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I-care Hits €1 Billion Valuation After €20 Million Funding For Predictive Maintenance Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

I-care said it has completed a €20 million fundraising and refinancing operation that values the Belgian predictive maintenance company at €1 billion, pushing the group into unicorn territory. The transaction was structured as a round reserved for existing shareholders and employees.

Roamless: $12 Million Series A Closed To Build Global Mobile Operator For Travelers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Roamless announced it has raised a $12 million Series A round as it works to build what it describes as the world’s first “truly global” mobile operator, aiming to simplify how travelers stay connected across borders. The round was led by Rasmal Ventures, with participation from Shorooq and Revo Capital, as well as additional backing from Finberg and JIMCO, the company said. Roamless said the financing brings its total capital raised to $18 million since launching in 2023.

Ben Raises Over $27.5 Million To Expand AI-Native Global Employee Benefits Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Ben, the employee benefits technology company operating under Thanks Ben Ltd., has raised more than $27.5 million (£20.8 million) in a Series B financing to accelerate product development and broaden go-to-market efforts as large employers grapple with the growing complexity of benefits across multiple countries.

Chai Discovery: $130 Million Series B At $1.3 Billion Valuation Raised To Advance AI-Driven Molecular Design

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Chai Discovery, a San Francisco-based AI company focused on predicting and reprogramming biochemical molecule interactions, has raised a $130 million Series B financing round co-led by Oak HC/FT and General Catalyst, valuing the company at $1.3 billion.

Sequence: $20 Million Series A Raised To Build AI Agents for Revenue Operations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Sequence announced it has raised a $20 million Series A financing round to expand its AI-driven platform that automates revenue operations workflows, including quoting, billing, invoicing, collections, and revenue recognition.

Ankar: $20 Million Series A Raised To Expand AI-Powered Patent Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Ankar, a London-based software company building an “AI operating system for innovation,” has raised $20 million in Series A funding to scale its AI-driven patent platform and expand further into the U.S. The round was led by Atomico, with Index Ventures doubling down on its prior investment and additional participation from Norrsken VC and Daphni. With the Series A, the company's total funding now stands at $24 million.

Blank Rome Adds Retired Federal Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg To Philadelphia Litigation Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Blank Rome announced that the Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg, the immediate past Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, will join the firm’s Business Litigation group in Philadelphia, effective January 1, 2026.

Bain Capital And 11North Close Up To $1.6 Billion Raise To Scale Open-Air Retail Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Bain Capital Real Estate and 11North Partners have closed a capital raise of up to $1.6 billion to invest alongside their co-owned open-air retail platform, expanding their capacity to pursue acquisitions of open-air retail centers across the United States and Canada.

MML Capital Closes €935 Million Keystone I Fundraise

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

MML Capital Partners announced it has reached a final close for MML Keystone I and related co-investment and managed vehicles, raising €935 million (about $1.10 billion) for the debut strategy, with commitments from institutional investors across Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.

Premialab Secures $220 Million To Expand QIS Data And Execution Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Premialab, a provider of data, analytics and risk management tools for quantitative investing, has secured a $220 million growth investment led by KKR, with existing backer Balderton also participating. The funding is intended to support Premialab’s next phase of global expansion, accelerate product development, and scale operational systems as the company deepens its footprint in the market for quantitative investment strategies.

Dentons Launches In Cameroon By Partnering With Kouengoua Minou Nkongho

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Dentons has expanded its footprint in Africa by launching an offering in Cameroon alongside Kouengoua Minou Nkongho (KMN), which the firm described as one of the country’s leading law firms. Dentons said the move will allow its clients across the more than 85 countries where it has a presence to connect with legal teams that combine global reach with local market knowledge in Cameroon.

Willkie Hires M&A and Private Equity Partner Sebastian Häfele In Munich

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has added M&A and private equity attorney Dr. Sebastian Häfele as a partner in Germany, strengthening the firm’s transactional bench in Munich and continuing a multi-year push to expand its presence in the German market.

ServiceNow To Buy Armis For $7.75 Billion To Expand Cyber Exposure Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

ServiceNow announced it has agreed to acquire Armis for approximately $7.75 billion in cash, a deal aimed at expanding ServiceNow’s security workflow capabilities across the full attack surface spanning traditional IT environments, operational technology, and connected medical and industrial devices.

HARMAN To Buy ZF’s ADAS Business For €1.5 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

HARMAN International, the Samsung Electronics-owned automotive technology supplier, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ZF Group’s Advanced Driver Assistance Systems business in a transaction valued at €1.5 billion.

Kargo: $42 Million Series B Raised To Expand AI-Powered Warehouse Deployments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Kargo, an industrial artificial intelligence company focused on supply chain and logistics, has raised a $42 million Series B funding round as it looks to scale deployments of its warehouse and loading dock technology with large enterprise customers.

Coinbase To Buy The Clearing Company To Expand Prediction Markets Trading

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Coinbase has agreed to acquire The Clearing Company, a prediction markets startup the company says is working at the frontier of regulated, on-chain markets.

