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Nomad Health, a leading digital marketplace for healthcare jobs, announced it has raised $22 million in a round led by HealthQuest Capital. Adams Street, Icon Ventures, Polaris Partners, .406 Ventures, and RRE Ventures also joined the round. The company has also appointed Justin Lambert as chief executive officer (CEO). Co-founder and former CEO, Alexi Gharib Nazem, MD, will remain on the Nomad Health Board of Directors.

Atlantic Street Capital (a private equity firm that invests in lower middle market companies through an operationally intensive strategy) announced that it has made an additional $70 million investment to further support the operating strategy, member experience, leadership team, and wash quality of its portfolio company Zips Car Wash.

YesWeHack, a global Bug Bounty and vulnerability management platform, announced a €26 million Series C funding round. Wendel led the round, which included new investors like Adelie and Seventure Partners and reinvestment from Bpifrance, Open CNP, and Eiffel Investment Group. YesWeHack also welcomed Renaud Deraison, Co-Founder of Tenable and Senior Advisor to Wendel Growth, to its Board of Directors.

Autify, an AI platform for quality engineering, announced that it has completed a Series B funding round of $13 million and launched a beta version of Zenes, an autonomous AI agent for software quality assurance. Leading the funding round are Globis Capital Partners (Tokyo-based VC firm) and LG Technology Ventures (the Silicon Valley-based venture capital arm of LG Group). Existing investors WiL (World Innovation Lab), Salesforce Ventures, Archetype Ventures, and Uncorrelated Ventures also joined the round.

AnyCreek, a Memphis-based startup that is simplifying access to guided experiences like fishing and hunting, with top guides and outfitters, announced the successful completion of a $1.8 million seed funding round. This funding round brings AnyCreek's total since launching in 2022 to $3.3 million, with continued participation from Starting Line and other notable angel investors and new participation from Bridge Investments, LaunchTN, and others.

Constructor, a leading AI-powered product discovery and search platform for enterprise e-commerce companies, announced that it has closed a $25 million Series B round. This funding round brought the company's valuation to $550 million. Sapphire Ventures led the round with participation from existing investor Silversmith Capital Partners.

Gracia AI, an AI-based technology company, designed for professional creators and media companies to create first-of-its-kind photorealistic volumetric videos for Spatial Computing with six degrees of freedom viewing, announced it raised $1.2 million in seed funding from The Venture Reality Fund, Triptyq Capital, LVL1 Group, and Future Fund.

Satisfi Labs, an AI-based Conversational Experience Platform for destinations and experiences, announced it has acquired Factoreal, an omnichannel marketing automation platform that focused on simplifying the marketing technology experience across sports and entertainment.

Scoop Analytics, a business analytics tool powered entirely by spreadsheets, announced today it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Scoop will use the new funding round to expand the features of its solution - which is the first ever to make it easy for anyone with spreadsheet skills to get data from any application, blend data from different sources, and tell visually compelling data stories with slide presentations based on live, drillable data to advance their business.

Finaloop, a real-time e-commerce accounting platform, announced it has raised a $35 million Series A round. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with participation from Vesey Ventures, Commerce Ventures, and existing investors, Accel and Aleph.

Highview Power announced it has secured the backing of the UK Infrastructure Bank and the energy industry leader Centrica with a £300 million investment for the first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plant in the UK. This £300 million funding round was led by the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) and the British multinational energy and services company Centrica, along with a syndicate of investors including Rio Tinto, Goldman Sachs, KIRKBI and Mosaic Capital.

CargoSense, a platform that drives transformative supply chain automation using visibility data, announced today an initial close on an $8 million Series A investment round, led by Lanza techVentures. Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (MGHIF) has joined the round as a strategic investor, along with SmoothBrain, channel partner The Pallet Alliance, and other previous private investors in CargoSense.

Swift Solar, a leading American solar technology company developing advanced perovskite photovoltaics that was founded in 2017 by a global team of leading solar technologists, the company is a spinout of MIT, Stanford University, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), announced the closing its $27 million Series A financing round. This milestone is a major step forward for U.S. manufacturing of advanced perovskite solar technology. The funding round was co-led by Eni Next and Fontinalis Partners. Eni Next (the corporate venture capital arm of Eni). Also joining the funding round are new and existing investors including Stanford University, Good Growth Capital, BlueScopeX, HL Ventures, Toba Capital, Sid Sijbrandij, James Fickel, Adam Winkel, Fred Ehrsam, Jonathan Lin, and Climate Capital.

Learn to Win, a leading provider of personalized, predictive, and secure enterprise training software, announced it has raised an oversubscribed $30 million in Series A funding led by the Westly Group, with follow-on participation from Norwest Venture Partners and Pear VC. This funding round accelerates the company's progress to scale its modern training platform that transforms the way people learn essential information in high stakes environments.

Ship Angel, a transformative AI-native platform for international shippers, announced it has raised $5 million in funding co-led by Glasswing Ventures and newark venture partners (nvp), with participation from Bienville Capital, Socii Capital, and Plug and Play. This funding supports the expansion of Ship Angel's ocean and air freight Rate Management Platform, including the launch of two AI-powered solutions designed to optimize beneficial cargo owners' (BCOs) workflows. These solutions were unveiled at the Plug and Play Silicon Valley June 2024 Summit.

