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Dentons: Two Renowned Energy Lawyers Join German Practice

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Dentons announced it is welcoming two renowned energy lawyers to its German practice. Effective as of October 1, 2024, Dr. Kerstin Henrich will start as a partner in the Dusseldorf office and Dr. Sebastian Helmes will join as a partner in Berlin.

Catalera: Biological Pest Control Company Raises Series A Funding Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Catalera BioSolutions, an innovator in biological pest control solutions, announced the initial closing of its Series A funding round. Launched in the middle of May, Catalera is an independent company spun out of Terramera, an ag-tech company based in Vancouver.

Brookfield Investing Up To $1.1 Billion In Ultra-Low Carbon eFuels Company Infinium

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Infinium (a producer of commercially available ultra-low-carbon eFuels) and Brookfield Asset Management announced a strategic funding partnership to accelerate the growth of Infinium's eFuels platform. Infinium eFuels—which includes eSAF, a next-generation sustainable aviation fuel—can reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 90% or more compared to today's conventional fuels.

Chicory: Significant Growth Investment Raised From SEVA

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Chicory, a leading end-to-end contextual commerce media platform, announced that it has received a minority investment from SEVA I LP, a growth equity firm exclusively focused on serving customer-centric founders building profitable and technology-enabled companies.

Forterra: Self-Driving Technology Company Raises $75 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Leading self-driving technology company Forterra announced it has raised $75 million in Series B funding. This funding round was more than 2.5x oversubscribed.

Purpose Rounds: Interview With Founder Mark Hubbard About The Equitable Investment Strategies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Purpose Rounds are types of funding rounds for women, historically excluded, and impact founders. By utilizing Regulation CF and Regulation A, a Purpose Round functions similarly to a Community Round in the ability to leverage accredited and non-accredited investors but sets itself apart by mobilizing an entire community specifically around purpose. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Purpose Rounds founder and Renew VC General Partner Mark Hubbard to learn more.

StackGen: Infrastructure From Code Company Raises $12.3 Million (Seed)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

StackGen (formerly appCD), a generative infrastructure from code company, announced it has raised $12.3 million in seed funding and appointed Arshad Sayyad as Chief Business Officer. This funding round was led by Thomvest Ventures, with existing investors, FireBolt Ventures, WestWave Capital, and Secure Octane participating. And StackGen will utilize the funding to accelerate product development, enhance its go-to-market strategy, and fuel company growth.

Smartcat: Enterprise Language AI Company Raises $43 Million (Series C)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Enterprise language AI company Smartcat announced it raised $43 million in Series C funding. This funding round was led by Left Lane Capital.

Neo Medical: Spine Surgery Company Raises $68 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Neo Medical - a Swiss technology company specializing in spine surgery - announced the successful completion of its Series B financing round, including the conversion of existing shareholder loans. And with this funding round, Neo has secured an additional equity investment of up to $68 million (CHF 58 million) to accelerate its global growth.

RevBio: $2.4 Million NIH Grant Awarded From NINDS

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

RevBio announced that it was awarded a $2.4 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke (NINDS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This two-year grant (1R44NS135736-01A1) will allow the company to complete a 20-patient pilot clinical trial to examine the safety and efficacy of the company’s bone adhesive biomaterial called TETRANITE and it will be used to immediately fixate cranial flaps and enable bone fusion following craniotomy procedures associated with brain surgery.

Alosant: Customer Experience Platform Company Raises Series A Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Alosant, a leading customer experience platform for master-planned communities, announced it has raised Series A funding led by the esteemed Greg Avis, co-founder and former Managing Director of Summit Partners. This milestone, coupled with the strategic addition of key leadership and ongoing growth, propels Alosant's goal of enhancing community connections through innovative mobile technology.

Interview With CEO Tiffany Tate On Her Health Equity Technology Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

PrepMod is a solution designed to streamline vaccine appointment scheduling. The platform facilitated vaccinations in 44 states and earned recognition for its impact in accelerating the roll-out of life-saving COVID vaccinations. Pulse 2.0 interviewed PrepMod founder Tiffany Tate to learn more about her background and the company.

Wealth.com: Estate Planning Platform Company Raises $30 Million (Series A)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

End-to-end estate planning platform Wealth.com announced that it has raised $30 million in Series A funding led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). This investment validates the growing significance of combining scalable next-generation technology with the essential human touch that is required for financial planning.

Simbian: Interview With Co-Founder And CEO Ambuj Kumar About This AI-Based Security Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Simbian is a mission-driven AI security company based in Mountain View, CA, backed by Silicon Valley investors, and founded by serial security entrepreneurs. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Simbian co-founder and CEO Ambuj Kumar to learn more about his background and the company.

