Innovation

HAYA Therapeutics: $65 Million Series A Closed To Deliver Precision RNA-Guided Medicines

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

HAYA Therapeutics - a biotechnology company pioneering precision RNA-guided regulatory genome targeting therapeutics that reprogram disease-driving cell states for rare, common, chronic and age-related diseases - announced that the company has raised $65 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Sofinnova Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital, with participation from Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), ATHOS, +ND Capital, Alexandria Venture Investments, and LifeLink Ventures, with additional support from existing investors Apollo Health Ventures, Longview Ventures (an affiliate of Broadview Ventures), 4see ventures, BERNINA Bioinves,t and Schroders Capital.

mPower Technology: Over $21 Million Series B Raised For Solar Power Solutions For Space

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

mPower Technology, a leading provider of solar power solutions for space, announced it has raised over $21 million in Series B funding led by Razor's Edge Ventures and joined by Shield Capital.

EFM Signs Carbon Removal And Funding Deal With Microsoft

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Forest investment and management firm EFM announced a multi-year offtake agreement with Microsoft and a fund investment that secures Microsoft’s access to up to 3 million nature-based carbon removal credits from EFM’s investment platform.

Sourcefit: Interview With Founder & CEO Andy Schachtel About the BPO Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Sourcefit is an international BPO company dedicated to providing custom offshore and nearshore staffing solutions that help businesses scale and build lasting value. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sourcefit founder and CEO Andy Schachtel to learn more about the company.

University Of Michigan Partners With Emeritus To Launch Chief Data And AI Officer Program

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

The Stephen M. Ross School of Business Executive Education and Michigan Engineering Professional Education, both at the University of Michigan, in collaboration with Emeritus, announced that they have launched the Chief Data and AI Officer (CDAIO) Program. This five-month multimodular program enables senior executives to develop AI-driven business strategies, enhance data governance, and lead digital transformation within their organizations. Enrollment is now open for the program starting on June 24, 2025.

AiFi: Interview With CEO Steve Carlin About The Camera-Led Spatial Intelligence Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

AiFi (eye-Fi) is a leading spatial intelligence company enabling businesses worldwide to track people and objects through space and provides advanced insights that drive profitability, through real-time alerts to improve operations and security, labeled video evidence, and powerful APIs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed AiFi CEO Steve Carlin to learn more about the company.

UW-Madison Company Ubicept Raises $1 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Ubicept—a company with technology developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has been selected as one of two winners in the inaugural TitletownTech Startup Draft. As a result, the company secured a $1 million investment from the Green Bay–based VC firm.

EdgeRunner: $12 Million Series A Funding Raised For On-Device AI Agents For Military And Enterprise

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

EdgeRunner AI, a leader in domain-specific, air-gapped, on-device AI agents for military and enterprise, announced the closing of its $12 million Series A fundraise. This funding round was led by Madrona Ventures with participation from seed lead Four Rivers Ventures and joined by new investors HP Tech Ventures and Alumni Ventures. This brings EdgeRunner AI’s total funding to $17.5 million.

ChurchSpace: $1.2 Million Raised And HQ Moving To Detroit

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

ChurchSpace announced closing a $1.2 million oversubscribed funding round, led by Black Ops Ventures, with additional participation from Dug Song of Minor Capital and Michigan Rise. The company is also relocating its national headquarters from Houston, Texas, to Detroit, Michigan, to deepen its goal of activating underutilized sacred spaces for modern-day community use.

Atlas: $155 Million Seed Financing And Acquisition Of Assets From Twist Bioscience

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Atlas Data Storage - a technology company building end-to-end DNA data storage - announced the closing of a $155 million seed financing and the acquisition of technology assets from Twist Bioscience. The seed funding investors are ARCH Venture Partners, Deerfield Management, Bezos Expeditions, Tao Capital Partners, Rsquared VC, Earth Foundry, In-Q-Tel (IQT), and other undisclosed investors.

CoreWeave: Acquisition Of Weights & Biases Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

CoreWeave announced that it has completed its acquisition of Weights & Biases. The strategic deal strengthens CoreWeave's capabilities to power AI innovation with the leading AI Cloud Platform and helps unleash the full potential of the world's leading AI labs and enterprises.

Anduril To Buy Edge Computing And Tactical Communications Company Klas

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Anduril Industries announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Klas, a leader in edge computing and tactical communications. This acquisition, pending regulatory approval, will integrate Klas’ rugged hardware into Anduril's portfolio of autonomous systems and connected warfare capabilities, providing faster, more resilient, and seamlessly integrated solutions for operations in harsh conditions at the tactical edge.

Skidattl: Interview With Founder & CEO Randy Marsden About The Virtual AR Sign Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Skidattl is a B2B SaaS platform enabling businesses to place virtual signs in the real world using Augmented Reality. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Skidattl founder and CEO Randy Marsden to learn more about the company.

Alta Resource Technologies: $10 Million Seed Raised For Scaling Protein-Based Minerals Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Alta Resource Technologies, a pioneer in using advanced biochemistry to transform mineral separation, announced that it has expanded its Series Seed funding to $10 million with the close of an additional $4.4 million investment. The Seed 2 funding was co-led by DCVC and Voyager Ventures with participation from Orion Industrial Ventures and In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor for the U.S. national security community and America’s allies. Along with the private capital, Alta has received grant support from federal partners and the State of Colorado.

Riley: Interview With Founder & CEO Amanda DeLuca About The Parenting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Riley is an all-in-one parenting app that adapts to your family's needs, offering personalized, expert-backed guidance to help you navigate parenting with confidence and support. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Riley's founder and CEO, Amanda DeLuca, to learn more about the company.