Neurable: $35 Million Series A Raised To Bring Everyday Brain Computer Interface Tech To Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Neurable has raised $35 million in a Series A round to accelerate the commercialization of Neurable AI, its compact brain signal-processing technology aimed at embedding noninvasive brain-computer interface capabilities into consumer devices people already use in daily life. Spectrum Moonshot Fund led the round and it brings Neurable’s total funding to $65 million.

Vyriad: Final $25 Million Series B Tranche Closed To Advance In Vivo CAR T Candidate Into Clinic

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Vyriad, a Rochester, Minnesota-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing targeted genetic therapies, said it has closed a $25 million final tranche of its Series B financing, bringing the round’s total to $85 million. The company said the additional capital will support imminent first-in-human testing of VV169, its in vivo CAR T-cell therapy candidate for patients with relapsed or treatment-refractory multiple myeloma.

iPower Launches Digital Asset Treasury With $30 Million Convertible Note Facility

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

iPower announced it has entered into a $30 million convertible note financing facility with a U.S.-based institutional investor, a transaction the company plans to use to strengthen its balance sheet and launch a Digital Asset Treasury strategy as part of a broader push to link digital assets with real-world commerce.

Osaic Onboards $1.1 Billion Veater Financial Group Into Empowered Independence W-2 Channel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Osaic announced Veater Financial Group, a California-based financial planning firm overseeing about $1.1 billion in assets under advisement, has joined the company’s Empowered Independence channel, shifting the practice into a W-2 employee model as it pursues additional scale and long-term growth.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management Private Equity Team Raises $1.44 Billion For Global Private Equity Fund XII

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group announced it has closed its 12th flagship fund, PEG Global Private Equity XII, at $1.44 billion, exceeding its $1.25 billion target as investor appetite remains strong for diversified exposure to small and mid-market private equity managers.

YSE Beauty: $15 Million Series A Raised For Skincare Brand

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

YSE Beauty, the clinically tested skincare brand founded by entrepreneur and actress Molly Sims, has closed a $15 million Series A growth equity round to accelerate its expansion at Sephora, invest in new product development, and further scale its direct to consumer business.

Carlyle To Acquire KFC Korea In 100% Stake Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Carlyle announced an affiliated entity of Carlyle Asia Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% stake in KFC Korea, as the global investment firm looks to build on its food and beverage and quick-service restaurant investing experience in Asia and support the brand’s next phase of growth in South Korea. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Golden Goose Taps HSG As Majority Investor With Temasek Taking Minority Stake

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Golden Goose Group announced that global investment firm HSG will acquire a majority stake in the Italian luxury brand operator, with Temasek and a fund managed by Temasek-owned True Light Capital joining as minority investors. Existing shareholder Permira will remain a strategic minority holder and continue its partnership with the company. The deal also includes partial liquidity for Permira-advised funds and other current shareholders, including Carlyle, while Golden Goose said the transaction’s financial terms were not disclosed and closing is expected in summer 2026, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals.

Deerpath Capital: Fund VII Closed Above $2 Billion Target

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Deerpath Capital Management, LP said it has closed Deerpath Fund VII, with the flagship vehicle exceeding its $2 billion equity target and, together with anticipated leverage, expected to support roughly $3.5 billion of total investable capital. The firm focuses on cash flow-based senior debt financing for sponsor-backed U.S. lower-middle-market companies.

Hale Capital: Fund V Closed, Lifting Assets Under Management To $334 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Hale Capital Management announced the successful close of Hale Capital Partners Fund V, bringing the firm’s assets under management to $334 million. The New York-based investment firm said Fund V will continue its long-standing strategy of partnering with management teams and boards to build, scale, and reinvent lower-middle-market national security and technology businesses at key operating and growth inflection points.

Looma: $13 Million Closed To Expand In Store Retail Media Network And Rolls Out To Nearly 600 Kroger Stores

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Looma, an in-store retail media platform focused on storytelling and product recommendations at the shelf, has raised $13 million in new capital to accelerate its national expansion and support a major Kroger rollout in wine and spirits departments.

Adaptive Security: $81 Million Series B Secured To Counter AI Powered Cyber Threats

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Adaptive Security has raised an $81 million in Series B funding as it scales a platform designed to help organizations defend against AI-enabled impersonation, deepfakes, and multi-channel social engineering attacks. The round was led by Bain Capital Ventures and included participation from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, the OpenAI Startup Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Abstract Ventures, Capital One Ventures, and Citi Ventures.

Thread: $30.5 Million Raised To Expand Embedded Banking And Scale Its Digital Branch Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Thread Bancorp, the parent company of Thread Bank, announced it has closed a $30.5 million funding round to accelerate development of its Embedded Banking strategy and expand what it describes as a “digital branch” model delivered through partner brands and vertical SaaS platforms.

Baker McKenzie: Matthias Schemuth Named As Singapore Principal And Asia Pacific Projects Co Head

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2025

Baker McKenzie has added project finance lawyer Matthias Schemuth to its Singapore office as a Principal and Asia Pacific Co Head of Projects within the firm’s Finance & Projects practice. In the role, Schemuth will co lead the regional projects offering alongside Partner Jon Ornolffson, who is based in Tokyo.