Pulse 2.0

FIS And Global Payments Sign $20+ Billion In Concurrent Deals

Intel Selling Majority Stake In Altera To Silver Lake For $4.46 Billion

Doss: $18 Million (Series A) Raised From Theory Ventures

LightSource: $33 Million Raised At $130 Million Valuation For Modernizing Sourcing And Procurement

Creative Planning Onboards $1+ Billion Monterey Private Wealth Team

Leidos: $10 Million Partnership With The University Of Pittsburgh For AI-Based Disease Detection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 11:49 AM

Leidos announced it is committing $10 million to advance artificial intelligence for detecting and managing diseases, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh's Computational Pathology and AI Center of Excellence (CPACE).

Phantom Neuro: $19 Million (Series A) Closed To Advance Neural Interface For Prosthetics and Robotics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:37 PM

Phantom Neuro, a neurotech company advancing human-machine interfaces, announced an oversubscribed $19 million Series A funding round led by Ottobock, a leader in prosthetics, orthotics, and exoskeleton technology. This funding round includes participation from existing investors, including Breakout Ventures, Draper Associates, LionBird Ventures, Time BioVentures, and Risk and Return, and new investors Actual VC, METIS Innovative, e1 Ventures, Jumpspace, MainSheet Ventures, and Brown Advisory.

Virtue AI: $30 Million Secured For AI Safety And Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 5:08 PM

Virtue AI, a company founded by world-leading experts in AI safety and security, announced $30 million in seed and Series A funding by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden Catalyst Ventures, and joined by Prosperity7 and other existing investors, including Factory, Osage University Partners, Lip-Bu Tan, Amarjit Gill, and Chris Re.

EP Wealth: $385 Million AlphaMark Advisors Team Onboarded

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:46 PM

EP Wealth Advisors, a leading fee-only registered investment adviser (RIA) with a national footprint, announced its partnership with AlphaMark Advisors, a wealth management firm based in Fort Wright, Kentucky. This strategic deal enhances EP Wealth’s presence in the Midwest, bringing the firm’s comprehensive, client-first services to more individuals and families in the Greater Cincinnati area. The acquisition adds about $385 million in AUM.

hellocare.ai: $47 Million Raised For AI-Based Virtual Care Delivery Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:42 PM

hellocare.ai, a leading AI-assisted virtual care delivery platform transforming hospital care models and operations, announced it has raised $47 million in an oversubscribed funding growth round. This funding round was led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from a strategic coalition of health systems and digital health investors, including Bon Secours Mercy Health, UCHealth, OSF Ventures, and LRVHealth.

University Of Nebraska–Lincoln: New Venture Competition Awards Given To Student Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:19 PM

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln announced that 64 student teams recently competed for $82,500 in prizes during the 38th annual New Venture Competition. Hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship, this two-day business plan tournament featured undergraduate and graduate students from every college at the university, representing 38 majors.

ABC Technologies: £1.8 Billion Acquisition Of TI Fluid Systems Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:18 PM

ABC Technologies announced the completion of its acquisition of TI Fluid Systems (TIFS) for an enterprise value of over £1.8 billion. This combined business will be rebranded TI Automotive, a name with a distinguished heritage that reflects their shared focus on world-class engineering, people, and customer service.

ThirtyFiveBio: Bridge Round Of Funding Raised To Develop Inhibitors Of GPR35

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:16 PM

ThirtyFiveBio Limited, a biotechnology company developing first-in-class small molecule inhibitors of G protein-coupled receptor 35 (GPR35) for treating of gastrointestinal (GI) disease, announced the closing of a bridge round of financing, which included a strategic investment from AbbVie Ventures, along with support from an existing investor Canaan and new investor Mayewell Capital.

Vaquero Midstream: $400 Million Credit Facility Secured

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:15 PM

Vaquero Midstream, a natural gas gathering and processing midstream company operating in the Delaware Basin, announced it closed on an expanded $400 million credit facility that was led by BOK Financial.

LucyRx: Investment Raised From LRVHealth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:15 PM

LucyRx, a next-generation pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), announced a strategic growth investment from LRVHealth, a healthcare investment platform backed by a national network of leading health systems. And with this funding round, LRVHealth joins LucyRx’s existing investor base, bringing the company’s total committed capital to more than $500 million.

