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Persona, a leading verified identity platform, announced a $200 million Series D funding round, bringing the company's valuation to $2 billion. The funding round was co-led by Founders Fund and Ribbit Capital, with participation from existing investors including BOND, Coatue, First Round Capital, Index Ventures, and Chemistry.

Ivanti, an enterprise software company providing a comprehensive IT and security cloud-based platform, announced that it has closed a refinancing transaction. This was achieved by supporting an overwhelming majority of its existing lenders.

Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP), a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago, announced it has signed an agreement with Thoma Bravo to buy a significant ownership position in NextGen Healthcare, a leading provider of innovative healthcare technology and data solutions. Thoma Bravo will be retaining a substantial ownership position in NextGen Healthcare. MDP will partner with Thoma Bravo and NextGen Healthcare’s management team to support NextGen Healthcare’s growth.

CIV, an investment firm focused on backing and building transformative companies that transform critical industries, announced the closing of its inaugural CIV Fund One. This fund has been oversubscribed, with over $210 million in commitments.

Edward Jones announced it is expanding its offerings to include alternative investments available to eligible clients in Edward Jones Generations, the firm's first private client service for U.S. high net worth investors. And this move validates the firm's commitment to providing sophisticated financial products, solutions and personalized experiences for clients with $10 million or more in investable assets.

Private equity firm LLR Partners announced the final closing of LLR Equity Partners VII, L.P. (LLR 7) at $2.45 billion. LLR 7's capital includes participation by LLR’s Partners and employees. LLR’s prior fund, LLR 6, closed in October 2020 at $1.8 billion, including the General Partner’s commitment.

Mivium, a leading innovator in semiconductor material science, announced the completion of a $5 million equity financing round through Equifund Crowd Funding Portal. This brings Mivium's total funding to $6.34+ million, advancing the company's mission to deliver high-purity, wide-bandgap materials such as GaN (gallium nitride) to the global market.

Earnix, a leading Dynamic AI platform for Insurance, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, a pioneer in Generative AI for insurers and banks. This collaboration will bring the power of predictive, generative, and agentic AI across the entire risk decisioning, personalization, and claims cycle, enabling pricing and underwriting professionals to deliver compelling offers while improving business performance.

Zucara Therapeutics - a diabetes life sciences company developing ZT-01, which is the first once-daily therapeutic to prevent hypoglycemia (low blood glucose levels) in people with diabetes - announced that it has completed the second and final closing of its $25 million Series B funding.

NOVA Infrastructure, a middle-market infrastructure investment firm, announced that it has completed a majority investment in DartPoints, a leading provider of secure and high-performance enterprise data center solutions. NOVA's investment includes a significant growth capital component designed to scale DartPoints' platform and expand its footprint through targeted investments in capacity expansion and strategic M&A to meet market demand.

Ares Management (a leading global alternative investment manager) announced that its Ares Private Markets Fund (APMF), a diversified private equity investment solution anchored in secondary investments, exceeded $3 billion in assets under management in its first three years in the market. APMF is distributed through Ares’ Wealth Management Solutions platform (AWMS), an industry leader in providing private market investment solutions to advisors and their clients.

Dream Games, the developer and publisher of globally renowned mobile games Royal Match and Royal Kingdom, announced a strategic investment from CVC, a leading global alternative asset management firm, as its sole equity partner.

Copy trading app company dub announced a Series A funding round of $30 million, co-led by Notable Capital and Neo, with participation from Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, Peak6 Strategic Capital, and Correlation Ventures. This funding includes a $5.5 million venture debt facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank. This funding comes just one year after launching from stealth and surpassing 1 million downloads and dub has now raised a total of $47 million.

Astronomer (the company behind Astro, a leading unified DataOps platform powered by Apache Airflow) announced it has secured $93 million in Series D funding led by Bain Capital Ventures, along with Salesforce Ventures and existing investors including Insight, Meritech, and Venrock, with Bosch Ventures seeking to participate.

Epicore Biosystems - a digital health solutions leader developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables - announced an additional $6 million in Series B funding, bringing its total Series B raise to $32 million. The follow-on funding round includes new backing from a San Francisco-based investor and several marquee angel investors, along with continued support from Alumni Ventures and Joyance Partners.

Leading digital asset management firm Varys Capital announced the appointment of Tom Dunleavy, CFA, CAIA, as Head of Venture. Dunleavy brings a differentiated career spanning both traditional finance and digital assets.

