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Nassau Financial Group Receiving $200 Million Minority Equity Investment From Golub

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Nassau Financial Group (a leading provider of fixed annuities and asset management) and Golub Capital (a market-leading direct lender and experienced credit asset manager) have closed on their previously announced strategic partnership after satisfaction of closing conditions.

RACE: Interview With Lead Financial Engineer Miguel Buffara About The Blockchain-Based Real-World Asset Infrastructure Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

RACE is the first full-stack modular blockchain infrastructure for tokenizing and distributing real-world assets. The company recently announced the mainnet launch of its Layer 2 (L2) blockchain built on Optimism’s OP Stack. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RACE Lead Financial Engineer and Optimism spokesperson Miguel Buffara to learn more about the company.

Pison: AI-Based Neural Sensor Company Raises Funding From Samsung Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Pison, an AI-based neural sensors for cognitive health, wellness, and gesture control, announced an equity investment from Samsung Ventures. This funding highlights the dedication of Samsung Ventures to advancing future healthcare technology and acknowledges Pison’s potential in neurocognitive assessment and tracking capabilities.

Calabrio: Interview With Product Evangelist Dave Hoekstra About The Customer-Centric Contact Center Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Calabrio is a trusted company building the foundation of a customer-centric contact center, the Calabrio ONE workforce performance suite helps enrich and understand human interactions, enabling your contact center as a brand guardian. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Calabrio Product Evangelist Dave Hoekstra to learn more about the company.

Trinity Ventures Closes $435 Million Continuation Fund With Partners Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Trinity Ventures, an early-stage technology venture capital firm, announced the closing of Trinity Ventures 2024, LP, a multi-asset continuation fund with about $435 million in total commitments. The new fund was formed to recapitalize a group of portfolio companies from Trinity Ventures XI, LP, a 2012 vintage fund.

Francis Medical: $80 Million (Series C) Raised To Develop Water Vapor Ablation Therapy For Treating Cancer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Francis Medical - a privately-held medical device company developing an innovative and proprietary water vapor ablation therapy for the treatment of prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer- announced the completion of the company's oversubscribed $80 million Series C equity funding, the most significant fundraising round to date for the company. Arboretum Ventures and Solas BioVentures co-led the Series C round. And new investors Orlando Health Ventures and two additional strategic partners joined this round, along with previous investors Coloplast A/S and Tonkawa.

Krateo.AI: Interview With CEO Clay Sharman About The Revenue Funnel Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Krateo.AI is an AI-based platform that turns anonymous visitors into prospects by building unique digital footprints around engagement so AI can deliver insights and actionable recommendations for optimal consumer engagement across all sales channels. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Krateo.AI CEO Clay Sharman to learn more about the company.

Pepticom: Peptide-Based Therapeutics Company Raises $6.6 Million (Series A1)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Pepticom, a pioneer in AI-based peptide-based therapeutics, announced the completion of its Series A1 funding round, securing $6.6 million. Japan Israel High Tech Ventures 2 LP led the round, with strong participation from existing investors.

Model N: Bret Connor Named As CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Model N, a leader in revenue optimization and compliance for life sciences and high-tech companies, announced it has appointed Bret Connor as Chief Executive Officer.

Springline: Interview With CEO Tim Brackney About The Business Advisory Firm

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Springline Advisory is a financial and business advisory firm dedicated to reshaping the accounting and advisory landscape. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Springline Advisory CEO Tim Brackney to learn more about the firm.

Fort Partners Secures $107.6 Million Construction Loan From Madison Realty

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Madison Realty Capital, a vertically integrated real estate private equity firm focused on real estate private credit, announced that it has provided a $107.6 million loan to an affiliate of Fort Partners for the completion of Seaway North at The Surf Club, which is an ultra-luxury residential condominium project located adjacent to the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences at The Surf Club in the Surfside neighborhood of Miami.

Cre8tive Technology And Design Buying EpiCenter ERP

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Cre8tive Technology and Design, a leading provider of manufacturing technology solutions, announced it has finalized the acquisition of EpiCenter ERP. This acquisition enhances the company’s operational capabilities with widened service offerings, industry expertise, and a larger team of professional resources.

Northern Light: $23 Million Raised From LoneTree Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Northern Light Group, a leading enterprise knowledge management platform for competitive intelligence and market research, announced a $23 million growth investment by LoneTree. The funding will accelerate Northern Light's ability to scale, providing capital and resources to drive continued product innovation and enhance its ability to support enterprise customers worldwide.

Electric Power Engineers: Strategic Growth Investment Raised From Berkshire Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Electric Power Engineers (EPE), a leading energy and power systems engineering and consulting firm, announced it received a significant strategic growth investment from Boston-based private equity firm Berkshire Partners.

CourseKey Raises Strategic Growth Investment From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

PSG, a leading growth equity firm that specializes in partnering with software and technology-enabled service companies to help navigate and capitalize on transformational growth, announced a strategic growth investment in CourseKey - a student success platform purpose-built for vocational education. CourseKey joins PSG's investments in Verity IQ and Campus Ivy, which creates a unified and end-to-end technology suite for career-focused and vocational education providers.

Deciphex: $32.3 Million (Series C) Raised For Addressing The Global Pathology Crisis

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Deciphex, an AI-based digital pathology leader, announced it has closed its Series C funding at $32.3 million to address the acute global pathology crisis. Led by Molten Ventures with significant participation from ACT Venture Capital, Seroba, Charles River Laboratories, IRRUS Investments, HBAN Medtech Syndicate, and Nextsteps Capital, this funding will advance Deciphex's mission to democratize access to high-quality pathology through a technology-enabled global network of pathologists.

