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Leading global alternative asset management firm TPG announced the formation of a new company that will acquire, invest behind, and build a diversified global business centered on talent management, representation, and adjacent verticals. Michel Pratte (former President of Boat Rocker Media) has been named CEO of the newly established company and Eric Taitz (former EVP of Corporate Development and Strategy at Boat Rocker) will serve as the company’s Chief Operating Officer.

CData Software, a leading provider of data connectivity solutions, announced that it received about $350 million in growth capital from Warburg Pincus, a leading global growth investor, with participation from Accel. This funding round will enable CData to accelerate its investments in building advanced data integration solutions for customers. Updata Partners, the only investor in CData’s Series A in 2020 and Series B in 2021, will remain a significant investor.

CipherHealth, a leader in patient-centered communication solutions, announced that it has received a capital investment from Atalaya Capital Management in support of continued growth and expansion.

Active Membranes, a developer of award-winning electrically conducting membranes used in desalination, announced it had closed its initial round of Seed Funding to further develop its game-changing desalination technology. This funding round includes investments from Natural Ventures, Echo River Capital, and Pacifica Water Solutions, one of Active Membranes' co-founders.

The Rise Fund, which is the multi-sector strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform, announced it has signed definitive documentation to lead an investment of over $200 million in Foodsmart - which is the leading telenutrition provider and food benefits management platform in the US. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Swander Pace Capital (SPC), a private equity firm specializing in partnering with family-held and entrepreneur-owned consumer product companies, announced an investment in Inovata Foods, a leading manufacturer of private-label frozen entrées. Founded by Steve and Lisa Parsons in 1989, Inovata manufactures a wide range of frozen meals across two facilities in Canada and services customers in both the U.S. and Canada.

Brighton Park Capital, an investment firm focused on entrepreneur-led, growth-stage companies within the software, healthcare, and tech-enabled services businesses space, announced a $112 million investment in PortSwigger - which is a renowned application security software provider to drive growth. And PortSwigger’s first-ever external investment marks a significant milestone, enabling the company to accelerate product development and expand its research and community-focused initiatives, strengthen its international footprint, and continue its trajectory of innovation.

Westlake Innovations, a subsidiary of Westlake Corporation, announced the company has invested in the Blackhorn Industrial Impact Fund II. This fund seeks to invest in 40 capital-efficient companies enabling the decarbonization of the toughest-to-transition sectors in the U.S. economy.

Accuhealth and Signallamp Health, both of which are leading healthcare technology companies, announced a merger - which is funded by an additional investment from Sunstone Partners. The combination of the two companies creates a full suite of high-quality remote care offerings, including remote patient monitoring (RPM) and chronic care management (CCM) services to physician practices and health systems.

StrategyCorps (a provider of deposit analytics and retail and small business checking-related solutions) and Estancia Capital Partners (a respected lower-middle market private equity firm with a solid investing track record in the financial services industry) announced today that they have successfully closed on a capital partnership.

First Foundation announced today the closing of its individual investments aggregating to $228 million in the company from affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, Canyon Partners, Strategic Value Bank Partners, North Reef Capital, and other investors.

Queens Carbon, a company developing a ground breaking technology to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the cement industry, announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has selected the company to receive $14.5 million in funding as part of its Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program.

The Merck Global Health Innovation Fund announced it has made a strategic investment in Qure.ai as part of its Series D round. This funding will be used to develop foundation models for artificial intelligence (AI) in imaging and expand the geographical reach of Qure.ai’s AI-powered imaging solutions into the US market.

Ario, an AI-powered assistant for parents, announced $16 million in seed funding from top-tier investors, including Wing Venture Capital, Floodgate, Bain Capital Ventures, Moxxie, and prominent angels.

VC firm Kleiner Perkins announced it has raised over $2 billion for two new funds. This includes the firm's $825 million twenty-first venture fund KP21 and $1.2 billion third select fund KP Select III. KP21 will invest in early-stage companies and KP Select III will back high-inflection investments.

