Pulse 2.0

Sun Pharma: $11.75 Billion Organon Acquisition Expands Global Scale And Women’s Health Leadership

Anthropic: Implied Valuation Reaches $1 Trillion On Secondary Markets, Surpassing OpenAI

Myriad Uranium Appoints Eric Miller As Strategic Advisor To Advance U.S. Critical Minerals Position

CMBlu Energy: €50 Million Series C Initial Close Pushes Company Past €1 Billion Unicorn Valuation

Greatly Health: $4 Million Raised To Scale Evidence-Based Integrative Cancer Care Platform

Invest Clearly: Interview With Founder & CEO Pat Zingarella About The Investor Review Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:15 AM

Invest Clearly is a platform that hosts reviews from verified investors in the private investing space. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Invest Clearly Founder and CEO Pat Zingarella to learn more.

SearchStax: Interview With Founder and CEO Sameer Maggon About The Search Experience Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 8:00 AM

SearchStax is a SaaS Search Experience Platform that enables enterprises to deliver fast, relevant and personalized AI-driven site search across complex digital environments, driving engagement, conversion, and user trust, while making search a core part of the marketing toolkit rather than an IT-managed backend function.

Qover: €10 Million In Growth Financing Secured From CIBC Innovation Banking For Embedded Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:25 AM

Qover, a Brussels-based embedded insurance platform, has secured €10 million in growth financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. The funding will support Qover's continued expansion and growth across Europe.

Groove Quantum: €16 Million Raised After Unveiling World’s Largest Semiconductor Spin-Qubit Processor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:23 AM

Groove Quantum, a quantum computing company spun out of QuTech, has raised €16 million in a seed round and announced the successful demonstration of an 18-qubit semiconductor processor, which the company describes as a new state-of-the-art benchmark for the industry. The round was co-led by Innovation Industries and 55 North, with participation from Verve Ventures and the European Innovation Council Fund, which contributed €7.5 million in equity alongside a €2.5 million EIC Accelerator grant awarded through the European Commission's Horizon Europe program.

StudentCrowd: £7 Million Raised To Scale Student Accommodation Data And Insights Platform Globally

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:20 AM

StudentCrowd, the UK's leading student review platform and property data provider for purpose-built student accommodation, has closed a £7 million Series A funding round led by YFM Equity Partners and backed by the Midlands Engine Investment Fund II through fund manager Mercia Ventures. The raise follows a first round in 2023 and will support international expansion across continental Europe and the United States, as well as continued product development.

Auryx: $2 Million Raised To Build AI-Powered Health Monitoring Platform Using Sound

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:19 AM

Auryx, a Cambridge-based AI health technology company founded by an all-female team of scientists and engineers, has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to build a platform that turns everyday consumer devices such as earbuds into continuous health monitors using sound. The round was led by Celero Ventures, with participation from EWOR, Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, Vento, PurposeTech, and a syndicate of institutional and angel investors.

Legora: $50 Million Series D Extension At $5.6 Billion Valuation Welcomes Atlassian And NVentures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:18 AM

Legora, a Legal AI platform, has raised a $50 million extension to its Series D financing, bringing the total round to $600 million in equity and valuing the company at $5.6 billion post-money. The extension adds Atlassian and NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm, as corporate investors, alongside new financial investors including Airtree, Barclays, Geodesic, Insight, Liberty Global, and Nikesh Arora.

Earlybird: €360 Million Fund VIII Closes As Firm’s Largest Early-Stage Fund In Its History

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:17 AM

Earlybird, a European venture capital firm with nearly three decades of investing history, has closed its oversubscribed Fund VIII at €360 million, the largest fund in the firm's history. The raise continues a pattern of consistent fundraising every three to four years since 1997, through bull markets and corrections alike, and builds on long-standing LP relationships that have backed the firm across multiple fund generations.