Circular.co: Interview With Founder & CEO Ian Arthurs About This Sustainable Sourcing Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Circular.co is a tech platform that built the world's largest post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials database for brands to navigate markets and make data-driven decisions. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Circular.co founder and CEO Ian Arthurs to learn more.

BioPhy: Interview With Co-Founder & CEO Dave Latshaw II, Ph.D. About This Life-Changing Therapy Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

BioPhy is a company committed to transforming how promising drugs are identified, developed, and tested. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BioPhy co-founder and CEO Dave Latshaw II, Ph.D., to learn more about the company.

Graphjet Technology: How This Company Transforms Waste Into Anode Battery Materials In A $20 Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Graphjet Technology is the world’s first and only company to own a technology that transforms palm oil waste, the palm kernel shell, into graphite, single-layer graphene, and graphene-based anode battery material. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Graphjet co-founder and CEO Aiden Lee to learn more about the company.

Ilant Health: Interview With CEO Elina Onitskanky About This Obesity Treatment Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Ilant Health is a center of excellence for obesity and cardiometabolic health, focused on increasing access to obesity treatment while reducing total cost of care for employers and payers through value-based care. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Ilant Health CEO Elina Onitskanky to learn more about the company.

NineTen Media: Growing Digital Marketing Company Transforms And Gives Back

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

When we first spoke with Marcus Drenth earlier this year, he was launching the digital marketing venture, Dood Digital. Today, the company has seen rapid expansion and officially rebranded to NineTen Media. This move represents what NineTen Media has become and positions the agency for continued growth.

Interview With Valentina Ragoni About This Elegant Italian Shoe Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 17, 2024

Rangoni Shoes has been making footwear of impeccable quality since the 1930s. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Valentina Ragoni (a spinoff of Rangoni Shoes) lead designer Valentina Ragoni about her namesake brand to learn more about the company.

CACI To Buy Azure Summit Technology In $1.275 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Wealthspire Advisors Brings In Judith Heft & Associates Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Wealthspire Holdings, the parent company of Wealthspire Advisors, an NFP company and top-ranked independent registered investment advisor (RIA), announced the acquisition of Judith Heft & Associates, which is a women-owned firm that provides high-touch lifestyle and bill pay services to affluent clients and their families.

Outdoor Living Supply Buys Majestic Stone Landscape & Stucco Supply

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Outdoor Living Supply (OLS), a distribution platform focused on outdoor living products and solutions, announced that it has acquired Majestic Stone Landscape & Stucco Supply, a full-service distributor of manufactured and natural stone, hardscape, and landscape products. This deal expands OLS’ footprint in the Southeast, adding two strategic locations in the Georgia market.

Gearset Buys Salesforce-Focused Code Analysis Company Clayton

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Gearset, a leader in Salesforce DevOps solutions, announced the acquisition of Clayton, a code analysis platform designed specifically for Salesforce. This strategic acquisition is Gearset’s first following years of rapid growth, driven by a $55 million growth investment from Silversmith Capital Partners. During that time, Gearset has launched several products and upgrades, reaching the milestone of surpassing 2,500 customers — four times more than any other Salesforce DevOps vendor.

Accenture Federal Services Secures $190 Million Department Of State Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Accenture Federal Services announced it had won a $190 million prime contract from the U.S. Department of State to provide data and systems engineering support for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a program commonly known as PEPFAR.

Thayer Ventures And Derive Ventures Launch Platform To Invest In Startups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Thayer Ventures (a leading venture capital firm focused on technology innovation in travel and hospitality) and Derive Ventures (an active early-stage investment firm dedicated to travel and hospitality) announced the formation of Thayer Investment Partners (TIP). This new platform will utilize the experience of the firm's founding members to drive value for industry partners and invest in a new generation of innovative start-up companies.

Aucctus: AI-Based Innovation Management Platform Raises $1.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Two Boxes: $5.3 Million Raised For Streamlining Returns

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

Two Boxes, a way for brands and 3PLs to streamline returns and capture critical data from the process, announced it had raised $5.3 million. New investor Assembly Ventures and existing backers Vinyl, Range Ventures, and Matchstick Ventures also joined this round. The oversubscribed funding round, led by Peterson Ventures, more than doubled the company's valuation.

Bay Point: $50 Million Raised For Legal Fund II

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

TeamBridge: Workforce Operating System Raises $28 Million (Series B)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2024

TeamBridge, one of the fastest-growing Workforce OS (workforce operating system) empowering hourly workforces, announced it has raised $28 million in a Series B round led by Mayfield. Existing investors General Catalyst and Abstract Ventures participated.