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Level: $2.6 Million Raised And DeFi Yield Stablecoin Debuted

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Peregrine Exploration (a blockchain development and research company) announced the official debut of Level USD (lvlUSD), a stablecoin with DeFi-native yield, and an additional $2.6 million in strategic funding led by repeat investor Dragonfly to accelerate its mission to unlock permissionless finance. And Polychain also participated again, along with new investors, including Flowdesk, Echo syndicates Native Crypto (formerly known as Comfy Capital) and Feisty Collective by Path, and angel investors Sam Kazemian (Frax) and Albert Chon (Injective). The company has now raised a total of over $6 million.

GrubMarket: $50 Million (Series G) Raised At $3.5+ Billion Valuation For Food Supply Chain Industry AI Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

GrubMarket, an AI-powered technology enabler and digital transformer of the American food supply chain industry and the largest private food technology company in the US announced that it raised around $50 million in a significantly higher valuated Series G funding round from Liberty Street Funds, 3Spoke Capital, ROC Venture Group, Portfolia, Pegasus Tech Ventures, Joseph Stone Capital, and other unnamed participants. This funding round values GrubMarket at over $3.5 billion.

Featherless.ai: Investment Raised From Airbus Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Airbus Ventures announced it is investing in Featherless.ai, the leading serverless AI inference platform. And Featherless.ai’s innovation optimizes GPU utilization, eliminates costly downtime, and dramatically reduces operational costs, enabling Featherless.ai to offer AI inference at significantly lower costs.

Jones Day: Frank Voon Joins As Corporate Partner In Hong Kong

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Frank Voon has joined Jones Day as a partner in the Corporate Practice based in the firm's Hong Kong Office.

JLL Income Property Trust: Richmond Distribution Center Acquired For About $40.7 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally managed daily NAV REIT with around $6.6 billion in portfolio equity and debt investments, announced the acquisition of Richmond Distribution Center, a Class A industrial building located in Richmond, VA, for a purchase price of about $40.7 million.

Integrated Partners: $331 Million Prout Financial Design Team Onboarded

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Integrated Partners - a national financial planning and registered investment advisory (RIA) firm serving over $21.3 billion in assets under advisement (AUA) - announced that Prout Financial Design has joined its growing network. And the Traverse City, Michigan-based advisory firm, which oversees over $331 million in AUA, will utilize Integrated’s investment management platform and succession planning support to drive future growth and continuity.

Investcorp Buying Majority Stake In Miebach

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp announced it has signed a definitive agreement to buy a majority stake in Miebach Logistik Holding GmbH, a leading global supply chain and logistics consultancy services provider. Following the deal, Miebach’s existing equity partnership will retain a significant minority stake in the Company. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

PCMI: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From Thoma Bravo

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Thoma Bravo announced a strategic growth investment in PCMI, a leading provider of administration software for finance and insurance (F&I) products in the automotive and consumer end markets. As part of the deal, existing shareholders—including PCMI management, its employees, and Equality Asset Management (“EAM”), a growth-focused private equity firm—will retain minority positions in the company.

Vista: Private Aviation Group Raises $600 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Vista, which is the world’s leading global private aviation group, has signed a definitive agreement for an equity investment of $600 million from a consortium of investors led by leading Asian investment firm RRJ Capital. This funding marks another significant milestone in Vista’s historic growth journey and validates the confidence in the group’s strategic vision and business model.

PartnerOne Buying NetWitness From RSA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

PartnerOne, which is one of the fastest growing enterprise software conglomerates, announced it has successfully acquired NetWitness from RSA.

AstraZeneca To Buy EsoBiotec For Up To $1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

AstraZeneca announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EsoBiotec, a biotechnology company pioneering in vivo cell therapies with promising early clinical activity. And the EsoBiotec Engineered NanoBody Lentiviral (ENaBL) platform enables the immune system to attack cancers and could offer many more patients access to transformative cell therapy treatments delivered in just minutes rather than the current process which takes weeks.

Recurrent Energy: $183 Million In Project Financing Secured

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Recurrent Energy - a subsidiary of Canadian Solar and a global developer, owner, and operator of solar and energy storage assets - announced that it has closed project financing and tax equity for its Fort Duncan Storage project. This 200 MWh storage project, which is located in Maverick County, Texas, is currently under construction and is expected to be commercially operational by summer 2025 to support ERCOT's peak power demand.

Popfly: $2 Million (Seed) Raised For Outdoor Creator Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Popfly, a platform and team of experts helping brands and creators work seamlessly together, announced it has secured over $2 million in seed financing. Led by investor Rand Currier, early significant investor in ShopMy and other startups, the funding round saw participation from early TikTok leaders and founders of Meridian Link, Right Side Up, and Farmers Business Network.

Intuition Robotics: Interview With VP Strategy And GM Assaf Gad About The Social AI Companion Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Intuition Robotics is a company that is harnessing the power of GenAI to create long-term engagement and help older adults alleviate loneliness. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Intuition Robotics VP Strategy and GM Assaf Gad to learn more about the company.

Banyan Software: Interview With CEO David Berkal About The Enterprise Acquisition Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Banyan Software provides a home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders while helping grow the business into the future. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Banyan Software CEO David Berkal to learn more about the company.

