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Fellow Health, a leader in male reproductive health, has closed a $24 million Series B funding round led by 5AM Ventures, with participation from The Forest Road Company. This latest round brings the company’s total funding to $48 million.

Foley & Lardner has expanded its tax capabilities by adding David Morris as a partner in its Salt Lake City office. Previously with Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Morris advised private equity sponsors and corporate clients on various complex transactional tax matters, bringing over a decade of experience in domestic and cross-border tax issues related to mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings.

Sorcero, a provider of AI-driven analytics for life sciences, has acquired Axiom Health, a real-world data platform for the medical technology industry. The Axiom Health platform will be rebranded as Sorcero MedTech, creating the first unified AI solution for both pharmaceutical and medical device organizations. This integration aims to provide real-time insights for the healthcare sector.

Crash Override, the creator of the first Engineering Relationship Management (ERM) platform, recently secured $28 million in seed funding, led by GV (Google Ventures) and SYN Ventures, with additional contributions from Blackstone Innovations Investments and Bessemer Venture Partners. This investment will help accelerate product development and expand market reach, while Erik Nordlander from GV and Jay Leek from SYN Ventures join the board of directors.

Little Sesame, a leader in the hummus category, has closed an $8.5 million Series A financing round led by InvestEco Capital, with participation from Watchfire Ventures, Santatera Capital, Beliade Consumer Partners, and several prominent individual investors.

Simplicity Group Holdings, a leading financial products distribution company, has acquired Verity Asset Management, a Registered Investment Advisor based in Durham, NC. Founded in 1996, Verity helps clients maximize and preserve wealth with a client-focused approach. Its leadership team—Gordon Wegwart, Sean McGill, Amy Simonson, and Jeff Munsey—will remain in their roles and become Simplicity partners, working to expand the firm’s client base.

Eton Solutions, a leading wealth management platform for the world's wealthiest single and multi-family offices, has closed a $58 million Series C funding round, led by returning investor Navis Capital Partners. 

Paul Hastings has announced that finance attorneys Corey Wright and Lisa Collier have joined its New York office as partners, supporting the firm’s Global Finance platform.

Huntington Bancshares, a leading regional bank holding company based in Columbus, Ohio, has entered into a merger agreement with Veritex Holdings, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. This acquisition aims to enhance Huntington's growth in Texas, particularly in the Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston areas. As of March 31, 2025, Veritex reported approximately $13 billion in assets.

Directed Capital Resources, a national private credit and opportunistic real estate finance firm, has successfully closed its eleventh flagship fund, securing $90 million in equity commitments. Additionally, the firm obtained over $265 million in credit capacity from its banking partners, allowing it to pursue more than $600 million in commercial mortgage loan acquisitions and originations nationwide. Since its inception, Directed Capital has acquired and originated over $2.3 billion in assets.

Blink Charging, a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services, has announced its acquisition of Zemetric, a company known for its customized charging infrastructure solutions for fleets, multi-family properties, and high-traffic destinations. The deal is expected to close on or before July 11, 2025, subject to standard conditions.

Gen Phoenix, a leader in sustainable recycled leather fiber materials, has announced an expanded partnership with Tapestry, Inc., the parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. This partnership includes a three-year supply agreement and a substantial increase in investment from Tapestry, raising its equity stake in Gen Phoenix to 9.9%. 

FundApps, a compliance monitoring and reporting technology platform, has recently received a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a firm known for backing high-growth capital markets technology firms.

Two Prime, an SEC-registered investment advisor managing about $1.75 billion in assets, has announced a $20 million equity investment led by MARA Holdings, Inc., with participation from Susquehanna Crypto. This investment formalizes MARA’s equity stake and expands its allocation in Two Prime’s institutional yield strategies from 500 BTC to 2,000 BTC, marking a significant growth-stage investment as Two Prime enhances its offerings.

As autonomous vehicles advance, Europe sets itself apart by prioritizing high performance, explainability, safety, and legal compliance. MOTOR Ai is addressing these needs with its recently announced $20 million seed funding round, aimed at deploying its certified, neuroscience-driven technology on German public roads. This funding, led by Segenia Capital and eCAPITAL, will support efforts to achieve type approval for autonomous vehicles.

