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Sitecore Reveals Intelligent Digital Experience Platform To Address Enterprise Marketing Challenges

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

Today Sitecore launched Sitecore Stream from the stage at the Sitecore Symposium - which is the company’s customer and partner conference. And Sitecore Stream represents the fulfillment of Sitecore’s vision for an Intelligent DXP (digital experience platform) that addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by enterprise marketing teams today. Customers are already utilizing Sitecore Stream capabilities in Sitecore’s composable DXP products to deliver digital experiences to the market.

Omi: Interview With Co-Founder Joan Cabezas About The AI Wearables Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

Omi is a company that has developed AI wearables built to transform conversation management. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Omi co-founder Joan Cabezas to learn more about the company.

Kollegio: Interview With CEO & Co-Founder Senan Khawaja About The College Counseling Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

Kollegio is a college counseling ecosystem built entirely with AI and data-driven solutions for students, schools, and colleges. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kollegio CEO and co-founder Senan Khawaja.

Oshi Health: Virtual Gastrointestinal Company Raises $60 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

Oshi Health, a virtual gastrointestinal (GI) center of excellence, announced today that it raised $60 million in Series C funding led by Oak HC/FT with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Flare Capital Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, CVS Health Ventures, and Takeda Digital Ventures.

Fin: Sustainable Logistics Company Raises $7 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 16, 2024

Fin, London’s premier operator in sustainable logistics, announced today that it has raised $7 million in seed funding and plans to expand its operations to the US. This funding round was led by MaC Venture Capital and participated in by Side Door Ventures, Pearls Capital, and Simplex Ventures.

Fortius Metals: 3D Printing Company Raises $2 Million (Seed+)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Fortius Metals - an innovative metal 3D printing company - announced the closing of an additional $2 million in their Seed+ funding, bringing the total raised in the financing round to $5 million. This latest funding round follows previous investments of $3 million and includes the addition of new strategic investor Finindus, who joined after receiving clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The previous investors in the round include 412 Venture Fund, AM Ventures, and M7 Holdings.

MARAbio: Precision Immunology Company Raises $19 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

MARAbio Systems - a precision immunology company whose mission is to detect, treat and prevent Maternal Autoantibody Related Autism - announced it has closed $19 million in Series A funding led by MAK Capital One, LLC (MAK), the New York-based investment management firm. In connection with this new funding, Michael A. Kaufman and Craig Nemiroff of MAK will join MARAbio's Board of Directors. The funding round is open to new investors through the end of the year.

Claim: Social App Company Raises $12 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Claim, a viral social app transforming how Gen Z discovers brands, announced a $12 million Series A funding round led by VMG Technology. Prior leads Sequoia Capital and Susa Ventures participated, as did new investor Lightbank.

TreQ: Quantum Computing Company Closes $5 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Quantum computing company TreQ Global announced that it closed an oversubscribed seed round at over $5 million. Lavrock Ventures led the round, with Creator Fund, Green Sands Equity, and firstminute capital joining the syndicate. And Lavrock's Steve Smoot will join TreQ's Board of Directors.

Unify Raised To Scale Creativity Of Revenue Teams

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Go-to-market technology company Unify announced that it has raised $19 million of Series A and Seed financing. The Series A funding was led by existing investors Emergence Capital and Thrive Capital, with participation from OpenAI Startup Fund, Neo, Abstract, 20Sales, and Altcap. And the company has also announced Unify 2.0, the company’s latest product offering to scale revenue teams’ creativity, including the launch of Unify Plays and AI Agents.

Bitlayer: Bitcoin Second-Layer Network Company Raises $9 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Bitlayer, the first Bitcoin Layer 2 based on Bitcoin finality, announced it has recently closed a $9 million extension to its previously announced Series A funding round. The extended A round is led by Polychain Capital and co-led by Franklin Templeton, with participation from SCB Limited, Selini Capital, G-20 Group and other renowned institutional investors.

Noetica AI: $22 Million (Series A) Raised To Advance AI-Based Platform For Benchmarking Deal Terms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Noetica AI, an AI-based software platform for benchmarking deal terms, announced $22 million in Series A funding as it continues to deliver best-in-class capital markets insights to top law firms and financial institutions. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Thompson Reuters Ventures, Bling Capital, Flybridge Capital, Company Ventures, and TheLegalTech Fund.

COVU: AI-Based Insurance Agency Service Raises $12.5 Million (Series A Tranche)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

COVU - a leader in AI-native services for insurance agencies - announced the completion of $12.5 million in equity and debt financing as part of the first tranche of its Series A funding round. This brings the total funding to date to over $20 million.

Ithaca: Crypto Infrastructure Company Raises $20 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Paradigm recently announced a $20 million investment in crypto infrastructure company Ithaca, which is a startup focused on expanding R&D of open source tools like Reth and Foundry and building commercial products.

Zap Energy: $130 Million (Series D) Raised To Build A Scalable Fusion Energy Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Zap Energy announced it has started operations of Century, its new high-rep-rate, liquid-metal-cooled fusion test platform, and closed $130 million of fresh capital, marking significant steps toward a commercial fusion power plant. And Century is the first fully-integrated demonstration of three major plant-relevant technologies operating at up to 100 kilowatts of input power.

NEC X Unveils Elev X! Ignite Cohort Batch 12

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

NEC X, a Silicon Valley venture studio backed by NEC’s advanced technologies, recently revealed the seven new standout startups selected for the Elev X! Ignite cohort Batch 12.

