Innovation

Tax Protection Plus: Investment Raised From Quad-C Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Quad-C Management (a leading middle-market private equity firm) announced an investment in Tax Protection Plus (TPP), a provider of post-filing tax solutions for tax professionals and taxpayers. The investment highlights Quad-C's commitment to partnering with high-quality businesses and management teams to drive growth.

OQ Chemicals Acquired By Strategic Value Partners And Blantyre Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Strategic Value Partners (a global alternative investment firm with about $22 billion of assets under management) and Blantyre Capital (a London-based investment manager with over €2.7 billion of long-term capital commitments) announced that SVP-managed funds and Blantyre-managed funds have acquired OQ Chemicals, a leading global producer and merchant of oxo chemicals. As part of the deal, OQ Chemicals will reinstate its name to OXEA, reaffirming its longstanding presence in the global chemicals industry.

Neuranics: $8 Million (Seed) Raised To Advance Magnetic Sensing Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Neuranics - a Scottish deep-tech semiconductor company driving the future of human-machine interaction - announced it has raised $8 million in seed funding to advance global growth and the commercial adoption of its Tunnelling Magnetoresistance (TMR) magnetic sensing technology.

Global Gaming League: $10 Million (SAFE) Closed For Multi-Title Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

The Global Gaming League (GGL), which is a global gaming entertainment and media company, announced the raising of $10 million for its SAFE round led by Solyco Capital. GGL was founded by Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum music producer, and entrepreneur Clinton Sparks, in partnership with music icon T-Pain and tech visionary Jeff Hoffman (Priceline, UBid, Booking.com).

Octane: $6.75 Million (Seed) Raised For AI-Based Cybersecurity For Crypto

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Octane announced it has secured $6.75 million in a seed funding round co-led by Archetype and Winklevoss Capital. The funding round also included participation from Gemini, Circle, Legion Capital, Druid Ventures, Duke Capital Partners and strategic angels including Balaji Srinivasan, Sina Habibian, and others.

ZOZO Buying Lyst In $154 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

LYST (a leading global fashion shopping platform) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by ZOZO, which operates a leading fashion e-commerce platform in Japan, for $154 million. Following the deal's closing, Lyst will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ZOZO. ZOZO and Lyst together share a vision to transform the online fashion shopping experience by bringing joy back to fashion discovery.

Five Good Friends: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From TPG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Five Good Friends announced a strategic investment from leading global alternative asset management firm TPG to fund its continued growth in the home care industry.

DNSFilter Buying Zorus To Improve End User Protection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

DNSFilter - a cybersecurity leader in content and threat filtering at the DNS layer - announced its acquisition of Zorus, an innovative provider of endpoint-based web filtering and user behavior analytics. This strategic deal extends DNSFilter's filtering capabilities and reinforces its commitment to Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

EQT Selling Karo Healthcare To KKR

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

EQT and KKR announced that EQT VIII fund agreed to sell Karo Healthcare to KKR. This deal marks the next chapter for Karo as it continues to advance its growth strategy under KKR's ownership, building on its transformation into one of Europe's leading consumer health platforms since EQT's initial investment.

F.N.B. Acquiring Raptor Partners To Expand Capital Markets Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

F.N.B. and its wholly owned broker dealer subsidiary announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Raptor Partners, an independent investment banking firm focused on delivering financial advisory services to public and private companies.

Penn State University: Student Startups Win Funding Prizes For Inc.U Competition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Penn State University revealed in a news release that Joy Tac (a student startup from Penn State Harrisburg) won first place and $15,000 in the 2025 Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition. And as a kickoff to Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC, six student teams from four Penn State campuses pitched their startups to a panel of judges, competing for $30,000 in total funding prizes.

H.I.G. Capital: Acquisition Of GetixHealth Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $68 billion under management, announced that an affiliate has completed a strategic investment in GetixHealth.

Pantheon: $5.2 Billion Raised For Third Senior Credit Secondaries Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Global private markets investor Pantheon announced the closing of a record $5.2 billion into Pantheon Senior Debt III (PSD III) and related vehicles, featuring closed-end co-mingled funds, evergreen and rated insurance vehicles, and separately managed accounts.

Olaris: Strategic Investment Raised From Labcorp

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 11, 2025

Olaris, a precision medicine company leveraging metabolomics and machine learning to discover and develop its myOLARIS diagnostics products, announced an investment from Labcorp, a leader of innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, as part of its Series-B1 financing. Labcorp joins existing investors Robert Carpenter, Innospark Ventures, North Point Partners, Alumni Ventures, and new investor US Boston Growth Capital.