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Realty Income And Blackstone Announce $800 Million Preferred Equity Deal For CityCenter Las Vegas

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Realty Income has struck its second major Las Vegas partnership with Blackstone, committing $800 million in perpetual preferred equity to the real estate behind CityCenter, including the ARIA Resort & Casino and Vdara Hotel & Spa while Blackstone retains 100% of the common equity. MGM Resorts will continue operating the properties.

Connectbase Acquires Cloud Age To Expand Its Operating System For Connected World Transactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Connectbase, the platform that powers how the connected world buys and sells digital infrastructure, has acquired Cloud Age, a telecom invoice automation and spend-management SaaS provider used by service providers across more than 1,700 global vendors. The deal expands Connectbase’s position as the operating system for transacting in the connectivity ecosystem, unifying discovery, quoting, spend intelligence, and settlement into a single workflow.

University Of Washington: Anonymous $50 Million Donation To Cover Tuition For Lab Medicine Students

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

An anonymous donor has made a landmark gift to the University of Washington that will cover senior-year clinical-rotation tuition for every undergraduate enrolled in UW Medicine’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Program, a cost typically running $4,000–$5,000 per quarter. The endowment is expected to generate more than $50 million in disbursements over 50 years, ensuring the benefit continues in perpetuity.

Kalshi Hits $11 Billion Valuation With $1 Billion Series E As Prediction Markets Go Mainstream

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 3, 2025

Kalshi, a regulated prediction-market exchange turning real-world events into a new financial asset class, has raised $1 billion in Series E funding at an $11 billion valuation. The round was led by Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Meritech Capital, IVP, ARK Invest, Anthos Capital, CapitalG, and Y Combinator.

Eon: $300 Million At $4 Billion Valuation Raised To Unlock Backup Data As The Next Big Frontier For Enterprise AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Eon, the fast-growing cloud infrastructure company turning dormant backups into live AI-ready data, has raised $300 million in Series D funding led by Elad Gil. The round brings Eon’s total funding to $500 million, less than two years after launch, and triples its valuation to $4 billion. Existing backers Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greenoaks, and BOND also returned, alongside Affinity, Omri Casspi, Vine Ventures, and others—marking one of the largest infrastructure financings of the year.

Gilat Lands About $10 Million Defense Order For Transportable Direct-Downlink Earth Observation System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Gilat Satellite Networks has secured an order valued at approximately $10 million to deliver a customized Earth Observation Solution through Gilat DataPath. The system, to be deployed over the next year, expands Gilat Defense’s portfolio beyond SATCOM into advanced earth observation and geospatial intelligence.

Titan OS: €50 Million Series A Raised For Advancing Independent Connected TV Operating System

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Titan OS, a Barcelona-based connected TV platform founded in 2023, announced it has raised €50 million in Series A funding to accelerate its mission of transforming how people discover content and how brands reach audiences on connected TVs. The round was led by Highland Europe, with participation from Mangrove Capital Partners and other investors.

Axiado Raises Over $100 Million To Redefine Hardware-Level Security For AI Data Centers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Axiado has secured more than $100 million in an oversubscribed Series C+ round led by Maverick Silicon, with participation from Prosperity7 Ventures, Orbit Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital, Nosterra Ventures, and others — capital that fortifies the company’s position as one of the most critical emerging players in hardware-anchored security for AI data centers.

LogicMonitor Buys Catchpoint In Deal Valued At Over $250 Million To Build AI-Based Observability Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

LogicMonitor, an AI-first hybrid observability platform, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Catchpoint, a pioneer in Internet Performance and Digital Experience Monitoring. The combined platform is designed to address the shifting infrastructure demands brought on by GPU-intensive workloads, distributed compute, rising downtime risk, and the mounting operational strain caused by tool sprawl.

Ascentra Labs: $2 Million Raised To Bring Autonomous AI Workflows Into Consulting

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Ascentra Labs, a London- and New York–based startup building AI tools for consultants and corporate strategy teams, has raised $2 million in seed funding led by NAP, with participation from founder-angels including Fuse CEO Alan Chang and Voi CEO Fredrik Hjelm.