Cybord: Interview With CEO Oshri Cohen About The Electronic Product Reliability Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Cybord provides visual AI component analytics solution for the electronic manufacturing ecosystem. Cybord's solution enables 100% analysis of all electronic components placed on PCBA to ensure quality, authenticity, and forensic traceability to support OEMs and EMSs globally Pulse 2.0 interviewed Cybord CEO Oshri Cohen to learn more about the company.

Nuevocor: $45 Million Series B Raised For Clinical Development Of Novel Mechanobiology-Centered Therapy For Cardiomyopathy

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Nuevocor, a Singapore-headquartered IND-stage biotechnology company developing cures for cardiomyopathies driven by aberrant mechanobiology, announced the completion of a $45 million Series B financing. Kurma Partners and Angelini Ventures co-led the funding round, which was significantly participated in by existing investors EDBI, ClavystBio, and Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, along with Highlight Capital and SEEDS Capital.

360 Privacy: Interview With Executive Privacy And Security Advisor Tom Aldrich About The Digital Identity Protection Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

360 Privacy has a mission to protect the digital identity, security, and reputation of high-profile executives, athletes, celebrities, and high-net-worth families. Pulse 2.0 interviewed 360 Privacy Executive Privacy and Security Advisor Tom Aldrich to learn more about the company.

Radiant Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Shahar Ben-Hador About The Adaptive AI SOC Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Radiant Security is a company that has developed an adaptive AI SOC platform designed for enterprise security teams looking to address 100% of the alerts they receive from any tool or sensor. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Radiant Security co-founder and CEO Shahar Ben-Hador to learn more about the company.

Smartlinx Buying StafferLink For Enhancing Healthcare Workforce Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2025

Smartlinx, a leading provider of workforce management solutions for senior care organizations, announced it has acquired StafferLink, a provider of contingent staffing management software for the healthcare industry. StafferLink’s cloud-based Vendor Management System (VMS) and Agency Staffing Management (ASM) software products were purpose-built for healthcare facilities, agencies and managed service providers (MSPs) to source, manage and pay their contingent workforce.

Doppel: $35 Million Series B Raised For AI-Based Social Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

Doppel, an AI-based social engineering defense platform, announced a Series B funding round following a year of rapid growth following its Series A, bringing the total amount raised to $54.4 million. The Series B funding round of $35 million was at a $205 million valuation. It was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, additional first-time Doppel investors 9Yards Capital and Sozo Ventures, and repeat investors a16z, South Park Commons, Strategic Cyber Ventures, Script Capital, and Sabrina Hahn.

QCDx: $7 Million Raised For Advancing Liquid Biopsy Innovations

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

QCDx - a diagnostics company specializing in the detection and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) - announced the closing of $7 million in new financing. This funding features $5.3 million in intermediate term debt under a credit facility and the conversion of $1.7 million in existing convertible notes into equity.

NVISIONx: Interview With Founder & CEO Glen Day About The Data Risk Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

NVISIONx (Nx) is the first data risk intelligence platform that combines business data and cyber intelligence, empowering companies to gain complete control of their enterprise data and its risk. Pulse 2.0 interviewed NVISIONx founder and CEO Glen Day to learn more about the company.

Stately Bio: $12 Million Closed For Developing Regenerative Medicines With Cellular Imaging Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

Stately Bio, a company developing cell therapies using an ML-based live-cell imaging platform, announced $12 million in seed funding led by AIX Ventures, with participation from Dimension Capital, Foothill Ventures, Village Global, Caffeinated Capital, Mitsui Global Investment, BoxOne Ventures, Axial VC, Jeff Dean (Chief Scientist at Google DeepMind), Jeremy Wertheimer (co-founder of ITA Software), and Tom Berry (co-founder of Carbon Health).

CHAOS Industries: $275 Million Series C Raised To Build Defense And National Security Systems

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

CHAOS Industries, a technology company building the next generation of defense and national security systems, announced that it has raised $275 million in Series C funding to support the next phase of its commercial growth and development. The Series C funding round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and co-led by Accel, with participation from StepStone Group, Overmatch Ventures, Tru Arrow Partners, and Valor Equity Partners. The Series C round brings the total funding raised by the company since inception to $490 million.

NEXT Life Sciences: Interview With Dr. Darlene Walley About The Modern Healthcare Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

NEXT Life Sciences is a medical device company planning to deliver the first male contraceptive solution that is non-hormonal, long lasting, and reversible. Pulse 2.0 interviewed NEXT Life Sciences CEO Dr. Darlene Walley to learn more about the company.

TAE Life Sciences And Ohio State University Sign Partnership For Advancing Boron Drug Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

TAE Life Sciences (TLS) has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent to collaborate with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) for developing and evaluating of novel boron-based drug compounds—an essential component of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT).

Medsender: Interview With Founder & Co-CEO Zain Qayyum About The AI Medical Assistant

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

Medsender is a company that offers a comprehensive and EHR-integrated platform to integrate, streamline, and automate communication between providers, patients, and everyone in between. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Medsender founder and co-CEO Zain Qayyum to learn more about the company.

ArborXR Buying Learning Analytics Platform InformXR

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

ArborXR, a leading enterprise XR device management platform, announced its acquisition of InformXR, a pioneering XR learning analytics platform led by founder and serial entrepreneur Dan Kuykendall, who will be joining ArborXR along with his entire engineering and data-science team as part of the transaction.

Pangea: Interview With Founder & CEO Oliver Friedrichs About The AI Guardrail Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2025

Pangea is a company that developed an AI Guardrail Platform to help security and product teams ship secure AI applications quickly. The platform also helps security teams protect workforce AI use with guardrails that span prompt injection detection, sensitive data leakage detection, AI visibility, AI access controls, and agentic security controls. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pangea founder and CEO Oliver Friedrichs to learn more about the company.