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Inversion - a company that is pioneering precision delivery on-demand from space to anywhere on Earth - announced a $44 million Series A funding round co-led by Spark Capital and Adjacent, with participation from Lockheed Martin Ventures, Kindred Ventures, and Y Combinator. This Inversion’s total funding to $54 million, following an earlier $10 million seed round.

Epic Cleantec - an innovator in water reuse technology for the built environment - announced the closing of its $12 million Series B funding round. The Series B funding round was led by the family office of Drs. Kathy Fields and Garry Rayant, talented entrepreneurs, impact investors, and philanthropists known for their commitment to sustainability, healthcare, and technology. And they are joined by existing investors J-Ventures, Echo River Capital, and other prominent family offices with deep real estate ties.

Nivoda, a leading digital marketplace and supply chain for the diamond industry, announced $51 million in funding. This funding will support the global growth of the world’s first transparent, efficient, and customer-focused diamond and gemstone supply chain. And Nivoda’s growth is a significant step toward transforming a traditional industry with innovative technology and agile supply chain solutions.

Neos Partners - an investment firm focused on second-order investing in the energy transition and critical infrastructure sectors - announced the closing of Neos Partners II with $1.37 billion of commitments. And Neos also closed a $350 million committed co-investment vehicle alongside Fund II.

Silfab Solar - which is the leading photo-voltaic (PV) module manufacturer - announced that it has raised $100 million of new financing to scale its state-of-the-art solar cell manufacturing plant. This $50 million equity investment was led by funds advised by ARC Financial and includes investment from their existing co-investors.

Clean Skin Club, a first-of-its-kind brand at the intersection of skincare and hygiene, announced the closing of its investment round led by Astō Consumer Partners and Amberstone. The funds will be allocated toward expansion into brick-and-mortar retail channels, new product development, and investment in talent.

Runway Growth Capital announced a $23 million growth capital commitment to Snap! Mobile, a leading fundraising platform for schools and organizations to support their sports teams, groups, and clubs. This funding will enable Snap! to expand its innovative digital platform and empower more organizations to raise critical funds for high school athletics and other extracurricular activities.

JobNimbus, a SaaS provider for the roofing industry, announced a $330 million growth investment from Sumeru Equity Partners. And existing investors including founder and CEO Ben Hodson, other co-founders Nick and Jason Wood, and Mainsail Partners will continue as investors in the business. This funding round will help JobNimbus scale its operations, expand product offerings, and continue its mission to transform the contractor technology space.

TRex Bio - a biotechnology company decoding human tissue immune biology to create revolutionary therapeutics - announced the closing of an oversubscribed $84 million Series B funding round. This funding was led by Delos Capital, with additional new investors Avego BioScience Capital (“Avego”) and Agent Capital. And existing investors Eli Lilly and Company, SV Health Investors, Pfizer Ventures, Johnson & Johnson (through its venture capital arm, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc.), Alexandria Venture Investments, and Polaris Partners also participated.

Metsera - a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company accelerating the next generation of medicines for obesity and metabolic diseases - announced the closing of a $215 million Series B funding round to further advance its portfolio of highly differentiated, clinical-stage, Nutrient-Stimulated Hormone (NuSH) analog peptides. Wellington Management and Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners led the financing, with participation from new investors including Fidelity Management & Research Company, Janus Henderson Investors, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates and by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Viking Global Investors, Deep Track Capital, and RA Capital Management. Existing Metsera investors participated, including ARCH Venture Partners, Alpha Wave Ventures, GV, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Newpath Partners, SymBiosis, and other undisclosed investors. Metsera has raised over $500 million to date.

Accelsius, a company whose proprietary direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems enable high-performance computing and rack density for data centers and edge operators, announced raising $24 million in Series A funding. The round started in early 2024.

Six One Commodities Global (61C) announced that it closed an $800 million 18-month revolving credit facility with a global borrowing base that advances its transition into a leading integrated energy merchant globally.

Expert insights platform company Arbolus announced it has closed on a $20 million growth equity investment led by Kayne Anderson Partners Fund V, which is being sub-advised by Composition Capital. With this new funding round, Arbolus is primed to reinforce its position as the leading disruptor in the expert insights industry and make human knowledge digital and widely accessible.

Commonwealth Financial Network, a national RIA dedicated to providing financial advisors with integrated business solutions, announced that Syracuse, New York-based Diversified Capital Management (DCM) joined its network of independent financial advisors. Advisors include William Kriesel, CPA, CFP, PFS, Kevin Visconti, CFP, and George Nardone, ChFC, AIF. Formerly with Cadaret Grant and its acquirer LPL Financial, the DCM team reported advising on more than $550 million in client assets.

