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Bitzero: $25 Million Secured For Advancing Sustainable Blockchain Mining

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Bitzero, a leader in sustainable blockchain and high-performance computing (HPC) data centers, has secured $25 million in funding to enhance revenue and advance its clean mining operations.

University Of Texas At El Paso: Researchers Triple Microalgae Biofuel Yields With Nanotechnology

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have made a significant breakthrough in sustainable energy, demonstrating how nanotechnology can dramatically boost biofuel production from microalgae.

AssetMark: Plan For Expansion Into Private Markets

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

AssetMark, a leader in wealth management solutions, is poised to expand into private markets, with new offerings slated to launch in Q4 2025. This initiative aims to integrate private assets into AssetMark's managed solutions, enabling advisors to create more resilient and personalized portfolios.

Cascade Space: $5.9 Million Seed Funding Raised For Space Communication Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Cascade Space, a company building an end-to-end platform for space communication system design, test, and operation, recently announced it has raised $5.9 million in seed funding. The round included participation from Nova Threshold, Undeterred Capital, Y Combinator, Night Capital, Olive Capital, Valkyrie Ventures, Karman Ventures, Palm Drive Capital, Garage Capital, TRAC, Aurelia Foundry, Hawktail, MGV.VC, Pioneer Fund, Liquid 2 Ventures, and others.

TRIUMPH: $3 Billion Acquisition Deal Completed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Triumph Group has been officially acquired by private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners in a deal valued at approximately $3 billion, making it an independent, privately held company.

Commvault Buying Satori Cyber To Support Data Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Commvault, a leading provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions, plans to acquire Satori Cyber, a data and AI security company. This acquisition will enhance Commvault's ability to help enterprises address the challenges of AI adoption, data growth, and regulatory compliance in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

E2B: $21 Million Series A Raised For AI Agent Cloud Infrastructure Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

E2B, a top provider of open-source cloud infrastructure for AI agents, has secured $21 million in Series A funding, led by Insight Partners and supported by Decibel, Sunflower Capital, Kaya, and angel investor Scott Johnston, former CEO of Docker. This funding will help expand E2B's cloud offerings and scale its global enterprise teams.

Moments Lab: Interview With Founder Philippe Petitpont About AI Video Discovery

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Moments Lab is an AI-based video analysis and search platform that helps content producers and organizations efficiently manage, discover, and repurpose their vast libraries of audiovisual media. They focus on turning what might otherwise be inaccessible or difficult-to-search archives into sources of highly monetizable content. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Moments Lab founder Philippe Petitpont to gain a deeper understanding of the company.

Aprio: $300 Million Investment In Automation And TimeCredit AI Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Aprio, which is one of the largest business advisory and accounting firm in the U.S., announced a five-year, $300 million investment in AI and automation, along with acquiring TimeCredit, a 2024 AICPA and CPA.com Startup Accelerator company.

Freshfields: David Seymour And Will Bryant Appointed To Enhance Real Estate Offering

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

Global law firm Freshfields has announced the appointments of private equity (PE) real estate lawyers David Seymour and Will Bryant, who will join the firm from Ropes & Gray in London.

HarbourVest Partners: Venu Krishnamurthy Named As Managing Director And Global Private Wealth Head

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

HarbourVest Partners, a global private markets investment firm with over $147 billion in assets as of March 31, 2025, announced Venu Krishnamurthy as Managing Director and Head of Global Private Wealth. He will report to the CEO and oversee all aspects of the wealth business, including sales, marketing, operations, and client service.

DLA Piper: Colin Andrews Named As Partner In Toronto

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 28, 2025

DLA Piper announced that Colin D. Andrews joined their Toronto office as a partner in the Real Estate group. His practice includes land development, acquisitions, dispositions, lending, and secured transactions.

Kirkland & Ellis: Greg Durst Joining Investment Funds Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Kirkland & Ellis has appointed Greg Durst as Senior Director of Global Fund Partnerships in its Investment Funds Group. He will focus on enhancing the firm’s relationships with the limited partner (LP) community during the fund formation process.

Amazon Buys Wearable AI Technology Company Bee

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Amazon will expand further into the AI-based wearable technology market through the acquisition of Bee. Bee is a San Francisco-based startup known for creating an always-listening wristband device. The deal was confirmed by Amazon and announced by Bee co-founder Maria de Lourdes Zollo on a LinkedIn post.

Douglas Elliman: In-House Mortgage Platform Launched

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Douglas Elliman Real Estate, a leader in luxury residential real estate, has launched Elliman Capital, an in-house mortgage platform designed to simplify home financing for clients. Developed in partnership with Associated Mortgage Bankers, this platform will initially be available in Florida and will later be expanded to other states.

