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Nofence: Over $35 Million Series B Secured For Virtual Fencing Technology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:47 PM

Nofence has closed its Series B funding round with over €30 million (more than $35 million), making it the most significant agtech investment in Europe in 2025. Lead investor European Circular Bioeconomy Fund was joined by Capagro, Nysnø Climate Investments, Climate Innovation Capital, and Speedinvest, while existing backers Sandwater, Momentum, and Ferd also increased their commitments. This new funding reflects strong confidence in Nofence’s ability to reshape livestock management through sustainable technology.

MetalBear: $12.5 Million Seed Secured For Kubernetes Development Solution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:40 PM

MetalBear has closed a $12.5 million seed financing led by TLV Partners, with additional backing from TQ Ventures, MTF, Netz Capital, and notable angel investors, including the co-founder of Sentry and the creator of OpenTelemetry. This funding comes as enterprises struggle with a growing disconnect between local code development and the complex cloud environments their applications ultimately run in.

Chestnut Carbon: Series B Now At $250 Million Following New Raise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:34 PM

Chestnut Carbon has secured an additional $90 million from its existing investor, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, boosting its Series B round to a total of $250 million. Earlier this year, the company announced $160 million in Series B funding, and this latest investment underscores growing confidence in Chestnut’s work to remove carbon through new forest growth.

AllRock Bio: $50 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Lead Clinical Program For Pulmonary Hypertension

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 1:10 PM

AllRock Bio has secured $50 million in a Series A funding round led by Versant Ventures and Westlake BioPartners. This funding will support the company as it moves its lead drug candidate, ROC-101, into Phase 2 clinical trials later this year. ROC-101 is designed to address two life-threatening forms of pulmonary hypertension that currently have limited treatment options and poor long-term survival rates.

Eve Security: $3 Million Seed Funding Raised For Helping Keep AI Agents Safe

By Amit Chowdhry ● Yesterday at 12:01 AM

Eve Security has secured $3 million in seed funding to launch EveGuard, a new platform designed to keep AI agents safe when they interact with a company’s most critical systems. The round was led by LiveOak Ventures and included support from Tau Ventures. With this backing, Eve Security is rolling out features that automate security monitoring and policy enforcement for AI applications, handling everything from financial data to human resources records.

Rensa Filtration Expands Global Reach With Acquisition Of IREMA-Filter And Aeolus Filter

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Rensa Filtration, a company backed by Audax Private Equity, has completed the acquisition of IREMA-Filter GmbH in Germany and its U.S. subsidiary Aeolus Filter Corporation. This strategic move brings together Rensa’s extensive manufacturing and distribution network with IREMA’s half-century of expertise in advanced filter media technologies and Aeolus’s strong presence in North Carolina.

KKR To Buy NewDay’s Consumer Credit Portfolio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

KKR, one of the world’s leading investment firms, has reached an agreement to acquire the consumer credit receivables portfolio of UK-based financial services provider NewDay from its current owners, Cinven and CVC.

Altera Partnering With Silver Lake To Become Leading Independent FPGA Provider

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Altera has entered a new chapter of growth after Silver Lake acquired a majority stake in the company. Silver Lake now holds 51 percent of Altera’s equity, while Intel Corporation maintains a 49 percent interest. This shift marks Altera’s emergence as the world’s largest standalone provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions, a move designed to unlock fresh resources and independence for faster innovation.

WorkFusion: $45 Million Secured To Power AI Agents In Financial Crime Compliance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

WorkFusion has raised $45 million in a new funding round led by Georgian, a growth-stage investor specializing in AI innovation. WorkFusion’s investors in this round include Serengeti Asset Management, Nokia Growth Partners, Teralys Capital, Hawk Equity, Chubb INA Holdings, Declaration Partners, SVB Innovation Credit Fund, Konrad Investments, and members of the company’s own leadership team. Their support reflects growing demand for solutions that can manage the complexity and scale of modern financial crime prevention.

Bed Bath & Beyond: $10 Million Acquisition Of Kirkland’s Home Brand Assets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Bed Bath & Beyond has added the Kirkland’s Home trade name and related brand assets to its portfolio for $10 million. This acquisition will speed up the plan to turn existing Kirkland’s Home stores into Bed Bath & Beyond locations, helping the company build a unified national network of home goods outlets.

Redslim Acquiring CatMan Solution To Form Leading Global Retail Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Redslim has acquired CatMan Solution, bringing together two specialists to create a unified data management and analytics provider for manufacturers and retailers worldwide.

ENTOUCH: $50 Million Raised For Energy Management Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

ENTOUCH has closed a $50 million financing round led by Respida Capital, marking a significant milestone for the energy management provider. This new capital comes on the heels of another record year for ENTOUCH, underscoring strong market demand for its platform and positioning the company for its next stage of expansion.

Riverspan Partners Buying United Titanium To Strengthen Specialty Metals Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Riverspan Partners has completed its acquisition of United Titanium, a leading U.S. manufacturer of mission-critical fasteners, fittings, and precision components made from titanium, zirconium, and other specialty metals. The transaction brings together Riverspan’s growth-oriented investment approach and United Titanium’s six decades of technical expertise to drive product innovation and expand global customer reach.

Jump: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Parker Ence About Financial Advisor Productivity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Jump, a leader in AI-powered productivity solutions for financial advisors, has risen rapidly as a standout AI-native vertical solution for the wealth management, financial advisory, asset wholesale, insurance, tax, and estate industry, serving over 16,000 financial professionals so far, with 1,500-2,000 new users joining monthly. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Jump co-founder and CEO Parker Ence to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Enginius.ai: Investment Raised From CerraCap Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

CerraCap Ventures has announced a strategic investment in Enginius.ai. This rapidly growing AI company is focused on transforming the way engineering teams work by delivering highly specialized, secure, and precise AI tools designed explicitly for technical environments.

