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National Storage REIT To Be Acquired For A$6.7 Billion By Brookfield And GIC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

National Storage REIT has agreed to be acquired by a consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management and GIC in a deal that values the business at approximately A$6.7 billion in enterprise value and about A$4 billion in equity.

ContextLogic To Buy US Salt In $907.5 Million Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

ContextLogic announced that it has agreed to acquire US Salt Parent Holdings, marking a significant step in the company’s multiyear transformation into a diversified business ownership platform. The transaction values US Salt at an enterprise value of $907.5 million and represents the company’s most substantial strategic move since divesting its e-commerce operations in 2024.

Blue Current: Over $80 Million In Series D Extension Secured And James Hamilton Added To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Blue Current has closed a Series D extension totaling more than $80 million, a round anchored by Amazon and joined by Koch Disruptive Technologies, Piedmont Capital, Rusheen Capital Partners, and Allen & Company.

Westwood Financial: $145 Million Credit Facility Upsize Closed To Advance Long-Term Growth Strategy

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Westwood Financial has expanded its corporate credit facility by $145 million, bringing the total to $470 million as the Los Angeles-based retail real estate investment firm accelerates its long-term growth plans. The firm, which marked its 55th anniversary this year, said the expanded facility strengthens its financial flexibility, enhances liquidity, and positions it to capitalize on new investment opportunities across its nationwide portfolio of more than 125 neighborhood shopping centers.

Airwallex: $330 Million Series G At $8 Billion Valuation Raised For Fintech Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Lemurian Labs: $28 Million Series A Raised To Accelerate Hardware Agnostic AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Lemurian Labs has secured $28 million in an oversubscribed Series A round to accelerate the rollout of its software-first platform designed to make artificial intelligence run faster, more efficiently, and on any hardware. The funding includes capital previously raised through convertible securities and positions the Santa Clara-based company to expand engineering efforts, advance product development, and deepen collaboration with ecosystem partners focused on sustainable compute and open AI innovation.

Red River Acquires Invictus To Expand National Security And Cyber Modernization Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Red River has acquired Invictus, a national security services provider known for its cyber, intelligence, and enterprise modernization expertise, in a move that significantly strengthens Red River’s role across the Department of War, Intelligence Community, and federal civilian missions. Invictus will now operate as “Invictus, a Red River Company."

Guide Labs: $9 Million Seed Funding Closed To Build Interpretable Large Language Models

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Guide Labs has raised $9 million in seed funding led by Initialized Capital to advance what it describes as the first large-scale interpretable large language model.

Tata Communications Buys Majority Stake In Commotion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Tata Communications has acquired a 51 percent stake in Commotion, marking a significant expansion of its AI capabilities across its global Digital Fabric portfolio. The deal, executed as a cash-only acquisition on a fully diluted basis through a Stock Purchase Agreement, brings an AI-native enterprise SaaS platform directly into Tata Communications’ offering as the company accelerates its shift toward becoming an AI-first organisation.

Marsh Mclennan Agency Expands In Hawaii With Acquisition Of Three Brokerages

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Marsh McLennan Agency announced a significant expansion of its presence in Hawai‘i with the acquisition of three Honolulu-based insurance brokerages from Tradewind Group. The deal includes Atlas Insurance Agency, Pyramid Insurance Centre, and IC International, each of which has long served businesses and individuals across the Hawaiian islands. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Avandra Acquires DatCard And Sorna To Create The World’s Largest Medical Imaging Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Avandra Health has announced the acquisition of DatCard Systems and Sorna Corporation, creating what the company calls the world’s largest medical imaging platform serving both clinical care and research innovation. The combined organization aims to streamline clinical data sharing among providers while expanding Avandra’s capabilities in de-identified imaging data aggregation for biopharma, healthcare systems, researchers, and AI developers.

WTW Acquires FlowStone Partners To Expand Private Equity Secondaries

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

WTW has announced an agreement to acquire FlowStone Partners, a private equity secondaries specialist, in a transaction designed to enhance its wealth and institutional investment offerings significantly. The deal, which remains subject to shareholder and trustee approvals, is expected to close in early 2026.

Wpromote Acquires Giant Spoon To Create New Full-Funnel Agency Powerhouse

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Wpromote has acquired Cannes Lions–winning creative agency Giant Spoon to launch a combined entity, Wpromote x Giant Spoon. The deal merges one of the industry’s leading performance marketing organizations with a renowned creative shop celebrated for big-impact cultural work, forming a full-funnel agency built to help brands achieve both growth and cultural relevance without compromise.

Paradigm Health: $78 Million Series B Raised To Expand Global Clinical Trial Infrastructure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Paradigm Health has raised $78 million in an oversubscribed Series B financing round led by ARCH Venture Partners, marking one of the company’s most significant capital infusions as it accelerates efforts to make clinical trials part of routine care across the United States and globally. The round included participation from new investor DFJ Growth, along with existing backers F-Prime, General Catalyst, GV, Lux Capital, Mubadala Capital, and the American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Fund, several of which increased their commitments through super pro rata positions.

Tuhk: $6 Million Seed Raised To Launch Fraud Collaboration Platform Across Payments Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Tuhk, a Canadian fintech founded by veterans of Ethoca and NuData Security, has raised $6 million in seed funding to accelerate the rollout of its real-time fraud-prevention and payments-intelligence platform. The round was led by FINTOP, with participation from Lloyds Banking Group and Capital One Ventures, marking a significant early validation from major financial institutions.