ServiceNow To Buy Veza To Expand AI-Native Identity Security Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

ServiceNow announced plans to acquire Veza, an AI-native identity security platform, in a move that significantly expands the company’s Security and Risk portfolios and strengthens its position as enterprises adopt agentic AI across their operations.

Reema Health: $19 Million Series B Raised To Expand Medicaid Engagement Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Reema Health, a human-powered, tech-enabled platform that helps Medicaid plans connect with hard-to-reach members, has raised $19 million in Series B funding from LRVHealth and Optum Ventures. The new capital will support the company’s rapid national expansion and its growing suite of programs designed to improve member engagement, reduce total cost of care, and address key Medicaid challenges.

SolomonEdwards: Michelle Chen Added As Managing Partner To Expand National Search Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

SolomonEdwards has named industry veteran Michelle Chen as managing partner, accelerating the firm’s strategy to scale its Professional Search practice and expand its national footprint across key markets.

Genvor Partners With Tuskegee University To Advance Peptide Research And Sustainable Crop Protection Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Genvor has entered into a formal teaming agreement with Tuskegee University to accelerate next-generation peptide technologies designed to improve crop protection, resilience, and nutrient performance. The collaboration gives Genvor access to Tuskegee’s research laboratories, scientific instrumentation, and academic talent to drive faster innovation cycles and expand validation of Genvor’s proprietary biological ingredients.

Expedition Growth Capital: $375 Million Raised For Third Fund To Back Europe’s Software And AI Leaders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Expedition Growth Capital has closed its third fund at $375 million as the London and Boston-based growth equity firm continues to invest in capital-efficient, founder-led software and AI companies across Europe. The oversubscribed raise was completed in four months, with more than half of the commitments coming from U.S. investors, including leading endowments and foundations.

Bourn: £3.5 Million Raised To Scale Its Embedded Alternative To The Business Overdraft

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Bourn, a London-based fintech building a modern, data-driven replacement for the traditional business overdraft, has raised £3.5 million to expand the rollout of its Flexible Trade Account, a real-time working capital solution for small and medium-sized enterprises. The round includes a strategic minority investment from NatWest Group, alongside participation from McPike Global Family Office, Haatch, Love Ventures, Portfolio Ventures, and Aperture.

Augmentt: C$18 Million Series A Closed A To Advance Microsoft 365 Security Automation For MSPs

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Augment, an Ottawa-based SaaS platform that helps managed service providers unify and secure Microsoft 365 environments, has raised C$18 million Series A round led by Camber Partners, a New York–based growth equity firm focused on scaling high-velocity B2B software companies.

Jeeva AI: $9 Million Closed To Launch Agentic Sales Platform That Supercharges Reps Instead of Replacing Them

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Jeeva AI, an AI-driven platform designed to boost productivity for sales teams, announced a $9 million funding round led by JLL Spark, with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Alt Capital, Launch Capital, GTMFund, Nonstop Capital, Coyote Capital, Bonfire Ventures, Techstars, Marc Benioff, and Mucker Capital. The San Francisco–based company is already serving 35,000 users across real estate, healthcare, financial services, and other non-tech sectors, with onboarding that takes about 10 minutes.

Goldman Sachs To Acquire Innovator Capital Management In $2 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Goldman Sachs announced that it has agreed to acquire Innovator Capital Management, a major pioneer in defined outcome ETFs, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion in cash and equity, subject to performance targets. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approval, and will add $28 billion in assets under supervision across 159 defined outcome ETFs to Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s platform.

Nevis: $40 Million Raised As It Emerges From Stealth To Build Wealth Management AI Tools

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Nevis, an AI platform built to automate wealth management workflows, has emerged from stealth with $40 million in total funding after closing a $35 million Series A round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from ICONIQ and Ribbit Capital. The raise comes less than one year after the company’s founding.