DMD Systems Recovery: Strategic Investment Raised From from Tailwind

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

DMD Systems Recovery, a company specializing in end-to-end IT asset disposition solutions, has announced that it has received a significant strategic investment from Tailwind Capital. This partnership is set to drive the next stage of DMD’s growth, enabling the company to expand its reach, enhance its service offerings, and pursue new opportunities in the rapidly evolving ITAD market.

Spara: $15 Million Seed Funding Secured For Transforming Inbound Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Spara, a new enterprise‑grade platform designed to transform how businesses handle inbound sales, has launched with a $15 million seed funding round. The investment was led by Radical Ventures and Inspired Capital, with participation from XYZ Ventures, FJ Labs, Remarkable Ventures, and a group of strategic angel investors from leading technology companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Databricks, and G2.

Walker & Dunlop: $220 Million Bridge Loan Arranged For Jersey City Mixed‑Use Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $220 million bridge loan to refinance 626 Newark Avenue, a newly completed 27‑story, Class A mixed‑use multifamily property in the heart of Jersey City’s Journal Square neighborhood. The Walker & Dunlop New York Capital Markets team, led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet, and Edward Leboyer, acted as an exclusive advisor to Namdar Group, with TYKO providing the capital.

LSEG: Blockchain-Powered Digital Markets Infrastructure Platform Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

The London Stock Exchange Group has unveiled its new Digital Markets Infrastructure platform, a blockchain-based system designed to modernize how private funds are issued, traded, and serviced. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft and hosted on Microsoft Azure, the platform aims to bring greater efficiency, transparency, and scalability to the entire asset lifecycle from initial issuance and tokenization to distribution, settlement, and ongoing servicing.

Eve Security: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Nadav Cornberg About The AI Agent Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Eve Security is a company that enables enterprises to utilize AI's potential with robust security and governance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Eve Security co-founder and CEO Nadav Cornberg to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

StrongestLayer: Interview With CEO Alan LeFort About The Email Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

StrongestLayer provides an AI-powered, LLM-native email security platform that detects and stops sophisticated email-borne threats like AI-generated phishing, spear phishing, and Business Email Compromise (BEC) by analyzing the intent and context of messages, rather than relying on traditional static rules and pattern-matching. Pulse 2.0 interviewed StrongestLayer CEO Alan LeFort to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Cornerstone Financing: Interview With CEO Craig Corn About The Home Equity Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Cornerstone Financing is a company that empowers informed homeowners and financial advisors to plan financially with a patent-pending home equity insurance/investment funding solution. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Cornerstone Financing CEO Craig Corn to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Doctronic: $20 Million Series A Raised To Advance Personalized AI Doctor Tech

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2025

Doctronic, a healthcare technology company built entirely around artificial intelligence, has announced that it has raised 20 million dollars in Series A funding. The investment round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with additional backing from Union Square Ventures, Tusk Ventures, Mantis VC, Seven Stars, and several well-known figures in the AI and healthcare fields, including Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Jay Desai, and Scott Belsky.

Stan Store Partners: Strategic Investment Raised From Gary Vaynerchuk

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Stan Store, an all-in-one platform designed to help Creators monetize their work, has announced a new partnership with entrepreneur, investor, and digital marketing leader Gary Vaynerchuk. As part of the collaboration, Vaynerchuk is also becoming an investor in the company, further accelerating Stan Store’s mission to make entrepreneurship accessible to every Creator.

Pathwork: $3.5 Million Seed Funding Raised To Transform Insurance Distribution

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Pathwork, an autonomous distribution platform designed to modernize the $160 billion life and health insurance market, has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Costanoa, with additional participation from Logos Fund, American Family Ventures, Meridian Ventures, and several well-known industry angel investors. This investment will help Pathwork accelerate the adoption of its platform among brokers and insurance carriers nationwide.

Jumpmind: Strategic Investment Raised From Lone View Capital

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Jumpmind, a leader in retail technology solutions, has announced that Lone View Capital, a private equity firm specializing in technology and software investments, has acquired a controlling stake in the company. This strategic investment is aimed at fueling Jumpmind’s continued growth and innovation in the rapidly evolving retail technology sector.

Avanos Acquires Nexus Medical To Enhance Medication Delivery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Avanos Medical, a leader in medical technology, has announced that it has acquired Nexus Medical, a privately owned medical device company headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas. This move strengthens Avanos’ position in the critical care market, particularly in the delivery of nutrition and medication for patients in high-acuity settings.

Everon To Buy ADT’s B2B Multifamily Segments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Everon, known as one of the nation’s top commercial security providers and ranked the third-largest security company in the United States by SDM Magazine, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy the business-to-business segments of the multifamily division from ADT. ADT is widely known as one of the most trusted names in smart home and small business security.

Pascal AI Labs: $3.1 Million Raised To Advance Autonomous Investment Research Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Pascal AI Labs, a rapidly growing technology company focused on transforming how investment research is conducted, has announced the close of a $3.1 million seed funding round. The funding was led by Kalaari Capital, with additional participation from Norwest, Infoedge Ventures, Antler, and several prominent angel investors.

Alphabet’s Market Cap Hits $3 Trillion For The First Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2025

Today, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has officially crossed the $3 trillion market capitalization threshold for the first time, cementing its place among the most valuable companies in the world. This milestone was achieved following a jump in the company’s share price, driven by renewed investor optimism around AI, a major legal win in a long-running antitrust case, and strong performance in its cloud computing division.