Omnidian, a provider of comprehensive protection and performance plans for residential and commercial solar and energy storage systems, announced it has secured over $87 million in funding commitment led by B Capital (a global multi-stage investment firm with a strategic partnership with the Boston Consulting Group). This funding also included participation from existing Omnidian investors Activate Capital, Liberty Mutual Investments, National Grid Partners, and WIND Ventures, and new investors like B Capital, Marunouchi Innovation Partners, BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund, Citi Impact Fund, and Alumni Ventures.

Universal airline miles program Rove Miles launched its platform with leading airlines, hotel partners, and over 7,000 merchants. And Rove was created from the ground up to help everyone take advantage of the discounts international loyalty programs provide, something traditionally known as travel hacking, which are up to 90% off retail prices. The company’s platform offers earning rates of up to 25 miles per dollar spent and redemption value of up to 10 cents per mile, while typical rewards points are worth just 1 cent each. 

Avidicure, a biotechnology company creating an entirely new multifunctional antibody modality with broad applicability in oncology, announced its launch with a $50 million seed financing round, led by EQT Life Sciences with participation from Kurma Partners, BioGeneration Ventures, BOM, Curie Capital, and V-Bio Ventures.

Electra, a clean iron company, announced a $186 million Series B funding round, co-led by Capricorn Investment Group and Temasek Holdings. This brings Electra’s total funding to date to $214 million, cementing its position as one of the leading solutions for decarbonizing iron production. This funding round also included financial investors Capricorn Investment Group, Temasek Holdings, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Builders Vision, Collaborative Fund, Earth Venture Capital, Lowercarbon Capital and S2G Investments; strategic investor BHP Ventures; global iron ore suppliers Rio Tinto and Roy Hill; leading electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers Nucor and Yamato Kogyo and organizations including Interfer Edelstahl and Toyota Tsusho, who are committed to reducing the environmental impact of iron and steel in their supply chains.

Zarminali Pediatrics is building the nation's leading pediatric multispecialty group, focused on supporting families to shape healthy futures for their children – from birth through adulthood – by completely transforming the way pediatric health is delivered nationwide. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Zarminali Pediatrics founder and CEO, Danish Qureshi, to learn more about the company.

PCI Pharma Services - a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) focused on innovative biopharma therapies – announced it has completed its acquisition of Ajinomoto Althea, a US-based sterile fill-finish CDMO and subsidiary of Japan-based Ajinomoto. And for PCI, the acquisition is a cornerstone of a multi-year investment strategy spanning facilities in the US and Europe.

Kueski is the largest online consumer lender in Mexico, which provides financial services for users who are ineligible for traditional bank loans. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Kueski Senior Vice President of Finance, Andrew Seiz, to learn more about the company.

Intuit - a global financial technology platform that includes Intuit TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp - recently announced its agreement to acquire GoCo, a leading provider of modern HR and benefits solutions for small and mid-market businesses. And with GoCo, Intuit will offer a comprehensive Human Capital Management (HCM) solution to help businesses hire the right employees and manage their workforce effectively, all in one place. This deal is expected to close in Q4 of 2025, and the financial terms were undisclosed.

Pritzker Alternative Strategies (PAS) announced it has formed a dedicated family capital investment firm for passive investing in high-quality private equity funds. Chaired by Tony Pritzker, PAS allocates Pritzker family capital to often harder-to-access lower and middle-market private equity funds. Guided by the Pritzker family legacy of building businesses, PAS has extensive family and private equity relationships and a proven private market investing track record.

Global infrastructure leader AECOM announced it has acquired Scotland-based Allen Gordon, a leading technical design and advisory service provider to the U.K. & Ireland (UK&I) water and energy sectors. Adding the Allen Gordon team enhances AECOM’s positioning ahead of substantial expected investment totaling over £250 billion over the next decade in the water and energy markets across the region.

Grenova - a Virginia-based sustainable laboratory technologies company - announced two significant milestones for the company: the appointment of Ted Hull to Grenova’s board, and the completion of a new round of growth equity capital. The funding was led by Grenova investors, Peloton Equity and Hamilton Lane’s Impact Fund II, along with other existing investors.

Bourgeois Bohème (BOBO) is a financial platform for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices, providing high-value transactions and 24/7 assistance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed BOBO co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) Katherine Maslova to learn more about the company. 

Virtual care leader Teladoc Health announced it has acquired UpLift, a tech-enabled provider of virtual mental health therapy, psychiatry and medication management services.

Ammarah Sulaiman is a project manager at one of the largest New York hospitals and has over a decade of experience in biomedical technology, healthcare project management, and leadership coaching. And she specializes in medical equipment integration, hospital infrastructure development, and regulatory compliance. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Sulaiman to learn more about her expertise.