Innovation

ValidiFI: Interview With CEO John Gordon About The Fintech Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

ValidiFI is an analytics and technology company that connects bank account and payment insights to help companies in a variety of industries provide more confident, trustworthy, and transparent transactions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ValidiFI CEO John Gordon to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Audacious Inquiry: Interview With GM Greg Farnum About The Health Tech Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

Audacious Inquiry, now a PointClickCare company, brings on-the-ground expertise in health information systems, public health information systems, and health information exchange, combined with decades of experience working with and in federal and state agencies and health information exchanges.. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Audacious Inquiry General Manager Greg Farnum to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Duranta: $7 Million Raised For Helping Landscapers Grow Their Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

Duranta, a company designed for landscapers and lawn care professionals, announced a $7 million seed funding round. The funding was led by several Silicon Valley firms, including Base10 Partners, Pear, Coalition Operators, and Sunshine Lake, with additional participation from angel investors such as GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke and PagerDuty co-founder Andrew Miklas.

Illimis Therapeutics: $42 Million Series B Raised For Advancing CNS And Immune Disease Drug Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

Illimis Therapeutics announced it closed 58 billion KRW (approximately $42 million) in Series B funding. The round saw strong participation from both existing and new investors, signaling high confidence in the company's vision and technology.

Sphinx Acquiring Enigma For Enhancing Cybersecurity And Intelligence Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

Sphinx, a developer of Counterintelligence (CI) and cyber tools, announced it has acquired Enigma International. This acquisition significantly enhances Sphinx's ability to protect defense and commercial security clients from advanced threat actors by integrating Enigma's expertise in language and systems development.

Dreampath Diagnostics: Investment Raised From Summit Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

Summit Partners has made a growth investment in Dreampath Diagnostics, a healthcare technology company that digitizes workflows in anatomical pathology laboratories.

Zimmer Biomet To Buy Monogram Technologies In $177 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 14, 2025

Zimmer Biomet (a global medical technology leader) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Monogram Technologies (an orthopedic robotics company) for approximately $177 million in equity value. Monogram stockholders will also receive a non-tradeable contingent value right (CVR) potentially worth up to $12.37 per share based on future milestones. Both companies' boards have unanimously approved the transaction.

QGenda: Acquisition Of New Innovations Revealed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

QGenda (a Hearst company and a leader in healthcare scheduling and optimization software) announced it has acquired New Innovations, the largest provider of residency management software (RMS).

Datafy: $20 Million Funding Raised For Autonomous Storage Optimization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

Autonomous storage optimization startup Datafy announced it had raised new funding, bringing the total investment to $20 million. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Insight Partners, with the primary goal of accelerating the company's growth in the U.S.

Bilt: $250 Million Raised At $10.75 Billion Valuation For Rent Payment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

Bilt CEO and founder Ankur Jain announced that the company has raised $250 million in funding at a valuation of $10.75 billion. General Catalyst and GID led the funding round with further investment from United Wholesale Mortgage.

Merck To Buy Verona Pharma In $10 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

Merck has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Verona Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company focused on respiratory diseases, for $107 per American Depository Share (ADS), totaling about $10 billion. Each ADS represents eight ordinary shares of Verona Pharma.

Corsha: Funding Raised From Booz Allen For Enhancing U.S. Critical Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

Booz Allen Ventures has invested in Corsha, a Machine Identity Provider (mIDP) focused on securing communication for operational systems and critical infrastructure. This funding will help enhance U.S. defenses against sophisticated cyberattacks.

Pretzel Therapeutics: Investment Raised From The Mito Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation's venture philanthropy arm, The Mito Fund, has invested in Pretzel Therapeutics, a Massachusetts company with research facilities in Mölndal, Sweden, focused on using cellular energetics to improve survival and quality of life for various conditions.

Unblock: $13.5 Million Raised For Converting Wasted Energy To Computing Power

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

Unblock, an energy infrastructure company that converts stranded energy into computing power, announced it has secured $13.5 million in funding led by Goldcrest Capital and Collaborative Fund. This round also includes investments from Pampa Energía, Grupo Sielecki, FJ Labs, NYDIG, Luxor Technology, Sunna Ventures, and several Latin American entrepreneurs.

Moment: $36 Million Series B Closed For Automating Fixed Income

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 13, 2025

Moment, a company that automates trading and portfolio management for fixed income teams, has raised $36 million in Series B funding led by Index Ventures, bringing its total funding to $56 million.

ServiceUp: $55 Million Series B Secured For Vehicle Repair Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2025

ServiceUp is a company transforming vehicle repair management for fleets and insurance companies. The company recently raised $55 million in Series B funding, led by PeakSpan Capital, bringing its total funding to $70 million.

Lydian Energy: $233 Million Financing Raised For Advancing Battery Storage Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2025

Lydian Energy, an independent power producer, announced it has secured $233 million in institutional project financing for three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, backed by ING and KeyBank.

Valante Capital: Ascend Fund II Launched With $115 Million First Close

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 12, 2025

Valante Capital (the PE division of IDC Network), which manages $2.7 billion in assets, announced the first closing of Ascend Fund II, a $250 million private equity fund aimed at expanding consumer and retail platforms in Latin America and select U.S. companies with a Latin American presence.