DexCare revealed the addition of three strategic investors: Community Health Network, Tampa General, and Texas Health Resources. These partners join a solid bench of health system investors, including Providence, Kaiser Permanente, and Mass-General Brigham. Backed with industry insiders, DexCare has the capital runway to accelerate market adoption of its care orchestration platform, which enables health systems to serve more patients with the same clinical resources. The additional partners are part of the Series C funding round led by ICONIQ Growth.

Leading generative-AI (Gen AI) software testing platform BlinqIO announced a $5 million funding round, led by Flint Capital and key executives from Silicon Valley. This funding round will assist the first-ever AI test automation engineer in rolling operations across the US and help solve the major lack of test programmers for enterprises globally. BlinqIO is unique for companies and software teams in that test scripts and maintenance are carried out by generative AI without needing any human intervention.

Kirk Bell, Central division director for Raymond James Financial Services (RJFS), announced financial advisor Devona Benavidez, CFP, CDFA to RJFS - which is an independent advisor channel. Benavidez joins the team at ZeroThreeSixty Wealth Partners in Albuquerque, New Mexico, along with branch associates Mackenzie Merony and Jacqueline Martinez.

LPL Financial announced that financial advisor David Hilbig, CFP, has joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms. He reported serving approximately $275 million in advisory, brokerage, and retirement plan assets and joined LPL from Corebridge Financial, formerly Valic (a subsidiary of AIG). Hilbig lives in The Woodlands, Texas, area and maintains a registered office in Mundelein, Illinois, he has over 20 years of experience crafting personalized financial strategies tailored to each client's unique needs and aspirations. And he takes a holistic approach to financial planning, encompassing areas such as wealth management, retirement planning, investment advisory, and risk management.

Parquest, an independent French mid-market private equity firm, announced the successful final close of Parquest III, with total limited partner commitments of €414 million. Launched in 2022, the fund was oversubscribed and exceeded its initial target size of €400 million. And Parquest III is 34% larger than its predecessor, Parquest II, which closed at €310 million.

Nada, an investment tech platform that bridges homeowners and investors through home equity, announced the appointment of Tore Steen as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President. Steen - who has been serving on Nada's Board of Directors and will assume his new role, guiding Nada’s mission to revolutionize real estate wealth. Nada has also secured new funding as a seed extension led by repeat investors LiveOak Ventures and 7BC Venture Capital.

Canary Technologies, a global leader in hotel guest management technology, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C funding round. This round was led by Insight Partners, who also led the company's Series B, with participation from existing investors F-Prime Capital, Thayer Ventures, Y-Combinator, and Commerce Ventures. This brings Canary's total funding to date to nearly $100 million.

Proactive security solution company NetSPI announced the acquisition of Hubble Technology, a Northern Virginia-based cyber asset attack surface management (CAASM) and cybersecurity posture management solution. The integration of Hubble's Asset Intelligence and CAASM product, Aurora, into The NetSPI Platform will empower security teams to achieve complete visibility of their rapidly evolving attack surfaces and tackle asset and exposure management challenges.

Stake, a loyalty company for the rental economy, announced the acquisition of rent payments company Circa for $9.5 million in cash and stock. The acquisition creates a first for the rental economy: delivering no-fee rent payments with instant Cash Back for renters. Free payment processing and success-based collections management are now available alongside Stake's loyalty, renter banking services, and incentive optimization services.

Kestra Financial, a leading wealth management platform, announced the onboarding of wealth management firm Lodi Wealth Advisors. Since its founding in Westchester County, New York, Lodi Wealth Advisors has prioritized serving clients and helping them achieve their financial, business, and life goals. The firm features a dedicated advisor duo that works diligently to provide a white-glove experience for its high-net-worth clientele, including the development of bespoke portfolios.

LPL Financial announced that financial advisors Stephen Shevlin and Jonathan Joelner, MBA, have joined LPL Financial’s broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms to launch a new independent practice 1818 Wealth Management. And the team reported having served about $300 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan assets* and joins LPL from Stifel, Nicolaus and Co.

Green Badger is a leading SaaS provider simplifying sustainability and ESG in the built industry. It is accelerating environmentally responsible construction worldwide by equipping the built industry with affordable technology and the knowledge to automate and easily report LEED compliance and ESG metrics. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Green Badger founder and CEO Tommy Linstroth to learn more about the company.

Wild Common, a leading creator of agave spirits that honors craftsmanship and fosters a shared reverence for the land, announced it had raised $5 million for its Series A funding round from HIPstr (the early-stage investment arm of HighPost Capital).

Radian Arc, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider specializing in cloud gaming and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the successful closing of its Series B funding round at $9 million. And this funding round was led by BITKRAFT Ventures, a renowned gaming and web3 venture capital firm, with significant participation from industry leaders AMD Ventures, Boston, and Saffelberg.

Building on a history of collaborations like those with the University of Vienna and ELTE Budapest, MultiversX is continuing to invest in educational initiatives by offering underprivileged college students the opportunity to take part in a Blockchain Essentials program with eCornell, the online education unit of Cornell University.