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Decision Logic: Growth Investment Raised From Clovis Point Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 17, 2025

Decision Logic, a provider of back-office management software for restaurants, announced a significant growth investment from Clovis Point Capital, a Houston-based growth equity firm. This partnership will advance Decision Logic's roadmap, drive team expansion, and strengthen its ability to deliver transformative outcomes for restaurant operators.

Luma Financial: $63 Million (Series C) Raised For Structured Products And Insurance Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Luma Financial Technologies, a leader in structured products and insurance solutions, announced that it has closed a $63 million Series C financing led by Sixth Street Growth. And existing strategic investors including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and TD Bank Group participated in the round.

PolicyMe: C$30 Million Raised For Canada-Based Digital Insurance Provider Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

PolicyMe, which is known as Canada’s leading digital insurance provider, announced C$30 million in additional funding. The funding was secured through multiple tranches of equity and debt financing between 2023 and 2025 from strategic partners, including Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada (Blue Cross Life) and Securian Canada.

Infinite Reality To Buy Touchcast For $500 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Infinite Reality (iR), a company powering the next generation of digital media and e-commerce through extended reality (XR), AI, and other immersive technologies, announced the company has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Touchcast, a pioneering agentic AI company for $500 million in a combination of cash and stock. This deal is Infinite Reality’s largest yet and it values the company at $15.5 billion.

GoUpscale: Investment Raised From Accenture

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Accenture announced it has invested through Accenture Ventures in GoUpscale, a content engagement technology company that helps wealth management companies across Asia reinvent client engagement strategies and elevate digital communications.

S&P And CME Selling OSTTRA To KKR For $3.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

S&P Global and CME Group announced the signing of a definitive agreement to sell OSTTRA, a provider of post-trade solutions for the global OTC market, to investment funds managed by KKR. The terms of the deal for OSTTRA equaled total enterprise value at $3.1 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. This amount will be divided evenly between S&P Global and CME Group pursuant to their 50/50 joint venture.

Coder: Interview With CEO Rob Whiteley About The Browser-Based CDE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Coder has completely transformed software development with its browser-based cloud development environment (CDE). Pulse 2.0 interviewed Coder CEO Rob Whiteley to learn more about the company.

StoneX To Buy Futures Brokerage R.J. O’Brien

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

R.J. O'Brien & Associates (RJO), which is the oldest futures brokerage and clearing firm in the United States, announced that its parent company has reached a definitive agreement with StoneX Group to merge all of RJO's global businesses into StoneX, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

Wealth.com: Strategic Investment Raised From Schwab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Charles Schwab announced today that it has made a minority investment in the real estate planning company Wealth.com. Schwab’s investment will help Wealth.com continue scaling its capabilities to make it easier for financial firms and advisors to provide valuable estate planning services to individuals and families. The terms of the investment were undisclosed.

MajorKey Technologies Buying Identity Specialist Company Oxford Computer Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

MajorKey Technologies, a leading identity security company backed by The Acacia Group, announced it has acquired Oxford Computer Group, a differentiated identity specialist with deep expertise in the Microsoft and Saviynt ecosystems.

Bridgepoint: John Dionne And Michelle Scrimgeour Named As New Independent Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Bridgepoint announced the appointment of John Dionne and Michelle Scrimgeour as independent non-executive directors effective July 1, 2025.

Blue Onion: $10 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Financial Data Infrastructure Layer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Blue Onion, a subledger trusted by leading retail and ecommerce brands, announced a $10 million Series A funding led by Viola FinTech. The funding round included participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Entrée Capital, Green Visor, and Vinyl Capital. This round brings the company's total funding to $17.6 million.

Predium: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Jens Thumm About The Real Estate Management Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Predium is a company that offers an end-to-end platform empowering you to efficiently manage key building data and cost-effectively identify renovation opportunities. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Predium co-founder and CEO Jens Thumm to learn more about the company.

AAB Acquiring Magus Wealth, Bringing AUA To £1.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

AAB’s chartered financial planning team AAB Wealth announced it continues to implement its strategic growth plan with the acquisition of prominent London-based financial planning firm Magus Wealth. And this deal boosts their Assets under Advice (AuA) to £1.8 billion, an uplift of £650 million.

Scout AI: Investment Raised From Booz Allen

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Booz Allen Hamilton announced today that its corporate venture capital arm, Booz Allen Ventures, has invested strategically in Scout AI to modernize legacy robotic systems.

