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Hiya Health: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Darren Litt About The Children’s Nutrition Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 22, 2025

Hiya Health is a children’s nutrition brand that makes sugar-free, non-gummy chewable vitamins and other kid-focused supplements designed to help fill common nutrient gaps. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Hiya Health co-founder and CEO Darren Litt to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Galbot: Over $300 Million Raised At $3 Billion Valuation For Humanoid Robot Tech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 19, 2025

Beijing-based Galbot announced it has closed a new funding round of more than $300 million, bringing total capital raised to $800 million and valuing the company at $3 billion, as investor interest accelerates in embodied AI and humanoid robotics.

Steward Partners: $475 Million Raised From Ares In Strategic Capital Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 19, 2025

Steward Partners has secured $475 million in strategic capital from Ares Credit funds in a transaction that combines an expanded lending relationship with a non-controlling minority investment, providing the employee-owned wealth management firm with additional resources to support its next phase of growth.

Beycome: $2.5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Expand AI Assisted Flat Fee Home Transaction Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 19, 2025

Beycome, a direct-to-consumer real estate technology platform, has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round led by InsurTech Fund as the company looks to accelerate product development and expand into more U.S. states. Founded in 2020, Beycome said it has supported nearly 20,000 home transactions and saved users more than $215 million in fees by offering an alternative to percentage-based commissions through a flat-fee model.

LatentForce: $1.7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale Agentic AI For Enterprise Software Modernization

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 19, 2025

LatentForce, an AI-native platform focused on large-scale enterprise code migrations and software modernisation, has raised $1.7 million in seed funding in a round co-led by Ideaspring Capital and Yali Capital. The company said it will use the new capital to strengthen its proprietary migration models and accelerate expansion across India and international markets as enterprises confront mounting technical debt and aging systems that are costly to maintain and difficult to secure.

Thomson Reuters Ventures: Interview With Managing Director Tamara Steffens About 2026 Predictions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 19, 2025

Thomson Reuters Ventures, the corporate VC fund of Thomson Reuters, invests in early-stage technology companies and helps them scale by connecting founders with Thomson Reuters products, expertise, and customer channels across areas like legal tech, tax and accounting, fintech, and risk/fraud/compliance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Thomson Reuters Ventures Managing Director Tamara Steffens to discuss 2026 predictions.

InfiniteWatch: $4 Million Pre-Seed Raised To Launch Agentic Customer Interaction Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

InfiniteWatch, an AI native platform for customer interaction intelligence, has emerged from stealth with $4 million in pre-seed funding led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Sequoia and A16Z scouts, Kibo Ventures, Kfund, LifeX, and four unicorn founders.

Future Fund Oman Reaches $1.2 Billion In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Future Fund Oman announced it has approved 141 projects in 2025 and lifted total commitments to $1.2 billion, marking a year of record activity as the fund scales investment to support Oman’s economic diversification agenda.

CranioSense: $5.5 Million In Federal Grants Won To Validate Noninvasive Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

CranioSense, a Massachusetts-based neurotechnology startup developing what it calls the world’s first noninvasive intracranial pressure (ICP) diagnostic and monitoring system, has been awarded approximately $5.5 million in non-dilutive federal grant funding to advance device development and clinical validation ahead of a planned market launch.

Fixated: $50 Million Strategic Investment Raised From Eldridge Industries To Expand Creator-Led Entertainment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Fixated, a digital talent and content studio focused on creator representation and monetization, said it has secured a follow-on strategic investment from Eldridge Industries that brings its total available capital to more than $50 million. The company said the expanded partnership builds on Eldridge’s initial investment and is intended to help Fixated scale a creator-first model that integrates talent, content creation, production, and distribution.

Nirvana: $100 Million Series D At $1.5 Billion Valuation Raised For Commercial Insurance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Nirvana Insurance announced it has raised a preemptive $100 million Series D financing led by Valor Equity Partners, with existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and General Catalyst doubling down significantly as the company positions its telematics-driven platform as a new foundation for commercial insurance.

Industrious Ventures Names Matt White As Stoke Space Board Member

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Industrious Ventures has appointed Matt White, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Linde, to the board of directors of Stoke Space, where he will serve as the venture firm’s representative. White succeeds Steve Angel, chairman of Linde and a longtime advisor to Industrious Ventures, who has held the board seat since Industrious led Stoke Space’s Series B round in October 2023.

GravityLabs: $17 Million Series A Closed To Advance U.S. Expansion For Its AI-Powered Health App

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

GravityLabs announced it has raised $17 million in a Series A financing as the AI-powered healthcare startup accelerates plans to enter the U.S. market, including opening an office, relocating key personnel, and hiring locally. The company said the round included participation from SBVA and Goodwater Capital, Atinum Investment, and institutional investors, including NAVER, DSC Investment, and Bass Ventures, bringing GravityLabs’ total funding to $25 million.

Amphix Bio: $12.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Advance Peptide Therapeutics Toward Clinical Trials

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Amphix Bio announced it has completed the initial closing of a $12.5 million seed financing round to move its lead therapeutic candidates toward human clinical trials and expand its pipeline into additional neurological conditions. The Chicago-based company said the financing brings its total dilutive and non-dilutive funding to $18 million.

HG Ventures: Ginger Rothrock Named As Managing Director

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

HG Ventures, the corporate venture arm of The Heritage Group, has named Ginger Rothrock managing director, a move the firm said reflects her leadership in building the HG Ventures platform and supporting an expanding portfolio of investments.

Coursera To Buy Udemy In $2.5 Billion All Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Coursera and Udemy said they have signed a definitive merger agreement that will combine the two online learning platforms in an all stock transaction aimed at building a larger skills and workforce development business as demand rises for AI related training.