Cognition, the artificial intelligence startup behind the AI coding agent Devin, announced today its acquisition of Windsurf, an AI coding company. This move comes just days after Windsurf's CEO and several other senior employees joined Google.

Dakota, a crypto-integrated business banking platform, has secured $12.5 million in Series A funding, led by CoinFund with participation from 6th Man Ventures and Triton Ventures. This funding will enable Dakota to advance its mission of creating a globally accessible business bank account that combines the speed and transparency of stablecoins with the security of U.S. Treasuries for borderless finance.

Mira Murati, formerly the Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, announced that her new artificial intelligence startup, Thinking Machines Lab, has successfully raised $2 billion in a new round of funding at a $12 billion valuation, according to Reuters. Murati stated the company's first product is expected to be unveiled "in the next couple months."

Unify, an AI-native platform focused on transforming go-to-market strategies, has secured $40 million in Series B funding led by Battery Ventures, with participation from the OpenAI Startup Fund, Thrive Capital, Emergence Capital, Abstract Ventures, The Cannon Project, and Capital49. This follows a $12 million Series A round completed nine months ago.

Oncomatryx Biopharma, a biotechnology company at the forefront of developing next-generation Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) for oncology, has been awarded significant funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. This highly competitive program falls under the EU’s Horizon Europe 2021-2027 Research and Innovation Program.

Fair Aim Capital, a newly established family-backed investment firm, has announced the launch of its £30 million fund. This fund is designed to acquire and transform UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by strategically implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and optimizing digital marketing.

BlackRock recently announced that its assets under management (AUM) reached a record $12.5 trillion in the second quarter, driven by $46 billion in net inflows to its investment funds amidst market volatility related to President Trump's tariff policies.

Stone Point Capital, a private equity firm specializing in financial services and related industries, announced the final closing of its tenth private equity fund, Trident X, with total commitments of $11.5 billion. This new fund significantly exceeded its original target and hard cap of $9 billion and is approximately $2.5 billion larger than its predecessor, Trident IX, which closed in 2022 at $9 billion.

Brookfield Asset Management, in partnership with Brookfield Renewable and Google, announced a Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA). This first-of-its-kind deal aims to deliver up to 3,000 megawatts (MW) of carbon-free hydroelectric capacity across the United States, marking the world’s largest corporate clean power agreement for hydroelectricity.

Amogy, a pioneer in scalable and efficient ammonia-to-power solutions, announced an additional $23 million in venture financing, bringing its latest funding round to $80 million. This expansion builds on the round initially announced in January 2025 and will further accelerate Amogy’s global momentum, supporting the company’s push into stationary power generation, advancing its maritime technology portfolio, and expanding operations across key Asian markets The round was co-led by Korea Development Bank (KDB) and KDB Silicon Valley, with new investors including BonAngels Venture Partners, Pathway Investment, and JB Investment. With this latest round, Amogy has secured nearly $300 million in total funding to date and reached its highest company valuation yet.

Trusty, an AI-based estate planning platform helping families manage, protect, and pass down wealth across generations, announced it has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was co-led by Relay Ventures and Graphite Ventures, with participation from Mistral Venture Partners and strategic angel investors. The funding will advance product development and drive growth across Canada and the U.S., with a focus on enhancing Trusty’s AI asset detection wizard and in-app assistant, as well as expanding its proprietary workflows in partnership with wealth and estate professionals.

Abacus, a company developing agentic CPA assistants for modern accounting firms, today announced it has raised $6.6 million in seed funding. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with significant participation from Pear VC, and additional involvement from Recall Capital and Original Capital.

Varda Space Industries, a pioneering microgravity-enabled life sciences company, has announced the closing of a $187 million Series C funding round. This brings the total capital raised by the company to $329 million. The funding round was led by Natural Capital and Shrug Capital, with participation from existing investors including Founders Fund, Peter Thiel, Khosla Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, and Also Capital.

Virtru, a leader in data-centric security and the creator of the open standard Trusted Data Format (TDF), announced today it has raised $50 million in new funding. The round was led by ICONIQ, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundry, and The Chertoff Group.

HelloPrenup, a company transforming how modern couples create prenuptial agreements, announced a new strategic investment from The LegalTech Fund (TLTF). This investment will accelerate HelloPrenup's mission to make prenuptial agreements accessible, affordable, and a normalized part of healthy relationship planning.