Aledade: $500 Million Credit Facility Secured From Ares

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Aledade, the nation’s largest network of independent primary care practices, has secured a $500 million senior secured credit facility from Ares Commercial Finance to accelerate its national expansion and strengthen its position in value-based care. The financing, led by Ares Credit funds, includes the option to increase the total facility to up to $650 million, doubling the company’s committed capital capacity.

Larson Packaging Acquires Great Western Eagle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Larson Packaging Company (LPC), a provider of custom technical packaging solutions, has acquired Great Western Eagle Packaging (GWEP), a California-based supplier of high-precision case and foam solutions serving aerospace, military, drone, and advanced technology customers.

Minitap: $4.1 Million Raised To Accelerate AI-Driven Mobile Development

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Minitap, an AI-powered platform designed to accelerate mobile development dramatically, announced it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding, co-led by Moxxie Ventures and Mercuri, with participation from EWOR, Tekton Ventures, Amigos Venture Capital, and six unicorn founders. The funding arrives just four months after founders Nico and Luc, both 23, surpassed teams from Google DeepMind, ByteDance, Microsoft Research, and Alibaba to claim the top global position on AndroidWorld, the leading benchmark for AI-controlled mobile devices.

Rithmik Solutions: Strategic Investment Raised From Hitachi Construction Machinery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Rithmik Solutions, a Montréal-based provider of OEM-agnostic AI-based performance analytics for mobile mining equipment, has secured a minority strategic investment from Hitachi Construction Machinery as part of its ongoing Series A round.

HyrUP Acquires Evolve Partners To Expand Nationwide Executive Search Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

hyrUP, an award-winning executive search and recruiting firm specializing in accounting, finance, technology, and operations, announced the acquisition of Evolve Partners, a national boutique search firm known for its high-touch approach to executive recruiting. The deal strengthens hyrUP’s nationwide footprint and deepens its focus on high-caliber finance and leadership talent.

CerraCap Ventures And Impact Venture Capital Merge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

CerraCap Ventures and Impact Venture Capital have merged to form CerraCap Impact Venture Capital (CIVC), establishing one of the most globally connected venture platforms. The unified firm combines an extensive network of corporate customers, corporate investors, and strategic acquirers, positioning CIVC as a differentiated partner for founders seeking rapid commercial validation and scalable enterprise adoption.

Tutor Intelligence: MIT Spinoff Raises $34 Million Series A To Scale AI-Powered Warehouse Robot Workforce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Tutor Intelligence, an MIT-born robotics company building AI-powered fleets of warehouse robot workers, announced it has raised a $34 million Series A round led by Union Square Ventures, bringing its total funding to $42 million. Additional investors include Fundomo and follow-on investor Neo, which led the company’s seed round.

Circular Genomics: $15 Million Series A Closed To Advance Circular RNA Platform For Early Alzheimer’s Detection

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Circular Genomics announced it has raised a $15 million Series A round to accelerate the clinical validation and commercialization of its circular RNA–based biomarker platform for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. The round was led by Mountain Group Partners with participation from Poplar Grove Investors, HIP Fund, and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF).

Raindrop: $15 Million Closed To Detect Critical AI Agent Failures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Raindrop, a San Francisco–based monitoring platform designed to detect hidden failures inside AI agents, has raised $15 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round includes participation from Figma Ventures, Vercel Ventures, the founders of Replit, Cognition, Framer, Speak, Notion, and YC. The capital will help Raindrop meet surging enterprise demand and strengthen its position as the default monitoring layer for agentic AI systems.

Mixx Technologies: $33 Million Series A Raised To Transform AI Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2025

Mixx Technologies, a deep-tech company developing high-performance, silicon-integrated optical connectivity for artificial intelligence infrastructure, has raised $33 million in Series A funding. The round was led by ICM HPQC Fund, with participation from TDK Ventures, Systemiq Capital, Banpu Innovation & Ventures, G Vision Capital, Ajinomoto Group Ventures, AVITIC Innovation Fund, and several additional strategic investors.