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Fisent: Customer Base Increased By 200% In 2024

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 29, 2025

Fisent Technologies, an Applied GenAI Process Automation company, announced it led its category with innovative product enhancements and enjoyed significant growth in 2024. The company saw accelerated customer acquisition and growth of existing accounts, solidifying its position as a solution enterprises depend on to harness GenAI for process automation.

ControlMonkey: Cloud Infrastructure Company Raises $7 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

ControlMonkey, an end-to-end cloud automation platform offering ‘Total Cloud Control’ with Terraform, announced its launch and the closing of a $7 million seed round, co-led by lool ventures and Joule Ventures. This funding round will accelerate the development of ControlMonkey's cloud governance tools and expand its global operations, including significant investments in engineering, customer success, and go-to-market initiatives.

Stytch: Interview With Co-Founder & CTO Julianna Lamb About The Auth Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Stytch provides the most powerful identity and access management infrastructure for developers ,with built-in fraud and risk prevention, allowing companies to incorporate frictionless authentication options into apps and websites. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Stytch co-founder and CTO, Julianna Lamb, to learn more about the company.

Blank Rome: Daniel Sobol And Brandon Shemtob Joins Labor & Employment Group In Philadelphia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Blank Rome announced that Daniel J. Sobol and Brandon S. Shemtob have joined the firm’s nationally recognized Labor & Employment group in Philadelphia. And Daniel and Brandon represent national and regional employers across industries in various traditional labor, union, and employment matters. They joined Blank Rome from Stevens & Lee.

Anivive: Pet Health Company Raises $20 Million From Leonid

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Pet health company Anivive Lifesciences announced it has secured $20 million in funding from Leonid Capital Partners. Leonid is a leading investment firm focused on high-growth technology companies working in the national security industry.

ONCOMATRYX: €25 Million Raised To Develop Novel ADCs Against The Tumor Microenvironment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

ONCOMATRYX, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel ADCs against the tumor microenvironment, announced it has raised €25 million to fund Phase Ib-II clinical trials of OMTX705, a first-in-class ADC targeting FAP. This funding round was led by the company’s existing investors and included a €10 million strategic investment from Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación. And this endorsement highlights the confidence in ONCOMATRYX pioneering ADCs to treat metastatic solid tumors.

RELEX Solutions: €10 Million Green Revolving Credit Facility Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

RELEX Solutions, a provider of unified supply chain and retail planning solutions, announced it has secured a €10 million green revolving credit facility that can be used to finance projects and activities with a positive sustainability impact. Nordea Bank Abp is granting this credit. Launched on minimizing waste in the supply chain, RELEX remains committed to embedding sustainability into its core operations.

Landbase: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Daniel Saks About The Agentic AI GTM Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Landbase is a company that combines leading agentic AI with human expertise to intelligently automate your Go-To-Market, powered by GTM-1 Omni. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Landbase co-founder and CEO Daniel Saks to learn more about the company.

Francisco Partners: $3.3 Billion Third Credit Fund Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Francisco Partners (FP) announced the final closing of FP Credit Partners III, L.P., a $3.3 billion opportunistic credit fund. This Fund follows FP Credit Partners II, L.P., a $2.2 billion predecessor fund. It was oversubscribed and exceeded the target fund size of $2.3 billion.

Aeroflow Health: Interview With CEO Casey Hite About The Durable Medical Equipment Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Aeroflow Health is a pioneering healthcare company that leverages cutting-edge technology to support the delivery of medical products and solutions, serving patients, providers, and payors. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Aeroflow Health CEO Casey Hite to learn more about the company.

IPA Capital Markets: $79 Million Construction Loan Raised For San Antonio Landmark

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

IPA Capital Markets (a division of Marcus & Millichap), specializing in capital markets services for major private and institutional clients, announced the closing of a $79 million construction loan for El Tropicano Hotel, a historic landmark property on San Antonio’s River Walk in San Antonio, Texas.

Earth AI: Clean Energy Metals Company Raises $20 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Earth AI, a predictive explorer for clean energy metals using artificial intelligence (AI), announced $20 million in Series B funding. Tamarack Global and Cantos Ventures led this oversubscribed round. Participating investors include Overmatch, Alpaca, Sparkwave Capital, and significant support from existing investors, including Y Combinator and Scrum Ventures. The new funding will drive AI and drilling technology development and accelerate project value discovery. The company plans to increase the project pipeline to over 50 sites and increase drilling capacity to 100,000 meters at an industry-beating about $100/meter cost.

Plus Delta Partners: Investment Raised From Northlane Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

Northlane Capital Partners (NCP) announced that it has made an investment in Plus Delta Partners (PDP), a leading provider of specialized fundraising training and tools designed to enable higher education institutions, healthcare organizations, and other nonprofits to maximize donor contributions. And NCP invested along with PDP’s management team and its founder, Guy Hart.

McWin: Guillaume Charlin Named As Managing Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 28, 2025

McWin Capital Partners - a specialist private equity and venture capital firm dedicated to the food ecosystem - announced the appointment of Guillaume Charlin as Managing Partner.

Precog Raises Funding From Venture Guides

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Precog, an enterprise leader in AI-driven ETL solutions, announced funding from Venture Guides, a VC firm specializing in enterprise infrastructure. The funding included strong support from existing investors, including Streamlined Ventures and Circadian Ventures. This funding will advance Precog’s mission to transform data integration and analytics, enabling broader market penetration, operational scaling, and accelerated product innovation.