Corma: €3.5 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Software License And Access Governance

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Corma, a Paris-based SaaS management platform focused on helping IT teams control rapidly growing software portfolios, has raised €3.5 million in seed funding to accelerate product development, expand its AI capabilities, and scale its commercial operations. The Seed round was led by XTX Ventures with participation from Tuesday Capital, Kima Ventures, 50 Partners, and Olympe Capital.

Convergen: $10 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance TrimTAC Protein Degradation Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Convergen has secured a $10 million Seed financing round to accelerate the development of its TrimTAC targeted protein degradation platform, designed to eliminate pathogenic multimeric protein aggregates linked to neurodegenerative diseases. The funding was led by Qiming Venture Partners, a global venture capital firm focused on life sciences and healthcare innovation.

Rotostitch: $1 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised To Advance Automated Apparel Manufacturing

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Rotostitch has raised $1 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed investment round led by Boost VC and Nova Threshold, marking a significant early milestone for the San Francisco manufacturing startup developing automated textile production technologies. The new capital will support product development, expand manufacturing capabilities, and advance commercial rollout efforts as the company positions itself within a rapidly transforming apparel supply chain.

Trousdale Ventures: Ronnie Wiessbrod Appointed As Chief Investment Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Trousdale Ventures has named Ronnie Wiessbrod as its new Chief Investment Officer, bringing a seasoned technology and venture capital leader into a role that will influence the firm’s investment strategy across public and private markets. The appointment strengthens the firm’s leadership bench as it continues expanding its portfolio in deep tech, aerospace, mobility, and climate technology.

Bags” $2.75 Million Raised To Expand AI Financial Review Platform For Small Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Bags has secured a $2.75 million investment round led by Ford Foundation, with participation from Partnership Fund for New York City, Zeal Capital Partners, Slauson & Co, Limited Ventures, and Blueprint FTC.

Supper: $11 Million Seed Funding Closed To Build AI-Native Data Platform For Faster Business Insights

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Supper has secured an $11 million seed round to accelerate the development of its AI-native data platform, a system designed to eliminate the delays and complexities that often prevent teams from accessing reliable company data. The round was led by Union Square Ventures with participation from BoxGroup, Inspired Capital, Torch Capital, and Avid Ventures.

Fin Raises $17 Million To Launch Stablecoin Payments Platform For High-Value Global Transactions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Fin has secured a $17 million Series A funding round to accelerate the launch of its stablecoin-powered payments product designed for instant, high-value cross-border transactions. The round was led by Pantera Capital with participation from Sequoia Capital and Samsung Next, adding some of the most prominent names in fintech and digital assets to the company’s investor base.

Laigo Bio: €11.5 Million Seed Round Raised To Advance SureTAC Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Laigo Bio has raised €11.5 million in seed financing to accelerate development of its SureTAC targeted protein degradation platform. The company plans to use the funding to push its oncology programs toward clinical readiness and expand discovery efforts focused on autoimmune disease and graft rejection. Alongside the financing milestone, the company confirmed the appointment of Dr Matthew Baker as Chief Executive Officer.

Semify Expands AI Optimization Capabilities With Acquisition Of Dragon Metrics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Semify announced a significant expansion of its global digital marketing footprint with the acquisition of Hong Kong–based Dragon Metrics, a leading international SEO, AI, and PPC reporting software platform. The deal adds multinational reporting capabilities, deep non-Google search support, and a seasoned international product leadership team to Semify’s white-label digital marketing software platform.

Paramount Launches $108 Billion Tender Offer For Warner Bros. Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Paramount Skydance has launched a public all-cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share, valuing the proposed transaction at $108.4 billion and representing a premium of 139% over WBD’s undisturbed September 2025 share price.

Unlimited Industries: $12 Million Seed Funding Closed To Advance Industrial Construction Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Unlimited Industries has secured $12 million in seed financing to advance its AI-powered approach to industrial construction amid a massive wave of energy and infrastructure development requirements in the United States. The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and CIV, with additional participation from several industry investors.

Etaily: Strategic Investment From SMBC Raised

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Etaily, a Manila-based digital-native retail enablement platform serving global and local consumer brands across Southeast Asia, has secured a new strategic investment led by Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation through its SMBC Asia Rising Fund. The latest infusion brings Etaily’s total funding to more than $24 million. It expands its investor base to include Kaya Founders, JGDEV of the Gokongwei Group, and several prominent Asia-based families.

Superbo AI: Investment Raised From Deep Capital Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

Superbo AI has secured its first external investment through a strategic funding round led by Deep Capital Group, marking a significant milestone in the company’s global expansion plans. The investment supports Superbo AI’s efforts to scale its Agentic AI technology across international markets and accelerate adoption within regulated industries.

IBM Buying Confluent In $11 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

IBM has agreed to acquire Confluent in a transaction valuing the data streaming company at $11 billion, marking one of IBM’s most significant deals in recent years as it expands its position in hybrid cloud, enterprise AI and real-time data infrastructure.

WindRose Health Investors Closes $2.6 Billion Fund VII To Accelerate Healthcare Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 8, 2025

WindRose Health Investors has closed its seventh private equity fund at $2.6 billion, marking the largest fundraise in the firm’s history and nearly doubling the size of its prior vehicle. The New York-based healthcare investor reached its hard cap after a six-month fundraising period, attracting a global base of limited partners from pensions, insurers, financial institutions, foundations, funds of funds, and family offices.