Innovation

Fazeshift: AI-Based Accounts Receivable Agent Company Raises $4 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Fazeshift - an AI agent for Accounts Receivable - announced it raised $4 million in seed funding led by Gradient, Google's early-stage AI fund. The funding round also included investment from Y Combinator, Wayfinder, Pioneer Fund, Ritual Capital, Phoenix Fund, and prominent angels, including Terrence Rohan, Kulveer Taggar, and Rich Aberman.

AuthenticID: Interview With Founder & President Blair Cohen About The Identity Verification Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

AuthenticID’s AI-based solution quickly, accurately, and securely reproduces real-world identity verification so that companies can be assured of who they are conducting business with, strengthen underwriting, reduce the losses associated with fraud, and streamline onerous customer onboarding procedures, leading to higher conversion rates. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed AuthenticID’s founder and president, Blair Cohen.

Senseera: Liquid Biopsy Company Raises $7.1 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Senseera - a liquid biopsy company pioneering chromatin epigenomics - announced closing a $7.1 million seed funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from I-Next Capital and the Lowy Medical Research Institute.

IQ Fiber: Acquisition Of ThinkBig Networks Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

IQ Fiber, a Jacksonville, Florida-based provider of 100% fiber-optic internet service, announced it has completed the acquisition of ThinkBig Networks, LLC, a Maryland-based 100% fiber-optic internet service provider. And ThinkBig Networks currently serves customers in Charles, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Harford counties in Maryland, with additional network expansion underway.

GEE Group Buying Staffing Solutions Company Hornet Staffing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

GEE Group, a provider of professional staffing services and human resource solutions, announced that it has acquired Hornet Staffing, an Atlanta-based provider of staff augmentation services with national service capability. And Hornet offers staffing solutions to many markets serving large scale, "blue chip" companies in the information technology, professional, and customer service staffing verticals.

Arcuro Medical Holds Initial Closing Of Series A Funding To Improve Patient Outcomes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Arcuro Medical has raised a Series A round of funding led by Varana Capital. This funding round included participation from other notable investors, including Trendlines and Consensus Business Group.

Veracode To Buy Phylum’s Assets For Transforming Supply Chain Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Veracode, a leader in application risk management, announced it acquired certain assets of Phylum, including its malicious package analysis, detection, and mitigation technology. This acquisition enhances Veracode’s ability to identify and block malicious code in open-source libraries, marking continued investment in its software supply chain risk management capabilities. This gives customers a more comprehensive view of risks associated with open-source code usage, strengthening their defenses against emerging threats.

AVI Systems To Buy AVCON

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

AVI Systems announced it will acquire Cary, North Carolina-based AVCON. This systems integration firm designs, installs, and maintains audio, visual, and lighting technologies for companies, houses of worship, and other organizations. This acquisition includes transitioning all AVCON employees to AVI Systems.

Hub International Acquiring Assets Of Woods Insurance Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Hub International Limited - a leading global insurance brokerage and financial services firm - announced that it has acquired the assets of Woods Insurance Services. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

Gilat Signs $9 Million In Orders For Multi-Orbit SkyEdge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Gilat Satellite Networks - a leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services - announced that the company has received $9 million in orders from major satellite operators. These orders are for its advanced satellite communications platforms, SkyEdge IV and SkyEdge II-c equipment and services. The delivery is scheduled for next year.

Vitestro: Bob Gerberich Named As Chief Commercial Officer For North America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Vitestro - a pioneer in autonomous robotic venous access and blood drawing - announced the appointment of Bob Gerberich as Chief Commercial Officer for North America. With this role, Gerberich will lead the U.S. pre-launch market development, commercial strategy, and execution, driving the adoption of Vitestro's groundbreaking technology across the U.S. healthcare market.

Strategic Value Partners Completes $1.125 Billion Acquisition Of Revelyst

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Revelyst (a collective of maker brands that design and manufacture performance gear and precision technologies) and Strategic Value Partners (a global alternative investment firm with about $19 billion of assets under management) announced that SVP-managed funds have completed their previously announced acquisition of Revelyst in an all-cash transaction based on an enterprise value of $1.125 billion.

bitsensing: Interview With Founder And CEO Jae-Eun Lee About The Imaging Radar Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

bitsensing is an imaging radar technology company committed to building safer smart cities and elevating connected living by designing cutting-edge sensor fusions and AI solutions, bringing an unprecedented level of intelligence to smart living. Pulse 2.0 interviewed bitsensing founder and CEO Jae-Eun Lee to learn more about the company.

boon AI: AI-Based Commerical Fleet Workflow Platform Raises $20.5 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

boon AI - an AI-based workflow platform for commercial fleets - announced it is launching to transform supply chain and logistics by offering a single system to automate repetitive manual tasks. The Series A round was led by Marathon and Redpoint Ventures. The funding will accelerate the benefits it brings to customers, ranging from food delivery to powering the teams that ensure holiday gifts arrive on time. The new funding round will enable boon to grow its engineering and go-to-market teams.