GCG Advisory Partners Acquires Gateway Capital Advisors, Adding $400 Million AUM Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:16 AM

GCG Advisory Partners, the parent company of GCG Wealth Management, has acquired Gateway Capital Advisors, a St. Louis, Missouri-based wealth management firm with $400 million under management and organic growth multiples exceeding industry averages. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Gateway Capital Advisors Managing Partners Dustin Ward, Shaun Griese, and Joseph Sigman will join GCG as Operating and Equity Partners.

Ares Management Appoints Peter Ogilvie As Chief Operating Officer And Head Of Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:16 AM

Ares Management Corporation, a leading global alternative investment manager with nearly $623 billion in assets under management, has appointed Peter Ogilvie as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Strategy. In the role, Ogilvie will support the leadership team in executing the firm's strategic growth initiatives while scaling key global operating capabilities.

Rocsys: $13 Million Raised To Scale World’s First Multi-Bay Hands-Free Charging Solution For Robotaxi Fleets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:15 AM

Rocsys, the global leader in hands-free depot solutions for autonomous electric vehicles, has raised a $13 million Series A extension led by Capricorn Partners, with participation from Scania Invest, Forward.One, SEB Greentech Venture Capital, and Graduate Ventures, bringing total funding raised to $56 million. Alongside the raise, the company unveiled the Rocsys M1, the world's first hands-free charging solution capable of serving multiple bays in robotaxi operations.

Squads: $18 Million Raised To Build Business Finance Operating System On Stablecoin Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:14 AM

Squads, a financial infrastructure company building on Solana, has raised $18 million in a strategic round led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, L1D, Collab+Currency, Electric Capital, Placeholder, Jump Crypto, and Robot Ventures, bringing total funding to $42.9 million. The raise accelerates Altitude, a financial operating system built on stablecoin infrastructure.

Photon: $16 Million Raised To Modernize Prescription Infrastructure And Return Transparency To Patients

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:13 AM

Photon, an end-to-end prescription infrastructure company, has raised a $16 million Series A led by Healthier Capital, with participation from Notation, Flare Capital, and Evidenced. The funding will support expansion of the engineering and commercial teams, drive health system and platform integrations, and accelerate Photon's mission to become the default infrastructure for modern prescribing and medication access.

Lazard To Buy Campbell Lutyens For $575 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 1:02 AM

Lazard has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Campbell Lutyens, a premier global private markets advisor, for approximately $575 million in total consideration, with potential additional payments of up to $85 million based on defined performance criteria over a multi-year period. The transaction will establish Lazard CL as Lazard's third global business and create the leading private capital advisory platform in the world.

Aidoc Raises $150 Million Series E To Scale Clinical AI For Earlier And Safer Diagnoses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:53 PM

Aidoc, a global leader in clinical AI, has raised $150 million in Series E funding to accelerate expansion of its clinical foundation model and enterprise AI platform, bringing total funding to over $500 million less than a year after a growth round led by General Catalyst and Square Peg. The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from General Catalyst, SoftBank Investment Advisors, and NVentures, NVIDIA's venture capital arm.

Zwift Acquires ROUVY To Accelerate Growth Of Indoor Cycling Category

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:26 PM

Zwift, the global online fitness platform, has completed the acquisition of ROUVY, the real routes cycling app, to further the growth of indoor cycling through differentiated experiences while maintaining both platforms' independent operations.

Meadow Partners Acquires Portfolio Of Ten U.K. Energy Ground Lease Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:25 PM

Meadow Partners, an institutional middle-market real estate investment manager, has acquired a portfolio of ten ground leases for energy assets across the U.K., meaningfully accelerating the firm's investment strategy in powered land and the energy transition.

Merlin Raises $80 Million PIPE To Accelerate Autonomous Flight Program Execution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:25 PM

Merlin, a leading developer of assured autonomous flight technology, has entered into a securities purchase agreement with an existing institutional shareholder to raise $80 million in equity capital via a private investment in public equity, bringing expected total cash resources to $183 million.

