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MagicBlock: $7.5 Million Seed Funding Raised For Decentralized Solana Game And App Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:37 PM

MagicBlock, a real-time engine for decentralised games and applications on Solana, announced it has raised $7.5 million in seed funding. This funding round was led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Maven11, Delphi Digital, Robot Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Equilibrium, Pivot Global, and notable angels including Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, and Tristan Yver.

BRAIN.ONE: Interview With Founder & CEO Thoryn Stephens About The Brain Fitness Optimization Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:30 AM

BRAIN.ONE is a company that stands as the only platform utilizing credible science to comprehensively track both brain and body health metrics in one integrated system. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BRAIN.ONE founder and CEO Thoryn Stephens to learn more about the company.

RYT.io: CEO & Co-Founder Steve Durbin On Building The Future Of Layer-1 Blockchain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:15 AM

RYT.io is a Layer-1 blockchain platform company driving real-world innovation in finance, commerce, and digital infrastructure. By leveraging cutting-edge blockchain technology, RYT.io enables enterprises and developers to build scalable, secure, and decentralized applications, from payment solutions to supply chain tracking and beyond. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RYT.io co-founder and CEO Steve Durbin to learn more about the company.

UPS To Buy Andlauer Healthcare Group For $1.6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:07 AM

UPS announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Andlauer Healthcare, a North American supply chain management company based in Canada that offers customized third-party logistics and specialized cold chain transportation solutions for the healthcare sector.

Carve Designs: Interview With Co-Founders Thayer Sylvester And Jennifer Hinton About The Beach Lifestyle Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 8:00 AM

Carve Designs is a beach lifestyle brand committed to making clothes for women. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Carve Designs co-founder and CEO Thayer Sylvester and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Jennifer Hinton to learn more about the company.

Princeton Startup Develops Technology To Boost Lithium Production

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:03 AM

A new startup called Princeton Critical Minerals (formerly PureLi) has innovated a new approach for how the world extracts lithium and other materials, including nitrate and potash. These materials power clean energy technologies and support modern agriculture. The company emerged from the University’s ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship, and it has developed a technology for boosting minerals production from evaporation ponds. These ponds generate about 40% of the world’s lithium and most of its naturally occurring nitrate.

Windfall: $65 Million Series B Raised To Advance People Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Windfall Data, a provider of people intelligence and AI-workflow solutions, announced that it closed a $65 million Series B funding round led by the investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. This funding will advance Windfall's overall acceleration as a market leader, enabling additional product development and sales growth investments. Windfall has now raised $100+ million in external funding since its founding in 2016.

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies: $26.5 Million Closed For Financial Technology Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Surfin Meta Digital Technologies, a Singapore-based financial technology solutions provider for the underserved, announced the completion of its oversubscribed funding round. Woori Venture Partners, Washington University in St. Louis, and Phillip Private Equity also participated in this round, bringing the total funding to $26.5 million.

Coologics: Over $3 Million In Seed Funding Raised For Women’s Health Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Coologics, a clinical-stage medical device company, announced the closing of a seed funding round. This round was oversubscribed, showing strong investor confidence in Coologics' vision and technology around its initial product, Vlisse.

Chainguard: $356 Million (Series D) Raised At $3.5 Billion Valuation For Building Secure Foundation For Software Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

Chainguard, a company that has built a secure foundation for software development and deployment, announced it has raised $356 million in Series D funding at a $3.5 billion valuation. This funding round raised the company’s total funding to $612 million. This round was co-led by new investor Kleiner Perkins and existing investor IVP. And new investors Salesforce Ventures and Datadog Ventures, plus all other existing investors, also participated in the round.

HelloSky: $5.5 Million (Seed) Raised For Talent Intelligence Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

HelloSky (formerly Skyminyr), a talent intelligence platform purpose-built for the executive search industry, announced closing a $5.5 million oversubscribed seed round. This funding round also included participation from Caldwell Partners, Karmel Capital, True, Hunt Scanlon Ventures, and angel investors from Google and Cisco Systems.

InCred Alternatives: $70 Million In Commitments Raised For Maiden Special Situations Credit Fund

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2025

InCred Alternative Investments (part of InCred Capital Financial Services Limited) announced securing commitments of over $70 million in its maiden special situations credit fund, InCred Special Opportunities Fund-I (ISOF-I).