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OnPay: Benefits Solution Company Raises Over $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

OnPay, a leading provider of payroll, HR, and benefits solutions, announced that it has secured over $100 million in funding. This funding consists of a $63 million Series B funding round led by Carrick Capital Partners, with participation from AB Private Credit Investors, the middle market private capital platform of AllianceBernstein, and existing investors, and a debt facility provided by MC Credit Partners.

Sleep Cycle: Interview With CEO Erik Jivmark About The Sleep Tracking Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Sleep Cycle is a company that aims to offer everyone an affordable and easy-to-use tool to track sleep, get to know personal sleep patterns, and learn what affects positive sleep trends. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sleep Cycle CEO Erik Jivmark to learn more about the company.

Crestline Investors: $1 Billion Middle Market CLO Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Crestline Investors - a global alternative investment manager - announced that it has closed Crestline Direct Lending CLO I, LLC, a $1 billion collateralized loan obligation (Crestline CLO). And this CLO represents one of the most significant new issue middle-market CLOs of 2024, which reaffirms Crestline’s position and expertise within middle-market direct lending.

Citrin Cooperman To Raise Investment From Blackstone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Citrin Cooperman Advisors - a premier tax, advisory, and accounting provider for private middle-market businesses and high-net-worth individuals - announced a definitive agreement for a significant investment from private equity funds managed by Blackstone. Blackstone is acquiring its stake in the firm from New Mountain Capital as part of the transaction.

Planet DDS: Interview With CEO Eric Giesecke About The Dental Practice Management Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Planet DDS is a leader in transforming dental practice management. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Planet DDS CEO Eric Giesecke to learn more about the company.

Tribble: Interview With Co-Founder & COO Ray Shipley About The AI-Native Enterprise Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Tribble is an AI-native enterprise dedicated to optimizing go-to-market operations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Tribble co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ray Shipley to learn more about the company.

Stellar: AI-Based Business Solutions Company Raises $2.7 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Stellar, a leader in AI-based business solutions, announced that it has raised $2.7 million in a seed funding round. This funding round was led by Ground Game, with additional participation from Elevate Ventures, a leading seed and early-stage investor in the Great Lakes Region. Ground Game and Elevate Ventures joined as new investors in the oversubscribed seed round.

Vention: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Sergei Kovalenko About The Software Engineering Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Vention is the premier global leader in software engineering, synonymous with technology designed for scale and the common denominator behind the world’s most successful tech-empowered enterprises, industry innovators, and startups. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Vention CEO and co-founder Sergei Kovalenko to learn more about the company.

Alta Resource: $5.1 Million (Seed) Funding Raised To Transform Mineral Separation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Alta Resource Technologies, a pioneer in utilizing advanced biochemistry to transform mineral separation, announced it has raised $5.1 million in an oversubscribed seed round co-led by DCVC and Voyager Ventures, with participation from Orion Industrial Ventures, Overture, and WovenEarth Ventures.

Opnova: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Sinan Eren About The Agentic AI Solution Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Opnova is a company that is transforming IT, security, and compliance operations with an agentic AI solution that takes the “Rework Out of Work.” Pulse 2.0 interviewed Opnova co-founder and CEO Sinan Eren to learn more about the company.

LeadsMarket: Interview With Co-Founder Furkat Kasimov About The Lead Generation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

LeadsMarket is a company that offers a lead generation affiliate program for lenders and publishers. Pulse 2.0 interviewed LeadsMarket co-founder Furkat Kasimov to learn more about the company.

Alto Securities: Interview With President & CEO Scott Harrigan About The Alternatives Investment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Alto Securities is a company that has developed a holistic alternatives investment platform empowering individual investors to diversify their portfolios by investing in alternative assets that have long been enjoyed by professional investors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Alto Securities President and CEO Scott Harrigan to learn more about the company.

Tula: Interview With CEO Scott Bailey About The Software-Driven Energy Reduction Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Tula is driven by an overriding passion to increase efficiency and improve the environment. The company is focused primarily on applications for passenger automobiles, commercial vehicles for on and off road and electric vehicles of any size. And the company has delivered proven results with over three million vehicles on the road using its technologies to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and increase fuel savings. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Tula CEO Scott Bailey to learn more about the company.

COTA Healthcare: Interview With CFO Ritu Uppal Bahal About The Cancer Care Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

COTA was founded in 2011 by doctors, engineers, and data scientists to create clarity from fragmented and often inaccessible real-world data. Pulse 2.0 interviewed COTA Chief Financial Officer Ritu Uppal Bahal to learn more about the company.