Mitiga: Threat Detection And Solutions Company Raises $30 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Mitiga, a threat detection, investigation, and response solution for Cloud and SaaS company announced that it has raised $30 million in funding. SYN Ventures led this financing round with active participation from existing investors, including ClearSky, Atlantic Bridge, Flint Capital, DNX Ventures, and Glilot Capital Partners. And the new funding will support the company’s growth across the U.S. and Europe.

Alpaca Real Estate: $50 Million Credit Facility With Stifel Bank Closed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Alpaca Real Estate (ARE), an alternative investment management firm, announced the closing of a $50 million credit facility with Stifel Bank. This financing marks another milestone in the firm’s growth, reflecting both the significant progress made in advancing its opportunistic investment strategy and the growing confidence that leading institutions have in its ability to deliver strong results.

Vermont Tech Hub Raises Nearly $24 Million In Federal Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

The Vermont Gallium Nitride (V-GaN) Tech Hub — a consortium led by the University of Vermont (UVM) and GlobalFoundries and the State of Vermont — was awarded $23.7 million in federal funding. This funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration is the most significant research award in UVM history.

Degree Analytics: Data-Informed Campus Solutions Company Raises $5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Degree Analytics, a leader in data-informed campus solutions, announced the closing of a $5 million funding round led by LiveOak Ventures. This funding will drive the development and rollout of its facilities optimization platform, empowering colleges and universities to unlock new efficiencies, cut costs, and enhance student experiences by harnessing real-time data insights.

Fundraise Up: Nonprofit Fundraising Platform Company Raises $70 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Fundraise Up, a fundraising platform for nonprofits, announced a minority growth investment led by Summit Partners with participation from existing investor Telescope Partners. And the new funding round reinforces Fundraise Up’s leadership position in the nonprofit technology sector. It will support the company’s commitment to expand product offerings, accelerate global market reach, and provide innovative, AI-based solutions purpose-built to unlock the fundraising potential and impact of nonprofit organizations.

esVolta: $243 Million Preferred Equity Investment Raised For Battery Energy Storage Projects

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

esVolta - a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale battery energy storage projects across North America - recently completed a preferred equity transaction structured by Captona, an established energy transition investment firm. This funding and the sale of ITC transfer proceeds are expected to provide a total of $243 million in funding.

Satisfi Labs: Growth Funding Raised For Expanding Conversational Experience Platform Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Satisfi Labs, a premier conversational experience platform designed to transform customer engagement for destinations and experiences, announced the securing of new growth financing. And Level Structured Capital, an affiliate of Level Equity, a private investment firm with over $3 billion in assets under management focused on providing capital to software and technology-enabled businesses, provided the funding.

MarkeTeam.ai: $3 Million (Seed) Raised For Accelerating Transition To AI-Based Autonomous Agents

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

MarkeTeam.ai - a developer of advanced AI technology for the marketing industry - announced the completion of a $3 million seed funding round. After recently launching its next-generation autonomous marketing agents, the company already operates a team of virtual experts across core marketing disciplines, such as brand marketing, strategic planning, paid media, social media management, and content marketing.

TrueDialog: Interview With CMO Amanda McGuckin Hager About The Business Texting Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

TrueDialog is a simple and reliable SMS platform to boost engagement and streamline communications. Pulse 2.0 interviewed CMO Amanda McGuckin Hager to learn more about the company.

Highnote: Modern Card Issuance Company Raises $90 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Highnote - a leader in modern card issuance and program management - announced the closing of $90 million in Series B funding and the launch of its acquiring solution. This funding round was led by Adams Street Partners with participation from existing investors including Oak HC/FT, Costanoa, WestCap, and Pinegrove Venture Partners.

Aligned Data Centers: Over $12 Billion Raised To Fund Platform Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Aligned Data Centers - a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative and sustainable Scale Data Centers and Build-to-Scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers - announced it completed another round of capital raising totaling over $5 billion of new primary equity and over $7 billion of new debt commitments to fund accelerated platform expansion and ongoing innovation.

Render: Cloud Application Platform Company Raises $80 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 27, 2025

Render, a leading modern cloud application platform adopted by over 2 million developers, announced that it raised $80 million in Series C funding led by Georgian, with participation from 01A (Dick Costolo) and avra, and existing investors Addition, Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst, and the South Park Commons Fund. This funding will accelerate Render’s mission to disrupt the $400B+ cloud market by enabling the company to expand enterprise-focused features, build AI-native capabilities, increase its global footprint, and grow its R&D team.

Pennsylvania American Water Raises $19.3 Million In PENNVEST Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

The Shapiro administration announced that Pennsylvania American Water was awarded two low-interest loans and a grant from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) totaling $19.3 million. This funding will support two of the company’s infrastructure improvement projects, including upgrading wastewater treatment plants and replacing lead water services lines in McKean and Allegheny counties.

Recycle Track Systems: Funding Raised To Accelerate AI Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

Recycle Track Systems (RTS) - a pioneer in transforming waste and recycling management, proudly announces the closing of financing - announced it raised over $40 million to drive innovation and reshape the future of waste management. This funding milestone accelerates RTS's mission to deliver smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable solutions through AI-based technology like the transformative Pello sensor.

SignalPlus: $11 Million (Series B) Raised To Advance Crypto Derivatives Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 26, 2025

SignalPlus, a provider of software and infrastructure solutions for crypto derivatives, announced the completion of a $11 million Series B in up-round financing led by AppWorks and OKX Ventures, with participation from Avenir Group and HashKey. And the proceeds from this funding round will be used to fuel SignalPlus's upcoming strategic expansion efforts.