Innovation

Grammarly To Buy AI-Native Email App Company Superhuman

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 7:52 AM

Grammarly has announced its intention to acquire Superhuman, an AI-driven email application designed to help users respond to emails one to two days faster and save four hours each week on their email communications. This deal marks a significant step forward in Grammarly’s evolution into an AI-powered productivity platform for apps and agents, underscoring the importance of email in the company's vision for a future driven by agents.

Zango AI: $4.8 Million Secured To Transform Financial Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Zango announced raising $4.8 million led by Nexus Venture Partners with participants including South Park Commons, Richard Davies (CEO of Allica Bank), Alan Morgan (former head of Financial Services at McKinsey EMEA), Mark Ransford, Notion Capital, No Label Ventures, and Start Ventures.

PetroApp: $50 Million Investment Raised In Round Led By Jadwa

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Jadwa Investment (an investment management and advisory firm in the Middle East), through its flagship blind-pool vehicle Jadwa GCC Diversified Private Equity Fund, announced it has led a $50 million investment round in PetroApp, which is Saudi Arabia’s leading fuel management platform. And Bunat Ventures also participated in the round.

Levelpath: Over $55 Million Raised For Transforming Enterprise Procurement

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

AI-native procurement platform Levelpath announced over $55 million in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $100 million. Other investors in this round include Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, 01A, New View Capital, and World Innovation Lab.

Frontline Performance Group: Interview With CEO Geoffrey Toffetti About The Hotel Efficiency Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Frontline Performance Group (FPG) is a company that enables hotels to maximize revenue potential via frontline teams. The company supports the implementation of service-based sales programs to increase incremental revenue, improve customer experience, and increase employee engagement. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Frontline Performance Group CEO Geoffrey Toffetti to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Recognize Partners: Fund II Closed At $1.7 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Recognize announced it has closed its second fund, Recognize Partners II/II-A, L.P., with commitments over $1.7 billion. Co-founded by Francisco D'Souza, Charles Phillips, and David Wasserman, Recognize is known for partnering with digital services innovators.

Campfire: $35 Million Series A Raised For AI-Native ERP Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Campfire, a company specializing in AI-native enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, announced that it has raised $35 million in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Accel, with contributions from existing and new investors including Foundation Capital, Y Combinator, Capital 49, and several angel investors such as Marten Abrahamsen, CFO at Vercel; Dan Kang, CFO at Mercury; Alex Estevez, Former CFO at Atlassian; Michael Gordon, Former CFO at MongoDB; Sowmya Ranganathan, Former Controller at OpenAI; and Jack Zhang, Co-Founder & CEO at AirWallex.

Pixelgen Technologies: $14.7 Million Awarded From European Innovation Council Accelerator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Pixelgen Technologies has announced that it has been awarded EUR 12.5 million ($14.7 million) in grant and equity financing from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. This initiative (under the European Union's Horizon Europe program) looks to support innovative start-ups with disruptive technologies.

Woodchuck: $3.75 Million Seed Raised To AI-Based Waste-To-Energy Conversion Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Woodchuck, a startup utilizing AI technology to convert waste into energy, has secured $3.75 million in seed funding, led by Mason Fink and other investors, including NorthStar Clean Energy, CMS Energy, Alloy Partners, and Beckett Industries.

Walker & Dunlop: $170 Million Financing Arranged For Salt Lake City Downtown Project

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Walker & Dunlop announced it secured $170 million to refinance Post District, a mixed-use complex with 580 residential units in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.

Foresight: $5.5 Million Seed Funding Closed For Connecting Private Market Through Data

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Foresight, a company connecting the private market through data, has announced the completion of a $5.5 million seed funding round led by NEA, with participation from KDX Ventures. Madison Faulkner, a partner on NEA’s Technology Investing Team, will join Foresight’s board of directors.

Centennial Pharmacy Services: Interview With Co-Founder & President Lindsay Dymowski Constantino About The Medication Management Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Centennial Pharmacy Services is an adherence-based pharmacy company that is partnering with organizations within the care continuum to provide medication management to the chronically ill and aging in place. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Centennial Pharmacy Services co-founder and President Lindsay Constantino to learn more about the company.

House Of Chingasos: Interview With Founder Carlos Ugalde About The Print-On-Demand Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

House of Chingasos is a print-on-demand apparel brand based in Las Vegas. The company went from a humble side hustle to a $3 million business under the leadership of founder Carlos Ugalde. Utilizing targeted Facebook ads and customer engagement, the brand grew rapidly with designs inspired by Ugalde’s Latino heritage. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Carlos Ugalde to learn more about the company.

USpharma: Growth Capital Raised From 1315 Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

USpharma, a pharmaceutical development and manufacturing company recognized for its innovative delivery platforms, has announced a substantial growth equity investment from 1315 Capital, a healthcare-focused growth equity firm based in Philadelphia.

xAI: $10 Billion In Debt And Equity Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

xAI, the generative artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk and the company behind Grok, has raised $10 billion in debt and equity, according to Morgan Stanley. Half of this was secured through notes and term loans, and the other $5 billion was in the form of a strategic equity investment.