Parametrix: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Jonathan Hatzor About The Cloud Monitoring Provider Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Parametrix is a leading provider of cloud monitoring, modeling, and insurance services. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Parametrix Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Hatzor to learn more about the company.

Gurucul: Interview With Security Analytics CEO Saryu Nayyar About The Security Analytics Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Gurucul is a security analytics company founded in data science that delivers radical clarity about cyber risk. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Gurucul CEO Saryu Nayyar to learn more about the company.

Infinite Reality: Immersive Technology Company Raises $3 Billion At $12.25 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Renovaro To Buy Predictive Oncology in All-Stock Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Renovaro - a pioneer in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics powered by artificial intelligence - announced it has entered into a binding LOI to acquire Predictive Oncology in an all-stock deal.

Sixth Street To Manage $13 Billion Of Northwestern Mutual’s Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Northwestern Mutual (a leading financial services provider of insurance and wealth products) and Sixth Street (a leading global investment firm) announced a new strategic partnership to support Northwestern Mutual’s long-term and diversified investment strategy for its institutional investment portfolios, which total over $320 billion. Under this partnership, Sixth Street will manage $13 billion of assets for Northwestern Mutual with the potential to scale. As part of the deal, Northwestern Mutual will acquire a minority equity interest in Sixth Street.

Broadstone: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From Lovell Minnick

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm focused on investments in financial services, business services and financial technology companies, announced the signing of a definitive agreement to make a strategic growth investment in Broadstone.

Adial Pharmaceuticals: Interview With Cary Claiborne About The Addiction Treatment Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Adial Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of treatments for addictions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CEO and board member Cary Claiborne Sr. to learn more about the company.

Nassau Financial Group Receiving $200 Million Minority Equity Investment From Golub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Nassau Financial Group (a leading provider of fixed annuities and asset management) and Golub Capital (a market-leading direct lender and experienced credit asset manager) have closed on their previously announced strategic partnership after satisfaction of closing conditions.

RACE: Interview With Lead Financial Engineer Miguel Buffara About The Blockchain-Based Real-World Asset Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

RACE is the first full-stack modular blockchain infrastructure for tokenizing and distributing real-world assets. The company recently announced the mainnet launch of its Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on Optimism’s OP Stack. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RACE Lead Financial Engineer and Optimism spokesperson Miguel Buffara to learn more about the company.

Pison: AI-Based Neural Sensor Company Raises Funding From Samsung Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Pison, an AI-based neural sensors for cognitive health, wellness, and gesture control, announced an equity investment from Samsung Ventures. This funding highlights the dedication of Samsung Ventures to advancing future healthcare technology and acknowledges Pison’s potential in neurocognitive assessment and tracking capabilities.

Calabrio: Interview With Product Evangelist Dave Hoekstra About The Customer-Centric Contact Center Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Calabrio is a trusted company building the foundation of a customer-centric contact center, the Calabrio ONE workforce performance suite helps enrich and understand human interactions, enabling your contact center as a brand guardian. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Calabrio Product Evangelist Dave Hoekstra to learn more about the company.

Trinity Ventures Closes $435 Million Continuation Fund With Partners Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Trinity Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, announced the closing of Trinity Ventures 2024, LP, a multi-asset continuation fund with about $435 million in total commitments. The new fund was formed to recapitalize a group of portfolio companies from Trinity Ventures XI, LP, a 2012 vintage fund.

Francis Medical: $80 Million (Series C) Raised To Develop Water Vapor Ablation Therapy For Treating Cancer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Francis Medical - a privately-held medical device company developing an innovative and proprietary water vapor ablation therapy for the treatment of prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer- announced the completion of the company's oversubscribed $80 million Series C equity funding, the most significant fundraising round to date for the company. Arboretum Ventures and Solas BioVentures co-led the Series C round. And new investors Orlando Health Ventures and two additional strategic partners joined this round, along with previous investors Coloplast A/S and Tonkawa.

Krateo.AI: Interview With CEO Clay Sharman About The Revenue Funnel Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Krateo.AI is an AI-based platform that turns anonymous visitors into prospects by building unique digital footprints around engagement so AI can deliver insights and actionable recommendations for optimal consumer engagement across all sales channels. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Krateo.AI CEO Clay Sharman to learn more about the company.

Pepticom: Peptide-Based Therapeutics Company Raises $6.6 Million (Series A1)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Pepticom, a pioneer in AI-based peptide-based therapeutics, announced the completion of its Series A1 funding round, securing $6.6 million. Japan Israel High Tech Ventures 2 LP led the round, with strong participation from existing investors.

Model N: Bret Connor Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Model N, a leader in revenue optimization and compliance for life sciences and high-tech companies, announced it has appointed Bret Connor as Chief Executive Officer.