FIRE1: $120 Million Funding Raised For Transforming Heart Failure Care

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

FIRE1 - a leading connected medical device solutions company - announced the completion of a $120 million financing round to accelerate the company’s mission to transform the lives of millions of people living with heart failure. The funding round was led by Polaris Partners and Elevage Medical Technologies and joined by new investors Sands Capital and Longitude Capital, and existing investors Andera Partners, Gilde Healthcare, Gimv, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Lightstone Ventures, Medtronic, NEA (New Enterprise Associates), Novo Holdings, and Seventure Partners.

Eton Pharmaceuticals Acquires Galzin

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Eton Pharmaceuticals, an innovative pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing rare disease treatments, announced that it has acquired Galzin (zinc acetate).

Jones: Insurance Verification Company Raises $15 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 9, 2025

Jones, the vertical software company leading AI innovation in insurance verification, announced the closing of its $15 million Series B funding round led by NewSpring Growth. The funding round also saw continued participation from major existing investors, including Hetz Ventures, Camber Creek, Khosla Ventures, JLL Spark, DivcoWest Ventures, Rudin Ventures, and Ground Up Ventures.

XyloCor Therapeutics: $67.5 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Clinical Development Of Gene Therapy In Cardiovascular Disease

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

XyloCor Therapeutics - a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel gene therapies for cardiovascular disease - announced the completion of a $67.5 million Series B financing. And the new investment will support a randomized, double-blind Phase 2b clinical trial (EXACT-2) of XC001 (encoberminogene rezmadenovec), in refractory angina, using a new non-surgical method of endocardial administration via a novel injection catheter.

Waterpoint Lane: Fund I Closed To Advance Food Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Waterpoint Lane announced the closing of its inaugural fund, Waterpoint Lane Sustainability Fund I. Fund I attracted strong support from a distinguished global investor base, including premier family offices and high-net-worth individuals, all united by a commitment to advancing impact and innovation within the global food system.

Whatnot: Live Shopping Company Raises $265 Million (Series E) At $4.97 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Whatnot, the largest marketplace focused on live shopping in the U.S., UK, and Europe, announced $265 million in Series E funding, co-led by Greycroft, DST Global, and Avra. Also joining are Greycroft and Avra, who are new investors. It also included Lightspeed Venture Partners and Durable Capital Partners, who participated in the round alongside returning investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), CapitalG, BOND, and Y Combinator. This investment brings Whatnot’s valuation to $4.97 billion. Since its founding, Whatnot has raised approximately $746 million.

OSSO: Interview With Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Justin Barad About The Healthcare Training Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Osso VR is a clinically validated healthcare training and assessment platform. And the company’s immersive experiences offer a hands-on training environment that leads to real-world performance gains and improved outcomes. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Osso VR founder and Chief Strategy Officer Justin Barad to learn more about the company.

Flavor Insights: Growth Financing Raised From BizCap

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

BizCap (a national commercial finance and advisory firm) announced it has delivered a customized financing solution for its client Flavor Insights. Flavor Insights is a flavor development business founded in 2016 and the company partners with top food and beverage brands to provide ingredients for existing brands and collaborates with R&D teams to develop and deliver new products.

Zafran: Interview With Co-Founder & CPO Snir Havdala About The Threat Exposure Management Platform Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Zafran is known as the first and only consolidated platform that integrates with your security tools to reveal, remediate, and mitigate the risk of exposures across your entire infrastructure. And Zafran uses an agentless approach to reveal what is truly exploitable, while reducing manual prioritization and remediation through automated response workflows.Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zafran co-founder and chief product officer (CPO) Snir Havdala to learn more about the company.

MDaudit: Strategic Investment Raised From Bregal Sagemount And Primus Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

MDaudit - a provider of billing, coding compliance, and revenue integrity software for health systems, hospitals, and provider groups - announced a strategic growth investment from Bregal Sagemount and Primus Capital. The terms of the deal were undisclosed.

Alesta Therapeutics: €65 Million (Series A) Raised To Develop Small Molecule Therapies For Rare Diseases

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Alesta Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing transformative small molecule therapies for rare diseases, announced the closing of an oversubscribed €65 million Series A funding round. This funding round was co-led by Frazier Life Sciences and Droia Ventures, with participation from Novartis Venture Fund, RTW Investments, RV Invest, Thuja Capital, and SSI Strategy.

Dimitra: Interview With COO Diego Costa About The Agriculture Technology Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Dimitra is a global leader in agriculture technology. The company’s mission is to apply advanced technology and provide actionable data so farmers and governments can enrich economies through increased crop yields and healthier livestock. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Dimitra Chief Operating Officer Diego Costa to learn more about the company.

Aviceda Therapeutics: $207.5 Million (Series C) Raised To Develop Next-Generation Immunomodulators

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

Aviceda Therapeutics, a private, clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing next-generation immunomodulators with a proprietary High Affinity Ligands of Siglecs (HALOS) nanotechnology platform to alleviate chronic, non-resolving inflammation, announced the closing of a $207.5 million Series C funding.

ParkourSC: Interview With Chief Strategy & Solutions Officer And EVP Mark Talens About The AI-Based Supply Chain Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jan 8, 2025

ParkourSC is an AI-based company that transforms global supply chain operations by turning complex data into actionable insights, enabling you to navigate complex challenges with agility and resilience. Pulse 2.0 interviewed ParkourSC Chief Strategy & Solutions Officer And EVP Mark Talens to learn more about the company.