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Coinbase To Buy Deribit In $2.9 Billion Deal

Sunoco Buying Parkland Corporation In $9.1 Billion Deal

DLA Piper: Maria Alejandra del-Cerro And Elyssa Kutner Join As Partners In DC Office

March Biosciences: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Sarah Hein About The Cell Therapy Company

Blackstraw AI: Interview with Founder & CEO Atul Arya About Fast-Tracking AI Projects

Haut.AI: Interview With Founder & CEO Anastasia Georgievskaya About The Skincare AI Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:54 AM

Haut.AI is an industry-leading global artificial intelligence company that specializes in skincare and longevity. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Haut.AI CEO and founder Anastasia Georgievskaya to learn more about the company.

Sett: $27 Million Series A Secured For Gaming-Focused Agentic AI Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:53 AM

Sett, an Agentic AI platform for mobile gaming studios, announced it has emerged from stealth with a $15 million Series A funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, along with Saga VC, F2 Venture Capital, Vgames, and gaming kingpin Akin Babayigit (Arcadia Gaming Advisors, Tripledot).

AcquireROI: Funding Secured From Decathlon Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:52 AM

AcquireROI, a provider of performance-driven talent acquisition and recruitment marketing solutions headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, announced it has secured a growth loan from Decathlon Capital Partners.

Glide: $15 Million Series A Raised For Embedded Fintech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:49 AM

Glide, an embedded fintech platform helping traditional financial institutions compete in a digital-first world, announced a $15 million Series A funding round. Acrew Capital led the round, which was also participated in by Pear VC, Pathlight Capital, and strategic angels including Claire Hughes Johnson (former COO of Stripe), Paul Williamson (former CRO of Plaid), and Arash Ferdowsi (co-founder of Dropbox).

BKV And Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners: Carbon Capture JV Announced With $500 Million Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:47 AM

BKV announced the formation of a strategic joint venture between BKV dCarbon Ventures (BKV’s wholly-owned subsidiary) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its Energy Transition Fund I, to expand BKV’s portfolio of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) projects.

Clarium: $27 Million Series A Raised For Scaling AI-Based Healthcare Supply Chain Resiliency Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:28 AM

Clarium, a market-leading AI-powered healthcare supply chain resiliency platform, announced a $27 million Series A funding round from Northzone. Existing investors, including General Catalyst, AlleyCorp, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Texas Medical Center Ventures, and 1984 Ventures, participated in the round, which brings Clarium's total funding to date to $43 million.

Jozu: $4 Million Raised For Scaling Enterprise AI Orchestration Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:26 AM

Jozu, a company building enterprise-grade orchestration tools for AI applications, announced it has raised $4 million in seed funding. HalfCourt Capital led the round, which also included Mozilla Ventures, BrightSpark, AlleyCorp, Sentiero, and Union Bay Partners.

Amilia: $35 Million Secured For Advancing Innovation In The Recreation & Membership Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:23 AM

Amilia, a provider of management software and payment solutions for the community and recreation industries, announced it has raised $35 million to advance its next phase of growth and innovation. Vertu Capital led the funding round with additional participation from Amilia's current investors, Export Development Canada (EDC), the Canadian Business Growth Fund (CBGF), and Investissement Québec (IQ).

Una Software: $4.4 Million Seed Funding Raised For FP&A Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:22 AM

Una Software, a company redefining Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) with AI-based performance-driven planning, announced it will unveil its latest product innovations soon.

Autobooks: $40 Million Investment Raised From Runway Growth Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:20 AM

Runway Growth Capital announced a recently originated $40 million senior secured term loan to Autobooks, a financial technology innovator providing integrated payment, invoicing, and accounting solutions specifically tailored for small and medium-sized businesses.

FusionAuth: Interview With Founder & CEO Brian Pontarelli About The CIAM Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:28 AM

FusionAuth is a developer-first and customizable Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) platform that makes outsourcing authentication feel like a first-class experience. Pulse 2.0 interviewed FusionAuth founder and CEO Brian Pontarelli to learn more about the company.

Assured Communications: Interview With Chief Growth Officer Tim Parker About The Connectivity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:02 AM

Assured Communications is a company that brings decades of public and private sector experience to mission-critical advisory. And Assured offers strategic advisory services, project management, owner's representation, and facility management and operations to deliver highly reliable, assured communications to its clients. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Assured Communications Chief Growth Officer Tim Parker to learn more about the company.

Alt Mobility: Investment Raised From Beyond Capital Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:01 AM

Beyond Capital Ventures (BCV) announced a recent investment in Alt Mobility. Alt Mobility is a full-stack electric vehicle as a service (EVaaS) company that specializes in integrated leasing and asset management of EVs for commercial fleets. BCV joins Alt Mobility's cap table and other differentiated investors, including Shell Ventures, Eurazeo, and EV2 Ventures.

Granite Asia: $250 Million First Anchor Closing Of Private Credit Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 6:59 AM

Granite Asia announced it has secured over $250 million in anchor commitments for its private credit strategy, Libra Hybrid Capital Fund, before the official fund launch. These initial commitments include backing from top Asian sovereign wealth funds and capital from Granite Asia’s general partners.

Kouper: $10 Million Raised For Health Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 6:57 AM

Kouper, a health technology platform designed to transform care transitions, emerged from stealth with $10 million in funding from General Catalyst, 25Madison, and CVS Health Ventures. The company’s goal is to support the millions of patients transitioning across healthcare settings annually in the US. This funding also included several prominent healthcare angel investors and will be used to grow further and develop the Kouper team and product.