CRED: $15 Million Seed Funding Raised For AI-Based Predictive Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

CRED, an AI-based predictive intelligence platform, announced it has raised a $15 million seed round led by defy.vc with participation from HOF Capital, Alumni Ventures, LDV Partners, Streamlined Ventures, SilverCircle Ventures, Octopus Ventures, BAM Ventures, Gaingels, and the leader of one of the largest PE firms.

Staffbase: Interview With SVP & GM David Maffei About The Employee Communications Cloud

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Staffbase is one of the fastest-growing employee communications cloud companies, equipping many of the world’s leading companies with solutions to inspire every employee with motivating communication. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Staffbase SVP & GM of Americas David Maffei to learn more about the company.

Zocks: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Mark Gilbert About The AI Platform For Financial Advisors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Zocks is a privacy-first AI platform for financial advisors that analyzes conversations with clients to capture key information and integrates with key business and records systems to accelerate workflows. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zocks co-founder and CEO, Mark Gilbert, to learn more about the company.

King Street: European Real Estate Special Situations Fund II Closed At About $950 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2025

Barings: $136 Million Financing Raised For Two Industrial Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Barings, which is one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, announced that it has provided a $96.96 million loan for Generation Park I & II in Houston, Texas and a $39.5 million loan for Falcon II in Oakwood (Atlanta), Georgia to refinance these newly built industrial properties. Run by Centris Industrial and externally managed by Outrigger Industrial, these projects have recently been completed and are in various stages of lease up.

HealthpointCapital Buys Extended Reality Surgical Platform ImmersiveTouch

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

HealthpointCapital, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on musculoskeletal healthcare, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in ImmersiveTouch.

AbbVie Buying Capstan Therapeutics In $2.1 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

AbbVie and Capstan Therapeutics (a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to advancing in vivo engineering of cells through RNA delivery using tLNPs) announced a definitive agreement under which AbbVie will acquire Capstan, including CPTX2309 (a potential first-in-class in vivo tLNP anti-CD19 CAR-T therapy candidate, currently in Phase 1, in development for the treatment of B cell-mediated autoimmune diseases). Plus, AbbVie will buy Capstan's proprietary tLNP platform technology designed to deliver RNA payloads, such as mRNA, which is capable of engineering specific cell types in vivo.

BforeAI: Interview With Founder & CEO Luigi Lenguito About The Cybersecurity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

BforeAI is a pioneer in Predictive Attack Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection Services (DRPS). With predictive AI, the company offers the fastest, most accurate automated solution to stop malicious infrastructure attacks weeks before they happen. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BforeAI founder and CEO Luigi Lenguito to learn more about the company.

Clio To Buy vLex For $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Clio, a leading provider of legal technology, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire vLex, a pioneer in legal intelligence that combines AI with the world's most comprehensive global legal research platform. The deal is valued at $1 billion and will be paid in a combination of cash and stock.

Ciroos: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Ronak Desai About The AI SRE Teammate Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Ciroos is a company that offers an AI SRE teammate, empowering site reliability engineers (SREs), DevOps, and operations teams to be superheroes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ciroos co-founder and CEO, Ronak Desai, to learn more about the company.

Intent IQ: Interview With CTO Dror Ben Yishai About The Identity Resolution Leader

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Intent IQ is a company that is able to create and maintain an accurate real-time map of devices, their users’ identities, and the relations amongst the devices. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Intent IQ CTO Dror Ben Yishai to learn more about the company.

GetReal: Interview With CEO Matt Moynahan About The World’s Leading Digital Content Verification Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

GetReal Security is the world’s leading authority on malicious digital content and deepfake protection. The company serves enterprises, governments, and news organizations, offering advanced solutions to verify, authenticate digital content files, and secure real-time communication streams to restore trust in digital communications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed GetReal CEO Matt Moynahan to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cato Networks: $359 Million Raised At Over $4.8 Billion Valuation For SASE Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

SASE leader Cato Networks announced its Series G funding round, raising $359 million led by new investors, including Vitruvian Partners and ION Crossover Partners, as well as existing investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Acrew Capital, and Adams Street Partners. The funding brings Cato's valuation to over $4.8 billion and total funding to over $1 billion, marking a significant milestone in the company's mission to redefine enterprise security.

Marlin Equity Partners: Over €1 Billion Closed For Third European Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Marlin Equity Partners, an investment firm with nearly $10 billion in capital commitments, announced the final closing of its third European fund, Marlin Heritage Europe III, SCSp (Heritage Europe III), at its €1 billion hard cap. This fFund was oversubscribed and significantly surpassed its target, receiving over 50% more in limited partner commitments than its predecessor. This fund builds on Marlin's 20-year track record of successfully investing in leading software, technology and services businesses.

Viridian Financial: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From TA Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 30, 2025

Viridian Financial Group, which is one of Australia’s leading diversified financial services businesses, announced that TA Associates has signed an agreement to make a strategic investment in the firm. This investment has been approved by Viridian’s founders, Board of Directors, and senior management team. Upon completion of the transaction, they will partner closely with TA to accelerate the firm’s next phase of growth.