Curevo: $110 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Amezosvatein Shingles

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Curevo Vaccine - a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccines with improved tolerability - announcd the closing of a $110 million Series B round to advance the development of amezosvatein, its vaccine for shingles. Leading the round is new investor Medicxi (a European biotech-focused investment firm). And joining Medicxi is an international group of investment funds, including OrbiMed, HBM Healthcare Investments, and Sanofi Ventures along with existing investors RA Capital Management, Janus Henderson Investors, Adjuvant Capital, and founding investor GC Biopharma.

Lightkeeper: Growth Investment Raised From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Lightkeeper, a leading data, analytics, risk management, and reporting solutions provider for investment managers, announced a growth investment from PSG. This leading growth equity firm partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to drive transformational growth.

ResiQuant: $4 Million (Seed) Raised For Transforming How Property Carriers Scale In Regions Prone To Climate Risks

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

ResiQuant announced it closed a $4 million seed funding round led by LDV Capital, with participation from Foothill Ventures, Pear VC, Alumni Ventures, and several strategic angel investors. The funding will accelerate ResiQuant's mission to transform how property insurers assess and manage catastrophe risks, bringing much-needed stability to markets struggling with climate volatility and seismic hazards.

Google To Buy Cloud Security Company Wiz In $32 Billion All-Cash Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Google announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wiz, a leading cloud security platform based in New York, for $32 billion, subject to closing adjustments, in an all-cash transaction. After the deal is closed, Wiz will join Google Cloud.

Gradial: $13 Million (Series A) Secured For Building AI Marketing Operations Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

Gradial, an AI startup transforming enterprise marketing operations with AI agents, announced it has secured $13 million in Series A funding, bringing its total capital raised to nearly $20 million. The Series A funding round was led by Madrona and participated in by Pruven Capital, General Advance, Outsiders Fund, and DLA Piper.

360 Privacy: $36 Million Raised From FTV Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

360 Privacy, a leading digital executive protection platform, announced that it has secured a $36 million growth equity investment from FTV Capital, a sector-focused growth equity firm with a successful track record of investing across the enterprise technology landscape. And this investment will enable 360 Privacy to expand its engineering and revenue teams, accelerate technology and product innovation, and further enhance its ability to deliver customer service to safeguard organizations and their executives.

CYBATHLON: Interview With Co-Head Roland Sigrist About The Assistance Technologies Event

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 18, 2025

CYBATHLON is a competition for people with disabilities that happens - who are supported by the latest assistive technologies in various disciplines - compete against each other and solve everyday tasks. The event occurred at ETH Zürich this past October and the next event is being discussed to happen in Asia in 2028. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CYBATHLON co-head Roland Sigrist to learn more about the event.

RedotPay: $40 Million (Series A) Secured For Crypto Payment Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

RedotPay, a leading crypto payment platform, announced the closing of a $40 million Series A funding round led by Lightspeed following a commitment in December 2024, with significant investments from HSG and Galaxy Ventures. The funding round also saw participation from DST Global Partners, Accel, Vertex Ventures (Temasek-backed VC), among other investors.

Maxion Therapeutics: £58 Million (Series A) Closed For Developing KnotBody Drugs For Ion Channel- And GPCR-Driven Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Maxion Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing antibody-based KnotBody drugs for ion channel- and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR)-driven diseases, announced that it has raised $72 million (£58 million) in a Series A financing. The funding reaffirms the potential of Maxion’s proprietary KnotBody technology and development pipeline and its opportunity to address significant global markets.

Blackstone: $8 Billion Closed For Latest Real Estate Debt Strategies Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Blackstone announced the final closing of its most recent real estate debt fund, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies V (BREDS V), which has about $8 billion of total capital commitments.

Nous Infosystems: Strategic Investment Raised From TA Associates

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Leading global private equity firm TA Associates announced the completion of a strategic growth investment in Nous Infosystems, a global provider of AI-powered product and data engineering solutions to help drive digital transformation for its customers.

Occuspace: $6 Million Secured For Space Utilization Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Real estate is known as the most significant and oldest asset class in the world, and one too often, which is being managed without data. And the inefficiency is notable, with an estimated 1 billion square feet of wasted space in the U.S. alone. By providing data on how property is used, Occuspace helps clients create smarter buildings that increase efficiency, reduce environmental footprints, and improve user experience.

Egle Therapeutics: €9.3 Million In State Funding Raised To Develop Therapies Targeting Regulatory T Cells

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Egle Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapies targeting regulatory T cells (Tregs) for immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases, announced that it secured €9.3 million in state funding under the Innovations in Biotherapies and Bioproduction call for projects from the France 2030 plan, managed on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance.

Wireless Realty Advisors: WRA Fund III Closed At $120 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Wireless Realty Advisors (WRA), an owner, operator, and manager of wireless infrastructure assets, announced the closing of $120 million WRA Fund III (WRA III). This closing represents WRA’s fifth equity investment with Peppertree Capital Management and is focused on continuing to invest in acquiring wireless real estate assets throughout the U.S.

Juice Media: Interview With President Mark Zamuner About The Business Scaling Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 17, 2025

Juice Media is a company focused on helping customer scale businesses through strategic planning & management, media activation, and measurement tools. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Juice Media president Mark Zamuner to learn more about the company.