Dolphin Semiconductor: €10 Million Investment Commitment Signed With Vertex Growth

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:11 PM

Vertex Growth, a Singapore-based venture capital fund, announced a €10 million commitment to Dolphin Semiconductor, a leading provider of semiconductor IP solutions specializing in mixed-signal IP design.

NetRise: $10 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Software Supply Chain Visibility And Risk Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:09 PM

NetRise, a leader in software supply chain security helping companies inventory software assets and identify and respond to software risk announced a $10 millino growth funding led by DNX Ventures with participation by existing investors Miramar Digital Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Squadra Ventures, and Talons Ventures.

Colliers Acquiring Canadian Real Estate Services Platform Triovest

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:08 PM

Colliers announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Triovest, a leading Canadian commercial real estate services platform, from its owner, Coril Holdings. After the deal closes, Triovest will rebrand as Colliers, merging its operations and capabilities to cement Colliers’ position as Canada’s largest commercial real estate services firm.

Homemove: $5 Million Secured For Proptech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:07 PM

Homemove, a proptech brand that enables users to manage their complete home move process from an easy-to-use platform, announced the completion of a $5 million funding round led by Fuel Ventures with co-investors including the Blandford Family Office and Oxford Innovation.

Corvic AI: $12 Million (Seed) Secured For AI Cognitive Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:06 PM

Corvic AI, a company transforming secure and scalable GenAI adoption for enterprises, announced it has raised $12 million in seed funding led by M Ventures and Bosch Ventures, with participation from Foothill Ventures, Lam Capital, LDV Partners, K2 Access Fund and Brian Long (Atlantic Bridge).

InvestCloud: Josh Mayer Named As New APL Chief Operating Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:04 PM

Wealth technology leader InvestCloud announced the expansion of its APL leadership team with the appointment of Josh Mayer to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer, reporting to APL President Cheryl Nash.

HubSpot To Buy AI-Based Workplace Search Assistant Company Dashworks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:46 AM

HubSpot announced it agreed to buy Dashworks, an AI-based workplace search assistant. This deal will combine Dashworks' deep search and reasoning expertise with a vision of giving every go-to-market team member an AI assistant.

IUNU: $20 Million Raised For AI-Driven Greenhouse Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:41 AM

IUNU (pronounced "you-knew"), an innovator in AI and machine vision technologies transforming agriculture, announced the closing of its $20 million funding round led by S2G Investments, with participation from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and Lewis and Clark Partners.

Dentons: Anna Szymańska To Lead Public Procurement Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:18 AM

Dentons Partner Anna Szymańska has stepped up to head the Public Procurement practice in Dentons’ Warsaw office.

Cybersecurity Company Torq Buys Revrod

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:11 AM

Torq, an autonomous security operations leader, announced it has acquired Revrod and integrated its multi-agent RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) advancements into Torq HyperSOC-2o, the latest evolution of its flagship product. And Torq HyperSOC-2o offers a comprehensive AI-driven SOC automation experience recently validated by IDC. Many companies use Torq HyperSOC to automate, manage, and monitor critical SOC responses at machine speed.

Cooley: Eric Greig Named As Partner In Life Sciences And Healthcare Regulatory Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:31 AM

Cooley announced Eric Greig has joined the firm's Washington, DC, office as the newest partner in the firm’s global life sciences and healthcare regulatory practice. And Greig advises clients on healthcare regulatory, market access and reimbursement strategies across the medical device, pharmaceutical, digital health, biotechnology, diagnostics and healthcare services sectors.

Soul Street Ventures: Interview With Co-Founder & Managing Partner Prasanth Chilukuri About The Early-Stage Investment Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:06 AM

Soul Street Ventures is a Houston and St. Louis-based VC firm that takes a hands-on approach to early-stage investing. And Soul Street prioritizes high-touch partnerships, focusing on a smaller, curated portfolio to provide founders with deep operational and strategic support—going beyond just writing a check. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Soul Street Ventures co-founder and managing partner Prasanth Chilukuri to learn more about the firm.