Universal Data Lakehouse company Onehouse announced it has secured $35 million in Series B funding led by Craft Ventures. And existing investors Addition and Greylock Partners participated in this new round, bringing total funding to date to $68 million.

Athletic Brewing Company, the largest non-alcoholic brewery in America, today announced it has closed a $50 million equity financing round led by General Atlantic with participation from multiple existing investors.

Gymdesk, a provider of member management software for fitness and wellness businesses, announced it has raised a $32.5 million growth investment from Five Elms Capital. And this funding will drive Gymdesk's mission to expand and strengthen its solutions for the fitness industry and widen its customer base across new verticals.

Canoe Intelligence, a financial technology company powering smarter alts management, announced the completion of its Series C financing round of $36 million today - which was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives with participation from existing investors F-Prime Capital and Eight Roads.

Monomoy Capital Partners, a middle market-focused private investment firm, announced the closing of its fifth private equity fund (Fund V). And Fund V exceeded its initial target of $1.6 billion and was oversubscribed at its final close of $2.25 billion (including a $250 million GP commitment). The firm’s previous fund closed in late 2021 at over $1.1 billion.

Endoron Medical, a medtech company specializing in innovative endograft stapling solutions for the endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, announced the successful closing of its $10 million Series A funding round. This funding round was led by Sofinnova Partners, with significant matching contributions from the European Innovation Council Fund (EIC Fund).

Neustark, a Swiss carbon removal provider, announced it has raised $69 million in a funding round to scale up in the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) market. This growth equity round was led by Decarbonization Partners (a partnership between BlackRock and Temasek). Climate tech growth investor Blume Equity also joined in the round. And these new investors join neustark’s existing backers - which are all continuing their support, including Holcim, Siemens Financial Services, Verve Ventures, and ACE Ventures. Plus, UBS has contributed capital to the round via debt financing. Neustark also has a strategic collaboration with Holcim to scale up its carbon removal technology globally, enabling building solutions that are both circular and low-carbon.

Volley, a revenue leader in AI-powered games, announced today the closing of its Series C fundraising round at $55 million. The round was co-led by Microsoft’s M12 Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. General Catalyst, Causeway Media Partners, the Amazon Alexa Fund, BITKRAFT, Y Combinator, Boost VC, Alumni Ventures, Waverley, Gaingels, and Riverside also joined the latest round.

Digital wallet company Curve announced a strategic investment by Samsung Next. This new investment brings Curve’s total raised funds to over $250 million. The funding will be used to enhance its products and offerings to financial consumers.

North Sky Capital announced the closing of its latest impact secondaries fund called Clean Growth VI (CG VI), with $250 million of commitments. The investors include prominent pension plans, foundations, wealth management platforms, and family offices from across the United States, Canada, Brazil, Singapore, and the UK/Europe.

SAVA—a company developing the first-ever multi-molecule biosensing wearable capable of detecting biomarkers just below the skin’s surface, enabled by its novel microsensing technology—announced it has raised $8 million in a seed funding round led by Balderton Capital and Exor Ventures.

Captions, a leading generative video creation and editing platform, announced today it has raised $60 million in Series C funding led by Index Ventures, bringing the total capital raised to $100 million for a valuation of $500 million. The company's returning investors include Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz, and Sequoia Capital. New investors include Adobe Ventures, HubSpot Ventures, and Jared Leto.

Pandium enables B2B SaaS companies to build, launch, and promote native software integrations, all inside an easy-to-use platform. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Pandium CEO and founder Cristina Flaschen.

Maximum Fidelity Surgical Simulations (MaxFi), a company that provides lifelike cadavers to create highly realistic surgical simulations for medical education, research and product development, and military training, announced today that it has completed its $2.25 million seed funding round. The round was led by St. Louis Arch Angels, BioGenerator Ventures, and Missouri Technology Corporation (MTC).