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Bailey & Company Adds Four New Managing Directors

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Bailey & Company, a Nashville-based merchant banking platform that is focused on lower and middle market healthcare, technology and insurance companies, announced that it has expanded its investment banking team with the addition of four new managing directors: James Castro, James Metcalf, Ben Matz and Andrew Hewlett. These four join Bailey & Company from B. Riley Financial Services. In connection with the expansion, James Castro and James Metcalf have been named co-heads of the firm’s healthcare services practice.

Delphistem: Advancing Stem Cell Science And Genetics To Cure Diabetes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

delphistem is an innovative stem cell biotech company dedicated to eliminating diseases caused by biological aging. Having established stem cell storage and genetic screening services, they are now able to focus their efforts on specific projects. Their current focus is on curing diabetes by using patients' own stem cells to generate large quantities of the cells affected in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a condition that is growing uncontrollably and is ineffectively managed by current medications. To learn more about the company, Pulse 2.0 interviewed delphistem co-founder and chief operating officer (COO) Danae Moya.

Rona Therapeutics: Nucleic Acid Drug R&D Company Raises $35 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Rona Therapeutics, a clinical stage pioneering platform company in nucleic acid drug research and development, today announced it raised $35 million in Series A+ funding. This funding round was led by LongRiver Investments, with participation from investors including Zhaode Investment, BioTrack Capital, Zhongqi Capital and Lilly Asia Ventures. LongRiver Investments will join the board of Rona in connection with the funding.

GRO Biosciences: Protein Therapeutics Company Raises $60 Million In Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

GRO Biosciences (GRObio), a biotechnology company leveraging synthetic biology to expand the amino acid alphabet and deliver on the promise of protein therapeutics, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed $60.3 million Series B financing. This round was co-led by new investors Atlas Venture and Access Biotechnology. And previous investors including Leaps by Bayer, Redmile Group, Digitalis Ventures and Innovation Endeavors also participated.

GE Aerospace To Invest $1 Billion To Expand MRO Facilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

GE Aerospace announced plans to invest $1+ billion over five years for its Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and component repair facilities worldwide. These investments will help GE Aerospace create capacity to meet growth in the widebody and narrowbody installed base by adding additional engine test cells and equipment.

Legacy: Digital Fertility Clinic For Men Raises $7.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Legacy, a digital fertility clinic for men, announced it had secured $7.5 million in financing to support its goal of making male fertility services more accessible. This includes fulfilling two recently signed contracts to serve over nine million veterans.

Portnox: The Story Behind This Zero Trust Access Control Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Portnox is a cloud-native solution for zero trust access control. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Portnox CEO Denny LeCompte to learn more about the company.

UC Bearcat Ventures Reveals First Investments

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Bearcat Ventures is the University of Cincinnati's venture capital-focused student organization platform. It introduces students to the details of early-stage startup investments and equips them with the knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions.

Mantle: Metal 3D Printing Company Raises $20 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Mantle, a leader in metal 3D printing technology for precision tooling, announced it has reached a significant milestone by securing $20 million in Series C funding. This funding round brought the total to over $61.5 million and it also marks a major step towards widespread adoption of its precision metal manufacturing technology.

Star Mountain Capital: Curtis Glovier Named As Managing Director And Strategic Portfolio Officer

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Star Mountain Capital, a specialized investment manager with over $4 billion in assets under management (AUM) focused on generating premium yield and total returns from the less efficient and resources-intensive market of U.S. private small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced that Curtis Glovier has increased his involvement with Star Mountain from a Senior Advisor to a full-time role of Managing Director and Strategic Portfolio Officer.

MRO Holdings: Aviation Maintenance Provider Raises Growth Funding From Bain

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

MRO Holdings, a leading provider of aircraft maintenance solutions for the global commercial airline industry, has agreed to a strategic minority investment from Bain Capital to support the company’s ongoing development and expansion of customer-centric initiatives.

Cybersixgill: An Interview With CPO Gabi Reish About Delivering Actionable Cyber Threat Intelligence In A $5+ Billion Market

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 19, 2024

Cybersixgill is a company that continuously collects and exposes the earliest possible indications of risk, moments after they surface on the clear, deep and dark web. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Cybersixgill’s Global Chief Product Officer Gabi Reish to learn more about the company.