Davis Polk announced that prominent restructuring lawyers Jifree Cader and Mark Knight will join the firm as partners in the Restructuring practice in London.

Outbuild, a construction scheduling and planning software company, announced it has raised $11 million in Series A Funding. The round was led by Sway Ventures and participated in by Hilti Venture, Trimble Ventures, and venture capital firms BGV and Zacua Ventures. This funding will help drive a targeted 100% increase in Outbuild's commercial growth by Fall 2025, support significant team expansion, and advance a product roadmap that includes AI.

Zeplyn, an AI assistant for financial advisors, announced a $3 million seed funding round. Led by Leo Capital, with additional investment from Converge and angel investors, the funding will support the company as it rebuilds wealth management from an AI-native perspective.

Leading B2B subscription commerce platform AppDirect announced its intent to acquire vCom Solutions, an IT lifecycle management software and managed services company. Through this acquisition, AppDirect’s advisors and their end customers will gain access to vCom’s award-winning AI-based software platform vManager, vCom’s comprehensive suite of IT spend-managed services, while also gaining access to its buyers’ club QuantumShift.

Stepful, a company dedicated to re-imagining healthcare training for allied health professional jobs, announced it has raised $31.5 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Y Combinator, Reach Capital, AlleyCorp, SemperVirens, Company Ventures, Green Sands, ECMC Education Impact Fund, Intermountain Ventures and Cedar Pine.

Vecna Robotics, a leader in flexible material handling automation solutions, announced it has brought on Karl Iagnemma as CEO and raised $14.5 million in additional funding from existing investors. The proceeds of the funding round are earmarked to accelerate technology and product enhancements to address the automation needs of operators in automotive, general manufacturing, and high-volume warehousing.

Trolley, a leading global payouts platform, announced it has raised $23 million in a Series B growth equity funding round led by Wavecrest Growth Partners, with participation from existing investor Pace Capital. This funding will enable Trolley to accelerate product development, broaden its market presence, and enhance its platform to serve better businesses ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Leonid Capital Partners, a leader in non-dilutive financing for critical sectors, announced a $10 million debt investment in Ion Storage Systems, an innovator in advanced solid-state battery technologies. This funding round aims to accelerate ION’s mission to deliver a safer, more efficient energy solution through their groundbreaking solid-state battery technology.

CHAOS Industries, a company building the next generation of defense and critical industry technologies, announced that the company has raised $145 million in Series B funding to support the next phase of its commercial growth and development. The Series B funding round was led by Accel, with participation from 8VC, Overmatch Ventures, Lerner Enterprises, and existing insiders. The Series B round brings the total funding raised by the company to $215 million since its founding.

Orbbec is an industry-leading company in robotics vision and AI vision technology, dedicated to building a central platform for robotics and AI vision industry and crafting the eyes for robots. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Orbbec Head of Products David Chen to learn more about the company.

Q5 Wealth Management - a team of five financial advisors managing $1.5 billion in client assets in Houston and Beaumont, Texas - has recently expanded with the addition of financial advisor Scott Guptill, CFA. Q5 had joined the independent channel of Ameriprise Financial in August 2024 after transitioning from UBS Financial Services to significantly grow their practice by utilizing the sophisticated resources at Ameriprise.

From ensuring compliance with global regulations to providing continuous inventory discovery and classification powered by seamless integrations, Mine is at the forefront of making data privacy intuitive. Mine’s data governance and privacy platform, MineOS, enables organizations to discover data quickly, act on relevant risks, manage data requests and customer consent, prevent breaches, and ensure compliance stays effortless. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Mine co-founder and CEO Gal Ringel to learn more about the company.

Fifth Third Wealth Advisors, a multi-custodial registered investment advisory firm, announced the expansion of its presence in Charlotte, North Carolina. And the following advisor team joined Fifth Third Wealth Advisors having managed $2 billion in client assets at their previous firm:

TA Associates announced the completion of a strategic growth investment in Vee Healthtek, a prominent provider of technology-enabled solutions and services for healthcare organizations. This partnership enables Vee Healthtek to utilize TA’s global resources and extensive experience in the healthcare sector.

Faircraft, a pioneer of lab-grown leather utilizing unique and patented tissue engineering techniques, announced a $15.8 million fundraising round. The funding round was backed by internationally-renowned investment funds, including Kindred Ventures, Cap Horn, BPI, Sake Bosch, Entrepreneur First, Alliance for Impact, and Heirloom.

Julie Jones has gained over 500,000 followers on TikTok and has become one of the most popular interior designers on social media. Her audience enjoys watching her design tips and how she is transforming the landscape of modern design through cutting-edge technology. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Julie Jones to learn more about her business, Julie Jones Designs.