credit card platform and payment automation space - announced the closing of an $85 million Series C funding round on the back of strong revenue growth, rapidly growing market share, and expansion into the business and commercial segments.

Allure Security - a leader in online brand protection-as-a-service - announced the completion of a $10 million Series A funding round. Fintech strategic investment capital firm Curql led the round and they were joined by new investor Datatec Founder and CEO Jens Montanana and existing investors Glasswing Ventures, Zetta Venture Partners, Gutbrain Ventures, and PBJ Capital.

Home From College (HFC), a next-generation career platform, announced a $5.4 million seed round led by GV (Google Ventures). The company has raised $6.9 million in the past three years and has seen 300% annual revenue growth.

TrojAI, a leading provider of enterprise AI security solutions, announced a $5.75 million funding round of additional seed capital and the appointment of Lee Weiner as the company's CEO. This funding round was led by Flying Fish, with participation from current investors Build Ventures and Techstars and new investors Alteryx Ventures and Flybridge Capital Partners.

BurnBot announced it has raised $20 million in funding to expand its mechanized vegetation management and fuel treatment solutions to prevent destructive wildfires. ReGen Ventures led the funding round, including Toyota Ventures, AmFam Ventures, Convective Capital, Blue Forest Asset Management, Skip Capital, Overture Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Pathbreaker Ventures.

HawkEye 360, a leading provider of space-based RF data and analytics, announced it secured $40 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) to further its goal of delivering advanced geospatial capabilities.