ControlUp: Interview With COO Mark Schwartz About The Helpdesk Efficiency Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

ControlUp is a company that helps IT resolve desktop issues faster, prevent tickets, and reduce spend by delivering a Digital Employee Experience (DEX) Management Fabric built for IT teams’ challenges such as troubleshooting complex workspaces, support tickets, and flat budgets. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ControlUp COO Mark Schwartz to learn more about the company.

Allurity Buying Intelligent Security Company Onevinn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Allurity (a leading European provider of cybersecurity services) announced the acquisition of Onevinn (a Swedish company specializing in intelligent security and managed services) from Haven Cyber Technologies.

Virtually Human Studio: Interview With CEO Nir Efrat About The Newest Game ZED Champions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Virtually Human is a company that develops superior consumer-first entertainment experiences with emerging technologies like blockchain to drive widespread user adoption. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Virtually Human CEO Nir Efrat to learn more about the company.

Ageas Acquring Esure In €1.510 Billion Deal With Bain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Ageas announces that it has agreed with Bain Capital to buy esure, a leading digital personal lines insurer with strong positioning on price comparison websites (PCW) in the UK. The proposed deal is aligned with Ageas’ strategic priorities for M&A in Europe under Elevate27.

ABC Impact: Over $600 Million Closed For Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

ABC Impact, which is an Asia-focused impact investment firm, announced it has successfully completed the final closing of its second fund at over $600 million, doubling the size of Fund I. This milestone enhances the firm's commitment to addressing Asia's critical social and environmental needs through impact-driven investments.

AdvanCell: $18 Million In Federal Funding From MRFF

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

AdvanCell, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapeutics, announced $18 million in Australian Federal Government Funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Frontiers Initiative for ‘Defeating Prostate Cancer with Targeted Alpha Therapy.’

Elm AI: Cornell University Spinout Raises $2 Million For Supply Chain Sustainability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Elm AI, a Cornell University spinout and an AI-based platform helping enterprises improve sustainability and operational performance across their supply chains, announced it has raised $2 million in an oversubscribed funding round. The funding round was led by Beta Boom Fund and Working Capital Fund, with participation from Boro Capital Partners, Very Serious Ventures, Gorges Ventures, The Bond Collective, and Textbook Ventures.

Volektra: Funding Raised To Commercialize Virtual Magnet Motor

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Electric drivetrain company Volektra announced it has secured a new funding round to commercialize its proprietary Virtual Magnet motor technology. Chakra Growth Capital led the funding round, which included strategic investors specializing in deep tech, manufacturing resilience, and energy independence.

Dentons: Kathryn Alexander Named As Partner In London

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

Dentons announced the appointment of Kathryn Alexander as a partner into its Corporate team in London. Alexander joins Dentons from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where she specialised in leading large and complex private equity real estate deals.

GRC Advisor Company ACA Group Buying Global Trading Analytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2025

ACA Group (ACA), a leading governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) advisor in financial services, announced it has acquired Global Trading Analytics (GTA), an independent provider of transaction cost analysis (TCA) services. This deal reinforces ACA’s commitment to enhancing its regulatory technology capabilities and addressing the evolving compliance needs of its global client base.

Lock 8 Partners: $182 Million Raised For Fund III

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Lock 8 Partners announced the final closing of its oversubscribed lower middle-market technology buy-out fund, Lock 8 Fund III LP, which received $182 million in investor commitments.

Blue Water: $14 Million Raised For Building Autonomous Ships

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Blue Water Autonomy - a technology company building autonomous ships for the U.S. Navy - announced it emerged from stealth and raised $14 million in seed funding from Eclipse, Riot, and Impatient Ventures.

KSL: Second Tactical Opportunities Fund Closed With $1.44 Billion In Commitments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Leading alternative investment firm KSL Capital Partners announced the final closing of its latest tactical opportunities fund KSL Capital Partners Tactical Opportunities II, L.P. (Tac Opps II), with total capital commitments of $1.44 billion, including contributions from the General Partner.

HireRight Completes Acquisition Of ClearChecks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

HireRight, a leading provider of global background screening services and workforce solutions, announced it has acquired ClearChecks, a background screening provider focused on the small-to-medium-sized business (SMB) market.

Relation Buys True-Course Aviation Insurance Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 15, 2025

Relation Insurance Services announced it has acquired the assets of True-Course Aviation Insurance Services. The deal went into effect on March 31, 2025. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.