Ameribrands Acquires Construction And Hospitality Services To Expand National Hospitality Renovation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:23 PM

Ameribrands, a holding company delivering value-added solutions to multi-site brands nationwide, has acquired Construction and Hospitality Services, now rebranded as Commercial Hospitality Solutions, a national provider of hotel and hospitality property renovation services based in Melbourne, Florida.

New York Life Foundation Commits $15 Million To Expand Youth Coaching And Mentorship Access

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:22 PM

The New York Life Foundation has announced Coaching the Future, a new strategic initiative committing $15 million over three years to expand access to trained coaches and mentors for young people across the country.

Augment Acquires Stealth Startup Merlin To Bring AI To The $8 Trillion Wholesale Distribution Industry

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:22 PM

Augment, an AI productivity platform for supply chain, has acquired Merlin, a stealth AI company focused on wholesale distribution, integrating its capabilities into Augie, Augment's flagship AI teammate, marking the company's entry into an industry valued at more than $8 trillion in the U.S. alone.

Keller Williams Acquires Michael Lewis Marketing Suite To Strengthen Agent Branding Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:21 PM

Keller Williams has acquired Michael Lewis Marketing Suite, a widely utilized marketing services company supporting KW-affiliated real estate agents and brokerages, bringing the platform fully in-house as part of its broader agent tools strategy.

Sekur Private Data Appoints Lt. Gen. Raymond Palumbo To Chair Strategic Advisory Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:19 PM

Sekur Private Data, a Swiss-hosted cybersecurity and defense communications company, has appointed Lieutenant General Raymond Palumbo, U.S. Army (Retired), as Chairman of its Strategic Advisory Board to guide the company's expansion into military, defense, and government communications markets.

TransMedics Announces Strategic Investment In PAD Aviation To Build European Transplant Logistics Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:19 PM

TransMedics Group, a medical technology company transforming organ transplant therapy, has entered into a definitive agreement to invest in PAD Aviation, a premier Germany-based private aviation operator, to lay the foundation for a dedicated organ transplantation air logistics network across Europe.

OSR Holdings Executes $815 Million Global License Agreement For VXM01 With BCM Europe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:18 PM

OSR Holdings, a global healthcare holding company, has entered into a definitive global exclusive license agreement with BCM Europe AG for the development, commercialization, and potential sublicensing of VXM01, its Phase 3-ready oral immunotherapy targeting VEGFR-2, with milestone payments of up to $815 million.

Standard Energy Solutions Promotes Bobby Young To Chief Investment Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:17 PM

Standard Energy Solutions, a Maryland-based renewable energy solutions company, has promoted Bobby Young to Chief Investment Officer while he continues in his existing role as Chief Financial Officer, as the company accelerates its strategic expansion into whole-home energy services.

Liberty Defense Appoints Capital Markets Executive Will Hamilton To Its Board Of Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:16 PM

Liberty Defense Holdings, a technology provider of AI-based concealed weapons detection solutions, has appointed Will Hamilton to its Board of Directors, bringing more than 20 years of equity research and portfolio management experience to the company.

Stagwell Creates Segment-Based Growth Structure And Names Three Senior Leaders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:16 PM

Stagwell, the global marketing network, has created a segment-based growth structure and appointed three senior leaders to drive integrated growth across its Marketing Services and Media & Commerce divisions.

Novi Labs Acquires Turing Analytics To Establish Unified North American Platform For Upstream Investment Decisions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:13 PM

Novi Labs, an AI-driven energy analytics platform, has acquired Calgary-based Turing Analytics, the company behind EVA, a Canadian-focused upstream analytics and proprietary data platform, to create a unified analytical environment for evaluating upstream investments across North America.

Uber Expands Into Travel With Hotel Bookings And New In-App Features

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 11:12 PM

Uber, the world's leading mobility and delivery platform, has unveiled a new set of products and features at its annual GO-GET product event, including hotel bookings, Travel Mode, and several new in-app tools designed to consolidate more of daily life into a single platform.