Angeion Group Raises Majority Investment From Renovus Capital Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Renovus Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in Philadelphia, announced that it has acquired a majority stake in class action case management solutions provider Angeion Group. Angeion founder and CEO Steven Weisbrot and senior members of the management team have maintained a significant ownership stake in the company and will continue to drive the platform's growth in partnership with Renovus.

Solifi: Majority Investment Raised From TA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Solifi, a global fintech software partner for secured finance, announced that it will receive a majority investment from TA Associates, a leading global private equity firm. This deal will accelerate Solifi’s growth by supporting product innovation, expanding into adjacent financing markets and new geographies, and delivering enhanced customer value. Existing investor Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm, will continue to maintain a meaningful stake in Solifi.

Heliene Closes Strategic Investment Of Up To $54 Million From Transition Equity

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Heliene, a leading North American solar PV module manufacturer, has announced the closing of a strategic equity investment of up to $54 million from Transition Equity Partners (TEP) in collaboration with a consortium of limited partners, including affiliates of Hamilton Lane.

Beacon AI: Aviation Intelligence Company Raises $15 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Beacon AI, an aviation intelligence startup, announced it raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Costanoa Ventures, with significant participation from Scout Ventures, joining numerous new and existing investors including Sam Altman, and JetBlue Ventures raising the total venture funding to $20 million.

Relyance AI: $32 Million (Series B) Raised For Safeguarding AI Innovation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Relyance AI, a leading AI-based data governance platform that provides complete visibility and control over enterprise-wide data, announced a $32.1 million Series B funding round to scale operations and meet the needs of the exploding use of AI in the enterprise. Thomvest Ventures led the round. And M12 (Microsoft Ventures Fund) also participated in addition to Cheyenne Ventures and existing investors Menlo Ventures and Unusual Ventures.

Imprint: Co-Branded Credit Card Provider Raises $75 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Imprint, a leading provider of modern co-branded credit cards, announced it has raised $75 million in a Series C funding led by Keith Rabois at Khosla Ventures, with participation from existing investors including Thrive Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and Ribbit Capital. This latest financing round elevates Imprint’s valuation to $600 million, reflecting its continued momentum following several recent partnerships with leading brands.

Cytovale: Medical Diagnostics Company Secures $100 Million (Series D)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Cytovale, a commercial-stage medical diagnostics company focused on advancing early detection technologies to diagnose fast-moving and immune-mediated diseases, announced it has raised $100 million in Series D funding led by Sands Capital. The funding round included participation from new investor Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Global Health Investment Corporation, and Breakout Ventures (an early investor of the company).

TOCA Football: $100 Million Raised To Accelerate Expansion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

TOCA Football - the world's leading soccer experience company - announced that it raised approximately $100 million in private offerings to accelerate its global growth by investing in new technologies, upgrading its TOCA Soccer training centers, and opening additional soccer-themed TOCA Social entertainment venues. TOCA raised the Series F round from existing shareholders and new investors.

IN BOLD PRINT: Carbon Management Platform Company Raises $1 Million (Pre-Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

IN BOLD PRINT, a leading carbon management platform for businesses of all sizes, announced it closed a pre-seed round of $1 million. This latest funding round reaffirmed the company’s critical support of small-to-midsized businesses along the consumer goods supply chain, which are increasingly required to report on carbon emissions. VC 414 led the round and was joined by additional venture firms focused on bolstering climate solutions. Plus, Schreiber Foods and Palermo’s Pizza, which sell their products in major national retailers, joined the round as IN BOLD PRINT customers and strategic partners.

Suki: AI-Based Healthcare Leader Raises $70 Million (Series D)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Suki, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) technology for healthcare, announced $70 million in new funding on the strength of its health system and electronic health record (EHR) partnerships, including collaborations with Epic, Oracle Cerner, MEDITECH, and Athena. And Suki’s goal is to make healthcare technology invisible and assistive with an AI platform that powers the industry.

Rivermark Medical: $30 Million (Series C) Closed To Advance Development Of Flostent

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Rivermark Medical, a leader in minimally invasive solutions for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH), announced the closing of a $30 million Series C financing round. The funding round was led by American Century Investments (ACI), including new investors Venture Investors Health Fund, Time BioVentures, and an unnamed strategic investor, with follow-on participation from existing investors View Ventures, Cadence Healthcare Ventures, and Anduril Investors.

Document Crunch: Construction-Focused Compliance Platform Raises $21.5 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Document Crunch, which is a document compliance platform for the construction industry, announced it has raised $21.5 million in Series B funding. The funding round was led by Titanium Ventures and included participation from key strategic partner Nemetschek Group, along with major construction companies like Andres Construction and Satterfield & Pontikes, plus existing investors, including Navitas Capital, Zacua Ventures, Fifth Wall, and Ironspring Ventures. Along with the funding round, the company will add Yash Patel, General Partner at Titanium Ventures as a new member to its Board of Directors.

Sidepit: Pre-Seed Raised To Transform Financial Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Fintech startup Sidepit announced the closing of its pre-seed financing round. This funding round will enable Sidepit to accelerate the development of a transformative trading platform built around a patented Decentralized Limit Order Book (DLOB). This new technology is designed to democratize trading by eliminating the hidden market manipulation commonly found in both centralized and decentralized exchanges.

Proxima: Interview With Founder And CEO Alex Song About The Data Intelligence Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 15, 2024

Proxima is a data intelligence platform that uses AI to improve marketing efficiency. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Proxima Founder and CEO Alex Song to learn more about the company.