Paul Hastings: Megan Roberts Joins Firm As Partner In Chicago

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Paul Hastings announced it has welcomed Megan Roberts as a partner in its Chicago office, enhancing its top-ranked structured finance offerings. Previously at Sidley Austin, Roberts advises issuers, underwriters, and investors on asset-backed finance transactions, including capital markets and private securitizations.

Hypernatural: $9.2 Million Secured For Scaling AI Video Creator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Hypernatural, one of the fastest AI video creators, has secured $9.2 million in funding across two rounds, led by AIX Ventures and Underscore VC, with participation from Adverb, Character.vc, and 43 VC. The company's platform allows video creators to produce high-quality, bespoke videos in just minutes, currently assisting over a million users.

Buena: $58 Million Raised To Make Real Estate Easier

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Buena, a proptech company dedicated to simplifying real estate ownership, has raised $58 million in funding, including a Series A round led by GV with investments from 20VC, Stride, and Capnamic.

Capitalize.io: $4 Million Seed Funding Raised For Connecting Brokers And Lenders With Leads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Capitalize.io, an AI-based platform that transforms data into deals, has officially launched to the public and completed its seed funding round with support from investors such as Lerer Hippeau and Sway Ventures. These investors previously backed co-founder Luke Morris’s earlier venture, Crexi, demonstrating their continued confidence in his vision for the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) sector.

Swift Navigation: $50 Million Series E Raised For Advancing Precise Positioning Solutions

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

Swift Navigation, a leader in centimeter-accurate positioning for vehicle autonomy, robotics, and precision logistics, has completed its $50 million Series E financing round. Led by Crosslink Capital, the round also included participation from existing investors NEA, Eclipse Ventures, EPIQ Capital Group, First Round Capital, TELUS Global Ventures, and Potentum Partners, as well as new investors such as Niterra Ventures and AlTi Tiedemann Global.

RevealDx: Interview With CEO And Chair Chris Wood About The Lung Cancer Improvement Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 27, 2025

RevealDx is a Seattle-based software company with a vision to dramatically improve lung cancer outcomes. RevealDx achieves this by delivering the most advanced, radiomics and AI-enabled lung cancer decision-support software, driving the optimal clinical pathway for each patient. Pulse 2.0 interviewed RevealDx CEO and Chairman Chris Wood about the company’s efforts to improve lung cancer treatment.

Olto: $5.1 Million Closed For B2B Sales Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Olto, an AI demo engineering company transforming how B2B teams demonstrate and sell software, announced it has raised $5.1 million in pre-seed funding. The round was co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and The General Partnership, with participation from several other investors.

Data Guardians Network: $5 Million Pre-Seed Funding Raised For AI Training Data Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

droppGroup, a US-based company specializing in AI and blockchain solutions, has completed a $5 million pre-seed funding round for Data Guardians Network (D-GN), a platform providing accurate and ethically sourced training data. Saudi businessman Hamoud Al-Rumayyan and the crypto firm Hub Culture led this investment.

Coral Vita: Over $8 Million Series A Raised For Scaling Reef Restoration

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Coral Vita, a leading commercial coral reef restoration company, has raised over $8 million in Series A funding, a significant milestone for the ecological regeneration industry. This round was led by Builders Vision, with participation from investors like Katapult Ocean and iAlumbra.

Waystar To Buy Iodine Software In $1.25 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Waystar, a provider of healthcare payment software, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Iodine Software from shareholders led by Advent International for a total enterprise value of $1.25 billion.

Memories.ai: $8 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Visuals For AI

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Memories.ai, an AI research lab focused on creating visual memories for artificial intelligence, has raised $8 million in seed funding led by Susa Ventures, along with contributions from Samsung Next, Crane Venture Partners, Fusion Fund, Seedcamp, and Creator Ventures.

Unlock: $250 Million Purchase Commitment Agreement Signed With D2 Asset Management

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Unlock Technologies, a leading fintech company, has secured a $250 million purchase commitment from D2 Asset Management (D2) to support home equity agreements (HEAs). This builds on D2's prior commitment of $250 million last year.

HeroDevs: $125 Million Strategic Growth Raised From PSG

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

HeroDevs, a leading provider of security solutions for deprecated open-source software (OSS), has received a $125 million strategic investment from PSG, a growth equity firm, with participation from existing investor Album.

SEI: Karin Risi And Tom Naratil Appointed To Board

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

SEI has appointed Karin Risi and Tom Naratil to its Board of Directors. They join Executive Chairman Alfred P. West, Jr., and current directors, including CEO Ryan Hicke and others. Stephanie Miller has resigned from the board to pursue a leadership role in the industry.

Sixth Street: Stuart Wrigley Named As Partner

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 26, 2025

Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm, has appointed Stuart Wrigley as Partner and Head of Sixth Street Asia Pacific, as well as Head of Capital Formation and Strategy International. He will also oversee the firm’s new Singapore office, set to open in October 2025.