Neural Concept: $100 Million Series C Raised To Scale AI Native Engineering Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Neural Concept has raised a $100 million Series C funding round to expand its AI native engineering platform, with Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives leading the financing and existing backers Forestay Capital, Alven, HTGF, D.E. Shaw Ventures and Aster Capital participating.

Vibe.co: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Arthur Querou About The Connected TV Ad Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2025

Vibe.co provides a streaming and connected TV advertising platform that helps marketers run and optimize TV ad campaigns across hundreds of channels to drive measurable business outcomes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Vibe.co co-founder and CEO Arthur Querou to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

SkillCorner: $60 Million Growth Investment Raised To Scale AI Sports Tracking And Expand In North America

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

SkillCorner has secured a $60 million growth investment from Silversmith Capital Partners as the Paris-based sports analytics company looks to accelerate global expansion of its AI-driven tracking and contextual performance data across soccer, basketball, and American football.

CleanCapital: $185 Million Private Placement Debt Deal Closed To Finance Distributed Solar And Storage Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

CleanCapital has completed a $185 million private placement debt issuance to what it described as top U.S. investors, securing long term financing flexibility to support a growing portfolio of distributed generation solar and energy storage projects. The New York based independent power producer said the facility initially comprises 156 projects totaling more than 180 megawatts and is structured to scale through additional tranches over time.

Tebra: $250 Million Funding Raised To Accelerate AI Across EHR, Billing Automation And Practice Marketing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Tebra has closed $250 million in new equity and debt financing to accelerate research and development in AI and automation for independent healthcare practices. The Newport Beach, California-based company said the oversubscribed round will fund expanded AI-powered capabilities across clinical documentation, billing and payments, patient experience, and practice marketing for its EHR+ platform, which it says is used by more than 140,000 private healthcare providers.

HEN Technologies: $22 Million Raised To Build AI Driven Fire Defense Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

HEN Technologies has secured $22 million in new financing, closing an oversubscribed $20 million Series A round alongside $2 million in venture debt, as it accelerates development of what it describes as the industry’s first operating system for fire defense. The Hayward, California-based company said the funding will speed the deployment of Fluid IQ, its predictive AI platform built on advanced fluid-dynamics hardware, and bring its total capital raised to more than $30 million.

DNA Nanobots: $3.5 Million Closed From Family Office To Advance Non Viral Gene Therapy Platform And Extend Runway

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

DNA Nanobots has secured a $3.5 million investment from a prominent family office as it works to advance a non viral gene delivery platform built around self assembling nanoscale therapeutics. The Columbus, Ohio based company said the funding extends its operational runway for the next 18 months and will support continued development of its programmable gene delivery technology.

Scylos: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Stateless Endpoint Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Scylos has raised a $3 million oversubscribed seed financing round to accelerate development of its stateless endpoint infrastructure platform and expand pilots across enterprise and public sector environments where uptime, security, and compliance requirements are high. The funding round was led by Galgano family investments, with participation from multiple private investors.

MoEngage Adds $180 Million To Series F, Bringing Total Raise To $280 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

MoEngage has raised an additional $180 million as part of its Series F financing, bringing the total Series F capital raised to $280 million following a $100 million investment announced in November 2025. The latest round was led by new investors ChrysCapital and Dragon Funds, alongside Schroders Capital, with continued participation from existing investors TR Capital and B Capital.

Verisoul: $8.8 Million Series A Closed To Counter AI Driven Fraud And Fake Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Verisoul has raised an $8.8 million Series A round to expand its fraud prevention platform focused on stopping fake accounts, bots, and other forms of user-driven abuse as AI makes attacks more scalable and harder to detect. The round was led by High Alpha, with participation from Lookout Ventures, Bain Future Back Ventures, Bitkraf,t and Third Prime.

Fluency: $40 Million Series A Raised To Scale AI Powered Digital Advertising Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

Fluency has raised a $40 million Series A round funded by Integrity Growth Partners as the company expands what it describes as a Digital Advertising Operating System designed to help agencies and brands scale paid media operations across primary channels. The Burlington, Vermont-based company said the financing will support broader adoption of its platform, which centralizes digital advertising execution and management in a single system that connects channels, data, and processes, reducing manual work and operational complexity.

EP Wealth Acquires $218 Million Firm Clearview

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

EP Wealth Advisors has acquired Clearview Wealth Advisors, a planning focused registered investment advisory firm serving clients across the Pacific Northwest and the Phoenix metropolitan area, as EP Wealth continues expanding its national footprint through strategic partnerships. EP Wealth said the deal adds nearly $218 million in assets under management and brings the Clearview team into EP Wealth’s Phoenix region, where it will gain access to expanded planning, tax and investment resources.

BlackLine Buys WiseLayer To Add AI Agents For Judgment Based Accounting Workflows

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

BlackLine has acquired WiseLayer, a New York-based company focused on a digital workforce of AI-powered agents for finance and accounting, as BlackLine moves to strengthen its AI capabilities and advance its plan for an AI-powered finance and accounting platform. The company said the transaction will accelerate its vision for a unified platform serving the Office of the CFO. Terms were not disclosed.

PRIME AE Buys Florida Engineering Firm Faller, Davis & Associates To Expand Transportation And Environmental Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2025

PRIME AE Group has acquired Faller, Davis & Associates, a Florida-based consulting civil engineering firm known for transportation design, operations, planning, and environmental services, in a move intended to strengthen PRIME AE’s presence across the Southeast and broaden infrastructure support for public sector clients throughout Florida. PRIME AE said the transaction will enhance its ability to deliver more comprehensive transportation and environmental solutions while expanding capacity in new geographies across the state.