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Anthropic: AI Research Company Raises $3.5 Billion At $61.5 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

AI safety and research company Anthropic has raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation. The funding round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Cisco Investments, D1 Capital Partners, Fidelity Management & Research Company, General Catalyst, Jane Street, Menlo Ventures and Salesforce Ventures, among other new and existing investors.

Chatmeter: Interview With CEO John Mazur About The Brand Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Chatmeter is a brand intelligence company reimagining customer connections and reputation management through AI-powered deep listening. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Chatmeter CEO John Mazur to learn more about the company.

Subsense: $17 Million (Seed) Secured For Non-Surgical Brain-Computer Interface

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Subsense, a neurotechnology company developing the first non-surgical, nanoparticle-based Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), emerged from stealth to formally reveal its efforts in the emerging field of non-invasive brain connectivity. Founded by neurotech entrepreneur Tetiana Aleksandrova and serial entrepreneur Artem Sokolov, Subsense has raised $17 million in seed funding led by Sokolov’s Golden Falcon Capital to accelerate the development of bidirectional nanoparticle-based technologies that connect the human brain with external sources.

Paperplane Therapeutics: $1.5 Million Secured For Transforming Pain Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Paperplane Therapeutics, a Quebec-based company specializing in therapeutic virtual reality solutions for pain and anxiety management in healthcare, announced the closing of a $1.5 million funding round. Glen Ventures led the round, which received financial support from the Gouvernement du Québec through Investissement Québec. Strategic investors such as CABHI (Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation), Cedars-Sinai Intellectual Property Company, Anges Québec, and Aventure Capital also participated.

Altitude Lab: Incubated Startups Raised $154 Million In Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Altitude Lab announced that its incubating startups have collectively raised $154 million in early-stage funding since its launch in 2020. Created by Recursion, Altitude Lab supports diverse life science entrepreneurs in Utah by providing fully equipped laboratories, investor access, business operations education, and a collaborative founder community.

Turnover Labs: Interview With Founder & CEO Marissa Beatty About The Climate Tech Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Turnover Labs, an early-stage climate tech company building solutions for the chemicals industry. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Turnover Labs founder and CEO Dr. Marissa Beatty to learn more about the company.

Tevogen Bio To Receive $8 Million In Grant Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Tevogen Bio, a clinical-stage specialty immunotherapy biotech, announced in January 2025 that it received $2 million in non-dilutive grant funding from KRHP. An additional $8 million will be contributed, contingent on KRHP’s review of the company’s activities.

Blank Rome: Michael F. Reeder Added As IP Litigator In Houston

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Michael F. Reeder has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation group and member of the Technology industry team. As a seasoned trial attorney and patent litigator, Reeder represents clients in all litigation phases in federal and state courts nationwide. Reeder joins Blank Rome from Cadwell Clonts Reeder & Thomas, where he was a partner and founding member.

Flexera: Acquisition Of NetApp’s Spot FinOps Portfolio Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Flexera, a leader in technology spending and risk management, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Spot from NetApp. The acquisition is Flexera’s latest step towards providing comprehensive solutions to help organizations confront growing cloud cost and usage hurdles, especially as the consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) surges and strains cloud budgets.

Nuvation Bio: Up To $250 Million In Non-Dilutive Financings Secured

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Nuvation Bio, a global biopharmaceutical company addressing some of the greatest unmet needs in oncology, today announced non-dilutive financings of up to $250 million with Sagard Healthcare Partners. The deal features a royalty interest financing of $150 million and a senior term loan of up to $100 million.

Atmosic Technologies: $40 Million (Series D) Raised For Ultra-Low Power Wireless Connectivity Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Atmosic Technologies, a leader in ultra-low power computing and connectivity solutions, announced it has successfully raised $40 million in Series D funding. Sutter Hill Ventures led the round and was joined by Clear Ventures, Quantum Innovation Fund, and other institutional and private investors.

SEI: Alternative Investment Product Marketplace Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

SEI announced the launch of its alternative investment product marketplace through SEI Access, its enhanced platform designed to offer an end-to-end investment experience and increased access for wealth managers and financial advisors. And SEI Access is broadly available to all registered investment advisors, wealth managers, and broker-dealers in the U.S., subject to applicable eligibility and regulatory requirements.

Wooptix: Over €10 Million (Series C) Raised For Semiconductor Metrology Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Wooptix, a leader in semiconductor metrology utilizing wavefront phase imaging technology, announced it has raised over €10 million in a Series C funding round. The funding round was led by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation and Spanish Society for Technological Transformation (SETT) with participation from existing investors, including the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund), Intel Capital, MONDRAGON, and TEL Venture Capital.

Aras: Interview With CTO Rob McAveney About The Digital Thread Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

Aras Innovator is a flexible and scalable digital thread platform designed for the evolving needs of modern businesses. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aras Innovator CTO Rob McAveney to learn more about the company.

iMerit: Interview With CTO Sudeep George About The Software-Delivered AI Data Solutions Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 3, 2025

iMerit is a company that creates software-delivered AI data solutions. With 10+ years in enterprise AI data, iMerit works on client data to prepare it for training their AI models through a combination of software, domain knowledge, solutions consulting, and human-in-the-loop. Pulse 2.0 interviewed iMerit CTO, Sudeep George, to learn more about the company.