Innovation

Clearwater Analytics: Acquisition Of Beacon Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:55 PM

Clearwater Analytics, a comprehensive technology platform for investment management, announced it has completed its acquisition of Beacon Platform, a provider of enterprise risk analytics and developer infrastructure. The deal enhances Clearwater’s capabilities in complex portfolio management across public and private markets, including structured products, private credit, and derivatives.

AutonomyAI: Interview With CEO Adir Ben-Yehuda About The Agentic Front-End Development Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 9:00 AM

AutonomyAI is a company that has built a fleet of context-aware AI agents revolutionizing front-end development for software companies. The agents work at an organizational level, mapping, modeling, and accelerating workflows to drive real business impact. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AutonomyAI CEO Adir Ben-Yehuda to learn more about the company.

Cocoon Capital: Over Half Of $50 Million Fund III Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:35 AM

Cocoon Capital, which is one of Southeast Asia's top-performing early-stage venture capital firms, announced the first closing of its third fund, securing $30 million towards a $50 million target. Fund III continues Cocoon's strategy of investing in high-conviction, early-stage, enterprise, and deep tech startups in critical Southeast Asian sectors.

EnChannel Medical: $82.2 Million Series B Closed For Advancing Atrial Fibrillation Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:34 AM

EnChannel Medical, an innovator in cardiac electrophysiology, announced the completion of an oversubscribed Series B financing, raising $82.2 million (600 million RMB). The funding round was co-led by Dragonball Capital and existing investor Lilly Asia Ventures (LAV), with Lapam Capital's continued support.

Terminal 3: $8 Million Seed Funding Raised For Scaling Privacy Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:32 AM

Terminal 3, a Hong Kong-based Web3 startup, announced it has raised a seed funding round of $8 million. The funding round was co-led by Illuminate Financial and CMCC Titan Fund, with participation from Animoca Brands, Progression Fund, IDG Blockchain, and Cherubic Ventures. And the round also included additional investment from existing investors 500 Global, Consensys Mesh, Hard Yaka, and BlackPine.

South Wind Exploration & Production: Over $400 Million In Equity Commitments Received From Kayne Anderson

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:31 AM

South Wind Exploration & Production (a newly formed independent oil and natural gas company) announced it has received over $400 million of equity commitments from Kayne Private Energy Income Fund III, a fund managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors and members of the company’s management team.

Canopy: $70 Million Series C Raised For AI-Based Accounting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:30 AM

Canopy, a company that has built a firm-wide operating system designed to help accountants operate the accounting firm of the future, announced a $70 million Series C funding round. Viking Global Investors (a global investment firm with over $51 billion in capital under management) led the funding round, with continued participation from existing investors Ten Coves Capital, Ankona Capital, Pelion Venture Partners, and Tenaya Capital.

Silvaco To Buy Multi-Physics Simulation Company Tech-X

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:29 AM

Silvaco Group (a provider of TCAD, EDA software, and SIP solutions that enable semiconductor design and digital twin modeling through AI software and innovation) announced the strategic acquisition of Tech-X (a leading provider of multi-physics simulation software used in applications such as Photonics, Electromagnetics, and Plasma Dynamics).

LendingClub Buying AI-Based Spending Intelligence Company Cushion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:28 AM

LendingClub, a leading digital marketplace bank, announced the acquisition of the intellectual property and select talent behind San Francisco-based Cushion, an AI-based spending intelligence platform that will naturally complement LendingClub's suite of mobile financial products and experiences.

VOC.AI: $15 Million Raised For AI-Based Customer Service Solutions Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:26 AM

VOC.AI, a leader in AI-based customer service solutions and intelligent insights, announced the completion of a $15 million funding round. This investment was led by Shanda Grab Ventures, in partnership with Northern Light Venture Capital and Starting Gate Fund.

indiGOtech: $54 Million Series BB Raised For Advancing Sustainable Ride Hail

By Amit Chowdhry ● Today at 7:25 AM

indiGOtech (known as GO) - a new mobility tech company based in Massachusetts - announced it closed a $54 million Series BB funding round, including investments from FedEx, Foxconn, and FM Capital.