Marlinspike: Interview With Co-Founder & CIO Mislav Tolusic About The Veteran-Led VC Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Marlinspike is a veteran-led venture capital fund that is investing in dual-use technologies that solve national security challenges and create innovative commercial applications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Marlinspike co-founder and Chief Investment Officer Mislav Tolusic to learn more about the firm.

Xevant: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Brandon Newman About The Healthcare Insights Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Xevant is a company that offers the actionable insights you need to lower drug costs and improve health outcomes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Xevant co-founder and CEO Brandon Newman to learn more about the company.

Hivelocity: Interview With CEO Jeremy Pease About the Hosting Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 7, 2025

Hivelocity is a privately held company that delivers bare metal, private cloud, VPS hosting, and colocation solutions. With 40+ international locations across six continents, Hivelocity has the most locations in the industry. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Hivelocity CEO Jeremy Pease to learn more about the company.

UFP Industries To Buy C&L Wood Products

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

UFP Industries announced that its affiliate, UFP Packaging, has acquired the assets of C&L Wood Products, Inc. (C&L), a manufacturer of pallets and mulch based in Hartselle, Alabama.

Renovaro To Buy Predictive Oncology In All-Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Renovaro - a pioneer in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics powered by AI - announced it has entered into a binding LOI to acquire Predictive Oncology (POAI) in an all-stock transaction.

Haveli Investments: Acquisition Of AppView Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

AppViewX - a leader in automated certificate lifecycle management (CLM) and public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions - announced the completion of its acquisition by Haveli Investments, which is an Austin-based technology-focused private equity firm with expertise in enterprise software.

CentralSquare Technologies To Buy Operating Assets Of Blueline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

CentralSquare Technologies, a provider of public sector software, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the operating assets of Blueline, which is an AI-based platform that augments routine tasks, such as body-worn camera transcriptions, police report narratives and search warrant routing.

IonQ: Acquisition Of Qubitekk Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

IonQ - a leader in the quantum computing and networking industry - announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Qubitekk, a prominent quantum networking company. The deal brings Qubitekk’s team, advanced technology, and extensive patent portfolio into IonQ’s operations, solidifying IonQ’s position at the forefront of quantum networking and computing.

Hologic: $350 Million Acquisition Of Gynesonics Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Hologic - a global leader in women’s health - announced it completed its previously announced acquisition of Gynesonics, a privately held medical device company focused on the development of minimally invasive solutions for women’s health, for about $350 million.

Intuitive Reveals Executive Leadership Changes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Intuitive - a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery - announced executive leadership promotions to support the company’s continued global growth in pursuit of its mission to advance minimally invasive care.

Disney To Combine Its Hulu + Live TV Business With Fubo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

FuboTV and The Walt Disney Company announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Disney to combine its Hulu + Live TV business with Fubo, forming a combined virtual MVPD company.

FINSIGHT Buying Pricing Data Provider Company Credit Flow Research

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

FINSIGHT - an institutional capital markets technology and market data company - announced the acquisition of Credit Flow Research. And with thousands of subscribers across 85 broker-dealers participating in the investment grade and high-yield corporate bond markets, Credit Flow provides proprietary, comprehensive, real-time deal flow, pre- and post-deal analysis, new issue monitoring, and historical pricing data via web and API.

S&P Global Buying AI-Based Tooling Provider ProntoNLP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

S&P Global announced that it has acquired ProntoNLP, a leading provider of GenAI tooling, enabling users to derive differentiated insights from unstructured and structured data. And ProntoNLP's proprietary models and LLM-based signal tools will support S&P Global's textual data analytics capabilities. The financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed.

Decart: AI Research Lab Company Raises $32 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Decart - an efficiency-focused AI research lab - announced it raised a $32 million Series A funding round led by Benchmark, with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital and Zeev Ventures.

Palladius Capital Management Buys $579 Million In Residential Real Estate Properties

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Palladius Capital Management - a vertically integrated real estate investment manager with debt and equity investment strategies - announced the acquisition of nine residential real estate assets with a total capitalization of $579 million, such as five multifamily and four student housing communities, totaling over 2,500 units.

Supplyframe: Interview With CMO & SaaS Leader Richard Barnett About The Design-To-Source Intelligence Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 6, 2025

Supplyframe is the leading provider of Design-to-Source Intelligence for the global electronics value chain. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Supplyframe chief marketing officer & SaaS leader Richard Barnett to learn more about the company.