Nuvo: $45 Million Raised For Accelerating Modern B2B Trade

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:08 PM

Nuvo, a network accelerating modern B2B trade, announced that it has raised $45 million in funding from Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Founders Fund, Index Ventures, Human Capital, Foundation Capital, Susa Ventures, and prominent angel investors including Gokul Rajaram, Max Mullen (Founder of Instacart), Matt MacInnis (COO of Rippling), Sanjit Biswas and John Bicket (Samsara founders), Varun Anand (Founder of Clay), Eugene Marinelli and Rosco Hill (Blend’s founders), Ryan Petersen (Founder of Flexport), and Ali Rowghani (Former MD of Y Combinator).

Azalea: €9 Million Series A Raised For Intelligent Connected Vision Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:08 PM

Azalea Vision, a health technology company engineering the future of sight, announced the first closing of its €15 million Series A funding round. The company raised €9 million and appointed Robert J. Dempsey Chairman of the Board to guide strategic growth in the European and U.S. markets.

Cloud Capital: $7.7 Million Raised For Spend Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:06 PM

Cloud Capital announced it has launched out of stealth with $7.7 million in funding to help CFOs regain financial control of their cloud infrastructure.

Noxtua: €80.7 Million Raised For Legal AI Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:05 PM

Berlin-based legal tech company Xayn (soon to be Noxtua SE), developer of Europe's first sovereign Legal AI Noxtua, announced recently it has completed its Series B investment round of about €80.7 million with C.H.Beck (Germany’s leading legal publisher) as the leading investor. And additional new investors on board include High-Performance Computing (HPC) specialist Northern Data, Germany’s largest business law firm CMS as Xayn's long-standing partner and co-initiator of the Legal AI Noxtua, and global law firm Dentons.

Catalyst Opportunity Funds: Fund II Closed At $140 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:04 PM

Catalyst Opportunity Funds, a double-bottom-line real estate investment platform focused on impactful investments in historically underserved U.S. markets, announced the final closing of Catalyst Opportunity Fund II LP with total capital commitments of $140 million.

Nourish: $70 Million Series B Closed For Addressing Chronic Disease With AI-Based Nutrition Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 9:01 PM

Nourish, a leading provider of nutrition counseling in the country, announced a $70 million Series B funding round, bringing total funding to $115 million. The funding round was led by J.P. Morgan Private Capital’s Growth Equity Partners, with participation from Thrive Capital, Index Ventures, Y Combinator, Maverick Ventures, BoxGroup, Atomico, G Squared, and Pinegrove.

IXI: $36.5 Million Series A Raised For Developing Autofocus Eyewear

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:58 PM

IXI, a company on a mission to change how the world sees with the first autofocus glasses, announced it has raised $36.5 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Plural, with participation from Tesi, byFounders, Heartcore, Eurazeo, FOV Ventures, Tiny Supercomputer and IXI’s existing investors, including Maki.vc, First Fellow, Amazon Alexa Fund, firstminutecapital, John Lindfors, Illusian, and Bragiel Brothers.

Breaking The Bottleneck In Hardware Innovation: A Conversation With PhysicsX Co-Founder & Director Of Simulation Engineering Nico Haag

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:57 PM

PhysicsX is a deeptech company with roots in numerical physics and Formula One, dedicated to accelerating hardware innovation at the speed of software. Pulse 2.0 interviewed PhysicsX Co-Founder and Director of Simulation Engineering, Nico Haag, to learn more about the company’s background and mission.

Kline Hill Partners: Strategic Minority Investment Raised From TA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 3:51 PM

Kline Hill Partners (an investment firm focused on the private equity secondary market) announced a strategic minority investment from leading global private equity firm TA Associates. This partnership will support Kline Hill’s continued specialization at scale, utilizing TA’s deep experience in asset and wealth management.

Vuzix Buys Advanced Waveguide R&D Facility In California

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:30 AM

Vuzix - a leading supplier of smart glasses, waveguides, and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies - announced the acquisition of an advanced waveguide R&D facility in Milpitas, California. This facility, which was previously operated by a global technology leader known for its extensive work in software, AI, and augmented reality, will now be used as a key waveguide tools development and innovation hub for Vuzix and its ODM/OEM customers' next-generation AI-driven smart glasses.